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My son lives in Downtown LA. He says there are no serious protests or evidence of violence. The scariest thing for he and his roommates is the massive ICE and LAPD presence that looks like “occupation.”

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless

submitted 27 days ago • 535 comments

Donald Trump is spewing outrageous lies about a “white genocide” in South Africa — alleged mass killings of white Afrikaner farmers. Trump is equating post-apartheid land redistribution with race war. Elon Musk, a native of South Africa and fellow white supremacist, feeds Trump the lies; Trump…

submitted 37 days ago • 84 comments

based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right

submitted 41 days ago • 331 comments

Duckworth on if she's open to voting to confirm Mike Waltz: "I think everybody on that Signal chain needs to be fired ... he's failing up ... I'm not open to voting for him, no, because he's already demonstrated he's incapable of doing the most basic thing, which is handling classified information."

submitted 46 days ago • 509 comments

Trump's interview with Terry Moran yesterday where the fascist man baby told one outrageous lie after another and then had a total shit fit when Moran called him out on his whopper about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's non-existent MS-13 tattoo should be all over the news today. Haven't heard anything.

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

But China is not calling Trump. The phone is not ringing. They will wait him out, and force him to do what his spox swears he won't do. In public. They will twist the knife. No "off-ramps," sorry. Trump's "never admit you were wrong" rule will be broken in the worst way.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Wait. What the actual fuck?!? Are we dead yet?

submitted 62 days ago • 311 comments

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

submitted 70 days ago • 3582 comments

Bessent is among the worst at hiding his dismay about Trump's moronic policies. Marco Rubio looks like a corpse when he talks now, but the Treasury Secretary looks like he's 2 seconds from shrieking, "You're right, it's total shit, but what can I do? He's threatening me, Larry!"

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Et tu, WSJ?

submitted 75 days ago • 459 comments

Very accurate...

submitted 76 days ago • 564 comments

I know what proper security protocols look like—this isn’t it. NSA Mike Waltz using Signal for war planning & now we learn he uses his personal Gmail for official biz? That’s not just reckless-it’s lazy. These aren’t rookie mistakes-they’re dangerous, deliberate choices. That ego is out of control.

submitted 79 days ago • 84 comments

Billionaires raked in record profits under Biden, but pushed hard for Trump—now they’ve lost billions. Here’s why they wanted Trump: 📌Tax cuts & deregulation 📌Worker exploitation 📌Keep the poor desperate 📌Racism as a weapon 📌Favor authoritarian control They wanted domination, not just profit.

submitted 82 days ago • 148 comments

Thom Tillis casting the deciding vote to confirm Hegseth, and his shameful silence yesterday, should be a major issue in the 2026 NC Senate race.

submitted 87 days ago • 733 comments

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

submitted 92 days ago • 3308 comments

Please let Kawhi Leonard stay healthy through the playoffs. The West side of the bracket could be historically fun if he does.

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

TAX THE RICH. They will STILL be rich.

submitted 94 days ago • 9 comments

I always knew the “5 AM morning routine tricks billionaires use” type of pieces were bullshit propaganda but the ketamine-fueled juvenile refusing to get up before noon behaviors of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg (per the new tell-all book) are somehow worse than I expected. These men are children

submitted 93 days ago • 22 comments

Trumponomics

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

#econsky. Add it to your feed

submitted 94 days ago • 477 comments

Looking for one Democratic Senator or House member who is ready to run with this issue.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments