Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

My mother's life was prolonged by an organ donor. It's such an important process that touches so many people. Yet the current government is firing people who aim to make it more efficient so it can save more lives. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs

US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters (Abbey Fenbert/The Kyiv Independent)

https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250222/p25#a250222p25

Ivana died from 'accidental fall down a staircase' and is buried in Trump's NJ golf course
"...Trump became a target of Soviet and Czechoslovak intelligence in 1977 after marrying Czech model Ivana Zelníčková. Ivana Zelníčková, Trump’s first wife, reportedly worked with the Czechoslovak security service surveillance, the Státní Bezpečnost (StB)...The StB formally cooperated with Russia’s KGB, Poland’s SB, East Germany’s Stasi and other Soviet bloc intelligence agencies. 

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-under-codename-krasnov-claims-former-soviet-spy-chief/

@RealJournalism

Cripes, how about we make millionaires and billionaires pay what they owe so government can afford to get people housing instead of people having to depend on the whims of millionaire and billionaire charity?

The National Labor Relations Board is really the thing that makes unions work.

It also protects you at your job even if you're not a union worker. Think you're going to complain that your employer wants you to work more than 40 hours a week or about unsafe working conditions with Trump’s NLRB? Nope. And nobody else will be able to, either.

Elections have consequences.

Trump's anti-union NLRB reverses workers rights:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5151459-trump-anti-worker-nlrb-unions/

The latest talk on the DOGE dividends involves $5,000 payments to every household. I could use the money, but that would blow a hole in the deficit greater than the money that would be saved. https://www.rawstory.com/doge-divident-fishback/

I wonder by Russia's occupation of Ukraine gets a lot more press than its occupation of the White House...

👩🏼Guns can be harmful for children. We're going to teach kids gun safety, starting in kindergarten. The 1st lessons will be what guns are, and to avoid them and call an adult.

👴🏻Sounds legit. Proceed.

👩🏼Sex can be harmful for children. We're going to teach kids sex education, starting --

👴🏻No!

https://apnews.com/article/utah-gun-safety-training-schools-0a8c5ab2d6814cde5804391245a54810

‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to #Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/its-blackmail-ukrainians-react-to-trump-demand-for-500bn-share-of-minerals

The DOJ directed its prosecutors to investigate state and local officials who don’t comply with ICE directives in order to potentially bring criminal charges. “There is no such crime as failing to help ICE do its job,” said a constitutional law scholar.
https://boltsmag.org/new-york-sheriff-faces-ice-threats-on-immigration-enforcement-in-ithaca/

@Nonilex I've been posting about this since just a few hours after the doge website went live. All of the data from those contracts is public record. It's super easy to verify. I have yet to find a single doge entry that is correct.

@AlliFlowers That's just the spending #muskrat couldn't hide. Who knows how much more is hidden as chainsaw oil or some other such nonsense.

#Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished US DHS data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals & returns in the last full year of Joe #Biden's administration.

#immigration #law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-set-broaden-arrests-deportation-routes-expand-immigration-crackdown-2025-02-21/

Judge in #EricAdams Case Appoints Lawyer to Argue Against Dropping of Charges

Judge Dale E. Ho said that with #NYC’s mayor & federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear #independent arguments.

#law #DOJ #criminal #corruption #QuidProQuo #Trump #EmilBove
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/nyregion/adams-corruption-judge-independent-lawyer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Hero: Chris Kluwe. Read the story. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/02/19/chris-kluwe-arrest-maga-protest/79240528007/
And, he declined to comment for the NYT, telling them he’d only talk to Jamelle Bouie. 1/2

Israelis gathered along the highway in the country’s south to watch the coffins travel by convoy to Tel Aviv for forensic examination. #Israel’s govt has not confirmed the deaths of Shiri, Ariel & Kfir, saying it will verify the identities of the deceased only after the examination.

…It is unclear how Shiri #Bibas & her sons were killed. #Hamas alleges that they were killed by an Israeli airstrike but has not provided any evidence.

#Gaza #war #geopolitics

Keep ‘em coming

Lawyers for CBS say they plan to demand that #Trump, who is allegedly letting DOGE [sic] pillage U.S. treasury data, according to multiple lawsuits, fork over his own personal finance information to the network.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/discovery-will-be-needed-trump-must-fork-over-his-personal-financials-if-he-follows-through-with-kamala-harris-60-minutes-lawsuit-cbs-says/