Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"While obeying orders is a cornerstone of military discipline and effectiveness, the primary obligation of service members is not to obey commands, but to obey the law. It is their duty to refuse illegal orders.

All U.S. military members have sworn an oath to protect the Constitution. This oath is not just a verbal commitment — it is a deep moral and legal obligation to the American people."

https://integ.substack.com/p/the-us-military-will-refuse-to-attack

#USpol #military #Constitution #law

My response to the 5 things. Yes, I sent this.

"I think for the first time in 90 years, we’re going to see an interruption of #SocialSecurity benefits. I hope it doesn't happen, but I believe it will. You're going to see wait times skyrocket.”
-M O’Malley -fmr SS COMR

He said the current admin’s efforts to shrink the WF will send away essential personnel & jeopardize the agency’s most basic functions.

>73M ppl, incl. 56M seniors, rely on the #SSA for monthly benefit checks.

#USPol #DOGE #Musk #Trump #Coup #Resist

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/social-security-missed-benefit-payment_n_67c5d849e4b05a517aba7be2

Peace with someone who serially breaks that peace is not peace, it's a prelude to war.

@mcnado My mother had TB when I was a child and they put her in a TB hospital. We were sent to an orphanage. Me and my youngest brother had shadows in our lungs after x rays so we were isolated for two months together in a hospital room at the orphanage. When they released our mother from the hospital and finally let us go home from the orphanage we had to take antibiotics for two years. None of the neighbors would talk to us or come near us because TB was feared. Resurgence is bad.

Headline in WaPo:

"Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says"

Not "Democrats say", or "liberals conspiracy theorists say"....KREMLIN says. And by Washington, they mean the government, which entirely is under republican control.

How much clearly can it possibly be made that in just ONE month, Trump has turned over our country to Putin?

Oh, and how's that whole price of eggs issue working out for you Trump voters?

"Somehow, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the first country to surrender was America."
‪ ~ Tristan Snell

thank you for this spot-on meme, @thedarktangent

#Fascism
#Ukraine

More like this please. And into a mic.

In the U.K., King Charles has invited Vlodomyr Zelenskyy to his Sandringham estate tomorrow for a chat.

To interpret this royal occasion in everyday terms, this is a "Fuck You, Trump" visit.

#SlavaUkraini

I think that Democrats should boycott the State of the Union, which is pointless. Instead, of having a Democrat provide the rebuttal, they should bring in recently fired federal workers to describe the important work they used to do.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7gxyfr5vii5ntpwo7f6dhe2/post/3ljbei7bvts2m

European Leaders Rally Around Zelensky After Explosive Meeting With #Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/trump-zelensky-europe-leaders.html

Elizabeth Warren‬ ‪@warren.senate.gov‬
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Billionaires like Jeff Bezos shouldn’t pay a lower tax rate than a Boston public school teacher.

The wealthiest and most powerful people in this country should be paying their fair share — not getting tax breaks from Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opinion/a-day-of-american-infamy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#uspol #trump #traitor

The Atlanta Fed is predicting a -1.5% GDP contraction for Q1. This is a big red warning sign for the US economy: “The Atlanta Fed last week was predicting 2.3 percent positive growth for the first quarter. A month ago, it was registering 3.9 percent growth.”
https://thehill.com/business/5169308-atlanta-fed-gdp-contraction/

“Trump and Vance have shamed both themselves and the people they represent. The United States no longer stands for anything beyond crude dominance displays and performative bullying. As their diplomatic inheritance is squandered through malpractice, Americans must demand better from their leaders“