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they’ve gone from “clearly uniformed” to “partially uniformed” to “in no way identifiable” in like three weeks

submitted 12 hours ago • 211 comments

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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Trump's Sunday night screed about Democrats who are "sick of mind" and "hate our country" is the exact sort of rhetoric that radicalizes people like Boelter to commit acts of violence. But instead of responding to the Hortman assassination by turning down the heat, Trump keeps ramping it up.

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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

submitted 2 days ago • 115 comments

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

submitted 2 days ago • 64 comments

By far the most dangerous person in the country is the president. It’s not even close. This guy is intent on plunging the nation into chaos.

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

Donald Trump, who claims Democrats are ruining cities, wants to halve the budget of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, eliminate all community development block grants to cities, and kick millions of poor people out of subsidized housing.

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A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.

submitted 3 days ago • 166 comments

Wow, Minneapolis doubled apartments' share of the tax base in just 15 years.

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Lawmakers in Congress should not be buying, trading, and owning individual stocks. Period. It’s long past time to BAN Congressional stock trading.

submitted 4 days ago • 472 comments

Interesting new study finds that, although people say they need the flexibility that a car offers, drivers' journeys are no more flexible than people who travel with other modes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

This is what ICE is

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

Ran to Target for laundry detergent, saw about a dozen women in their 60s or thereabouts buying poster board and markers. I would have assumed they were teachers getting supplies until I remembered school's out and then it clicked.

submitted 4 days ago • 389 comments

<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

submitted 4 days ago • 409 comments

the next administration is gonna have to spend like 10 billion dollars delousing every bit of government computer hardware

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🚨🚨🚨 Two women who worked with the event company that oversaw arrangements for the Jan. 6 rally are also part of the group coordinating President Donald Trump's parade, which he announced honors the anniversary of the U.S. Army. www.rawstory.com/trump-parade...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Whole lot of people saying “she must resign” who should be saying “I am introducing articles of impeachment.”

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

NEW PIECE: The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Eliminates the Office of Financial Research—Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...

submitted 7 days ago • 41 comments

Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement. The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone. If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

submitted 5 days ago • 812 comments

the Republican Party in a nutshell

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The derangement of right wing politics in America is incredible

submitted 5 days ago • 130 comments

DHS is also lying about him being repeatedly told to back away. The video shows the men who pushed him don’t even open their mouths, they just grab him and get them out of the room without saying a word.

submitted 5 days ago • 109 comments

well sure, the vibes are bad now, but at least the forecasts aren't calling for a particularly long, hot summer puts finger to ear oh... oh dear

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

submitted 5 days ago • 340 comments

An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.

submitted 5 days ago • 418 comments

If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

submitted 5 days ago • 290 comments

Can we stop yelling at protesters or pretending its about whos peaceful or not? I mean theyre taking down senators. This is where we're at and whats happening.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

"DOGE isn’t simply trying to dismantle the [US Internal Revenue Service]. It is trying to capture and rewire the IRS into a vehicle for executive dominance, privatized tax enforcement, and algorithmic control over public infrastructure." @asteephen.bsky.social, with @nathantankus.bsky.social

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This assault is not only on @padilla.senate.gov, but on freedom of speech and expression in our country. These actions taken by Trump’s DHS communicates a message to all Americans that none of us is safe.

submitted 5 days ago • 81 comments

Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.

submitted 5 days ago • 18 comments

Among the anti-housing arguments I've seen recently aired, one of the ones I find the most morally repugnant is the idea that new housing should not be approved when it will attract families with school-age kids, thus increasing school system costs

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

submitted 6 days ago • 531 comments

I see an awful lot of people and businesses with newsletters these days– why? Was there something wrong with the oldsletters?

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You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.

submitted 6 days ago • 227 comments

New Danish study concludes that traffic noise is killing people: "A 14.9 decibel increase in road traffic noise [outside the home] was associated ... with an 8.1% increased risk of all-cause mortality." Traffic noise was much deadlier than air pollution. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40403531/

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

Feels kinda important to point out that if non-citizens are required to carry proof of legal status, then citizens do too by default. This is absolutely insane.

submitted 6 days ago • 48 comments

"Must Love Cats"???

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The lower bound estimate for just the cost of shipping the M1 Abrams and Bradleys to Washington DC by rail is $750,000.00 Just the shipping costs. Using 2023 freight shipping costs. Could feed and house a family for 30 years

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

❤️ 😈 ❤️ It's starting

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