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I don’t care if it’s Rep. Pelosi. I don’t care if it’s Rep. Johnson. I don’t care if it’s a Democrat or a Republican. BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING. PERIOD.

If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force

Finally someone brings up the Espionage Act. I need you all to read it and understand that this - and so many other things done by this admin - are actually extremely illegal per The Espionage Act.

A federal judge ruled Monday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has no right under federal law to access sensitive personal information of federal agencies.

Was invited to CA to review an academic program. Came back to Ohio to learn we are now 2 steps away from banning tenure, banning collective bargaining & strikes for academics, and mandating that universities cannot hold intellectual positions on topics the legislature deems controversial. 🧪

Hey fellow LA area folks I got the date wrong here is where Chuck Schumer will be in Santa Monica on the 23rd, next Sunday, not this Sunday: Herb Alpert Educational Village 3131 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404

Walz: There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA.

I know people are concerned about Feds going without paychecks for a while, but this is not our first shutdown, and we have ways to keep our bills paid during a shutdown so we will be ok. But we will not be ok if this CR passes! Please call your senators and ask for no on cloture!! #ShitShowShutDown

This is not how a democracy works and is why Democrats should block everything coming out of the White House until this stops. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/n...

Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on: “We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.

If he was even half as concerned about China as he claims to be, he would be dumping money into scientific research instead

Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.