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You know what’s more American than installing 88 foot flag poles at the White House? Following the Constitution.

Yes, Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. https://trib.al/mCpdvJH

Boelter was known for his deep involvement in a charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes spiritual warfare, the belief in a divine army, and the idea that political opponents are possessed by demons. The movement played a role in the J6 insurrection.

"Among the details about the suspect beginning to emerge is that he reportedly attended a bible college that is a stronghold of the New Apostolic Reformation, the charismatic movement that teaches that Christians are called to take over the US government." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Just so I’m clear… Terry Moran got fired, but Mike Lee is still a sitting US senator?

If you are dumb or naive enough to believe the grifters on the right who tell you they’re oppose to immigration because it drives down wages for native-born workers, just ask them 1) if they support raising the minimum wage and 2) how come the GOP doesn’t? Go ahead.

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We will be spending $134 million to deploy Marines following a five-block street protest in downtown LA. We'll offset the cost by forbidding military libraries from buying books by Black authors. by Pete Hegseth

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

Social media ‘grossly distorting’ scale of protest violence, say LA officials – live

Met an active duty member of the military yesterday who filed conscientious objector paperwork in response to deployment of military on U.S. soil. Was told multiple Army have filed, unknown quantities in other branches.

When people say it’s hyperbolic to compare Trump to Hitler or to infer that Republicans are Nazis, they’re obviously very unfamiliar with history. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

BREAKING: Texas Gov. Abbott says he’ll deploy the Texas National Guard to locations across the state “to ensure peace and order,” ahead of a planned protest in San Antonio.

The Voigts, Thiels, Yarvins and magats just don’t get that dismantling the government is not going to elevate family and church. It’s just going to put strain on everyone, which will hurt families. We need government to fund things for the common good that for profit businesses will never provide.

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Army recruiting increases started before the current regime took over. Not as a result of maga appeal. taskandpurpose.com/news/army-re...

The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility." -Noah Berlatsky

Trump sent the Guard to scare us. This man walked right up and spoke for a nation. This is what power looks like when it speaks. No violence, peaceful protest. ✊🏼 #NoKings #WeThePeople

Here we go again. Just like in 2020 right-wingers will be posting old videos or videos from other countries claiming it was today in the US. All for clicks and to fan the flames of division and hatred. It’s part of their standard playbook.

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Still waiting for the article that’s like “these right wing militia members are in a bubble and it would be healthier if they exposed themselves to left wing ideas”

🧪Unfortunately the damage has been done and will be very hard to rebuild. There really was no waste and abuse, was there? The tactic “ask for forgiveness later” is dangerous AFTER you destroy big government agencies. www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

📣 Breaking news: Meta's Android apps secretly tracked users' web browsing history! Even in incognito mode or with a VPN, Instagram and Facebook linked user data to browsing activities. 😮 Google, Mozilla, and others are taking action. Did Meta go too far? #auspol english.elpais.com/technology/2...

These men were building us homes. The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants. Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS. Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.

So he’s getting rid of foreign students at Harvard but it’s perfectly OK for Tesla and SpaceX to hire as many H1B visa employees as they want. And perfectly OK for so many of his crypto coin buyers to be foreign buyers. Hmm Got it

It still sucks that you still can’t make a friends only feed here and see your actual friends’ posts. I guess supposedly you can create a custom feed, but you have to be a programmer to figure it out.

Very good piece abt how a lot of the effort to use anti-semitism as a cudgel to crush the universities seems to come from another working group at Heritage (home of project 2025). Notably the working group appears to be made up almost entirely non-jews www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.

You're Never Being a Burden to Your Friend, if They’re Actually Your Friend.