Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

these things are simply true and good:

- trans rights are human rights.
- everyone deserves health care.
- human movement should not be a crime.

it doesn't matter if there are complex philosophical and biological questions about the abstract nature of gender. it doesn't matter if there are complex logistics associated with provisioning healthcare. it doesn't matter if migration patterns can strain infrastructure sometimes. those things tell can you *how* to fight, not whether you *should*

@AlliFlowers

The end result of good guy with a gun myth

On August 27, Kristi Noem’s supporters raided a car wash in Carson, CA and badly broke Bayron Rovidio Marin’s leg. The break was so bad, he has been hospitalized ever since. ICE has been paying private guards to guard him 24/7 since then. Judge Cynthia Valenzuela just ordered ICE to release him from “custody.” -- $400,000: The "Free" Medical Care Kristi Noem's Goons Made Taxpayers Pay - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/05/400000-the-free-medical-care-kristi-noems-goons-made-taxpayers-pay/

@georgetakei We were told in 1963:

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
—Dr. Martin Luther King, "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

https://letterfromjail.com/

“When Trump fired the military’s top lawyers the rest saw the writing on the wall, and instead of being a critical firebreak they are now a rubber stamp complicit in this crime.” https://theintercept.com/2025/10/01/trump-venezuela-boat-strike-designated-terror-organization/

No I don't know what's happening in this video either ... I feel there is a drama or story yet to unfold 📽️

On Tuesday evening, the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV spoke out against anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, as well as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose rhetoric.
https://trib.al/h2UxjS6

# Trump escalated attacks on liberal #billionaire #GeorgeSoros - saying he and other #Democratic #donors be investigated for allegedly funding “#leftwing #terrorism,” despite no evidence; critics say the move weaponizes #antisemitic #tropes and aims to intimidate major #Democratic contributors ahead of the #2026midterms by making #Soros a #political #scapegoat and deterring donor support. #democracy #elections #martiallaw #maga #dictator #government #politics #constitution

Things to consider right now:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian-- it WILL matter.

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed. Now & later.

You are a witness.
We all are.
Expose the crimes.
Expose the brutality.
Expose what you see.

Judge Immergut’s decision ruled that plaintiffs who have sued to stop Trump and Hegseth from activating troops based in Oregon are very likely to win on their claims that neither the relevant National Guard statute nor the Constitution itself permit thus. In other words, she concluded that Trump would both usurp Congress’ authority and violate the sovereignty of the state of Oregon were he to federalize the Oregon National Guard. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.56.0_1.pdf 6/

Never forget that the republican Speaker sent the House home, instead of having them work on a budget compromise, in order to avoid calls for release of the #Epstein files.

#usa #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList #Congress

@AlliFlowers I'm a huge admirer of Jane Goodall, have been since she first appeared on the scene; have been since. If I had a flag I would lower it.

It is time for #JBPritzker to order the #NationalGuard to protect #protesters from the #Trump #Stormtroopers.

#law #PoliceBrutality #shooting #Chicago #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

IL Gov JB Pritzker has shared that Trump called him to demand he activate the National Guard in Illinois, or Trump will activate the National Guard himself.

Illinois is at 310 per 100K in violent crime rate, well below the national average of 374 per 100K.

Meanwhile red states have a 40% higher murder rate than do blue states.

Trump isn't pushing national security, he's pushing fascist autocracy.

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump intends to call up 300 Illinois National Guard members over objections
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/04/pritzker-donald-trump-national-guard/?share=blgrciphtirkdmiwntmk