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Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized.

submitted 43 days ago • 176 comments

Real headlines about the President of the United States. Happening right in front of us. (via @parkermolloy.com)

submitted 46 days ago • 35 comments

In 2021, McConnell successfully filibustered a Democratic CR ahead of a government shutdown and forced them to accept a clean one instead. What happened this week - a total cave on a totally partisan long-term funding bill - hasn’t happened in the 20 years I’ve covered Congress.

submitted 96 days ago • 255 comments