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When authoritarian leaders feel their grip slipping, they don’t go quietly. The stoke more division, spread bigger lies, blame others for their failures & escalate threats to institutions (like elections, courts, the press). A wounded narcissist with a loyal cult & no moral compass is dangerous.

submitted 3 hours ago • 25 comments

This is good, @padilla.senate.gov. But an opportunity was missed. Every D should be saying all over the shows that Trump has lost the public on deportations of noncriminals, that he admitted deportations hurt economy and that he's diverting resources from dangerous criminals. @kenmartin.bsky.social

submitted 22 hours ago • 8 comments

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought

submitted 1 day ago • 264 comments

subscribing to The Onion’s print edition is the most joy i’ve ever gotten receiving mail in a long time

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Big respect to every bored-looking, droop-shouldered, out-of-step, slightly slovenly soldier who helped make Orange Pharaoh’s parade what it was. Well done! We the people thank you for your service.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Angel City FC showed its support for immigrant culture during Saturday's home match amid immigration raids and the resulting protests in Los Angeles. The club distributed 10,000 shirts which read “Immigrant City Football Club" to fans at the game. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

Trump’s unhappy. But not unhappy enough.

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

trump’s regime draws a lot of public authority from the american flag. but it’s our flag, not theirs, and it’s time for us to reclaim it

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And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.

submitted 1 day ago • 966 comments

If Kamala won, the tribute to the army would have been a perfectly nice free concert with Tom Hanks speaking and, like, John Legend and Luke Bryan performing. And it would have had ten times the people attending at a tenth of the cost.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects 82 million fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

between this, the camo outfits instead of dress uniforms, and the sloppy ass formations, i am pretty sure the army is putting on a world historic version of malicious compliance

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

Hey, remember WAY back (last week) when Elon was feuding with Trump and centrists were saying Dems should cozy up to Elon? How's that looking now? You finally understand why we can't compromise with fascists/racists?

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Pussy Riot on the steps of City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, unfurling a banner that says IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE RUSSIA. #NoKings

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

Why is germ theory in the same air quotes as "miasma theory," I ask as a historian of medicine who is very very tired

submitted 1 day ago • 183 comments

We are now tallying 2.6m attendance for No Kings Day events today, with 700 out of 2,100 records. The projection is that we'd be able to count somewhere between 4 and 6.5m people, if all sites reported. (The goal is to provide a good initial est., not a complete one.) docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 1 day ago • 55 comments

My favorite #Wisconsin #NoKings sign/flag from today. #wipolitics

submitted 1 day ago • 207 comments

This reads like it was written this afternoon, before the actual parade took place

submitted 1 day ago • 136 comments

Today in Boston. Over a million people turned out. Even the drone couldn't get it all. #NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

submitted 1 day ago • 735 comments

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 1 day ago • 395 comments

As of 2025, Seattle's population is approximately 764,753. 10% of Seattle showed up at /this/ protest and there were more than just this one.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

They launched a coup, suffered no consequences for it, won back power, and have used the power to pardon everyone involved while remaking the country through violence and intimidation. It’s just ridiculous to talk about the political violence of yelling at ICE agents within that context.

submitted 2 days ago • 220 comments

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played. CINEMATIC

submitted 1 day ago • 2157 comments

Two things are happening. The extreme right is doubling down on terrifying violence. And a democratic coalition for life and decency is mobilizing at a massive scale. Whatever else happens in the US this weekend, the No Kings rallies show where the most powerful political energy is surging.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

submitted 1 day ago • 128 comments

Really hard to overstate the extent to which opposition to the current administration is the default position of normal people. They’re handing out kazoos. There’s bubble machines

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

fascism isn’t just Trump he is a figurehead for a sprawling,wealthy pan right network of elites that will require a true reconstruction of democracy and society away from the forces of digitized consumer hyper capital and back towards people based systems to fix.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

there's a tremendous opportunity here for the Padres and Angels to pick up a bunch of Mexican-American fans if they want to take it (there's absolutely not indication that they want to take it)

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Stunned and horrified at this news. This is wrong . Political violence can never be tolerated in America—it’s a direct assault on democracy. My thoughts today are with the victims and their loved ones in Minnesota. We need swift justice & full accountability.

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

Melissa Hortman was a Democrat. Murdered for being a Democrat. Every headline should say so. This was political terrorism.

submitted 2 days ago • 72 comments

Excuse me

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

submitted 1 day ago • 2076 comments

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

submitted 1 day ago • 674 comments

"Widely accepted germ theory." You mean the OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR OF GERMS ATTACKING CELLS THAT YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH A MICROSCOPE AND WITNESS IN REAL TIME? That "widely accepted" theory? Good lord, you're just useless. Clowns one and all.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

Political violence is always unacceptable. This is a horrifying day for Minnesota, and a sad day for America. What has occurred is a direct attack on our American values and democracy.

submitted 2 days ago • 219 comments

It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.

submitted 2 days ago • 522 comments

It appears that we are actively and directly involved in a major conflict between Israel and Iran which is rapidly escalating and the only thing we have heard from the admin is an obviously false denial from the Sec of State and a Truth Social post from the president about peace talks.

submitted 2 days ago • 212 comments

What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.

submitted 2 days ago • 74 comments

ICE will completely fail at hitting any deportation targets but will manage to provoke mass public disorder in US cities

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

2,169 events across 20 countries. Millions of peope are standing up tomorrow to say with one voice: No Kings!

submitted 2 days ago • 338 comments

🚨🚨🚨 Two women who worked with the event company that oversaw arrangements for the Jan. 6 rally are also part of the group coordinating President Donald Trump's parade, which he announced honors the anniversary of the U.S. Army. www.rawstory.com/trump-parade...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Another case takes a step towards contempt of court.

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