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Attending a conference where researchers in my field (studying online misinformation and manipulation) are commiserating over all of our canceled grants, all in service of this: so this man and his regime of propagandists and conspiracy theorists can dictate (un)reality without challenge.

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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

submitted 85 days ago • 785 comments

Attention fellow Georgia voters!

submitted 87 days ago • 28 comments

We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished. This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.

submitted 96 days ago • 176 comments

On Friday, two boys stepped outside their Gaza City home — just for a moment, to find firewood for their evening meal. But an Israeli drone found them first, firing the missile that killed them.

submitted 96 days ago • 20 comments

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

submitted 99 days ago • 2303 comments

This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny. Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.

submitted 108 days ago • 360 comments

Shorter Bezos: The Opinions section will now be my opinions only, but written by others because I am a shit writer. Who wants to be my new sock puppet??

submitted 114 days ago • 34 comments

Medicaid covers: - 21% of Americans nationally - 83 million low-income Americans - 4 in 10 children - 1 in 4 adults with disabilities - Nearly 50% of kids with special needs - 41% of births nationwide - 5 in 8 nursing home residents - 32% of people in Mike Johnson's home state

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 122 days ago • 1052 comments

The point here is Trump does not recognize order, laws, defined terms, accountability. It never mattered to him. And for that reason the Constitution is just a bunch of words to him as well. “I have an Article II that says I can do whatever I want.” That’s why these suits are so important.

submitted 122 days ago • 84 comments

The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.

submitted 122 days ago • 977 comments

Historically, suddenly forcing massive numbers of highly educated and well paid people into unexpected mass unemployment has not led to stability

submitted 122 days ago • 52 comments

U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.

submitted 127 days ago • 495 comments

Good advice ⬇️

submitted 127 days ago • 496 comments

Imagine you're just some 30-something guy who converts to one of the world's major religions and in less than a decade its spiritual leader is rebuking you in front of the entire world That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...

submitted 129 days ago • 94 comments

They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 134 days ago • 168 comments

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

submitted 135 days ago • 792 comments

Absolutely NO to any budget that has any subsidies for any of Musk's companies. NO to any budget that has any money for contracts with any of Musk's companies. Pass it on.

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

Congress must stop Trump and Elon's coup. Call your elected leaders now: (202) 224-3121

submitted 135 days ago • 19 comments

Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons

submitted 135 days ago • 62 comments

I seem to remember telling the uncommitted voters that Trump would level Gaza.

submitted 136 days ago • 1078 comments

It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits. He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt. Congress must investigate.

submitted 139 days ago • 2239 comments

Pete Hegseth admitted to the Senate that he paid $50,000 (!!!) to silence a "Jane Doe" who accused him of rape. But at his hearing last week, he said he was “falsely accused." More questions than answers. We can't rush his vote and trust him with our national security.

submitted 148 days ago • 1193 comments

Good night #NJ

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

Just in case you were wondering! Lock in!

submitted 151 days ago • 385 comments

We have the numbers.

submitted 197 days ago • 0 comments

New Jersey - make some calls! Sen. Helmy Phone: 202-224-4744 Sen. Booker Phone: 202-224-3224

submitted 200 days ago • 0 comments

A reminder:

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Here's NJ Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman telling it like it is: "This is the United States of America--the richest country in the world. I am so sick of the people who have it all not wanting to share any of it with those in greatest need." x.com/RepBonnie/st...

submitted 212 days ago • 2 comments

MAGA voters actually love progressive policies. They just don’t know it. This would be great for Democrats.

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This.

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submitted 215 days ago • 204 comments

Yup. Where did “professional behavior” stem from? Perhaps a way of controlling another

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If improved tax credits for the ACA marketplace expire, ~20 million people – in every state and congressional district – will have to pay an average of $700 extra in annual premiums to keep their coverage. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

submitted 218 days ago • 1 comment

Don't look at the news Don't look at the news Don't look at the news (Looks at the news) Oh, for fuck's sake

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