Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree with this administration on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think that this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake ... your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute."

The #Pentagon says the unnecessary deployment of #NationalGuard members & #Marines to #protests over #immigration raids in #LosAngeles is costing $134M.

After persistent questioning from #Democrats in #Congress on Tues, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the total & said the money will come from operations & maintenance accounts.

#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-congress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy
tweeted:

“Important to remember that Trump isn’t trying to heal or keep the peace.

He is looking to inflame and divide.

His movement doesn’t believe in democracy or protest
– and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take it.

None of this is on the level.”

CNN Reporter Detained By Police At L.A. Protests

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/cnn-reporter-detained-police-la-protests?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=103352

Airlines sell passenger data to the feds through a separate data broker they spun up and put in the contract that DHS is not allowed to tell anyone that it comes from the airlines:

https://www.404media.co/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs/

The symbolic aid the Madleen was carrying will be passed along to Palestinians. But it’ll do basically nothing to help, especially not compared to the 1,200 aid trucks that have entered Gaza from Israel in the past fortnight alone. This was nothing more than “irresponsible grandstanding”. As the Israeli Foreign Ministry put it: “There are ways to provide aid to the Gaza Strip – they don’t involve Instagram selfies.”

More measles cases reported in Colorado — and people who went to 3 hospitals may have been exposed

https://coloradosun.com/2025/06/09/more-colorado-measles-cases-turkish-airlines/

By increasing the National Guard and military presence in LA, President Trump promises to keep Americans safe from democracy.

‘Wildly underprepared’
#NationalGuard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos
“This is what happens when the president and (Secretary of Defense) #PeteHegseth demand the National Guard state assets deploy immediately with no plan in place (and) no federal funding available for food, water, fuel and lodging,” the source said. “This is really the failure of the federal government. If you’re going to federalize these troops, then take care of them.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php #LosAngeles

If I was one of these troops, I’d be a little pissed.
#HurryUpAndWait

An American friend posted this and I wanted to pass it along - I don't know anyone in the US military, but maybe you have friends or family who are, and they might benefit from seeing this.

https://girightshotline.org/

#USMilitary #militaryRights

Time to cancel the FIFA WorldCup in the United States while this worthless #TACOKrasnov is in office, or even alive. And the Olympics? You must be kidding, smdh
#ImpeachTrumpNow

BREAKING: California sued the Trump administration on Monday over President Donald Trump’s activation of the California National Guard. https://substack.com/@chrisgeidner/note/c-124394729

Spread this around please...

US #veterans agency orders #scientists not to #publish in journals w/out #clearance. Senior officials at VA ordered all #VA #physicians, scientists not publish in medical journals or speak w public without first seeking clearance from political appointees of #Trump. The edict, laid down in emails by VA asst sec for public, intergovernmental affairs, came hours after New England Journal of Medicine published perspective co-authored by 2 pulmonologists who work for VA in TX https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/us-veterans-affairs-agency-doctors-scientists-research

Firing the whole vaccine advisory panel is bad. Like really bad. We are so utterly fucked.

LAPD chief says police had "no formal notification" of Marines' deployment to LA protests https://t.co/xSQ4N5U30d

Sly Stone Dies: Funk-Rock Pioneer Behind Sly & The Family Stone, Subject Of ‘Sly Lives!’ Doc Was 82
#News #Obituaries #SlyTheFamilyStone #SlyLives #SlyStone

https://deadline.com/2025/06/sly-stone-dead-sly-amp-the-family-stone-sly-lives-1236428479/