Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden, noting that “just the other day by my own initiative there will be an additional $83.3m in spending added to the economy.”

I do not miss
the pandemic’s early days
but as last week
was the fourth in a row
in which the plague
claimed more than 2,000 lives
and the twentieth in a row
in which the plague
claimed more than 1,000 lives
I must confess that I miss
the days when such numbers
still shocked us.

Who could have predicted that a continuous torrent of racism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism from Republicans over the past several years would translate into soaring rates of hate crimes in schools and colleges? [gift article] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/us/hate-crimes-schools-universities.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RU0.-lnG.P4HZG3PFC3Xp&bgrp=c&smid=url-share

Oklahoma GOP votes to censure Lankford over Senate border talks | The Hill

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4434317-oklahoma-gop-votes-to-censure-lankford-over-senate-border-talks/

@AlliFlowers jail time I am not sure but hoping we see that too. Prison, absolutely definitely Trump is convicted in each of these 4 criminal trials of this year, gets convicted in at least 2 likely 3 still this year (1 maybe 1 of 4 extend to next year by verdict). Each of 4 get sentencing to prison. MY count of Trump prison time is no longer relevant as Trump's OWN lawyers told Trump he gets 561 years out of the 712.5 years he is facing. So prison most def, jail am not sure but hope also

@AlliFlowers I am the best forecaster in this business. When other pundits said Trump won't run, I said of course he will. When others said Death Santis was the big challenger I said he won't be. He is out. I even said Nikki will beat DeSantis and she already has. So you should take my analysis of 2028 more seriously the next time. Cruz is the clear front-runner and Nikki knows this, that is why she is playing this empty field now to her best advantage. She will give Ted a strong run next time

@AlliFlowers LOL Ted Cruz is the most hated politician in America. He will take the GOP nomination in a nasty fight, and he will lose the general election worse than Trump. And Trump won't get to 40% in November 2024. This is all good, do not worry. But yes, I do not lie. Cruz is the clear front-runner for the first race when Trump is running so that will be 2028 (might have been 2024)

Vice President Harris Participates "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms"
#VPFightsForWomen
https://www.youtube.com/live/6FvCfiLLOak?si=Z3YV5tKTxYWVONFq via @YouTube

@AlliFlowers Judd Legum is great. Really wish he would stop posting on Twitter and come here instead.

@mjrider Also remember Robbert, in New York State if you commit a million dollars of tax fraud you go to prison, it is that simple. Trump committed $180 million dollars of tax fraud in NY. He goes to prison on this crime alone for another 20 years at least. This is ON TOP of his PERSONAL tax fraud (similar to Weisselberg who went to prison) which was worth 17 years in NY state prison

TRUMPOMATH

What will Judge Engoron do with Trump $48M ghost loan & tax dodge on Wednesday?

Could charge $0 & hand it to IRS
Could charge the $18M in tax fraud
Could charge the $48M in fraud loan
Could charge 10 yrs x $18M tax fraux = $180M
Could add interest $180M + $120M = $300M

#MerryEngoron

Two Western officials confirmed on the condition of anonymity that they had been briefed on the contents of the dossier in recent days, but said they had not been able to verify the details. Although the United States has yet to corroborate the Israeli claims itself, American officials say they found them credible enough to warrant suspending aid.

Hamas was in [edit] UNRWA 2 years before they were elected into government in 2006.

"The prospect of a military standoff between 25 GOP states and the United States is not one the administration likely relishes. On the other hand, doing nothing emboldens Texas to continue enacting its twin goals of harming migrants and shifting the balance of power between the states and the federal government."

#Texas #migrants #border #FederalGovernment #Republicans
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"A proposal dubbed the 'Help Not Harm' bill, H. 4624, would prohibit anyone under age 18 from receiving gender reassignment surgery in South Carolina. Any form of puberty-blocking drug or procedure also would be illegal for minors under the proposal. The bill is sponsored by all Republicans.

'“I just think that you were born a male or you were born a female, and that’s the only two genders there are,' Hiott said. 'What you were born as, that’s what God intended you to be, and I don’t believe it should be anybody’s right to change that.'

While Hiott and two other sponsors of the bill, Davis and McCravy, couldn’t say exactly where they had heard of gender reassignment procedures being performed, either way, they said they are pushing the bill as a precaution to ensure it wouldn’t happen in South Carolina."

THIS is what passes for serious legislation in #southcarolina!
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A slew of anti-trans bills were just filed in SC. Some target an issue that isn’t happening
https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article283094993.html

It is an absolute clusterfuck of capitalism when the narratives being put forth are both "send your kids to school sick" (because women need to get back to the office) and "women need their reproductive rights removed because they aren't producing enough workers"

Women are a goddamn Atlas, holding the entire world on our shoulders and the rest of you pissants keep telling us how to do it properly.