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Ashli Babbitt was a violent criminal with a degenerate personal life who attacked an officer of the law in the process of attacking government by free people and received what she deserved.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I really encourage you to listen to this. This entire incident is chilling and crosses yet another line.

submitted 7 days ago • 38 comments

Hold steady folks. An EO is not law and “Trump says” is not the last word.

submitted 7 days ago • 27 comments

GRUNDY COUNTY: “Former director of the drug task force that serves several Tennessee counties has pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of meth with intent to re-sell… also misappropriated more than $7000 in seized funds…” newschannel9.com/news/local/f...

submitted 7 days ago • 124 comments

WATCH: “THAT’S FRAUD, ISN’T IT?” MEMPHIS VS. MUSK — SHELBY COUNTY commissioners learn from @keshaunpearson.bsky.social Elon’s XAI is operating 33 gas turbines w/o a permit and ask the @ShelbyTNHealth Dept if they can file an injunction to shut them down. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DJKRP0T...

submitted 7 days ago • 76 comments

Can you imagine the horror? I feel sick.

submitted 7 days ago • 57 comments

The country thats still defending is winning, the country that is breaking out tanks from WW2 in storage and attacking on donkeys and lost 900,000 men and got kicked out of Kyiv and begs NK for troops and Iran for weapons, isn’t. youtu.be/lvVI64jVXuI

submitted 7 days ago • 175 comments

It’s time to stop pretending Pee Wee German isn’t the acting President.

submitted 7 days ago • 74 comments

"Success in resisting and then defeating Trumpist authoritarianism now depends on acts of political leadership and civic courage....Otherwise Trump’s public opinion decline will register as only a sigh of regret."

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

Yes. We keep writing headlines that assign powers to the president that he does not have.

submitted 7 days ago • 70 comments

Ummmmm

submitted 7 days ago • 1201 comments

Donald’s unseemly shenanigans have managed to sway elections in Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Perhaps this outrageous stunt will influence yet one more election—the one for the next pope.

submitted 7 days ago • 155 comments

"In my view, one of the lessons of Bernie and AOC running around is damn, that is refreshing to see integrity of conviction." Many voters feel the same way. @faiz.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Focus Group podcast:

submitted 7 days ago • 67 comments

Budgets are a statement of values. On chopping block: healthcare, school lunches, science grants, the arts, foreign aid. These people are moral monsters.

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

My latest: Trump is making everything worse, from global conservative parties’ prospects to the U.S. global reputation, McDonalds profits, and American Christianity open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

submitted 7 days ago • 67 comments

Your reminder that none of this shit is fucking normal.

submitted 7 days ago • 484 comments

The time has come for the judiciary to scrap the presumption of regularity. It is yet another outdated norm that we can no longer afford. Those fighting to preserve democracy already face a daunting task without judges reflexively giving Trump the benefit of the doubt.

submitted 7 days ago • 111 comments

This speech should not have had to come from the Supreme Court’s most junior member. It should have come from the full Court. It should have come from the whole federal judiciary. And it should have been amplified by the nation’s legal community. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

CNN: “A Gaza-bound activist aid ship caught fire and issued an SOS, after what its organizers claimed was an Israeli drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters…” (Greta Thunberg was almost on board)

submitted 7 days ago • 36 comments

The Labor Party won a second term today in Australia's national election. Australians were required to go the polls and cast a ballot—as they have been for the past 100 years. Bolts explains: boltsmag.org/compuls...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Same

submitted 7 days ago • 308 comments

Trump's priorities are clear: slash NIH funding, gut our medical research industry & risk Americans' health. I had important conversations this week at Seattle Children's about what this means for WA state families—our doctors and scientists won't give up the fight, and neither will I.

submitted 7 days ago • 20 comments

'One official ran to Target to "bulk-buy toilet paper, some types of food, and other household supplies," while another is "stashing cash" at home, reports Rolling Stone. When asked why they're hoarding supplies, one aide snipped: "Because it would be stupid not to!"'

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it

submitted 7 days ago • 179 comments

I agree. It’s really, REALLY sick and should be treated as such. Acquiescing to the creation of a world in which there is no decency, no lines to be crossed, no deference or respect for others, b/c you’re “strategically focused” on Trump’s tariffs misses the magnitude of Trump’s macabre project.

submitted 7 days ago • 23 comments

This is nuts! Seriously nuts.

