Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@QasimRashid Some of us should get hired into those positions and then release the prisoners. I’m serious.

Lisa Murkowski (R, invertebrate) feels “cheated” by Trump after he overturned, with the stroke of a pen, the concessions she thought she had secured for Alaska in the big ugly bill. She betrayed every single American with her vote to pass the bill, yet now she’s the victim. Of course.

Sen. Murkowski, feeling ‘cheat...

“Researchers …tried to calculate how many more people would die as a result of [Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill]…they came to 42,500 annually by 2034…And still, for all those that die, a much larger number will be sicker and live worse lives.”

by @TheEconomist

https://economist.com/united-states/2025/07/17/quantifying-trumpcare

1. Erdogan, Turkey's autocrat, politicizes the central bank, replaces its director, and demands lower interest rates. (He's more successful than Trump has been so far because Turkey is farther along the road to autocracy.)
2. Inflation soars to 85%.
3. Voters are enraged. A pro-democracy opposition candidate, Istanbul's mayor, gains support.
4. Erdogan has the mayor arrested for "corruption and terrorism."

The prisoner swap for 252 Venezuelan men sent to Nayib Bukele's concentration camp has been in the works since at least April. Was that always the plan? Is that why Emil Bove said the planes had to take off, "no matter what"? www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/19/w...

Was Bartering Venezuelans Alwa...

Andre Hernandez-Romero is the gay make up artist who was kidnapped and disappeared into the supermax El Salvador prison CECOT.

Why was he sent there? Because of his tattoos.

He came to the US legally in 2024. He sought and was granted asylum because he was trying to escape anti-LGBTQ+ violence and political persecution in Venezuela

He should have been starting a new life in the US. Enjoying the “freedom” to be who he is and love who he wants.

Instead he’s been locked in a prison in a foreign country because of an ICE mistake.

It’s the definition of cruel and unusual punishment

Today The Hill announced a prisoner exchange. The US has secured the release of 10 US citizens held in Venezuela in exchange for returning more than 250 Venezuelan men being held in the El Salvador prison

Hernandez Romero is one of them.

This young man who fled Venezuela because it wasn’t safe for him, has now spent months trying to survive a foreign supermax prison only to be swapped like a chess piece and sent back to the country he fled in the first place.

Keep saying his name. Speak out. He needs and deserves protection.

Abolish ICE.

https://www.advocate.com/news/andry-hernandez-romero-released-venezuela

#abolishice #ice #immigration #fascism #lgbtq #uspol

Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii called the Senate Judiciary Committee a “kangaroo court” as she walked out.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/week-bipartisanship-us-senate-died?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=104822

Funny how “trimming the fat” means axing PBS, not the subsidy that helps billionaires write off their private jets.

As Trump DNI Tulsi Gabbard tries to distract from his Epstein cover-up by accusing Obama of “treason” over Russiagate (which was never a hoax), maybe some outlets could mention her disturbing ties to Russia, who called her “our girlfriend” on state TV? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. An American man who moved his family to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” for his kids is being sent to fight on Russia's front lines. His wife says he is being “thrown to the wolves” after being told that his job in the military would be as a correspondent or as a welder.

The incredible hate and stupidity of some people is hard to imagine.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-fam-to-russia-to-flee-wokenow-hes-headed-to-ukraine-front-line/

If you want to read the article: Florida congressman facing eviction lived in luxury with 'magnificent views'

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/nation-world/2025/07/18/florida-rep-cory-mills-may-need-to-leave-magnificent-views-if-evicted-from-washington-penthouse/85240043007/

And the building's website: https://www.1331maryland.com/

And we thought raccoons were raiding the feeder. Nope, it was Peanut and her boyfriend. #birdfeeding #deer #WildLife #Gardening

When you are young
you are taught
that you should always try
to treat other people
as you would like
to be treated,
and when you are older
you will realize
that if you try
to treat other people
as you would like
to be treated
you will be accused
of virtue signaling.

Vought doesn’t need Congress or the CON to force thru massive cuts to fed spending, hinting:🚨more such cuts are coming soon as Trump demonstrates he’s “not cowing to a leg branch’s understanding of its own authorities & powers.” Trump & Vought: pushing the limits of the pres' authority *rescissions pkg -CXLs $9B in spending -to be signed into law.

So many MAGA villains in Trump's orbit -but Vought's on track to cause the suffering of Ms of ppl *deaths will follow.
#USPol https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-vought-scoffs-congress-spending-cuts_n_687907bce4b007ebff46dc4e

As Trump Downplays Epstein, Wyden Unveils Details of Treasury’s Undisclosed Epstein File
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/as-trump-downplays-epstein-wyden-unveils-details-of-treasurys-undisclosed-epstein-file

#JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverUp #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinFiles #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol

Mentioning an account is also known as @-ing because you type @ and then the name of the account. It's also known as tagging a person.

I've done a full guide all about mentions on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-are-mentions-on-mastodon-what-does-ing-mean

Hopefully this answers all the questions people have about this topic. Let me know if I've missed something 🙂

#FediTips