Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

You can search these documents for yourself, we've set up a Document Cloud. It's at the link. prospect.org/justice/2025...

We Obtained Thousands of New E...

This might be elitist, but I'm beginning to think that we need more barriers of entry to be U.S. President. At least, you should be able to prove you have a basic understanding of how economies work. Anything more than just having the money and will. You need more qualifications to be a manager at TJ Maxx, than the President. I'm not talking about education here either, obviously if you have a Daddy with money, you can get an education, but can you pass an actual test. I'm just dreaming here, but tells me what you think the qualifications for being President should be.

Authorizing the military to kill civilians exercising their first amendment rights, seems like it should be a much bigger story.

This morning, during a national moment of silence, President #Zelenskyy honoured the memory of those who had given their lives for Ukraine's freedom and independence at the Memorial on Independence Square

United 24 Media / Instagram

Everyone should read this thread

Tagging @blogdiva in case they missed it

https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/115295799120027393

By me.

Europe Can No Longer Ignore That It’s Under Russian Attack.
And why that may turn out to be a good thing.

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/europe-russia-drones-hybrid-war/

@wdlindsy the members of the military have pledged their lives and blood to protect the people of the United States

More and more governments and organisations are freeing themselves from vendor lock-in! The Austrian military has moved 16,000 PCs to #LibreOffice – getting vital digital sovereignty in the process: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/30/austrias-military-switches-from-microsoft-office-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

So Pete Hegseth says no more ‘overweight people’ in the military. Cool. Is Kristi Noem rolling out the same weight policy for ICE agents or does the rule stop where MAGA cosplay begins? I guess the shaving policy doesn’t matter when the only thing visible under the ski masks is their eyes.

"President Trump did not have many bad things to say about America’s foreign adversaries. He spoke about Vladimir Putin in largely neutral terms (only saying he was 'disappointed' in him) and barely mentioned China.

He did, however, speak with great moral clarity about certain classes of Americans whom he views as a grave threat:"

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-from-within

President Trump says "it's not appropriate" to take questions now about the Gaza peace plan but if Netanyahu wants to take a question from "a friendly Israeli reporter," he can. The prime minister declines the suggestion.

Will the media even bother asking Trump to comment on Netanyahu's claims, saying US strikes were never intended to take out all of Iran's enriched uranium? He said it on Fox, no less.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/09/trump-looks-foolish-us?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=107450

“The plural of anecdote isn't data.”
—Carl Sagan

There are plenty of studies that examine all the political violence over a given date range, and find that the majority of political violence is coming from the right (during the 60s, it was the reverse).

Republicans counter this by pointing at a handful of carefully-selected data points, or even a single data point, and demanding that we form our conclusions based on that instead of looking at all the data.

https://www.thenorthstar.com/p/when-the-killer-wears-a-maga-shirt

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Mike Johnson and the Heritage foundation’s dominionist christian bullshit with the 7 Mountains Mandate is really kicking off.

Isolate America from allies, especially western secular/progressive ones, destroy education, control media, and now finally dominate arts and entertainment so that the cultural zeitgeist is whatever they say it is.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1nti9ry/comment/ngttxyn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

You may have a problem in your country when you're asked "Have you seen the mass shooting?" and your response is "Which one?"...

I asked a lawyer
about the list
of extremism indicators
and he said:
worry,
but don’t worry too much
these won’t stand up
in court.

And then
I asked a historian
about the list
of extremism indicators
and she just said:
worry.

Are you, or is someone you love, a general, admiral, or senior NCO summoned by the Draft Dodger in Chief and his alcoholic sidekick to the ominous upcoming gathering?

If so, you’ll want to read this. And thank you for your service!
https://www.justsecurity.org/121421/hegseth-meeting-sign-nothing/