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A lot of the left got suckered into the idea that Trump is anti-war because he hates multilateralism. But he doesn't hate war. He loves it. What he hates is the idea of defending another country based on shared values, because he doesn't have any values. He wants to divide the world like Mafia turfs

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Oh boy, Jake, if you want a redo on aggressively covering the WMD claim that led to a war, do I have a story for you!!

submitted 21 hours ago • 54 comments

Today I’m leading 152 House Democrats in challenging Trump's devastating cuts to life-saving NIH research grants. Congress—not Trump—controls federal spending. Trump must do his job, “faithfully execute” the laws and stop violating the Constitution to undercut public health.

submitted 16 hours ago • 100 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 20 hours ago • 1134 comments

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

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Good morning. If the the Senate passes the Republican budget bill, 40% of American families - those with lower and middle incomes - will LOSE money. They will become poorer. But the richest families will get an average $270,000 tax cut. Because they only care about the rich.

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Context note: DOJ doesn’t turn over evidence to Congress if they have a viable investigation in the works.

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Everything that is happening and will happen with Iran is a direct consequence of Trump’s first-term decision to shit on American diplomatic credibility by impulsively shredding a hard-won nuclear agreement.

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

The Senate Majority leader is lying

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it's like the nigerian prince scam where this stuff is so transparently corrupt in part because they don't really want anyone with half a brain to be exposed to it. the target audience is rubes

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PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015. THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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“I was born here,” Jason Brian Gavidia shouted as a federal agent twisted his arm & pressed him against a fence outside his auto body shop in a working-class L.A. suburb. “I’m an American, bro!” Vivid @nytimes.com reporting on the targeting of U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent.

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Orwellian www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: Every claim made by Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) to ridicule the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office turns out to be false.

submitted 2 days ago • 113 comments

When I get junk mail from Burger King, that’s them making a deal with me ?

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

This is bizarre. CBS News' OWN POLL found that "support drops dramatically" when respondents don't think dangerous criminals are the focus. And TRUMP HIMSELF is now backing off them. Media refusal to acknowledge all this is akin to a deep sickness. Padilla is right. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

Margaret Brennan is fundamentally wrong on the claim that public approval of mass deportations is "so high." It has never been above 60%, and has been below 50% in multiple recent polls. There is no world in which that counts as "so high."

submitted 2 days ago • 109 comments

Just incredible the scale of peaceful rallies today in the midst of all the tensions and chaos Trump has deliberately stoked. No matter how much Trump and those who share his authoritarian desires create mayhem and conflict, the American people still showed up at our patriotic best. #NoKings

submitted 3 days ago • 20 comments

Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage

submitted 3 days ago • 204 comments

Today seems the perfect day to remind people that Americans have been rejecting kings since 1776. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

So many American flags here in Philly

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

Undocumented immigrants contribute nearly $100 billion in taxes every year. Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1% dodge $163 billion in taxes annually. The real drain on America isn’t coming from the border — it’s coming from the boardroom.

submitted 6 days ago • 62 comments

As an exercise, try to imagine Ron Johnson being wrestled to the ground in Wisconsin; or Tommy Tuberville in Alabama; or Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. Yeah, neither can I. charliesykes.substack.com/p/no-kings-n...

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Trump just admitted that his mass deportations are bad for farmers and the economy, and crucially, also admitted that workers who are getting deported are "almost impossible to replace." That's a massive repudiation of MAGA ideology:

submitted 5 days ago • 356 comments

Trump should talk to Shadow President Stephen Miller, who explicitly ordered ICE to start rounding up non-criminals at farms and Home Depot parking lots

submitted 5 days ago • 78 comments

Every prominent Democrat in the country should jump on this immediately. Enough bullshit cowering on this issue. Get on this! Trump just handed you a massive weapon. Use it!

submitted 5 days ago • 83 comments

At this point in time, I trust protestors far more to resolve situations peacefully, legally, and without violence than I do ICE or other militarized representatives of this autocratic federal government. The news media needs to adopt a whole different perspective on coverage.

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

Trump calls for jailing people who burn the U.S. flag anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-one-wh... (100k subscribers on @bsky.app! Thank you everyone)

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