Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Environmentalists blast RFK Jr., honor Earth Day by asking him to drop out.
#EarthDay2024

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/04/environmentalists-blast-rfk-jr-honor-earth?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=87574

"Many Nazis consider themselves Christian, which means that the bigotry in their hearts and the violence that they intend is the thing they worship as their God, which whatever you might think about Christian tenets isn't a Christian tenet."

~ A.R. Moxon

#Nazis #fascists #Christians #violence #WhiteSupremacy
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https://www.the-reframe.com/americans-who-want-to-kill-americans/?ref=the-reframe-newsletter

The next phase of the pandemic is going to be largely about the medical and viral evolutionary effects of persistent infections.

https://time.com/6968880/long-covid-record-infection-mutations-netherlands/

Matt Gaetz’s Nightmare Could Be A Dream Come True For Democrats https://politizoom.com/matt-gaetzs-nightmare-could-be-a-dream-come-true-for-democrats/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Mike Johnson’s Shockingly Pro-Ukraine Speech Really Sticks It to MAGA

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

8/ More, from Klasfeld:

The judge appears inclined to let the DA raise this federal judge's finding in sanctioning Trump for filing his RICO case against Hillary Clinton.

"Mr. Trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who
is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries."

Florida: DeFascist Signs Bill to Limit Book Bans and Adds a Sugarplum for Charter Schools - It will speed up converting traditional public schools to charter schools if Florida says they're failing. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/04/19/florida-desantis-signs-bill-to-limit-book-bans-and-adds-a-sugarplum-for-charter-schools/ via @dianeravitch #DeFascist

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.

⚠️ BREAKING:

Mutated strain of mpox with ‘pandemic potential’ found in DRC mining town, according to the Telegraph, citing new research.

There has been a struggle in the DRC for at least a year to control a much deadlier form of the virus, known as "clade 1" mpox, which kills up to 10 percent of confirmed cases.

In the first quarter of 2024 alone, 3,576 people were infected and 264 killed.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/mpox-outbreak-kamituga-democratic-republic-of-congo-africa/