Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

The first woman to fly a combat mission as a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot sums it up.

My wife and I were vaccinated with MMR (measles, mumps, rubella vaccine) as children. Those vaccines saved millions of lives.

We just were tested to see if our immunity is still good. Hers is low or gone, so a booster is needed.

As the Republicans eviscerate and threaten US health services, be proactive in protecting yourselves and your family. Get checked and boosted, if necessary.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-the-measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-as-cases-rise-to-90

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL):

"I never thought, in the 23 years I served in the military, that I would hear the commander-in-chief of the United States Military parroting a Russian talking point.

It is, astonishing to me that he would also betray our allies in Europe in this way and pave the way for Putin.

The president essentially has just surrendered to Putin and that simply is not acceptable."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlDXlDBhJk
#Politics
9/n

The military is being purged. Why? When the inevitable protests happen, Trump needs loyalists who will do whatever he says to silence the opposition.

This is quite real.

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.