Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Imagine if you took your dad’s car for a joyride after you dad explicitly told you not to do it, and then your dad, a policeman, has to chase you down the road because he sees you driving his car, and then when you’re punished for 6 months for doing the thing, you still brag to your friends that your dad doesn’t tell you what to do.

Now … imagine this being International Relations.

#CNN #News Blue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation https://w.st/hf5DT

#Trump plans to fence #LafayetteSquare — the park near the White House long used by tourists & #protesters

Trump is planning another significant change to #WashingtonDC, a new permanent fence that would allow officials to close the #PublicPark across the street from the executive mansion, according to 3 people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss administration plans.

#law #RightToProtest #US #Constitution #democracy #fascism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/17/trump-plans-fence-around-lafayette-square-park-outside-white-house/

Ukrainian forces struck bridges linking occupied #Crimea with russian-held territory in mainland #Ukraine overnight on June 13, a Ukrainian military unit confirmed.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-reports-new-strikes-on-bridges-linking-occupied-crimea-with-mainland-ukraine/

I would like to see no bailouts at all after this crash please.

#aibubble

The US has recorded 2073 confirmed #measles cases so far this year, which is 91% of the total accumulated last year -- in less than six months. 40 jurisdictions have reported cases.
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-name-kennedy-center-e6caa6a7c6115671490278491ee9e96c

'I've never been this good' - revolutionary immune reset puts lupus in remission - BBC News

https://share.google/sgoktorBJ2zkCad5m

It’s like Groundhog Day except the day Bill Murray is stuck in is a perpetual stupid war that makes everyone on the planet’s life worse and more expensive

“He’s a real businessman.” “No, he’s a grifter.” “He’s the president.” “Yes, and he’s monetizing it.” WATCH embarrassingly naive Carla Sands somehow just now learn from @bakarisellers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy the Trumps are obscenely corrupt and personally enriching themselves with billions.

@deedeeque @samiamsam @kibcol1049 I don't think there's a jury in the civilised world that would convict Canada or Iceland for making a precision strike on the White House ballroom/bunker. He who lives by the sword...

"Italian prosecutors are investigating Montgomery, Alabama-based Caddell Construction, a major builder of U.S. diplomatic missions. Two of its managers in Italy were arrested this month on suspicion of labor exploitation, one while boarding a flight to leave the country and another planning to flee, prosecutors said."

Foreign workers on US Consulate project in Italy complain of labor abuses | AP News https://apnews.com/article/us-consulate-milan-caddell-labor-exploitation-9b77ab653aad4ffeab368de423920848

Oh, the stock market is up again, is it?

Isn't that special.

What is it we have more of now that a bunch of businesses gained in value?

Here's Germany's stock market during Hitler's run. Notice 1939 - 1943 how it grows and grows like it was on steroids. The peak of the worst atrocities humanity had ever committed up to then were *good* *for* *business*.

Right up until the markets were frozen, as Nazi advances were.

The lesson here is simple. Money having a good day is not people having one.

BREAKING: Judge Boasberg denies DOJ's motion to vacate the court's prior decisions quashing the subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve, accusing DOJ of looking for "a creative way to clear its loss from the books." https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.288962/gov.uscourts.dcd.288962.43.0_1.pdf