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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

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If you do it (especially if you do it well) they (the media) will come ➡️ Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now. Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump. This is how you want a leader to talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

submitted 5 days ago • 92 comments

Lower courts have stood strong in curbing abuses of executive power. It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court continues the judicial display of constitutional fortitude.

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

I guess I'd missed this. The new head of the Office of Legal Counsel at DOJ is a former Ken Paxton soldier from his wildly corrupt AG's office down in Texas. Old news. from Jan. But I hadn't heard. Arsonist now running the fire dept. www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

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The same people who shoveled money to a settle bogus case with Trump, have now fired Terry Moran for telling the truth. No one should wonder why viewers are abandoning legacy media in droves. www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...

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[email protected] I’m told you’re not planning on showing up tomorrow for NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s hearing tomorrow after NIH researchers published this public declaration abt gutting NIH? Is that true? arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

Read David Pepper’s list of Trump grifts open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

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Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 8 days ago • 172 comments

If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth. From Saturn. We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.

submitted 10 days ago • 439 comments

Although many hoped otherwise, we do not seem to be returning to a world in which the center left and the center right compete over tax rates or budgets. Every election is now existential www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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🚨BREAKING: Mississippi is asking the Supreme Court to uphold its mail-in ballot grace period. Mississippi is fighting back against a challenge from the RNC to strike down the law. Depending on how SCOTUS rules, it could change how over a dozen states conduct elections. Paige and I discuss.

submitted 10 days ago • 153 comments

If you are surprised that Musk is now bashing the GOP budget bill, I suggest you go back and read what I wrote in early February. For Trump, this has always been the plan. "Musk may believe he is doing all of this to cut the size of the government. But that is not Trump’s plan."

submitted 13 days ago • 96 comments

by popular demand, excerpts from this article posted in a thread below it

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Some Dems Warn Colleagues: Crypto Bill Could Inject Some 19th Century Chaos Into US Economy talkingpointsmemo.com/news/some-de...

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

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sounds like this ex-congressman is pulling a max federal salary for ... well, not much work. Internal Docs Raise Questions About Trump IRS Pick Billy Long’s ‘No-Show Jobs’ And ‘Strange’ Schedule Inside A Powerful Agency talkingpointsmemo.com/news/billy-l...

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NEW: The Republican National Committee filed a motion Tuesday to intervene in ongoing federal litigation against President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, which aimed to restrict voter access nationally under the guise of election integrity. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 12 days ago • 121 comments

Seven states in the middle of the country have, at least for now, near-free reign to pass laws and draw districts that racially discriminate against voters thanks to an astonishing court ruling. Here's why this matters. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... (1/9)

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Don’t Fall For Elon Inc.’s Press Campaign talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

submitted 17 days ago • 32 comments

The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M

submitted 19 days ago • 323 comments

if you were still hoping to die from bird flu, I've got some good news for you... HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... via @statnews.com

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submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt...

submitted 21 days ago • 323 comments

"[D]ismissal of important precedents structuring modern society and government has become a hallmark of the Roberts Court." - @leahlitman.bsky.social / ht @atrupar.com

submitted 21 days ago • 15 comments

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

submitted 51 days ago • 54 comments

“I will not run. I will stand and die here.” open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

submitted 21 days ago • 25 comments