Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Yes, they’re sincere about their desire to eradicate actual diversity in the workplace, but they aren’t interested in a world where skills carry the day. Rather, they want what can only be described as affirmative action for unqualified true believers. Put another way, adherence to a particularly hardline conservative worldview is the sole qualification that matters. - Lisa Needham
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/white-guy-dei-trump?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6O0OGIz-DgpYxFMhRMMCci98b3YQ7ljE0sLY1wslzYyln8FPocjxYttIZjag_aem_X0F825Yd0PG166jrN0oa_Q

Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student, denied bond in immigration case https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/metro/rumeysa-ozturk-immigration-denied-bond/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter During the immigration hearing in Louisiana, which was closed to the press, government lawyers contended that Öztürk was both “a flight risk and a danger to the community,”

⚠️ "Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds

Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal..About 90% of toothpastes contained lead, 65% contained arsenic, just under half contained mercury, and one-third had cadmium. Many brands contain a number of the toxins" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/toothpaste-lead-heavy-metals

Wait. You mean to tell me a bunch of rich gals paid to be launched into space, fly in microgravity for a few minutes and then land on Earth? We live in the future. It’s great to see that rich women can also be as out of touch as their rich male counterparts … that’s progress!

A 19 yr old in NYC was apprehended by ICE and deported to El Salvador despite agents realizing he was not who they meant to arrest in a targeted operation.

One ICE agent said “No, he’s not the one” and the other said “Take him anyway”.

He was here legally. This is f**king dısgusting

Have you ever been this happy? [sound on]

#donkey #rubberchicken #chickentoy #donkeys #animals #humor #humour #cute

He will proceed to identify specific individuals who have caused executive branch noncompliance with his orders. He will conduct fact finding , requiring sworn declarations, and if necessary, live witness testimony under oath.

This is brilliant from Boasberg. Keeps everything in the public spotlight, puts any number of Trump lackeys on the spot. If they stonewall, they create further grounds for contempt finding. 16/16

Four of the law firms targeted by Trump have challenged his attacks in court. At this point, they're undefeated.

There's a lesson here for the firms that chose appeasement. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/4-law-firms-targeted-trump-extend-winning-streak-white-house-rcna201492

There is a much too rarely mentioned but essential difference between Donald Trump and Abrego Garcia: Abrego Garcia is not a convicted felon.

BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that probable cause exists to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willful violation of his March 15 orders regarding Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation and sets next steps toward possible prosecution.

More to come: https://www.lawdork.com/

Two dick-tators

Two dick-tators

The problem with christianity is that it traps people in a perpetual state of childish helplessness... shifting all responsibility to god, declaring that whatever happens is 'god’s will,' and branding any attempt at independent thought or self-determination as sinful hubris. The only acceptable posture becomes one of submission: get in line, kneel humbly before the church, the bible, the deity - and relinquish your own agency, capability, and responsibility.

1/7

Jimmy Kimmel Has A Field Day With Trump's Latest Quack Doctor

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/jimmy-kimmel-has-field-day-trumps-latest?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=101292

Rappel : si vous trouvez des magazines d'extrême droite dans une salle d'attente ou équivalent, vous les prenez avec vous. Ils vont pas partir tout seuls au recyclage.

“Only the people of Ukraine can decide on our territory,” – Zelensky delivers a firm rebuke to Trump’s envoy.

A clear message to Witkoff, who’s been openly floating a “settlement on five regions” in Ukraine.