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So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change: – ignore warnings of experts – buy into bullshit "alternative explanations" - read "don't worry" media op-eds – deny it will really be that bad – start seeing major evidence – hope somebody does something

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Seems to me that the worst possible time to shy away from building a strong social safety net based upon local progressive taxation is when the federal government is doing fascism.

submitted 15 hours ago • 12 comments

Literally lighting billions of dollars of public investment on fire

submitted 14 hours ago • 14 comments

The absolute full-court press from media + elites on behalf of Cuomo demonstrates yet again that when they want to make something a story -- not just "cover it," but pound on it until it sinks in as a public narrative -- they know exactly how.

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

In case you haven’t noticed, the election of even a single person who is considered leftist is so terrifying to capitalists that every weapon imaginable is on the table. This is why, post-WWII, America worked with Nazis, supported dictators, engaged in international terrorism and assassinations.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

the list of Cuomo endorsers is actually a great way to identify people who need to be driven out of the Democratic Party as soon as possible

submitted 1 day ago • 196 comments

what are you supposed to do when the "good" political party doesn't treat a dozen credible sexual harassment claims as disqualifying for a political candidate. how are you supposed to ignore that

submitted 1 day ago • 102 comments

I truly don’t care who the mayor of NYC is but the Democratic establishment throwing everything they have behind a cartoonishly terrible person because they’re just that afraid of progressives is such a snapshot of this party as a whole and it’s making me a little more insane every single day

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Happy Juneteenth.

submitted 367 days ago • 38 comments

(I never do this and I don’t have any followers so someone with reach please RT) Send me your Blazers draft dreams. Either a player they pick at 11, or something else that is mildly plausible for draft night. I will use the ones I like on the podcast* *unless I do not follow through on this idea.

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

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

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

"Illinois’ Dick Durbin, California’s Adam Schiff, and Rhode Island’s Sheldon Whitehouse spent more of their allotted time lauding Federalist Society judges for sometimes ruling against Trump than they did asking questions of Whitney Hermandorfer, the pending nominee to the 6th Circuit."

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

A few articles about how attacking Iran would be hugely unpopular, dangerous and destabilizing might not suck. Maybe a reminder of the the humanity and culture of the Iranian people. That sort of thing.

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UPDATE: The City of LA has spent $19.7 MILLION so far in response to the June protests against ICE. This spans a week-and-a-half thru June 16, 2025. (These do not include potential lawsuits or liability claims)

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

Portland! Ed Whelen has run into some health concerns and tough times. You can help him out! He was a huge part of my childhood maybe he was part of yours, too.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Fully prepared for the entire right wing apparatus and a large chunk of the political center to loudly disparage "violence" by a random protestor smashing a window today while attempting to nuance-to-death what happened in Minnesota this morning.

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

"The assassin was masquerading as a cop" If they don't know his identity, how are they sure he isn't a cop? Sincere question.

submitted 7 days ago • 53 comments

It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 8 days ago • 95 comments

This is a sparkling example of lack of science literacy displayed by the HHS. HHS report, which is against recommending Covid vaccines to pregnant women, cites studies that conclude the opposite. The best advice of 2025 is to NOT listen to RFK Jr. or HHS. 🧪🖇️ www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Have you ever wanted to stand in the hot LA sun in full tactical gear and helmet and pay $5 more for a Coke than at home? The Marines might be for you

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

I told you we’d be back

submitted 9 days ago • 1597 comments

White supremacists and other far right extremist groups advocating violence at “no kings” demonstrations tomorrow. globalextremism.org/post/violenc...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

We are at the complicity portion of risking a global war to appease a genocidal nation

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

It's a truly jarring split screen that Kristi Noem's goons attacking Sen Padilla happened at almost the exact same time as 16 Dem senators crossed lines to vote with the GOP to invoke cloture on the crypto bill, forfeiting any leverage. Dems need to act like an opposition.

submitted 9 days ago • 825 comments

Doesn't include the additional 7.65% paid to Social Security and Medicare. They cannot receive any benefits from these programs, effectively subsidizing those who do.

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

submitted 8 days ago • 401 comments

#BookSky

submitted 8 days ago • 291 comments

In the spirit of Hegel the solution to someone who processes to belive in survival of the fittest is to immediately begin to beat them to death, if they have a problem with it then they should have just been fitter Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

I strongly oppose Israel’s attacks against Iran and Iran’s attacks against Israel. Both endanger civilians and risk all-out war. If you’re like my opponents and only condemning one side, I hope you find a spine and some moral clarity.

submitted 8 days ago • 735 comments

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

submitted 9 days ago • 392 comments

OMG, my best friend sent me this

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started theonion.com/netanyahu-ca...

submitted 8 days ago • 443 comments

If you'll allow me to say it, The Onion is cooking with gas today.

submitted 8 days ago • 234 comments

Some of my thoughts to improve things: Cash investments into enterprises cannot buy equity (business ownership) and must be treated as a loan to the enterprise. Equity can only be earned through labor performed by those involved in the enterprise.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

PPB is providing material support to ICE, a rogue agency engaged in all sorts of well-documented lawbreaking. Portland tax dollars should not be supporting a fascist terror campaign. ICE can defend their own fucking building, or they can leave.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Utter insanity. Our tax dollars at work www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Marines Raise American Flag Outside Cell Phone Store After Defeating Skateboarding Teenagers theonion.com/marines...

submitted 9 days ago • 53 comments

They're doing this because they plan on violating civil rights and want no ability for redress.

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As I just flagged, this has been replaced with something which is arguably worse; requiring that basically every plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction against the federal government pay millions or billions of dollars in "security" to pay for "costs" to the federal government if they later win.

submitted 8 days ago • 89 comments

There's an alternate history novel based on this premise where the hippos actually did get brought to the United States called River of teeth

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Fell behind on Andor, so am catching up. Watched Episode 9 this evening. You know. The wild one where they arrest a Senator after manufacturing a fake crisis that required the military to put down protestors. So unrealistic.

submitted 9 days ago • 31 comments

Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.

submitted 9 days ago • 50 comments

I know we’re all singing Gavin’s praises this week but as far as Governors go, Pritzker was there first, without his state being under direct attack by this regime (other elected officials too). Credit where credit is due. Integrity is about your choices before the cameras are on.

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

The depravity here cannot be overstated. A recent poll found: - 82% of Israelis support forced removal of Palestinians from Gaza - 56% support forced removal of Arab Israeli citizens - 47% support IDF murdering all inhabitants of enemy cities they occupy www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

submitted 28 days ago • 46 comments

“The platforms were no longer social, in any meaningful sense of the word, but rather centralized and exercising constant (algorithmic) editorial discretion.” Thought this piece was quite astute 👇

submitted 9 days ago • 29 comments

Agents already tear gassing peaceful protesters in broad daylight at Portland ICE building. Spicy.

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments