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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

submitted 4 days ago • 862 comments

"There are many ways Sen. Ernst could have responded that may have passed for halfway reasonable, and yet, the junior senator from Iowa really dug down deep and offered, perhaps, the worst answer possible: Well, we are all going to die." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/well-we-ar...

submitted 8 days ago • 101 comments

Memorial Day is for Heroes… Military Parades are for pussies. #MemorialDay

submitted 12 days ago • 24 comments

The Soldiers' and Sailors' monument, New York. The pillar at the right reads FARRAGUT at the top, the pillar on the left SHERMAN. Both are engraved with names of the many, many battles it took to end slavery

submitted 11 days ago • 16 comments

Ukrainian women’s teams SeaSters and Vorskla took the field with puppies in tow—teaming up with Club Hvostiki to help rescue dogs find homes. A heartwarming kickoff with a purpose.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

"The Trump administration’s illegal sabotage of the nation’s government, while hugely destructive, could also prove largely transitory." Appreciate this look forward from @davidrlurie.bsky.social | h/t @atrupar.com But we are going 2 need to fight & resist for next 1,338 days (who is counting).

submitted 15 days ago • 23 comments

I've never seen it so well put before.

submitted 15 days ago • 80 comments

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

submitted 17 days ago • 152 comments

Crazy how he managed to work his way so far up the ladder

submitted 16 days ago • 25 comments

lol

submitted 16 days ago • 87 comments

If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity.

submitted 19 days ago • 144 comments

Winner

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

The median number of Measles deaths among children in the US for the last 50 years has been 0. That's the benchmark. ANY more is a failure of policy. Bobby is currently a failed Secretary. You cannot yadda-yadda the life of a child that should not die.

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submitted 34 days ago • 32 comments

Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass. Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds. See how that works?

submitted 34 days ago • 527 comments

(AXIOS) - The Senate on Wednesday killed a resolution that would have effectively reversed President Trump's 10% tariffs on all imported goods, with just three Republicans joining with Democrats in support of the measure. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/30/s...

submitted 37 days ago • 176 comments

It’s time for Susan Collins to be truly disappointed. act.link/gi-joc423jo

submitted 37 days ago • 71 comments

It’s only getting much play in the trade/transport niche press. But pretty real product shortages beginning in mid-May or so are already locked in. They’re maybe a thousand miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Modern trade takes place in gargantuan container ships. There are very detailed records …

submitted 41 days ago • 184 comments

Two nuclear states may be about to go to war. Thankfully Republicans gave us Hegseth to keep the peace 😂😪

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Feels like this isn’t hitting like the bombshell it should be. Has the Times or the Post even covered it yet? abcnews.go.com/Politics/heg...

submitted 43 days ago • 209 comments

Reup: Self-Reportation: Pete Hegseth's Witch Hunt Ensnared Himself www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/21/s...

submitted 46 days ago • 25 comments

It’s so adorable that Pete Hegseth thought it was going to be Pentagon leakers who made him look bad. Bless his little heart.

submitted 47 days ago • 334 comments

Angel of the Lord: He is not here, He is risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. Alito: Okay, first of all, this violates ALL sorts of rules Thomas: This was a LAWFUL execution, who is God to interfere

submitted 48 days ago • 152 comments

Day 141. This is our endgame, we know we cannot stop whatever faces us. You can help us avoid whatever costs can be avoided in our national liberation struggle through targeted sanctions, regime non-recognition, and calls for new Parliamentary elections. #GeorgiaProtests

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

If you have any questions about my disgust at 47, this should clear up any confusion.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

My city showing up! #handsoff

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Hands Off! Red Bank, NJ A few thousand vocal, peaceful protesters. @maddow.msnbc.com

submitted 62 days ago • 9 comments

@maddow.msnbc.com Deb Haaland & 95 year old Dolores Huerta at the Hands Off Rally in Albuquerque, NM.

submitted 62 days ago • 44 comments

Couldn't even begin to narrow it down #HandsOff2025 #HandsOff #HandsOffDC #WashingtonDC @maddow.msnbc.com

submitted 62 days ago • 51 comments

Russia escalated its drone attacks on Ukraine by 50% following the initiation of peace talks, indicating clearly that they do not want to pursue peace. Just yesterday, they killed 5 people in Kharkiv, including a 12-year-old girl. Thanks to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for the infographic.

submitted 64 days ago • 6 comments