Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

…#Trump & #DOGE have aggressively flouted #Congress’s power with potentially [definitely] #illegal freezes on spending, & many of the moves have ended up in #court, where judges have at least temporarily reversed some actions.

Trump has frozen or canceled at least $430 billion in funds since taking office, according to an estimate compiled by the top #Democrats on the #House & #Senate #appropriations committees.

#law #Autocracy #Dictatorship #kleptocracy #USpol

Elizabeth Warren: "Donald Trump’s latest corruption? A $2 BILLION stablecoin deal with a foreign crypto company that will benefit the Trump family business. And it gets worse — the Senate is getting ready to bless this kind of grift. But it's not too late to make changes. Here's the latest:" — Bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov/post/3lo5ffmwmjc2i

Caring about measles outbreaks and chronic diseases at the same time are not mutually exclusive. The issue is that measles has unnecessarily come back due to low vaccination rates because of the lies that have been spreading for far too long. Also, how are we to address chronic disease with all these cuts to research and environmental regulations?

"This is the best bad decision I’ve made all day!"

#Caturday

@MalcolmNance
May the same thing happen to this administration as hapoened to Mussolini.

Terminated January 6th case #prosecutor: At the end of the night, 15 Assistant U.S. Attorneys had been fired.

My termination letter said it was for prosecuting January 6th cases.

“U.S. Attorneys represent the United States of America, not the #President.”

It’s clear Trump’s never read the founding documents. Perhaps someone could show him the Schoolhouse Rock versions.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4q4ziw4qk2hxxaxfu7jweuey/post/3lo54yxrhe22m

#EmilBove, a snr #Trump #DOJ ofcl, ordered an immediate investigation, primarily of one particular #student group, #Columbia University Apartheid Divest…
Bove told prosecutors in the #CivilRights division to obtain a membership #list…. Investigators…pushed back on those instructions because they were skeptical such a list existed, given the amorphous nature of online forums, & even if it did, scrutinizing people for membership seemed like a violation of their #FirstAmendment rights.
#law #ethics

A political cartoon about #MAGA from Nick Anderson:

America is in collapse because America is full of people who are eye-gougingly stupid.

https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/

Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/04/border-patrol-injunction/

Hollywood producing a new movie about 4 friends who have a bachelor party at mar-a-lago...its called 'The Overhang'

BREAKING: Tesla, $TSLA, Board of Directors have just reportedly opened a search for a CEO to succeed Elon Musk, per WSJ

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Tariffs threaten a pharmaceuticals shortage, as 95% of ibuprofen comes from China…More than 90% of the supply of anti-inflammation steroid hydrocortisone also comes from China, as well as 70% of acetaminophen and 45% of the U.S.’s penicillin imports https://fortune.com/article/tariffs-threaten-pharmaceuticals-shortage-ibuprofen-china/
so much winning!

Does it get more bizarre than this -
"IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE! TRUMP LAUNCHING HIS OWN DRUDGE REPORT USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS! #Propaganda paid for by us, without our permission, and even Drudge is furious. #WhiteHouse launches flashy headline driven website touting nothing but successes about #trump and his administration in the face of scathing reports on his first 100 days in office. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wire/

If you, like me, got turned on to Spier and Mackay menswear by @dieworkwear.bsky.social, tariffs just got real!!!