Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"Putin is afraid to admit how many [Russian] people have died.
Because if the moment comes when he needs to mobilize, his society will be afraid,"
Zelensky said.

Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that at least 20 of the bodies Russia returned as Ukrainian were actually Russian soldiers.

"Sometimes these bodies even have Russian passports," Zelensky said.

He also cited the case of a deceased Israeli citizen fighting on Russia's side,
whom Moscow had passed off as a Ukrainian soldier.
https://kyivindependent.com/by-dumping-bodies-during-exchanges-russia-afraid-to-admit-scale-of-casualties-zelensky-says/

“I’ve said it before, Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours. There’s an old rule that wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, that’s ours,” Vladimir Putin said today. https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/20/wherever-a-russian-soldier-sets-foot-that-s-ours-vladimir-putin-declares

Funny how anti-regulation #MAGA types love the Bald Eagle.

It nearly went extinct—saved by banning DDT, the Endangered Species Act, and habitat protection. All government action.

By 1963, only 417 nesting pairs were left. By 2007, over 10,000. Nixon signed those protections. Even he cared more than today's GOP. So when a MAGA fan flaunts an eagle, remind them: “Woke” liberals and federal regs saved that bird. Not them.

LAT - A 37-year-old US citizen who was tackled to the ground and arrested after filming federal agents at Home Depot says he was held for more than an hour near Dodger Stadium, where agents boasted about how many immigrants they arrested. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-20/border-patrol-agents-brag-in-front-of-detaine

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

For a truce, #Russia demanded 4 Ukrainian regions, which would force Ukraine to give up territory, industry and abandon millions.

We collected stories from these areas that show what the true depth of this loss would be.

Reporter Finally Asks Why Trump Says 'Two Weeks' For Every Answer

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/reporter-finally-asks-why-two-weeks?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=103757

Yesterday, BEFORE Elon blew shit up again, Mark Kelly asked Whiskey Pete Hegseth whether he gutted the Pentagon's testing office so they couldn't tell him that Golden Dome, which is expected to pay Elon billions, wouldn't work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Qm...

Golden Teapot Dome

Dr. Demento retiring this October after 55 years: his show ended radio syndication in 2010, but he's continued broadcasting online weekly for the last 15 years https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-internet-is-about-to-get-less-weird/

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Once there were only 22 condors left on Earth: The LA Zoo just hatched 10 chicks https://phys.org/news/2025-06-condors-left-earth-la-zoo.html #science

Once again, Brendan Loper and The New Yorker cartoons nail it. Is this a chance for the global community to make real progress on international agreements that the US has long sabotaged?

LIVE: Mahmoud Khalil is released from immigration detention center https://twp.ai/4ioge8

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From: @mollyploofkins
7:14am today:

Why do Trump's '#ICE agents' need silencers

From @reichlinmelnick on Dead🐦 4hrs ago:

An even better question is why are these agents kitted out like a firefight is about to pop off?

Do you know how rare any kind of deadly threat is for #immigration enforcement? The last time a #deportation officer was killed in the line of duty was 1949.
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Dodgers win (at life) Happy Friday. There are 501 days until the midterm elections. The occupation of L.A. continues, the president is a racist a-hole and the Dodgers win (but not at baseball).

Dodgers win (at life)

@samiamsam I have talked to a LOT of people IRL that think AI is some kind of great invention.

I talked to one person about its flaws and he was convinced that it will only get better. The idea being that software always gets better I guess…

I asked him “Is Microsoft Word better now than it was 20 years ago?”

LA RESIDENT: “The cruelty is staggering. People are hiding in their homes from the federal government like Anne Frank. If you’re a Christian and you’re still supporting this you’ve lost your mind. You’re not gonna get a job because of what they’re doing. Absolute brutality.”