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Seven people were shot in an Oklahoma City bar last night as fans gathered to watch an NBA playoff game, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.

submitted 16 days ago • 44 comments

“Stop the Steal” supporter, Ed Martin, was in the mob outside of the Capitol on 1/6. If he doesn’t like your point of view, he threatens to investigate you. He praises white supremacists who support neo-Nazi ideologies. Tell your Senator to vote NO on Ed Martin’s nomination for US Attorney in DC.

submitted 16 days ago • 106 comments

A gift to the NRA.

submitted 17 days ago • 1442 comments

Oh. #HandsOff

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns. Where is the outrage?

submitted 28 days ago • 461 comments

Trump kills programs to combat opioid addiction: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 29 days ago • 357 comments

“Pro-life”

submitted 28 days ago • 1266 comments

NEWS: Trump deploying U.S. combat forces to the Middle East as conflict with Houthis escalates

submitted 30 days ago • 613 comments

"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

submitted 30 days ago • 627 comments

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

submitted 30 days ago • 3262 comments

I love this journey for him

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As a horrific mass shooting unfolds at FSU, a reminder that Florida: Does not require background checks or training Does not regulate assault weapons Does not limit magazine capacity Became a permitless carry state in 2023

submitted 35 days ago • 148 comments

New records reveal that Marjorie Taylor Greene bought thousands of dollars in stock right before Trump’s tariff pause announcement caused markets to surge.

submitted 38 days ago • 475 comments

Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”

submitted 40 days ago • 1119 comments

Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

submitted 42 days ago • 1980 comments

A reminder that the Washington Post gave Bondi a green thumbs up to confirm for AG. Democracy Docket called her an election denier. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 46 days ago • 384 comments

Well this seems like a fantastic plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...

submitted 45 days ago • 1659 comments

🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...

submitted 48 days ago • 239 comments

Why would we believe jobs numbers from this administration?

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Trump’s America

submitted 48 days ago • 463 comments

The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic display ahead of a visit to the school by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.

submitted 50 days ago • 80 comments

IMO this isn't getting enough attention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA1b...

submitted 50 days ago • 23 comments

The CDC Buried a #Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations. The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under Secretary Kennedy a longtime critic of vaccines. www.propublica.org/article/meas...

submitted 51 days ago • 10 comments

We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.

submitted 51 days ago • 930 comments

"Thus far, the review of the Naval Academy's Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of Hegseth’s order... They include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and a biography on Jackie Robinson..." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

submitted 52 days ago • 673 comments

Keep talking about Signalgate. Do not let them push it out of the news.

submitted 54 days ago • 185 comments

JUST IN: The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, has been pushed out. In his resignation letter, he slams RFK Jr. for rejecting “truth and transparency” and pushing “misinformation and lies.” Marks warns of an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth.”

submitted 54 days ago • 376 comments

BREAKING: A high level information security source inside the Department of Defense says they were ordered by political appointees to ignore information security regulations and install Signal on government phones for senior leaders.

submitted 57 days ago • 541 comments

Pete Hegseth shared classified information on a messaging app with known vulnerabilities that put the lives of our servicemembers at unnecessary risk and then lied about it. It’s a spectacular dereliction of duty for which he must be held accountable.

submitted 57 days ago • 35 comments

It gets better. Not only did these incompetent, clueless idiots do an obviously reckless, illegal thing using Signal to talk about highly secret stuff, but the DOD had WARNED everyone in a Department-wide email a week before not to . . . .

submitted 58 days ago • 147 comments

This was just confirmed during the hearing - George Witkoff - Trump's Middle East Envoy - was in Moscow during his participation in the Signal chat group discussing US attack plans for air strikes on the Houthis- the same chat where the Atlantic Editor-in-Chief was apparently accidently included.

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“By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration’s executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer...” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...

submitted 58 days ago • 276 comments

A person drives drunk (on average) 80 times before getting a DUI. How many classified attack plans have been compromised w/adversaries, vs. US journalists?