Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa wants a #Trump Tower in Damascus. Iran calls it 'total surrender'

The Syrian leader,🚨who's still a DESIGNATED TERRORIST, believes this could help soften the US's sanctions. Bass too, hopes Trump's history of breaking longstanding US foreign policy taboos -meeting with North Korean ldr Kim Jong Un in the demilitarized zone b/w NK & SK in 2019 -could work in Sharaa's favor...
#Syria #Terrorists #TrumpRegime #Emoluments #Kleptocracy #USPol
https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2025/05/13/syria-s-new-leader-ahmed-al-sharaa-wants-a-trump-tower-in-damascus-iran-calls-it-total-surrender.html

Amid upcoming peace talks, Ukrainian intelligence officials told the Financial Times that Russia seems to be preparing for a larger offensive, relocating forces to key hotspots on the battlefield, rather than signaling any readiness for peace negotiations.

https://www.ft.com/content/a43c7876-7d7b-4d1c-96fd-98b60a1c6223

Notice how trump's first official international trip as president is to countries directly involved in business with his family.

MAGA attacks church over Donald Trump rebuke: 'Funds must be pulled' The announcement comes just days after 49 South Africans arrived in the United States for resettlement under a fast-tracked refugee program launched by President Donald Trump, www.newsweek.com/episcopal-ch...

MAGA attacks church over Donal...

A reminder to all who demand capital punishment or even "merely" prison to be a grim oubliette with no possibility of parole never mind rehabilitation and care for those incarcerated or those released from imprisonment. And a reminder to those who denigrate legal professionals who "defend the obviously guilty" and demand that some are pre-judged without proper trial:

You, personally, are merely one false accusation away from suffering any of those fates.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce809e3gd1xo

Sean Rowe:

"Just over two weeks ago, the federal government informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of our federal grant, we are expected to resettle white Afrikaners from South Africa whom the U.S. government has classified as refugees.

In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step."

#Trump #refugees #SouthAfrica #Episcopalian
/6

The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.
—

For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #Idaho #Parents #Children #School #Disability #Trump

The American people are a welcoming and generous people, they said after awarding residency to pale skin people that extracted from and subjugated people from South Africa,

As can be clearly seen in the fact that we're ending the social safety net, crashing the economy to enrich only the oligarchs, and using collective punishment against the entire state of Maine because they protect the civil rights of trans people there unlike in Texas where they also think it's helpful to put doctors in jail for protecting the civil rights of pregnant people

Very welcoming

Very generous

I guess it could be said that Peter Cook didn't make this cool, living artwork, but it's terrific that he created it by forcing the tree to grow into a chair over 8 years of work.

It's a start.

Via Kyle Griffin:

Leader Schumer is placing holds on all Justice Department political appointees in response to Trump's acceptance of a $400 million luxury jet as a gift from Qatar's royal family.

@GottaLaff honestly, I'm unsurprised this is the only one...so far

"The owner of a white supremacist account on X has reportedly been unmasked as a Dallas-area prosecutor who represents Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at court.

"James 'Jim' Joseph Rodden, 44, an assistant chief counsel for ICE who represents the agency in immigration hearings in the Dallas area, appears to be behind the account, which regularly shares racist and anti-immigrant takes..."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-prosecutor-revealed-behind-white-184240839.html

Greetings from Nuuk, #Greenland
May 13, 2025

Temp: -1C (30F)
Weather: Cloudy

Special Guest Star:
P572 HDMS Lange Koch
Yes. That’s the actual name!

I see someone at the NY Times reworked that headline. Good to see the word “Corruption” make an appearance:

“Trump’s Plan to Take Jet From Qatar Underscores Corruption Concerns”

"it feels like things are moving in the right direction. The biggest problem here is that the half life of a #Trump trade policy seems to be about one #Scaramucci."

Republicans are willing to spend something like $45 million for Trump's idiotic military parade.

How many people could $45 million feed? How many could be clothed or housed for that amount? How many doctor's visits, how many childhood vaccinations, how many eye glasses for poor children?

Funny how these alleged Christians who wear their pious religion on their sleeve would rather spend money on a parade to glorify a rich man than do what their God actually asked of them, isn't it?