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Appreciate the reference (below) to @propublica.org’s coverage of Russ Vought in @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s newsletter today. I have more Vought reporting in the works. I’d love to hear from anyone with information about Vought, OMB, and DOGE. Contact info in my bio.

submitted 10 hours ago • 13 comments

Sending taxpayer money to private religious schools is a violation of the Missouri Constitution…

submitted 10 hours ago • 69 comments

My tiniest violin for ICE here, which deliberately chose to spark this showdown and has the power to bring back these people at any point. In addition, their claims of serious security threats are belied by the fact that some of the men had been released in the past and not gotten into trouble!

submitted 10 hours ago • 27 comments

Trump on Elon Musk: "You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval desk. Even with a black eye. I said, do you want a little makeup? He said, 'No, I don't think so,' which is interesting ... Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore."

submitted 10 hours ago • 170 comments

Since day 1, Pam Bondi has treated DOJ like a political weapon That’s why we @democracydefendersfund.org & a coalition of legal experts have filed a complaint with the FL Bar The nation’s top lawyer must be held to the highest standards—no Trumpery allowed!

submitted 10 hours ago • 35 comments

👀🇺🇦 NATO to increase military aid to Ukraine by €20 billion, — NATO Secretary General Rutte

submitted 10 hours ago • 12 comments

Trying to convince Trump that Putin is a bad guy is a fool's errand. But Merz deserves points for trying.

submitted 9 hours ago • 48 comments

Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.

submitted 10 hours ago • 196 comments

This works out to 1 out of every 26 people between the ages of 25 and 54 in this country, or one out of every 22 in that age range currently in the labor force. Just laughable stuff. *LUTNICK: US WILL TRAIN 5 MILLION US WORKERS FOR CHIP FACTORIES

submitted 10 hours ago • 50 comments

Did something happen at noon?

submitted 8 hours ago • 259 comments

Indeed we do.

submitted 8 hours ago • 83 comments

Throuples never work out.

submitted 8 hours ago • 189 comments

MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship

submitted 10 hours ago • 1296 comments

Creeping DOGE-ism. to comical levels now. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/thomas-...

submitted 11 hours ago • 55 comments

Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the state’s labor supply and economy. @lomikriel.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

submitted 7 hours ago • 14 comments

I will never recover from seeing this image

submitted 7 hours ago • 58 comments

This is real. Musk’s entire fortune and empire has always been wildly dependent on the federal govt.

submitted 7 hours ago • 68 comments

References on Fox News live programming, Wednesday, June 4. "debt": 39 "deficit": 19 "Medicaid": 11 "Biden": 150

submitted 7 hours ago • 21 comments

The Big Beautiful Betrayal will eviscerate state budgets by making states pay for food assistance for families in need. It could take $100 million from Kansas alone. As Kansas Governor Kelly puts it, the bill is “total bunk. We don’t have the money.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 36 comments

Side point. But I think the NYT drug story was even more damaging to Musk than people realized. And I think that damage is a major backdrop of why Musk seems weak and hapless now.

submitted 7 hours ago • 30 comments

I got no popcorn left at this point.

submitted 7 hours ago • 2502 comments

It’s bad because of all the collateral damage (us) but also good because we have so little to enjoy in American politics

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When Mayor Wu gave birth, the Boston Globe ran a photo showing her seated and listening rather than leading. We’ve seen this before with Jane Swift and Kamala Harris. Same framing, same message. Power isn’t pregnant. @azzacohen.bsky.social‬ reflects on the trend of visual sexism.

submitted 7 hours ago • 16 comments

This is one of the powerful and devastating exchanges of this terrible Trump era. Bravo Rep. Madeline Dean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted 6 hours ago • 16 comments

This morning, Democrats tried to subpoena Elon Musk so he could answer to the American people. But instead of standing with us, Republicans spent about 30 minutes scrambling to shut down debate and protect their favorite billionaire.

submitted 10 hours ago • 147 comments

He knows that Trump's name being in Epstein's contacts has been known for years, right? Epstein is literally on tape, soon before his arrest, saying that Trump was his best friend.

submitted 6 hours ago • 83 comments

Crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis says the mysterious 300-bitcoin donation to the pardoned Silk Road creator appears to have come from someone associated with a different defunct black market: AlphaBay. www.wired.com/story/ross-u...

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

Elon believed he bought the presidency for Trump ~$300 million (may be true) and that in return he was entitled to control NASA and the federal budget (didn’t work out)

submitted 4 hours ago • 79 comments

Democracy on the Line: How We Got Here and How To Stop an Authoritarian Takeover (with @hcrichardson.bsky.social) Register here for the online event on June 10th: my1.americanprogress.org/youre-invite...

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

This updates and confirms previous analyses by Adam on the distribution of probationary cuts. DOGE was broadly a downsizing project, but a highly ideological one.

submitted 3 hours ago • 12 comments

"The other party is run by toddlers. Our party wants your toddlers to have free health care. We are not the same." Mr. Jeffries, cut this ad immediately.

submitted 5 hours ago • 22 comments

This tweet aged like milk in the sun

submitted 3 hours ago • 583 comments

Zing!

submitted 5 hours ago • 265 comments

Evasion of peer review is a hallmark of pseudoscience. But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy. There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.

submitted 8 days ago • 493 comments

Interesting.

submitted 9 hours ago • 206 comments

Jim Stewartson is 100% spot on with this.

submitted 4 hours ago • 21 comments

Raise Elon Musk’s taxes. Rehire the Social Security and Veterans Affairs workers he fired.

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submitted 12 hours ago • 58 comments

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

submitted 9 hours ago • 2478 comments

It seemed kinda weird for these guys to come out and say this at the time. Now it makes more sense.

submitted 6 hours ago • 244 comments

I was grateful to spend some time with the amazing @maddow.msnbc.com and I wanted to share it with you. She is the gold standard when it comes to exceptional journalism. We talked a little bit about everything, including the law and languages and her show. Here's Part 1: youtu.be/mjPJo0gosbU?...

submitted 7 hours ago • 17 comments

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are in a full on fight and I'm here to hold some earrings.

submitted 6 hours ago • 22 comments

Ah, the golden age.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1007 comments

Trump’s “Freedom Cities” are part of a tech billionaire-backed plan to replace democracy with corporate rule. It’s called The Network State, and it’s already underway. Got 5 minutes? Here's what you need to know www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCj_...

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

The FEMA head didn’t know about hurricane season and they’ve gutted NOAA weather monitoring. Musk and RFK eviscerated our public health programs. The FAA is in shambles. Trump’s tariff reckoning is coming due. And the DHS head of counterterrorism is a 22-year-old bro. This summer is going to ROCK!