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A week and a half ago, no one would have said America bombing Iran was anything but crazy. But Bibi Netanyahu successfully got Donald Trump to bring the United States into a war against Iran with almost no debate in America, something Bibi has wanted for decades. Just unbelievable.

submitted 13 hours ago • 14 comments

correct to fear bribery backlash if you're considering paying a $35 million bribe.

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

I wonder if they've thought about how they can now be court martialed by a future admin.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Twenty years ago the Republican party stood for huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east, but then Donald Trump totally remade the party and realigned American poltiics, and now the Republica party stands for...huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east.

submitted 3 days ago • 254 comments

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, massive.

submitted 7 days ago • 436 comments

Talked to so many people who were at the first protests of their lives today. Ex-Republicans, introverts, 90-year-olds and 3-year-olds. This was at an intersection in a 60,000 person town. Haven’t felt hope like this in my life.

submitted 7 days ago • 153 comments

Someone has a sense of humor.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Boulder, Colorado USA

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Again. VACATE DC!

submitted 10 days ago • 19 comments

Boulder Colorado NO KINGS!!

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

submitted 8 days ago • 180 comments

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submitted 9 days ago • 40 comments

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now. Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump. This is how you want a leader to talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

submitted 11 days ago • 92 comments

oh crazy, it is as if protests have consistently hurt trump since 2017

submitted 11 days ago • 101 comments

see, the thing i’m genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

submitted 12 days ago • 581 comments

this is good

submitted 12 days ago • 444 comments

This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous. prospect.org/justice/crie...

submitted 12 days ago • 85 comments

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

submitted 12 days ago • 1470 comments

#booksky

submitted 12 days ago • 251 comments

This is the "riot" in Boyle Heights right now, for which the CHP has closed several freeway exits.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I’m seeing all these debates here about whether violence can be justified in some circumstances. That’s not helpful. It is beside the point. This is a battle over legitimacy and the field of that battle is public opinion. This is a flagrant abuse of power. It is a crisis entirely of the Presidents..

submitted 14 days ago • 51 comments

Critically important point from Juliette. The only real justification for federalizing the nat guard over a governors objection is when the civil authorities are defying the law. This is attack on the sovereign right of the people of California to self government.

submitted 14 days ago • 86 comments

June 14, save the date. Millions of us are showing up in the streets all across the nation to protest Trump's regime. We’ll see you there. #50501movement #NoKings

submitted 30 days ago • 150 comments

hi all! I made a big update to my Boulder | Colorado feed which captures a ton of local stuff/people: bsky.app/profile/eric... feed is now powered by @blueskyfeedcreator.com which is a great feed tool — check it out! this means the feed will update ~live instead of delayed by 15-30 minutes. huge!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

"Colorado official sues Gov. Jared Polis, alleging he ordered state to turn over information to satisfy ICE subpoena" #copolitics

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Been on this journey for 14 of the 20 years.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I've been wanting to tell my widowhood story publicly for years, but I know I don't have the kind of grief story people want to hear. No community rallied, no family healed, no strength discovered. I wrote about the gap between grief narratives and reality. www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-i...

submitted 19 days ago • 54 comments

Going to be quite a week with the guy taking bribes from funders of Hamas pretending that ICE's failures are someone else's fault. #boulder www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 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 31 days ago • 400 comments

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

submitted 33 days ago • 262 comments

Polis in his veto letter is at pains to insist "I am pro-union, pro-worker." But he vetoed three labor-priority bills last year. Now this.

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

On what planet is a jet provided by a foreign government ever something that the U.S. Government would rely upon for the security of the President of the United States?

submitted 42 days ago • 475 comments

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

submitted 41 days ago • 2242 comments

"We are now in a position in which Republican colleagues are not allowed to say whether or not they support or oppose an amendment" -- bizarre scenes at the House Committee on Natural Resources as Republicans refuse to engage with Joe Neguse's questions & instead sit in silence

submitted 46 days ago • 349 comments

A truly depressing account of the enormous time, effort, & resources that go into building anything in blue cities. Can not be exaggerated how much this phenomenon is crippling blue politics in the US. www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

submitted 46 days ago • 15 comments

“Maybe instead of 30 dolls this Christmas, children play with the life-size human figurines they already have,” said the commander-in-chief theonion.com/trump-a...

submitted 50 days ago • 42 comments

NEW: A fund backed by Abu Dhabi will be making a $2 BILLION business deal using cryptocurrency from the Trump family's venture, World Liberty Financial, according to Zach Witkoff. That transaction would be a major contribution by a foreign government to President Trump’s private venture.

submitted 51 days ago • 76 comments

You don't need complicated evals to build a RAG app softwaredoug.com/blog/2025/04...

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Congrats to all the Amazon employees who now work for Trump I guess.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments