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A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

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Strong democracies are a shield against greed-fueled manipulation. Oligarchs buy influence to control it — but citizens must protect this treasure, reminding the wealthy they owe their fortunes to those who put the caviar on their plates.

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

History always has a lesson.

submitted 38 days ago • 643 comments

If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.

submitted 39 days ago • 1757 comments

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

submitted 39 days ago • 1744 comments

#NoKings

submitted 38 days ago • 329 comments

Republicans are trying to steal an election in North Carolina. They have been laying the groundwork for five months, and unless the federal courts intervene, they just might succeed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...

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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says the quiet part out loud: “We are all afraid… I am oftentimes very anxious about using my voice because retaliation is real.”

submitted 40 days ago • 1325 comments

And many are outright geniuses, and engage in more productive activity in an hour than RFK Jr. will in his entire life.

submitted 40 days ago • 753 comments

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This is our 15th lawsuit since Trump got back into office. We sued the Trump administration saying that he does not have the unilateral authority to impose these tariffs. And we think we're on very, very firm ground." [email protected]

submitted 40 days ago • 113 comments

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything, Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT. ~ All of Us

submitted 40 days ago • 909 comments

Harvard rejected policy changes demanded by Trump — becoming the first university to directly refuse to comply with the regime’s demands. Other universities should take note. Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s tyranny invites more of it.

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I interviewed Senator Van Hollen today about his efforts to speak to Kilmar Abrego Garcia:

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The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/kQAZFJJw

submitted 40 days ago • 81 comments

Layoffs at NOAA, which warns us about severe weather Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA... The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.

submitted 60 days ago • 723 comments

100% this would prompt a DOJ investigation of violations of the Espionage Act among other possible crimes with any independent DOJ. if it doesn't happen here, it will be very revealing. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...

submitted 63 days ago • 253 comments

In case you missed it: the Pentagon--that's Hegseth--got warned about using Signal a week ago.

submitted 63 days ago • 487 comments

- Planes falling from the sky - Consumer confidence plummeting - Grocery prices soaring - Job losses mounting - Measles outbreaks - Major security snafus - Protests EVERYWHERE - Social Security threatened - Medicare & Medicaid threatened "Two perfect months" 🤡

submitted 63 days ago • 407 comments

Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.

submitted 63 days ago • 805 comments

Democrat elections lawyer Marc Elias’ firm hired a Biden-era DOJ lawyer amid a marketing play spurred by President Donald Trump’s jabs at him and the legal industry. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

submitted 63 days ago • 66 comments

Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.

submitted 63 days ago • 487 comments

A person drives drunk (on average) 80 times before getting a DUI. How many classified attack plans have been compromised w/adversaries, vs. US journalists?

submitted 64 days ago • 114 comments

This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...

submitted 63 days ago • 1222 comments

🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.

submitted 63 days ago • 1084 comments

Probably not everyone.

submitted 63 days ago • 1377 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.