Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

‘…DHS has imposed new limits on visits by members of #Congress…to #immigration enforcement facilities… …#ICE asserts…power to “deny a request or otherwise cancel, reschedule or terminate a tour or visit” by lawmakers or their staff… Under existing federal law, members of Congress can make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.” …the new policy…[says] ICE field offices are not subject to those requirements…’ | NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/politics/ice-congress.html

America could have helped #Ukraine defeat Putin, but instead chose to abandon them and fight Israel’s wars. Don’t we Americans get a say???

Pres Biden signed into law in 2021 that Juneteenth is a federal holiday but it's been celebrated here in Texas since 1866. It was however, was only declared a state holiday in 1980.

The significance of Juneteenth is that it marks when the last enslaved people learned of the Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom, June 19, 1865. It was then that 2,000 Union troops landed in Galveston, a year and a half after the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered by President Lincoln.

Happy #Juneteenth

https://thepostnewspaper.net/2025/06/13/galveston-county-museum-adds-wwi-propaganda-poster-in-honor-of-juneteenth/

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social ) #Juneteenth

Doctor shortages: just another way Tyrant #Trump is ruining everything.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/health/medical-residents-travel-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.iU-X.yRZkpYQzELNm&smid=url-share
#USPolitics #USHealthCare

Remember when Brad Lander Caught Kristi Noem Stealing $80 Million? www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/r...

Remember when Brad Lander Caug...

That Sen. #MikeLee hasn’t resigned yet is unbelievable. He has no morals, no ethics. That the #GOP isn’t forcing him to resign is expected - they’re all unscrupulous, spineless and #corrupt.

Secret police forces typically meet 5 criteria: targeting political opponents & dissidents answer directly to dictator the identity of members / operations are secret surveillance operations arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture. So yeah: ICE= Gestapo

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dxu25p5fmfrngmjr5iawpr4d/post/3lrsxcvd6o223

How ICE is becoming a secret p...

"We now know that Boelter was a Trump voter who had a hit list with other Minnesota Democrats, including Rep. Omar and Keith Ellison. He was not a Democrat or leftist, despite what Elon Musk and right-wing propagandists are spreading on social media."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #VanceBoelter #Minnesota #abortion
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-people-will-continue-rising-against

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

#Democrats Preview a New Attack: Trump’s #Pardons Are Majorly Expensive

A new #Judiciary Committee memo states #Trump’s nearly 1,600 pardons could deprive victims of #crimes about $1.3 billion in fines & restitution.

#law #felon47
https://www.notus.org/congress/democrats-new-attack-trump-pardons-expensive

#Israel, w/5 days of missile strikes, has done considerable damage to #Iran & believes it can now deal a permanent blow to Tehran’s #nuclear program—particularly if it gets a little more help from the #US.

But deepening American involvement, perhaps by providing the Israelis with bunker-busting #bombs to penetrate Iranian nuclear sites built deep underground or offering other direct #USmilitary support, comes w/ enormous political risk for #Trump. [& actual risk for US #ServiceMembers.]

I just ran across this iconic photo from the orange wannabe dictator's birthday perade and it reminded me us taxpayers paid for a fireworks show that night.

Why didn't the Army put on a drone show for us rather than polluting the air with fireworks?

#Iran

England will expand free school meals to 500,000 more children. By 2026, all children in households receiving Universal Credit will be eligible for free school meals in England. The policy will cover an additional 500,000 students and is projected to lift 100,000 children out of poverty while saving families £490 per child each year. Worth every penny. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/free-school-meals-poor-children-b2763668.html?ref=fixthenews.com
#ShareGoodNewsToo

There were two MAGA terrorist attacks on Saturday—but corporate media refuses to call them that! Worse, corporate media "both sides" political violence when only Trump incites, defends and celebrates violence that serves his agenda. My new article: https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/there-were-two-maga-terrorist-attacks

The corporate media in the #UnitedStates is pretending #ICE is under NEITHER federal nor state jurisdiction.

That's interesting since it's your #tax money.

But if that is the case, then ICE has no legal protection from any harm, making the premise to use the #NationalGuard nonsense.

#NoKings !

JUST IN: Congressman Massie introduces the Iran War Powers Resolution to prohibit US involvement in the Israel-Iran war.

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