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OK, this is kind of funny. Federal officials are investigating an impersonation of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. An unknown person contacted high-profile Republicans and business executives pretending to be Trump’s CoS. She claims her phone was hacked. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

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Great – looks as if the White House used AI to draft a health report and wound up inserting citations for articles that don’t exist. They put cheating high schoolers to shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

submitted 3 hours ago • 82 comments

Jake Tapper's ratings are at their lowest point in a decade. This is what happens when you betray your audience in hopes you can sell some books to Trump supporters (a bad strategy since they won't read it and hated you to begin with)

submitted 5 hours ago • 428 comments

Lutnick on Fox News tonight claimed Trump has "$10 trillion coming to build factories in America." (The entire GDP of the US is under $28 trillion, so this is as ridiculous of a lie as you'll ever hear)

submitted 4 hours ago • 258 comments

ICE turned back in Somerville So many Somerville community members came out that ICE simply retreated. Nonviolent resistance works when communities come together to protect kids and families.

submitted 4 hours ago • 81 comments

To be clear: I'd take Justice Jeanine Pirro for the next 3 years over Justice James Ho for the next 30, and if you think I'm wrong it's only because you have no fucking clue how dangerous James Ho is going to be.

submitted 6 hours ago • 30 comments

As of today, Elon Musk is thought to be responsible for the death of 300,000 adults and kids due to the illegal closure of USAID (source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...) That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse. His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.

submitted 6 hours ago • 79 comments

Oh, look, I wrote this two months ago.

submitted 8 hours ago • 53 comments

Trump turns heel on the Federalist Society

submitted 8 hours ago • 575 comments

NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...

submitted 10 hours ago • 482 comments

The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...

submitted 9 hours ago • 88 comments

Now that we know the TACO thing bugs the fuck out of Trump, a coherent left media machine would swing into action & make sure that every single left-of-center person on a TV shore or podcast used that term repeatedly for the next several weeks, making it inescapable.

submitted 14 hours ago • 112 comments

“The average price of a used Tesla has moved down to a record low of $28,662.” $TSLA - @officialbilello1.bsky.social

submitted 18 hours ago • 101 comments

I’m not going to pretend for one second that an executive order is a law. I don’t serve a king.

submitted 18 hours ago • 203 comments

Bonica’s data indicates that judges across the ideological spectrum are ruling against Trump at similar rates. He’s lost in 72% of rulings issued by Republican-appointed judges and 80% of rulings by Democratic-appointed judge. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 18 hours ago • 114 comments

Donald Trump’s mental decline is no longer just noticeable—it’s alarming. He rambles, repeats himself, speaks in circles, and veers into total incoherence. Republicans and the media need to stop the coverup and demand a full examination and public disclosure of his mental status.

submitted 1 day ago • 158 comments

Phang: If you have to resort to deceit to get something done, that tells me what you’re doing is wrong. What’s happening is a dup-and-scoop: people are being duped into going to court, their cases get dismissed, and then they’re scooped up by ICE and deported under expedited removal.

submitted 1 day ago • 259 comments

still waiting for one (1) reporter with access to ask Musk or Trump what they think about Amy Gleason’s job performance

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

This happened because of you. You protested at TeslaTakedowns and made his name and his company’s product reviled. You protested outside federal agencies slated for DOGE cuts. You barred doors, protected data. You sued and won. You WORE HIM OUT. Don’t let them spin it any other way.

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BREAKING NYC: PEACEFUL Protesters Outside ICE Immigration Court VIOLENTLY Arrested by ... youtu.be/9Wc9fJpmjok?... via @theserfstv.bsky.social This is Trump's police state and Eric Adams' goons capitulating

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

if you know anything about katie miller i’m marisakabas.04 on signal

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NPR's new lawsuit is a powerhouse, identifying multiple, independent ways the Trump administration violated the Constitution in order to take revenge on public media. Bottom line? This administration is scared of the truth & this lawsuit reveals that weakness. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 1 day ago • 73 comments

Nebraska Republican Rep. Mike Flood’s town hall got ugly when he admitted to constituents that he hadn’t read Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” before voting for it. The same bill the House passed last week which will force millions of Americans off their health care coverage and food aid.

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DUPE AND SCOOP. Katie Phang reports on how Trump’s ICE is now dismissing cases so they can arrest and deport without due process.

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A student said to me at an event today, ‘I’d love to speak out and say stuff but I can’t because I’m on a visa.’ What has happened to America? Trump and Rubio and MAGA have killed free speech and the First Amendment in this country.

submitted 1 day ago • 145 comments

This is very nancy mace www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

submitted 1 day ago • 733 comments

Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

submitted 1 day ago • 247 comments

i’ve seen enough: it’s time for NY progressives to line up behind zohran mamdani so we don’t end up with andrew fucking cuomo as our mayor

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

Trump's funding cuts to Harvard threaten the university's position as the world's leading research institution. The next 10 are all in China.

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The Trump administration has filed an anti-voting lawsuit challenging incomplete voter registrations in North Carolina. This is a case we all must watch. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

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🚨 Mazda denies any knowledge of their cars being sold in Russia. They don't even know if it's really happening! Yet the official Mazda website advertises the inventory of brand new Mazdas at their dealerships throughout Russia.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

LATEST: SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket suffered a leak, tumbled out of control in space and exploded during a test flight, in a third straight major setback for the Elon Musk-led company.

submitted 2 days ago • 141 comments

Most political commentators are too polite to say this, but Trump won because of his appeal to the most important voting bloc: morons. If the Democrats want to win again the answer isn’t becoming more left or more right, it’s coming up with dumb policies that morons like

submitted 2 days ago • 133 comments

If you watch one thing, watch this. Scott Pelley, a reporter for CBS for 30+ years, is sounding the alarm: “Law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack.”

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