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

Thank you for sharing your truth, Airyn ❤️ You have our support.

submitted 7 days ago • 35 comments

from today's post, dealing with hateful fucking screech-monkey Nancy Mace's inability to ever shut her vile, attention-seeking mouth. please read the whole thing, thanks! link is here: bit.ly/3Z3MsI3 (and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments

The Republicans aren’t listening to anybody but Trump. They know how detrimental these cuts will be to their constituents but instead of developing a backbone, standing up to Trump, & doing what’s right—they’re too scared, too spineless, & too sold out to fight for the folks they represent.

submitted 7 days ago • 219 comments

🤥 It’s amazing how dumb Marsha Blackburn thinks we all are. 125 year olds are not getting checks or people would be getting arrested. Trillions in cuts to pay for tax cuts for the rich will mean cuts to all these essential programs, no matter what this habitual liar says.

submitted 7 days ago • 344 comments

Hilarious!

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Donald Trump, ignoramus and bullshit king. And he gets away with the ignorance and the bullshit because most reporters never call him out on it, let alone ask the obvious follow up questions. (Excuse me Mr President, who is the ‘they’ who have been fighting for 1000 years?’)

submitted 14 days ago • 136 comments

Are we still pretending this is about free speech?

submitted 14 days ago • 300 comments

The reality is war. If Trump wants to change that reality, he would have to learn about and use policy tools to support Ukraine and discourage Russia. No sign of either yet.

submitted 14 days ago • 37 comments

Don’t forget that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could put a stop to all of this.

submitted 14 days ago • 48 comments

They will not stop trying to do this. We have to continue to stand in the breach. We have no choice.

submitted 23 days ago • 60 comments

"Mark Zuckerberg thought he’d done everything in his power to make the government’s antitrust case against Meta go away. ... And what did he get for all his trouble? A deafening silence from the one person who could help him" They never learn. www.thedailybeast.com/mark-zuckerb...

submitted 23 days ago • 13 comments

What the regime is doing to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to so many other immigrants, to Harvard and more, will live in infamy. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

submitted 23 days ago • 147 comments

Trump justifies his war on foreign students with false accusations of antisemitism. It's a lie. They are kicking out people for speeding tickets and frog embryos. Vance gave the game away by saying foreign students are "bad for the American dream." www.salon.com/2025/04/17/j...

submitted 23 days ago • 29 comments

He stood for truth. Trump’s now coming after him. What side of this moment will you be on? I stand with Chris Krebs.

submitted 23 days ago • 10 comments

“The top concern is that he (Trump) will try to remove Mr. Powell from his position before his term as chair expires in May 2026. Mr. Trump has already signed an executive order trying to seize more control over the central bank’s responsibilities…” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/b...

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

DOGE is shaping up to be the biggest failure of all time. All pain. No gain. Shrouded in secrecy, lies, and false projections. A scam on the American people.

submitted 23 days ago • 402 comments

You think the bond markets didn’t like the tariffs, they really won’t like this ….. Also real authoritarian stuff

submitted 23 days ago • 336 comments

BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump has filed a powerful (many strong men are saying, crying, “so powerful”!) pro se brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in support of UPHOLDING its decision in 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 295 U.S. 602 (1935).

submitted 23 days ago • 130 comments

So much damage

submitted 23 days ago • 355 comments

Responses to this are a case study in why it's not just for my blood pressure that I ask people to read before responding. Folks assumed that no white people were targeted. If they read, they'd see — there's even a photo! — that wasn't true. This is about racism. But it's not just about racism.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

As one institution after another caves to Trump, one important check remains: There’s nothing Trump can do to bend global financial markets to his will. That's a major political opportunity. Matt Johnson on the unpopularity of Trump's economic calamity: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-econ...

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

Funny he uses that phrase

submitted 23 days ago • 45 comments

🔥WATCH: @votegloriaj.bsky.social exposes the hypocrisy of Bulso declaring “Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness” months in Tennessee (with anti-choice wording in the resolution) when TN Republicans have stripped women of their bodily autonomy and refuse to let LGBTQ folks live

submitted 23 days ago • 13 comments