Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Want to reduce gun violence? Repeal GOP championed federal law granting gun manufacturer’s immunity from lawsuits. My article explains it all: https://open.substack.com/pub/deanobeidallah/p/want-to-reduce-gun-violence-repeal?r=17xyj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

@Savvyhomestead

Rich, white, (mostly) male Republicans are actually, literally, REALLY forcing millions of Americans to live in terror of losing EVERYTHING as valuable assistance programs may be cut: food, VA benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, & whatever else they can get their hands on.

This isn’t theoretical. These are seniors, Vets, working parents, kids, the disabled, the sick — actual people who live relying on PROMISES made.

Republicans are terrorists.
MAGA-GOP are lunatic terrorists.

If you are still wondering, "are Republicans really corrupt?" you have the answer now. This is why you cannot vote for a Republican in any election at any level for anything or sit out.

This is why we must not give them an inch, because every inch you give Republicans, they will land mine and use it to steal power for several more miles.

North Carolina Republicans flipped their Supreme Court and overruled democracy-
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/north-carolina-republicans-flipped-supreme-court-overruled-democracy-rcna81995

For those of you wondering what you are missing at bluesky, right now it is pretty much the media Twitteratti all running around like 10 year olds that had too much cake at someone’s birthday, giddy because they aren’t having to deal with Nazis and morons yet and blissfully unaware of the crash that is soon to come.

Happy indie bookstore day! today we say a massive fuck you to B&N! (who held a massive preorder sale immediately before indie bookstore day, which feels like no coincidence)

if you enjoy the work I do, please consider buying books from my lil bookshop. I have curated lists on here with 200+ books that are, as always, mostly BIPOC authors but all authors from systematically marginalized communities 🤍

https://bookshop.org/shop/BookishBrews

#bookstodon @bookstodon

@DemocracyMattersALot
Who would ever have believed something like that?! More guns = more shootings? No way!

Anyway, great article. This whole mess is so sad that you can’t react with anything else than sarcasm.

GOP state Sen. Sandy Senn crossed party lines and joined her female colleagues to defeat SC's abortion ban. “Of course I’m going to stand up for women,” she said. “[We're] definitely in the minority. And we can band together to be heard across party lines.” https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/gop-women-lawmakers-defeat-abortion-ban-in-sc-171816005825

Peter Holbrook (1940–2016), Abalone Point, ca. 1990, Paintings, watercolor, gouache, acylic on paper

The X-Men are a found family that isn't entirely functional, but they still work to support and love each other and defend against a hostile society. I wonder why so many queer folks identify this, huh such a mystery

The GOP has lost their damn minds.

Dear Justice Alito,

The Supreme Court may be insulated from consequences, but that does not mean it is insulated from criticism. See, e.g., U.S. Const., Am. 1.

Sincerely,
We the People

To recap where we are:
•GOP SCOTUS has overturned voting rights.
•GOP SCOTUS has overturned Roe v Wade.
•GOP SCOTUS has overturned gun safety laws.
•GOP tried to overturn the 2020 election & will 100% try to overturn the 2024 election if they lose.

The people telling us we're overreacting to creeping fascism are complicit.

Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick

A new paper confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix

But in 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the double helix structure of DNA

#science #women #news #history

https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/rosalind-franklin-knew-dna-was-a-helix-before-watson-and-crick-unpublished-material-reveals

g’morning fedi ​

thanks for choosing to stay here and build something good that isn’t controlled by the venture capitalists 💜

The modern Republican party is devoted to three ideas:

1) That power is only legitimate if Republicans wield it

2) Power must be acquired by any means necessary

3) And the party is accountable to no one once it has it

It's a recipe for fascism.

“What you’re seeing at the national level is communities who are impacted by legislation rising up and saying these bills harm us, these bills get us killed ... It’s not enough for them to get their bills through. They want us to be silent.”

https://dailymontanan.com/2023/04/27/zephyr-working-from-bench-outside-house-floor-while-her-committee-meetings-cancelled/

@TonyStark
I am trying to figure out how to communicate to Americans how effed up this is. I lived outside this country for 20 some years and this is not normal. I never once thought that maybe I should not go to the store, or be in my yard or send my kid to school because there could be a shooting. I never once got rejected for healthcare because of my lifestyle or knew anyone who did. I never once (even in a dictatorship) thought, I better not tell anyone my politics they might kill me.