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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

submitted 19 hours ago • 305 comments

according to conservatives on the court, the constitution does not protect your right to your own body but does enable the government to ship you off to a foreign gulag without any hope of return

submitted 19 hours ago • 244 comments

The Constitution and International law be damned…

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

We live in a rogue and dangerous country. Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.

submitted 2 days ago • 211 comments

a sitting federal judge — appointed by trump of course — awarded a student for a paper that basically says dred scott was right and should have gone further

submitted 3 days ago • 179 comments

Transgender people deserve to dictate our own lives and futures. No court decision can change who we know we are.

submitted 5 days ago • 72 comments

Make this go viral.

submitted 5 days ago • 171 comments

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

submitted 6 days ago • 738 comments

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

submitted 6 days ago • 864 comments

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

submitted 6 days ago • 1169 comments

Mother to child transmission of HIV is completely preventable with antiretroviral drugs. We cannot go back to the 80s and 90s of the HIV epidemic.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Utah voters: Are these really your values? Mike Lee is the best you can do?

submitted 8 days ago • 1142 comments

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

submitted 9 days ago • 2177 comments

Funny how this keeps happening: "A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support [RFK Jr.'s] decision to change U.S. policy on COVID vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

submitted 10 days ago • 18 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 9 days ago • 12 comments

Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

Look what I found when I searched "ICE uniform" in Google Shopping. None of us have any way of knowing if the "ICE agent" pushing you into a car, isn't just some unbalanced vigilante into cosplay. These are very dangerous times.

submitted 9 days ago • 889 comments

Tim Snyder: Today no kings, tomorrow freedom. There is a better America out there. There is a better America underneath. There is a better America that we can see. There is a better America that we can make. History is in our hands.

submitted 9 days ago • 198 comments

"Experts say the FAQ's citations distort some legitimate studies and cite others that are disputed and unpublished. "In two instances, the HHS memo makes claims about dangers to pregnant women that are actively refuted by the papers it cites to back them up..." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

submitted 10 days ago • 214 comments

Trump cut over $500 million from community violence prevention efforts. Today's parade cost nearly $50 million. No more violence. #DumpTrump #NoKings www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

The question remains how many people need to die for this person to be removed from his role leading public health in the US. How many? www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

Routine part of the reactionary playbook. They either misrepresent studies or cite ones that don't exist. In the case of the former, the actual people behind the studies will say this is wrong, and are either met with silence or "well, you're biased" www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

submitted 10 days ago • 26 comments

Solidarity. Everyone in the streets today.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

submitted 10 days ago • 2249 comments

That’s not what the military is supposed to do. That’s called a military coup.

submitted 11 days ago • 412 comments

This is the roster of ACIP committee fired yesterday. Bios included - highly qualified and vetted scientists and physicians. Worth saving this before it gets taken down for comparison with those who will be selected to replace them. We are going backwards at speed. www.cdc.gov/acip/members...

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

MADDOW: “What is this country going to allow him to do? This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow of the 🇺🇸 Constitution and Government… imposition of a dictatorial regime. The strength of the movement against him is what will determine our fate as a country.”

submitted 14 days ago • 544 comments

🤡Trump doesn’t know what D-Day was 🤡Trump doesn’t know what the Declaration of Independence was 🤡Education Secretary doesn’t know about the Tulsa riots 🤡Noem doesn’t know what habeas corpus is @hcrichardson.bsky.social elaborates on the history ignorance. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Just like in the parks, safety comes first. - Stay with your group - Follow the signs (or in this case, the facts) - Leave no one behind - Document everything - Don’t engage alone

submitted 16 days ago • 115 comments

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

submitted 18 days ago • 639 comments

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

submitted 24 days ago • 1301 comments

Trump Republicanism targets firefighters, first responders, miners, people who work in manufacturing: "We’re really losing 40 years worth of work. Even if they restart them, we’re going to have lost so many people to follow up...” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 24 days ago • 88 comments

I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW. No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote. So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.

submitted 30 days ago • 572 comments

This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.

submitted 30 days ago • 360 comments

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

submitted 32 days ago • 502 comments

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

submitted 33 days ago • 400 comments

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

submitted 34 days ago • 957 comments

Trump promised not to cut Medicare, but his billionaire tax heist adds so much to the deficit that it will likely trigger more than $500 million in Medicare cuts. The super-rich get richer while seniors struggle to pay for medicine—all thanks to the GOP. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

submitted 33 days ago • 73 comments

At 9:00 AM this morning the entire Pentagon got an email inviting them to a “Christian prayer and worship service” from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A Cabinet member directly violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

submitted 34 days ago • 1110 comments

“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”

submitted 34 days ago • 689 comments

Just a few days ago I predicted that the restrictions on covid vaccine recommendations for people under 65 will extend to ALL vaccines. Sadly this has come to pass. It is short sighted and will disproportionately impact minority communities and the uninsured. apnews.com/article/vacc...

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

"The report in question was neither peer-reviewed nor published in a medical journal..." www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

submitted 35 days ago • 419 comments

I am on clinical service doing ID consults currently. This weekend I saw two patients with COVID. Both were symptomatic enough to require antivirals and steroids. Both were under 65 years old but with comorbidities. COVID is still present, we can't restrict vaccine access for those who want them.

submitted 36 days ago • 15 comments

Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

submitted 37 days ago • 1113 comments

They found no fraud—just a new way to screw over retirees at Silicon Valley speed.

submitted 37 days ago • 477 comments

do any of these people actually know what medicaid is?

submitted 39 days ago • 1421 comments

Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one. All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.

submitted 40 days ago • 1425 comments

Such a professional, such a charmer. His parents must be so proud 🙄 "Prasad has also regularly mocked scientists and doctors for wearing masks, and he called the public health workforce “the dumbest people in the country” and “dummies talking out their ass”" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 41 days ago • 8 comments