Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

#Guerre en #Ukraine :
L' #Ukraine travaille sur une " #alternative " au système #Starlink, crucial pour les télécommunications de son #armée, sur fond de vives tensions avec le président #américain #Trump #Krasnov et son allié le milliardaire #Heilon #Musk

https://www.rtbf.be/article/geurre-en-ukraine-retournement-de-situation-pour-elon-musk-l-ukraine-dit-travailler-sur-une-alternative-a-starlink-11508440

“No #OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in #UnitedStates history, purported to require all #FederalWorkers to submit reports to OPM,” said the amended complaint, which was filed on behalf of #unions, #businesses #veterans, & #conservation organizations represented by the group State Democracy Defenders Fund. It called the threat of #MassFrings “one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country.”

#law #Trump #Musk #idiocracy #DOGE #labor #fraud

⚡️ The UN General Assembly backed a resolution initiated by Ukraine & European nations—opposed by the U.S., Russia, Hungary, Israel & Belarus. Meanwhile, the UN also passed a U.S.-led resolution with Russian amendments, rebranding the war as a "conflict." 89 voted in favor, 8 against, 70 abstained.

"The United States just voted alongside Russia against a Ukrainian amendment in the United Nations General Assembly, which called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. The United States is now actively supporting Russia's occupation of Ukrainian territory."

~ A. Lazko

#Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Trump #Putin #Russia #PutinsPoodle
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https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1ix75h0/the_united_states_just_voted_alongside_russia/

When asked about it, #State issued a stmnt saying the plans are now on hold w/no plans of fulfilling the contract, pointing out that talks w/ #Tesla began under Biden.

But NPR has obtained a State Dept document detailing that #Biden's State Dept planned to spend just $483k in the 2025 fiscal year on buying EVs & $3M for supporting equipment…. It represented <1% of the hundreds of millions likely destined for Tesla vehicles after the #Trump admin quietly revised a State Dept procurement doc.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/roberta-flack-grammy-winning-singer-killing-softly-song-dies-88-rcna42485
RIP Roberta, she was a talented & beautiful lady.

Keep ‘em coming

Via Kyle Cheney:

NEW: A federal judge has barred DOGE [sic] from accessing personal info of government employees and student loan recipients, a significant new restriction on the #Musk group's access to sensitive government databases. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/judge-blocks-opm-education-dept-from-sharing-info-with-doge-00205699

Federal judge extends decision blocking DOGE from Treasury payment system https://thehill.com/business/5158734-federal-judge-extends-decision-blocking-doge-from-treasury-payment-system/

The first woman to fly a combat mission as a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot sums it up.

My wife and I were vaccinated with MMR (measles, mumps, rubella vaccine) as children. Those vaccines saved millions of lives.

We just were tested to see if our immunity is still good. Hers is low or gone, so a booster is needed.

As the Republicans eviscerate and threaten US health services, be proactive in protecting yourselves and your family. Get checked and boosted, if necessary.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-the-measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-as-cases-rise-to-90

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL):

"I never thought, in the 23 years I served in the military, that I would hear the commander-in-chief of the United States Military parroting a Russian talking point.

It is, astonishing to me that he would also betray our allies in Europe in this way and pave the way for Putin.

The president essentially has just surrendered to Putin and that simply is not acceptable."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlDXlDBhJk
#Politics
9/n

The military is being purged. Why? When the inevitable protests happen, Trump needs loyalists who will do whatever he says to silence the opposition.

This is quite real.

My mother's life was prolonged by an organ donor. It's such an important process that touches so many people. Yet the current government is firing people who aim to make it more efficient so it can save more lives. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs

US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters (Abbey Fenbert/The Kyiv Independent)

https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250222/p25#a250222p25

Ivana died from 'accidental fall down a staircase' and is buried in Trump's NJ golf course
"...Trump became a target of Soviet and Czechoslovak intelligence in 1977 after marrying Czech model Ivana Zelníčková. Ivana Zelníčková, Trump’s first wife, reportedly worked with the Czechoslovak security service surveillance, the Státní Bezpečnost (StB)...The StB formally cooperated with Russia’s KGB, Poland’s SB, East Germany’s Stasi and other Soviet bloc intelligence agencies. 

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-under-codename-krasnov-claims-former-soviet-spy-chief/

@RealJournalism

Cripes, how about we make millionaires and billionaires pay what they owe so government can afford to get people housing instead of people having to depend on the whims of millionaire and billionaire charity?

The National Labor Relations Board is really the thing that makes unions work.

It also protects you at your job even if you're not a union worker. Think you're going to complain that your employer wants you to work more than 40 hours a week or about unsafe working conditions with Trump’s NLRB? Nope. And nobody else will be able to, either.

Elections have consequences.

Trump's anti-union NLRB reverses workers rights:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5151459-trump-anti-worker-nlrb-unions/