Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

🚨Via Maddow:

Martin O'Malley, former #SocialSecurity commissioner, says he believes the #Trump administration has already taken 90% of the actions necessary to crater Social Security.

#RIP George Foreman

https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2F2025%2F03%2F21%2Fgeorge-foreman-dead%2F

From @EmmettMacfarlane: "The [#USA] #ruleoflaw. Dead. The system of #checksandbalances. Dead. #Humanrights. Gone. Naked #corruption. In full swing. This is not a #democracy in decline. It is, simply, not a democracy."

#canpoli

https://open.substack.com/pub/emmettmacfarlane/p/american-democracy-is-not-in-decline?r=4t3klr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

@GottaLaff For decades, Republicans have claimed they need to lower taxes to “help small businesses.” It’s their reason for every single handout to billionaires.

Now they are PROVING they never, ever, EVER gave a 💩 about small businesses.

You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all.

We don't want to be on any list.

And now the US Gov and Musk are trying to get access to all data they have about every person and put them into a big fat DB and run AI over it.

I am afraid what they will do with that.

Howard Lutnick told a national television audience to buy a specific stock tied to the sitting president’s top campaign donor. THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.

Why is Trump’s Commerce secretary urging the public to buy Tesla stock?
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/commerce-secretary-tesla-stock-lutnick-rcna197244

#HowardLutnick #EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

'Trump rescinds order suspending security clearances at top law firm"

More accurately "Law firm capitulates to Trump"

This is a sign of bad things to come. Weep for the country.

https://us.cnn.com/2025/03/20/politics/paul-weiss-trump-rescinds-order-suspended-security-clearances

#uspol #bullying

Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China

Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

In response to NPR's request for comment, a spox for the #DOJ said, "This Dept of #Justice is acutely focused on Making America Safe Again & ensuring one tier of justice for all Americans after historic political weaponization under the previous administration." [slogans without substance]

#law #Trump #ConstitutionalCrisis #democracy

I detest these people on so many levels

Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: After years of litigation about Trump's civil liability for #Jan6, the Justice Department is now moving to substitute itself for Trump in the lawsuit, saying Trump was acting in his official capacity on Jan. 6.

#Trump

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
-Fred Rogers

Elmo: I’ve never done anything evil

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/dutton-confident-of-common-ground-with-trump/105076752
No one will be safe if Australians hand the top job to a Queensland cop who sees Trump as a role model

Columbia Apologized to Mahmoud Khalil in May 2024 for One-Day Suspension https://theintercept.com/2025/03/19/columbia-mahmoud-khalil-suspension-gaza-protests/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter #Fascism

Abbott praises Trump’s efforts to eliminate Education Department at White House Gov. Greg Abbott dismissed concerns that federal funding and civil rights could be jeopardized by the reduction of the department. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/texas-greg-abbott-trump-education-department/

⚠️⚠️⚠️
ICE DEPORTED Jerce Reyes Barrios, a VENEZUELAN SOCCER ⚽ player who was TORTURED by MADURO'S DICTATORSHIP. He APPLIED for ASYLUM in the U.S. 🇺🇸 NO EVIDENCE he committed ANY CRIME. No gang membership.

Then ICE SENT HIM to a PRISON in EL SALVADOR

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.44.5_3.pdf 🔗

I know this will come as a surprise, but DOGE just deleted 136 leases it claims to have cancelled because it didn't actually cancel them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/doge-canceled-leases.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Social Security's new in-person identification requirement angers retirees and advocates - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-in-person-identity-requirement-angers-retirees-advocates/

Ohio Department of Health identifies measles case in the state.

The agency said Thursday the individual was from Ashtabula County, was unvaccinated #Ohio #Measles

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohio-department-of-health-identifies-measles-case-in-the-state/