Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Speaker Johnson says he now believes
US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
On Russian Intent

“I really do believe the intel and the briefings that we’ve gotten,” Johnson said, in a moment that became a mini-speech.

“I think that Vladimir Putin would continue to march through Europe if he were allowed.

"I think he might go to the Balkans next. I think he might have a showdown with Poland, or one of our NATO allies.”

"If so, he added, we might find ourselves sending troops to defend allies from Putin later."
#deepstate #putin #cia

https://newrepublic.com/article/180808/mike-johnson-pro-ukraine-speech-maga-deep-state-lie

19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. It lasted 27 days.

Today we remember the bravery & sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odds to die in dignity & save the human spirit.

More: https://sztetl.org.pl/en/glossary/warsaw-ghetto-uprising

According to Texas law, shouldn't incidents like these lead to negligent homicide charges (at least) against the institutions refusing to attend a woman in distress?
https://apnews.com/article/pregnancy-emergency-care-abortion-supreme-court-roe-9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c
#Emergency #HealthCare #Capitalism #Texas

Charlie Kirk-linked GOP lawmaker ends re-election bid after complaint he forged signatures https://www.rawstory.com/busted-state-lawmaker-complaint/

MAGA extremist Kari Lake championed Arizona's total abortion ban from 1864 and called it "a great law."

Ruben Gallego is a battle-tested progressive who will vote to end the filibuster and restore our reproductive freedom.

We can't win a real Democratic trifecta without Arizona. If you can, pitch in to power the organizing work to elect Rep. Gallego to the Senate. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gallego-indivisible-split?refcode=mastodon20240418directpost&source=mastodon

#Senate now going through nonsensical #Republican motions re #Mayorkas #impeachment that are all being rejected. There will likely be more before a real vote on Schumer’s point of order that article I is unconstitutional.

#RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #VoteBlue

There were 106 incidents of antisemitic assault, vandalism, and harassment in the southwest of Texas in 2023, increasing 45% from the previous year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/civil-rights/2024/04/16/483837/southwest-texas-region-saw-sharp-increase-in-anti-semitic-incidents-last-year-adl-reports/

#CivilRights #Local #News #AntiDefamationLeagueSouthwest #AntiSemitism #MarkToubin

AP: Judge awards $23.5 million to undercover St. Louis officer beaten by colleagues during protest... "Hall was walking back toward police headquarters when his uniformed colleagues ordered him to put up his hands and get on the ground, then beat him." https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-officer-beating-235-million-award-e02ff1a30667a4872afea1a0675b4c77

Awww. #RIP Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died. He was 87.

https://apnews.com/article/80c4f1609e314eff981fcfae7d0b32ba

🥳👏🏻

Via Kyle Griffin:

BREAKING:

#Democrats just won two special state House elections in #Michigan — Democrat Mai Xiong in the 13th District and Democrat Peter Herzberg in the 25th District — regaining their majority in the chamber with a 56-54 advantage and their trifecta across state government.

I would pay a lot to be a prospective juror in Trump’s criminal trial so that all of my Trump posts could be read to him.

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@AlliFlowers Oh, how surprising. A privileged asshole who never served has IMPORTANT OPINIONS about the armed forces and veterans.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/every-branch-us-military-struggling-meet-2022-recruiting-goals-officia-rcna35078

Holy crap. Is the GOP straight up suicidal? Every time I think I can’t be shocked by their self-destructiveness, they find a way https://mastodon.social/@axios/112282377828439282

@lightning

"Jews in Palestine" are called Israelis because Israel is a country and Palestine isn't, and hasn't been in some time.

Mandatory Palestine ended by UN decree in 1948. Maybe you should update your maps if they don't reflect this change.

FTFY. HTH. KTB.

#israel #gaza #politics