Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Protip for people outside the #USA
intending to spend leisure time in the USA:
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Don't.
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https://bleedingcool.com/comics/british-comics-artist-r-e-burke-still-being-held-in-us-detention-camp
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#fascism

Keep ‘em coming

“A federal judge on Tuesday found that #Musk & DOGE likely violated Constitution when they unilaterally acted to shut down #USAID

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than 2 dozen unnamed current & former USAID employees & contractors who had challenged the efforts to shutter USAID, which were mounted by DOGE & Musk..who Trump has said is the leader of the task force”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-finds-doges-usaid-shutdown-likely-unconstitutional/

Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pentagon-restores-some-webpages-honoring-minority-service-members-but-defends-dei-purge?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Headlines @headlines-PBSNewsHour

Axios - Trump guts government-funded media outlets. https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-guts-voice-america-rf-europe?stream=top

This news is getting rave reviews from Putin so that about sums it up.

Trump's dismantling of Voice of America could lead to dominance of anti-American propaganda, director says - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voa-cuts-trump-director-michael-abramowitz-interview/

So, it's looking like a *plan*, isn't it? 😨
#project2025 #historyRhynes #fascism
https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/114184146547366900

There Is No Method to Trump's Madness. He's Simply Insane. | Ross Rosenfeld

We all recognize that old age can cause senility and fragility. And when a person is already inclined toward delusion, that trait can become more entrenched and grandiose over time.

https://newrepublic.com/article/192786/trump-tariffs-insane-method-madness

Nazi Germany had a knack for making up all sorts of legal terms and processes to justify their menagerie of horrors.

People feel safe in process. Euphemism is comfortable. And it absolutely works. Because it’s not state-sanctioned murder, it’s “capital punishment”. It’s not torture, it’s “enhanced interrogation.” It’s not genocide, it’s “protecting national security interests”. And so on.

DOGE Cans the People Who Build and Oversee U.S. Nukes

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/doge-cans-people-who-build-and-oversee-us?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=100186

When a leader in the White House says empathy is a fundamental weakness, they mean all of us can fuckin die and they could not be bothered to give less of a shit

Celia is a Central Valley sweet potato worker. She shares: I'm going to participate in the March 31 #CesarChavez immigration march in Delano, CA. I'm a American citizen, but I too once worried if we were going to return home with our children. These raids must stop. #WeFeedYou

Harvard University on Monday announced that tuition will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less starting in the 2025-26 academic year.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/harvard-tuition-families-making-200k/story?id=119874241

Well, it seems Hamas used the ceasefire to build its forces up for another October 7th, just like they said they would. What do you know?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-unusual-incident-in-gaza-indicates-hamas-gearing-up-to-carry-out-new-raid-in-israel/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Judaism, Israel, and Antisemitism @judaism-israel-and-antisemitism-DanHakimi

Putin has created an overheated military economy, making a return to normal potentially result in a “hard landing,”
- Reuters columnist Pierre Brianson

The apparent resilience of the Russian economy is an illusion. Meanwhile, the end of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains uncertain, despite the proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. Even if a truce is reached, it is unlikely to shift Russia away from a defense-driven economy.

Military spending accounts for 40% of the federal budget
#AureFreePress

The stories of these Americans getting fired by Musk and Republicans in general need to get spread far and wide. They're so sad to read, but we've got to get more Americans to wake up to the damage the GOP is doing to the USA!
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/03/05/thousands-of-federal-workers-in-wisconsin-fight-their-firings/

#TheRuleOfLaw #ThomasPaine

“The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally.” #MashaGessen https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html

We’re in the midst of #authoritarian takeover of the US govt. It’s been coming and coming, and not everybody is prepared to read it that way. The characters regarded as people to emulate, like #Orban, #Putin all indicate strategy is to create an illiberal #democracy or an authoritarian democracy or a strongman democracy. You neutralize the branches of #government; you neutralize the media; you neutralize universities, and you’re on your way. #trump #maga https://www.chronicle.com/article/were-in-the-midst-of-an-authoritarian-takeover