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“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

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I would like to once again say that once they arrested Ras Baraka every elected Dem should have understood what was in store.

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

They’re performing according to design.

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Every single elected official needs to stand up and demand answers like Senator Padilla. This is beyond unacceptable. This is fascist rule. STAND UP, DEMOCRATS.

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“Every time we’ve demanded transformation — from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter — the system has retaliated… “Donald Trump’s threats should terrify us. But more than that, they should galvanize us.” New from me: oaklandvoices.us/2025/06/05/o...

submitted 5 days ago • 27 comments

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

submitted 5 days ago • 709 comments

Hey RNZ and Ruth Hill in particular One of the reasons it's called a "deadname" is because it's the name media use when we turn up dead and can't speak for ourselves Fuck you for keeping that true today

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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

submitted 6 days ago • 100 comments

Anyone advocating for Alberta separation from Canada, especially Danielle Smith and Alberta legislature, should pack their bags and renounce their citizenship. They can leave but the land will stay. The land belongs to First Nations and the treaties are with the Crown. #cdnpoli #AlbertaSeparation

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The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. This is a major strategic failure for the United States.

submitted 68 days ago • 1195 comments

If the Trump regime can disappear a NZ citizen into a no-backsies hellhole jail in a third country for visiting the USA legally for business or to visit family or see the sites, the USA is no longer safe to visit and the NZ govt should issue a travel warning saying so So should every other country

submitted 71 days ago • 17 comments

Yet another Israel war crime, mass murder of innocents, crime against humanity confirmed. It’s genocide. It’s genocide. It’s genocide. It’s genocide. Charge ALL of those responsible and send them to The Hague. Sanction and boycott Israel.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

David Seymour delivers 2nd degree burns, broken teeth, rotten fruit, cockroaches and inedible non nutritious food to our kids and it’s not even his worst policy. #SchoolLunches #nzpol

submitted 75 days ago • 7 comments

The End of the Economic World as We Knew It - Trump just blew up what was left of the world trading system. Other countries may, and indeed should, try to preserve what they can as a global public good, but the scale of the dispruption is so great that the more likely outcome is global chaos

submitted 75 days ago • 7 comments

Imagine being one of, if not the, richest people on earth, and also being the most insecure, most self-awareness lacking, and biggest baby back bitch on planet as well. Wild times.

submitted 75 days ago • 12 comments

Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020. Can you guess who was president during both crashes? I bet you can!

submitted 75 days ago • 920 comments

Auckland Cycleways Dashboard (beta) 🚲 Transforming public cycling data into visual insights for better urban planning. Explore patterns across the city since 2016. Try it: cycleway.tfwelch.com

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"It’s bad enough being a failing empire. Let’s not also be a delusional failing empire. Let’s at least have some dignity about our situation." Here's a start:

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“They’re engaged in trickery. If you’re busy trying to hide what you’re doing, deep down, you must know that you’re doing the wrong thing. Because if you really believe in it, you ought to own it,” Warnock told me.

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JPMORGAN: “.. if sustained, this year’s ~22%-point tariff increase would be the largest US tax hike since 1968. “.. The risk of recession in the global economy this year is raised to 60%, up from 40% earlier ..”

submitted 75 days ago • 68 comments

"It's complicated. You gotta multiply by four. Then divide by four. I can see I'm going too fast for you."

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

FFS America!! :(

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Democracy isn’t dead—it’s alive, it’s caffeinated as fuck, and it’s coming for your sorry asses faster than a Karen in BluBlockers chasing a manager at Costco. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

submitted 75 days ago • 67 comments

While Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower prices for struggling Americans, his tariffs are expected to increase the cost of everything from kids’ shoes to fresh produce.

submitted 75 days ago • 41 comments

A man’s gotta have a code. Trump’s code is that the Saudis are paying him millions to host the golf tournament, so that’s where he is.

submitted 75 days ago • 433 comments

The tariffs and stock market collapse will so enrage GOP senators that they now will stand up to Trump and stop rubber-stamping every cockamamie idea and nominee of his and … oh wait www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

oh no, lol

submitted 75 days ago • 49 comments

The two centuries of America being the world's primary destination for foreign capital and investment is over.

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Blanket ban on teen smartphone use ‘potentially detrimental’, says academic

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‼️ Putin can no longer end the war, even if he wanted to, the war has become the foundation of the Russian economy and society, and the onset of peace will cause the collapse of the entire system, — Foreign Policy

submitted 75 days ago • 103 comments

The always-bright Eric Trump gives away the game, acknowledging that the tariffs are just a form of extortion.

submitted 75 days ago • 487 comments

fuck them penguins

submitted 76 days ago • 12 comments

Hold on, lemme just google something real quick

submitted 76 days ago • 5 comments

If masks are gonna be banned at college protests then ICE agents shouldn't get to hide behind them either.

submitted 76 days ago • 128 comments