Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Zelensky Urges ‘More Truth’ After #Trump Suggests #Ukraine Started the War https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-trump-russia-war.html

Only 24 #hostages remain alive after 500 days in #Hamas captivity.
#hostage
#genevaconventions
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-hamas-official-terror-group-prepared-to-free-all-hostages-in-single-swap-in-phase-2-of-deal/
@israel
@palestine
@iran
@lebanon
@yemen
@syria
@ireland
@histodons
@russia
@uk
@australia

Here’s a partial list of what Democrats did today and over the long weekend (February 18):

Canada recognizes Aboriginal title over Haida Gwaii in historic agreement #GoodNews #Canada #Indigenous #Aboriginal #Haïda #NeverVoteConservative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzwBmYHbBM

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

#US weighs destroying $500M in stockpiled #covid tests

The #Trump admin has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of #coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided #free to Americans, acc/to 2 ofcls at a federal #PublicHealth preparedness agency & internal documents….

Internal documents show that ofcls within #HHS have been considering 2 options: either disposing of or continuing to ship >160M tests, valued at >$500M.

#health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/18/trump-administration-covid-tests-stockpile/

Trump Administration Wants to Let Banks Jack Up Your Overdraft Fees

Trump 2.0 wants the people to know that they still have *none* out of three branches of the government working for them, and, yes, it's this bad.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-admininstration-banks-raise-overdraft-fees-1235271368/

A team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX
is reworking the systems at the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia Monday
in the wake of last month’s deadly air disaster in Washington, DC.

The news comes after CNN reportedthat the Federal Aviation Administration fired hundreds of probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure.
The exact number of workers losing their jobs is unknown,
but the union representing them said it was in the “hundreds.”

The Trump administration is trying to eliminate thousands of federal employees as it works with Congressional Republicans on a massive tax cutting bill that is said to favor mostly corporations and the wealthy

Musk’s status as a major government contractor
— mostly through his company SpaceX
— represents a massive conflict of interest that both he and Donald Trump have repeatedly attempted to downplay.
https://www.theverge.com/news/614078/faa-air-traffic-control-spacex-elon-musk-layoff-staff-shortage

Federal judge reinstates employee appeals board member fired by Trump
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5151616-federal-judge-orders-reinstatement-of-merit-systems-protection-board-member/

#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

#DeportElonMusk
DOGE reportedly fired the FDA employees who were reviewing clinical trials for Elon Musk’s Neuralink
https://fortune.com/2025/02/18/doge-fired-fda-employees-overseeing-elon-musk-neuralink/

Today, my rights amongst all disabled people’s rights in the United States are at risk. In fact, it’s alarming. Let me share with you what’s going on.

Currently, there is a lawsuit threatening essential protections under Section 504. The Texas v. Becerra lawsuit includes 17 Republican-led states suing the U.S. government to remove Section 504 which is a legal bedrock for disability civil rights.

https://lionsandperiwinkles.substack.com/p/do-you-have-a-disability-youre-probably

With #Congress Pliant, an Emboldened #Trump Pushes His Business Interests

Norms recognized for decades in DC by both parties no longer appear to apply to Trump, fmr prosecutors & #ethics lawyers say.

The Oval Office meeting convened by Trump brought together the most important leaders in the world of pro #golf: Jay Monahan, the top exec at the #PGA Tour, &, via telephone, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the chairman of the #SaudiArabia-backed league known as #LIVGolf.

#law #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-ethics-conflicts-business-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@GottaLaff

OFFS indeed. They should just ship all the tests to anyone who requests them up to ten per family🤢 . Or, if they don't want to do the right thing, they could sell them for $1.00 each. USPS could deliver them for free and that would raise $160 million which could be used to pay down the debt, bolster social security, rehire some air traffic controllers, or a million other worthwhile uses.

But they'll just trash them because when it comes to stupid, wasteful, and evil, this administration is #1 by far. 🤢

BUSTED: Hegseth Audit Shows He Owed $33,000 in Taxes, Plays Victim https://politizoom.com/busted-hegseth-audit-shows-he-owed-33000-in-taxes-plays-victim/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I'm watching Canadian officials hold a presser on the Toronto plane crash and remarkably they're not blaming DEI or recklessly speculating about causes. They could never cut it down here in Trumplandia.

FDA cuts hit AI division, even as Trump invests in the technology: The office has a strained relationship with Musk’s company Neuralink https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/fda-layoffs-center-for-devices-radiological-health-cdrh-artificial-intelligence-doge/ via @statnews.com

That's insane. That's 15,000 Americans without jobs and countless Americans who won't get their tax refunds in a timely manner from understaffing.

A lot of people rely on their tax return money coming.

Again, we know this stuff. But it’s up to us to make sure Trump voters and non-voters do.

Democrats weren’t doing this stuff. And the money taken from these salaries is going to Musk and Trump, not us.

IRS to lay off thousands of probationary workers amid tax season |
https://apnews.com/article/irs-treasury-layoffs-doge-tax-season-2be8db11fdd510b7ce6ac0db56f9a503