Notices by Shelley Powers (burningbird@mastodon.social)

Odd thing is: Christians already have places where they can teach their faith. They're called churches. Don't taint the schools because no one wants to go to church anymore.

Education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for Texas elementary schools

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/education-board-approves-optional-bible-infused-curriculum-for-texas-elementary-schools/

When Georgia did an audit, it found 20 noncitizens registered to vote...out of 8 million registered voters.

Virginia doesn't care if its late voter-purge program cancels legal voter registrations

https://www.lawdork.com/p/virginia-doesnt-care-if-its-late

Tim Walz Defends Queer And Trans Youth At Length In Interview With Glennon Doyle

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/tim-walz-defends-trans-people-at

The ugliness of Trump is only surpassed by the ugliness of the people who support him.

Trump scapegoats migrants again at Georgia event meant to discuss economy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/election-trump-georgia-rally

Amanda Katz in WaPo

'Just before press time, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would abandon his unlikely third-party bid for president and endorse Trump, ending a dilemma for voters torn between their love of deportation camps and their love of measles.'

@SmudgeTheInsultCat In fairness, this is false. He didn't say this.

House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/gop-race-comments-harris-00170735

Unity Trump meets Chaos Trump and the results aren’t pretty

https://burningbird.net/unity-trump-meets-chaos-trump-and-the-results-arent-pretty/

I really wish Katie Porter had won in California.

One good thing...

I bet the Republicans are pretty pissed that Judge Cannon's decision will capture the media frenzy feeding today, and upend their attempt at casting Trump as American hero on the first day of the convention.

We expected this decision, but it was a relief to finally be done with it.

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Supreme Court retains full access to key abortion pill mifepristone

https://wapo.st/3Vl4jry

@FullyAutomatedRPG Was just reading this https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/27/who-is-israels-far-right-pro-settler-security-minister-ben-gvir

These Israeli settlers are disgusting human beings. Absolutely miserable pieces of shit.

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https://wapo.st/3R0uT7W

Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/25/texas-republican-party-convention-platform/

When Republicans encourage everyone to buy a gun and carry it everywhere with you, what used to be a quick brawl now turns into a mass shooting.

Thankfully, no one killed. This time.

https://www.wtoc.com/2024/05/21/city-releases-update-victims-saturdays-mass-shooting-ellis-square/

Mike Johnson's wife is a religious quack.

Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into 'choleric', 'phlegmatic,' and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God

https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-johnson-wife-kelly-johnson-christian-counseling-phlegmatic-2023-10

Good overview of that awful Trump-appointed Judge's religious indoctrination mandate.

Judge orders Southwest Airlines to receive “training” from anti-abortion extremist group

https://popular.info/p/judge-orders-southwest-airlines-to

Greg Abbott Axes Water For Texas Construction Workers Amid 3-Digit Temperatures

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abbott-axes-water-for-construction-workers-as-texas-faces-3-digit-temps_n_648e0669e4b027d92f93f399