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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

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Yeah, Mr. Senator, YOUR job, which provides healthcare that WE pay for. One third of the jobs for the rest of us don't provide healthcare.

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Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the US disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He eliminated a State Department office that dealt with Russian disinformation campaigns—and is married to a woman with family ties to the Kremlin. It's another clear conflict of interest that's extremely typical within the Trump administration. https://trib.al/vd9Gmm1

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Elon Musk doesn’t know enough about government—his wrecking crew at DOGE proved it. He came in with a chainsaw to gut programs that help real people. Healthcare. Education. Nutrition. All to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. He might be out but the GOP is still using the same chainsaw. ⬇️

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For all the “Russia participates in the START treaty which is why the bombers we’re in the open” level of cope out there: No they don’t. They suspended their participation in 2023. They just thought the bombers we’re safe

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$ORCL $MS $MCD @mediaitenews.bsky.social @wsj.com www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

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‘Advertising Doesn’t Work On Me,’ Says Chosen One Who Will Lead Humanity Out Of Dark Age Of Commercialism theonion.com/adverti...

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Trump is attacking the federalist society, Musk is attacking the big ugly bill and Congressional Republicans are attacking each other. House Democrats are fighting for you. The extremists are fighting each other.

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trump's department of homeland security has thus far arrested: a judge a democratic mayor a democratic congresswoman now handcuffing a democratic congressional staffer gothamist.com/news/homelan...

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"Republicans appear to be putting a lot more effort than their Democratic counterparts into telling their story. The consequences of success in this area can be profound. Just ask Joe Biden."

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Needs to be said: As of 2025, the 10 states with the highest poverty rates: 1. Mississippi– 19.3% 2.Louisiana–18.6% 3.New Mexico –18.1% 4.West Virginia–17.0% 5.Kentucky–15.9% 6.Arkansas–15.3% 7.Alabama–15.0% 8.Oklahoma– 14.5% 9.Tennessee–13.5% 10. South Carolina–13.5% Who’d they vote for?

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Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

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Musk’s stint in government has been an abject failure. ... it has been wildly destructive. A lot of lifelong experts in key positions have lost their jobs. Important medical research has been set back, possibly indefinitely. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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"there is no word in any language that captures the level of obliviousness..." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

submitted 6 days ago • 280 comments

Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."

submitted 7 days ago • 178 comments

been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys

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Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

submitted 15 days ago • 1285 comments

Tariff shakedowns continue.

submitted 15 days ago • 465 comments

The new CEO of The Onion spent his first month on the job getting rid of the website's god awful ad tech and focusing on improving the user experience. He then launched a paid membership, reintroduced the print product, and expanded the staff from 14 to 27.

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“I am sorry I don’t have a plane for you” The President of South Africa deftly reminds us that he has a lot of experience in dealing with White Supremacists and autocrats.

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BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

submitted 16 days ago • 965 comments

hawking books by bragging about murdering a puppy and then having the government reward you with a $50 million luxury jet...you couldn't even satirize this if you tried

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"Political fairy smut" is a keeper

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"When Kushner ran into legal trouble in 2004, Booker wrote a letter testifying to his character; the senator later collaborated with the Kushner family during the first Trump administration on the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill." newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sen...

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The facts underlying Charles Kushner’s guilty plea included hiring a prostitute in order to blackmail his own brother-in-law. www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/n...

submitted 17 days ago • 77 comments

Yet again Trump is taking credit for what Biden did.

submitted 17 days ago • 126 comments

. @slotkin.senate.gov has announced her intended support for legislation that would CUT and FREEZE the wages of farm workers - one of the most underpaid professions in the US. This is just wrong! Call Senator Slotkin TODAY! Urge her to withdraw her support. (202) 759 - 4087

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"Almost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet does not exist, according to a new survey." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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The House Budget Committee's “big, beautiful bill” passed late Sunday, advancing Trump's 2017 tax cuts for multi-millionaires and corporations to the House floor. By Monday, Karoline Leavitt was plainly lying that the bill wouldn't add to the national deficit. It is estimated to add trillions.

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Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Let Younger Democrat Battle Cancer

submitted 17 days ago • 123 comments

He is completely clueless about what he is doing.

submitted 18 days ago • 1050 comments

“Hospitals go out of business when Medicare and Medicaid are cut. Period." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 18 days ago • 512 comments

The Website Where Lawyers Mock ‘Yellow-Bellied’ Firms Bowing to Trump Above the Law, a legal industry website with a long history of skewering the nation’s most elite firms, has found a moment and plenty of inside tipsters.

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"Children need to be exposed to healthy, heteronormative role models like an adult man with a cave lined with pornography while his wife who collects hilarious text art about how she chugs wine because you were born"

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It’s time this city empowered small businesses—not bury them in fines, fees and endless bureaucracy. Here’s my plan.

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submitted 19 days ago • 34 comments

Yes, we noticed. You're still here.

submitted 19 days ago • 1590 comments

It is so tragic and highly embarrassing that someone so vile, petty, and bereft of decency is the president. I will never understand or have peace with it.

submitted 20 days ago • 780 comments

So the GOP thinks we can afford $45M for a parade to fan Trump's ego but not health care and food for kids? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.

submitted 21 days ago • 791 comments

So many layers of corruption.

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Man Can’t Believe He Has To Download Stupid App Just To Bribe President theonion.com/man-can...

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From The Archives: You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm Before I Got To Be President theonion.com/you-peo...

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They've now made clear the Qatari plane is officially a bribe. Trump gets to take it with him for his personal use after he leaves office. The Times is really not being clear with readers abt how prez libraries work. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/qatar...

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