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Washington lawyers and lobbyists are helping executives from the Russian defence behemoth, Rostec, challenge US sanctions. www.kyivpost.com/post/53682

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

submitted 18 days ago • 1941 comments

There's always a tweet.

submitted 20 days ago • 754 comments

JPMORGAN: “.. The trade war shock is still material. .. we now estimate an effective ex-ante tariff rate of 14.4%. This is akin to a $475bn tax hike on US households and businesses, worth 1.6% of GDP (still sitting close to the largest tax hike in the post WWII period).”

submitted 22 days ago • 67 comments

American conservatives calling the pope woke and Marxist is a great indicator for people who don’t realize just how unhinged American conservatives have gotten

submitted 26 days ago • 118 comments

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

submitted 27 days ago • 2311 comments

Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social

submitted 29 days ago • 1012 comments

The Qatar Economic Forum is hosting a public session on how to make money off of Trump’s bribery and corruption schemes. This is where we are.

submitted 29 days ago • 104 comments

The cover of this week's New Yorker: "The First Hundred Days" by Barry Blitt.

submitted 35 days ago • 18 comments

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

submitted 36 days ago • 1380 comments

NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.” But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...

submitted 37 days ago • 189 comments

The notion that the US has been “ripped off” — even as it crushed the entire planet on cross-border fund flows for the past five years — is absolutely hilarious. 🤡 (via GS desk/Pasquariello)

submitted 37 days ago • 86 comments

If anyone out there was undecided on whether Trump is operationalizing a precise, coordinated plan to destroy our democracy so he can rule until he dies, the move to shut down Act Blue, the primary way Democrats’ campaigns are funded, should be the final proof point.

submitted 39 days ago • 105 comments

> @nytimes.com @colbylsmith.bsky.social 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

submitted 45 days ago • 78 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Following up on ProPublica piece on Thiel startup RAMP hunting for the motherlode govt payments contract, as of yesterday a DOGEr & Ramp employee, Roland Shen, is now inside Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service, the US Govt's central payments hub. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...

submitted 45 days ago • 114 comments