Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

“Believe me, Ukraine is on the menu, not at the negotiating table,” – military analyst Michael Clarke to Sky News.

“There’s an old saying in diplomatic circles: ‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’ And believe me, Ukraine is on the menu.”

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-putin-call-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-ceasefire-kursk-moscow-live-sky-news-latest-12541713?postid=9298649#liveblog-body

From bad to absolutely despicable. Trump ended a U.S.-funded initiative documenting Russia’s war crimes, including a sensitive database detailing the mass deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

“Putin, do you want more so I can save face?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/18/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-crimes/

👀Trump just rescinded the rule designed to prevent bank collapses - and subsequent taxpayer bailouts of banks and their wealthy uninsured depositors.

The rule was put in place right after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. https://www.levernews.com/bank-failures-for-all/

Rather than lower rates, Arkansas jail simply cancels all inmate phone calls
One angry sheriff takes on the FCC.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/rather-than-lower-rates-arkansas-jail-simply-cancels-all-inmate-phone-calls/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Trump got nothing. Putin tricked Trump into demanding that Ukraine can no longer bomb Russian oil refineries, while Putin can continue bombing civilians, and Ukraine can have 0 weapon deliveries for 30 days.

Trump truly possesses a lethal level of stupidity.

It is time the international community tells the wannabe dictator, that we do not deal with fools, and we will now help Ukraine send Putin's murderers back to Moscow.

Enough is enough.

“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.”
~ Issac Asimov

Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’? https://www.theverge.com/news/631716/white-house-starlink-wi-fi-connectivity-musk

Ça y est ! La version finale de #GIMP 3.0 est enfin disponible !

#OpenSource #foss #linux

https://www.clubic.com/actualite-557511-ca-y-est-la-version-finale-de-gimp-3-0-est-enfin-disponible.html

Tim Walz on the offensive in Iowa!

If the rest of us do enough now to still have mid terms, efforts like this will be important. Plus, Walz and local Dems are right to stoke red district anger. Only way we can save democracy.

#resist #democrats #TimWalz #fascism

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHM_7sdup8i/

A conservative friend of mine has changed their mind on trans issues based on having a trans grandchild. Why does it take knowing someone of a group to miraculously then understand them? You could just love and understand them without having to know them personally. It’s easy.

Some Hospitals Canceled Care for Trans Youth Despite Judge Blocking Trump Order

LGBTQ advocates accuse medical institutions of “obeying in advance” after Trump issued the anti-trans executive order.

https://prismreports.org/2025/03/18/trans-gender-affirming-care-surgeries/

The two NASA astronauts who were unexpectedly stranded on the space station for the last nine months have been picked up and are on the way back.

I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:

Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?

Rescue Crew: [...]

Astronauts: TURN THIS THING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

OMG

Yesterday, a #Republican state lawmaker in #Minnesota named #JustinEichorn introduced a new bill he coauthored to legally define "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a "mental illness" in the state.

Later in the day, he was arrested. For what, you ask?

via @bulwarkonline’s Adam Keiper

#criminal #law #MAGA #Republicans #Trump #pedophile #SexOffender #StatutoryRape
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/gop-state-sen-justin-eichorn-arrested-for-suspicion-of-soliciting-sex-with-a-16-year-old-girl/

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