Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

@Karoli
This is an enormous clarion call to America's youth to take the political power that awaits them in upcoming elections and wield it to send Republicans packing everywhere.

Fuck Tennessee. May the GOP state reps spend their lives in infamy.

#Tennessee #EvilGOP

I should be Elie Mystal's agent.

Watch, take in his words, because he's spot on:

"Authoritarianism is always made legal by the authoritarians...

..."If you're a Republican voter anywhere, you're complicit in this #authoritarianism.. & the rest of us have to defeat you..." #Tennessee

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1644109760080297984/pu/vid/1280x720/42i-TZbSpGhw46v2.mp4?tag=12

Well, Mastodon, here I finally am!!!

Thought I'd start out with the most recent add to my website … crazy colorful spring flowers in an old milk jug called "Goodbye Winter."

See it and all the products it's available on here: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/goodbye-winter-lois-bryan.html

Hand-painted digitally in Rebelle, using one of my own (not from stock or public domain) images as a start. Not from artificial intelligence / Not AI

#art #giftideas #flowers #spring #LoisBryan #FineArtAmerica #Rebelle #NotAI

@Karoli
Good luck with that. I lived and worked there 2011-2014, and it's a cesspool of under-educated, racist, homophobic, misogynist, Trump flag-waving cowards.
At least the vast majority.
I taught university classes in a small college town blue bubble, which "tolerated" diversity, but go three miles out of town and it's all MAGA/Trump flags in windows, junked out, rusty cars on the lawn, and buckteeth.
The gerrymandering is pretty much irreversible at this point.
#tennessee

Michigan Republican and former MI House Speaker Rick Johnson charged with bribery. Gosh I’m shocked… 🙄

https://www.clickondetroit.com/business/2023/04/06/ex-head-of-michigan-marijuana-board-former-house-speaker-charged-with-bribery/

Melissa Brown: “Expulsion vote for Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, FAILS by one vote, a major shock in the chamber.” #Tennessee #TheTennesseeThree #GloriaJohnson

Fight fascism wherever you may find it.

IGNORANT ASS REDNECKS control the state of Tennessee.

Tennessee is governed by FUCKING RACISTS.

They're removing three Tennessee legislators from the state legislature.

Like. They were voted in by their constituents. And their colleagues are like, nope. Go away.

We're deep in it y'all.

Tennessee and America, let your voices be heard on today's autocratic fascist action.

🚩Please read. Fascism has arrived in America carrying a Bible & wrapped in a flag. DeSantis punished a whistleblower by arresting her 13-yr-old son for “digital threats of terrorism” b/c he shared a meme depicting a cop sleeping on the job while kids are getting shot at school. https://twitter.com/georebekah/status/1643776088391446528?s=61&t=657Ta6s8PFEsIRlxxocx1g #Fascism #ThisIsFascism #DemocracyUnderThreat #Florida #FreeSpeech #GunReform

I've been warning my colleagues for months that Twitter is not safe nor stable. They all assume I'm some open source hippie and wave me off.

And then today the platform they use to manage social media posting lost access to Twitter and they are scrambling. Ooops. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, facing expulsion by fascistic Republicans for daring to protest gun violence, is currently dragging his colleagues to filth.

"For years, one of your colleagues, an admitted child molester, sat in this chamber -- no expulsion.'"

It's a must-watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1yCFl-sSZg

Tennessee lawmakers expel 1st of 3 Dem lawmakers after gun protest; votes continue...
Fascism check: *Yes

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SzJVPNovJEk&feature=share
⚡️🇦🇿Prigozhin ADMITS the number of losses in the cemetery where "Wagners" are buried increases everyday (Kanal13 - Azeri News in English VIDEO) #Ukraine #Azerbaijan #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive

YOU BAN BOOKS, YOU BAN DRAG, KIDS ARE STILL IN BODY BAGS

Thinking these Tennessee kids need us all to pick up this chant and spread it wide
#Tennessee #Nashville #poltics #guns

Tennessee Republicans are following through on their threat to expel state legislators who chanted in favor of anti-gun-violence legislation during session.

Republicans are committed to abusing every formal rule of government to override democratic will.

Democrats must be equally wiling to play constitutional hardball, otherwise we face a ratchet effect in which we keep fighting from a weaker and weaker position.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-house-democrats-expulsion-shooting-gun-control.html