Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Ernie Smith got to talk with a techie who DOGE sent to get hands-on with the VA’s code. He had a lot to say. https://www.fastcompany.com/91330297/doge-sahil-lavignia-gumroad?mvgt=fXYhGyU2WurQ

#DonaldTrump is making a #mockery of the office he was elected to. He doesn’t know if he’ll follow his oath of office but wants to spend $90 million on a parade to stroke his #ego 🤦‍♂️

Rolling Stone: Trump’s Assault on Veterans Is Already Taking a Toll

Emails obtained by ProPublica reveal the president’s sinister plan to destroy the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-assault-veterans-taking-toll-1235333903/

"This is arguably the biggest grift in modern history": #ScottGalloway, host of "The Prof G Pod" and "Pivot" podcasts, weighs in on new questions about the #Trump family's #cryptocurrency ventures.

The injured aviators are the latest in a growing number of casualties in the Middle East that the Trump White House prefers to ignore. https://theintercept.com/2025/05/07/navy-jet-truman-red-sea-yemen-houthis

And if you're wondering if the House Ethics office will investigate Greene for taking official actions on behalf of a company in which she owns shares...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/04/08/house-ethics-office-stymied-as-johnson-delays-board-appointments-even-with-two-republicans-willing-to-serve/

Today we're releasing #LibreOffice 24.8.7, the last update to the older branch. After this, all users are recommended to upgrade to LibreOffice 25.2, the newer stable branch: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/05/08/libreoffice-24-8-7/ #foss #OpenSource

#DOGE IS A #PONZI SCAM! "House Democrat Jamie Raskin is the truth-teller we desperately need! He’s cutting through the chaos, exposing Trump’s empty promises of ending #wars and fixing inflation on day one!

'We The People' are DONE with the smoke and mirrors of the Trump/Musk administration, which is more about fattening billionaire wallets than supporting everyday Americans!

And let’s be clear: it’s #Trump who should face penalties, NOT innocent people!

Attorney General Bonta Busts Fraudster for Stealing Over $400,000 from a Citizen of the Pechanga Band of Indians https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-busts-fraudster-stealing-over-400000-citizen-pechanga

Hugo Lowell is reporting that Trump said he will be making an announcement at 10am ET tomorrow in the Oval Office about the first trade deal since his tariff plans went into effect.

Trump says it will be with a “BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY”

A lot of people are joking, but I fear he will announce lifting sanctions on Russia.

Iraq combat veteran here, Gold Star dad of another Iraq combat veteran, his little brother is a veteran and my dad is an Army veteran. No need at all for a REALLY expensive military parade just because the FOTUS (a/k/a Mr. “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart”) wants one for his friggen birthday.
#FucktRump
#VeteransAgainsttRump

New in PN: Maine fought the law, and Maine won

"After weeks of public fulminating, the administration quietly folded and quit trying to steal kids’ lunch money for the grievous sin of letting a couple of trans girls play sports. It’s a reminder that Trump, like any bully, can be fought and beaten."

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/janet-mills-maine-defeats-trump-trans-athletes

MEEKS: Do trade deficits constitute a national emergency?

BESSENT: Yes

MEEKS: Do you know that for the last four decades we have trade deficits and nobody said it was a national emergency?

Kari Lake announced that Voice of America will carry news content from the right-wing One America News Network. VOA staffers are outraged and said this violates the government-funded news broadcaster's congressional mandate. My latest for the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/05/07/oan-voice-of-america-one-america-news-kari-lake/

Senior Trump regime adviser Kari Lake appears to have resolved any doubts about what she wants to do with the Voice of America.

Lake seeks for it to look and sound a lot like the far-right One America News Network: on Tuesday night she announced that she had struck a deal to serve up the pro-Trump outlet's news reports for Voice of America's foreign audiences, at no taxpayer cost.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389453/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america

Well, the useless fuckin' #SCROTUS knuckled under to the pus-bag they gave immunity to, yet again. This time it's about Transgender military. I don't know the legal details---AND I DON'T WANT TO, MSNBC. All I need to know is that once again, Lady Liberty sits in her cell at Alcatraz and weeps.

In each case, if you watch the videos (which I've been posting) you can see the crowd at the town hall is on the side of the person being removed.

This is speed educating millions of Americans who voted for Trump. Leopards are out in force eating faces, and GOP behavior about town halls is doing more than any Dem messaging ever could to show people: the Republicans could not possibly care less about you.

Horrifying as it is, this is what has to happen. Reality is catching up to propaganda.

Chair of House Veteran Affairs Committee, #RepBost
, angrily denies #Trump Admin’s proposed 83,000 VA job cuts after disabled U.S. Army veteran confronts him. #VANotForSale