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I think this is the right take. From outside of New York, I know it seems NYC is a hotbed of democratic liberalism. But actual New York politics are almost the reverse: the New York Democratic Party leadership is united mainly by trying to keep the left from power.

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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

submitted 13 hours ago • 2394 comments

I’m pretty excited for all those who told themselves they were voting for lower grocery prices and instead got a police state, a new war in the Middle East … and higher grocery prices.

submitted 11 hours ago • 14 comments

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟯+ 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 If the bill passes, the Senate could authorize the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land across 11 Western states, threatening iconic areas like Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, Happy Canyon, and public forests near Grand Teton. 1/4

submitted 21 hours ago • 103 comments

@fetterman.senate.gov vote no & tell your buddy Sen McCormick to do the same!!

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Laughing Uncontrollably.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

"homegrowns are next" -- Trump's already said it.

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submitted 1 day ago • 143 comments

Mistaking these as isolated incidents of the secret police detaining US citizens is the type of thinking that will empower them to detain more.

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And without due process this Georgia-born American citizen spends the rest of his life disappeared in a jail in Jamaica. Do you get it yet?

submitted 1 day ago • 124 comments

Russ Vought keeps threatening "pocket rescissions” — an illegal scheme to withhold funds approved by Congress. Republicans in Congress might as well tear up Article 1 and go home if they don't fight back, but they can’t claim surprise. Here's Vought telling me he's willing to break the law:

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.” - @jelaniya.bsky.social 🇺🇸

submitted 2 days ago • 72 comments

The MN Shooting Suspect’s Background Suggests Deep Ties to Christian Nationalism. Experts say that the suspect showed clear ties to forms of so-called charismatic Christianity that views abortion as sacrifice to demons & seeks the end of secular democracy. www.wired.com/story/christ...

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“When I started taking the drug, I’d look at the smooth, cylindrical capsule in my hand and consider the fact I was about to swallow something that costs about the same as a new iPhone. A month’s supply ... is the same price as a new Nissan Versa.” By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social‬

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DHS says these goons are not ICE. Let's pretend we believe them. That makes it crystal clear that every state with a D trifecta should mobilize IMMEDIATELY—including by calling special sessions—to pass laws requiring law enforcement to have faces visible and badges clearly displayed at all times.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Only monsters do this.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

These people aren’t afraid Mamdani would be a bad mayor. We have a ridiculous, corrupt, incompetent mayor right now and the city is hanging in OK. They’re declaring all-out war because they’re afraid Mamdani (or Lander) might be a good mayor.

submitted 3 days ago • 83 comments

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes!!! Thank you!

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The No Kings protests were the largest day of protests in U.S. history and the media lied about them cepr.net/publications...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Most excellent accounting with an actual solution suggested:

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Congrats to @jayrosen.bsky.social on his retirement! He has been a necessary inspiration in this time of total media failure. His mentor Neil Postman wrote, "Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture.” We somehow became both. 🙄 pressthink.org

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Psst... The Senate version of the Republican budget raises the debt ceiling to $5 TRILLION. That makes it $1 TRILLION more expensive than the House version. They're taking your healthcare and grocery money for tax breaks for the wealthy. Biggest wealth transfer in history.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Get the federal troops out of L.A. Now.

submitted 3 days ago • 313 comments

"It's bullshit," Gov. Hochul says of the arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander by ICE. She says she will call him when he's out of detention. "But what about all the people who don't have that high profile position?"

submitted 4 days ago • 183 comments

Just like the Padilla case, we've got several media outlets pretending like there wasn't actual video of the incident we all saw, pretending that the authorities account of events isn't directly contradicted by videos shot from multiple angles.

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

This cannot continue anywhere

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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' More of this, please"

submitted 4 days ago • 898 comments

Helicopters. Armed troops wearing masks. All for a freaking military-grade raid at a flea market that appears to have resulted in two measly arrests. DHS and ICE are out of control. ktla.com/news/local-n...

submitted 4 days ago • 306 comments

i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!

submitted 4 days ago • 732 comments

Yes. We want stunts by political leaders! Stunts are good. Stunts drive attention!

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"If you don't agree with Republicans on this issue, you're not a real American. You shouldn't be allowed to vote. You shouldn't have citizenship. As Republicans say: IMAGINE No Liberals." TRUMP RENEWS L.A.-BASED REALITY SERIES, ANNOUNCES TWO SPINOFFS nomoremister.blogspot.com/2025/06/trum...

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Dispatch from occupied Los Angeles: Media, please stop reporting "troops on the streets of American cities" without including AGAINST THEIR WILL. National Guard troops and Marines are in LA over the opposition of the governor, the mayor, and the residents. Invasion. Occupation. That Is all.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I shit you not, people

submitted 4 days ago • 413 comments

𝗪𝗧𝗙!? Trump just ordered ICE to ramp up mass deportations — not quietly or strategically, but specifically in 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 like LA, NYC, and Chicago, from 650 arrests a day to 3,000. This isn’t about keeping our communities safe — it’s political revenge. 1/4 apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 5 days ago • 120 comments

At the start of military service (and each and every promotion) we take an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States. The military is trained to obey his lawful (even awful) orders, but disobey illegal orders. kettering.org/our-duty-is-...

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

What the fuck does it even mean when Trump says the US is "the hottest country in the world right now"? It's just fucking stupid and no one reports on it as "Trump said this impenetrably stupid thing that is completely meaningless."

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

I've tried to go further than this and point out that the public rejects the core MAGA ideology driving mass deportations at a very deep level. Trump admitting that deportations hurt the economy showed that MAGA politics on this is unsustainable. Dems blowing this: newrepublic.com/article/1968...

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

He’s gonna send the troops into our cities to create violence as a pretense for shooting us to control the violence.

submitted 6 days ago • 109 comments

Trump Chose to Hunt Law-Abiding Migrants Rather than Right Wing Terrorists Like Vance Boelter. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/16/t...

submitted 6 days ago • 23 comments

Reminder: Not only is Cuomo funded by Trump donors, he was also funded by Trump. If you think he’s going to stand up to Trump, and go against his donors, then you don’t know anything about Andrew Cuomo.

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

Next up on your Sunday talk show be sure to tune in as our guest Sen. Tim Scott spews unchecked lies

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

MAGA Sen. Tim Scott's video about the Congressional Budget Office delivers 9 lies in 60 seconds. The Washington Post dutifully fact-checks it, but refers to 9 “errors,” as if they could possibly be honest mistakes. Scott has kept the video posted even after the lies were exposed.

submitted 6 days ago • 23 comments