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FEMA has a long history of failing to help those who need assistance the most after disasters. Biden-era changes meant to fix some of those problems now face an uncertain future. https://n.pr/4dKQZFw

submitted 15 hours ago • 19 comments

White House is already making up data and analysis, saying repeatedly that the budget bill will - not increase the deficit (lie) - not cut Medicaid (lie) We are already there.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Think people. Did we not think that taunting Trump about chickening out on tariffs would mean he would "show us"? We know how to manipulate him. Do it right!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

REPORT: “Since Election Day, Elon Musk’s staggering net worth has increased by over $100 BILLION” @SenWarren’s office just prepared this report about how Elon enriched himself after buying the election for Trump: www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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submitted 3 days ago • 37 comments

The head of FEMA joked about not knowing hurricane season had started. Americans work too damn hard and pay too much to be governed by clowns. When lives are at stake, we need serious leadership, not punchlines.

submitted 2 days ago • 273 comments

Read? The Gazpacho Police and Peachtree Dish lady?

submitted 2 days ago • 1246 comments

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

submitted 3 days ago • 857 comments

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 2 days ago • 85 comments

Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters — including a former GOP Congressman and two reality TV stars. He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration. Is this being "tough on crime"?

submitted 4 days ago • 173 comments

"...The Department of Health & Human Services said it is terminating a $766M contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine to protect people against flu strains with pandemic potential, including the H5N1 bird flu virus that's been raising fears." www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 7 days ago • 39 comments

MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.

submitted 7 days ago • 755 comments

Along with everything else, Trump has threatened to put 50 percent tariffs on the EU, which would basically shut down trans-Atlantic trade. Many people have noted that (a) the EU has very low tariffs on US goods (b) much of the EU surplus in goods is offset by a deficit in services. But ...

submitted 11 days ago • 34 comments

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submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

14 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage. 22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket. And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks. Everyone is seeing this, right?

submitted 15 days ago • 22 comments

Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaid—it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.

submitted 15 days ago • 447 comments

Official CBO analysis confirms the obvious: House Republican tax and budget bill isn't shared sacrifice. It makes poor people poorer and rich people richer. It does this by cutting health care & nutrition to help finance tax cuts skewed to the wealthy. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

The grotesquerie of corruption.

submitted 15 days ago • 36 comments

None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.

submitted 17 days ago • 468 comments

An instant new favorite search attribute! -ai

submitted 23 days ago • 10 comments

Devastating. The cowardice and the betrayal of an incomparable news brand.

submitted 17 days ago • 312 comments

Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

submitted 18 days ago • 33 comments

🎵🎵Hail To The Chief plays🎵🎵 “Ladies & gentlemen, The President of the United States.”

submitted 20 days ago • 19 comments

60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

submitted 21 days ago • 586 comments

Andry Romero, a young gay man, was given an asylum appointment by the U.S. Government. When he showed up to the appointment we kidnapped him and sent him to a foreign prison. I asked Secretary Noem to check if he’s alive. Her response was shameful.

submitted 22 days ago • 697 comments

One thing to remember about RFK Jr that can sometimes get lost in the brain worm thing or the heroin thing, or the fact that he’s arguably personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of children in Samoa, is that he is deeply incompetent about public health and totally unqualified for this job.

submitted 22 days ago • 30 comments

WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism. Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday.

submitted 22 days ago • 321 comments

Shout out to the disabled community for always showing up, always being on the right side of history and justice, always willing to put their bodies on the line, all for the cause of making sure everyone has the basic dignity of health care.

submitted 23 days ago • 51 comments

Y'know, I generally believe in free trade but it's not great to see that after Trump somewhat lowered his tariffs a bunch of supposed "journalism" outlets went back to relentlessly lying on Trump's behalf. You don't have to do that and you shouldn't do that. It doesn't help anyone, it hurts us all.

submitted 23 days ago • 10 comments

Donald Trump is going to accept a $400 million “palace in the sky” the same week House Republicans move to kick 13.7 million Americans off health care.

submitted 24 days ago • 25 comments

Fired a black person who was qualified, hired a white person with no qualifications whatsoever. The Trump administration in a nutshell bsky.app/profile/axio...

submitted 24 days ago • 264 comments

In the Bad place, Elons army of bots has decided that if the plane goes to the DOD then somehow it’s not a violation of the emoluments clause. Spoiler it’s still a gift from a foreign nation.

submitted 24 days ago • 176 comments

The company my daughter works for laid off a bunch of people, canceled PO's, discontinued items, is shifting production to other countries, all because of this tariff BS. They are scrambling to make it work while Trump pretends he's a great negotiator. Who can function like this?

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Now here’s a fun fact you can repeat at parties.

submitted 25 days ago • 16 comments

When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!” ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.

submitted 25 days ago • 1375 comments

This! 👇

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

“Gestapo” is an appropriate comparative term to use now. We need a lot of good trouble to end these tactics and the hate motivating them. #resist #VoteBlue #OnYourSide

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.

submitted 26 days ago • 148 comments

Nice and not horrific in any way to know that when it comes to our role in preventing a nuclear war, it all depends on a small, crack team of freaks whose only qualification is looking symmetrical as they praise Donald Trump on TV.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

A similar approach to sex is how you get syphilis, which does rot the brain enough to think raw milk is a good idea.

submitted 29 days ago • 25 comments

One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects. It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this. The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.

submitted 29 days ago • 89 comments

One last one for the evening- from our neighbors in Vermont- and a reminder that the "energy emergency" is a lie and has always* been a lie. (*three months over here feeling like 15 years...)

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

submitted 30 days ago • 1937 comments

This made me laugh out loud!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Reposting to remind folks that I'm still looking for work. A lot is going on in the news right now, including potential tariffs on international films, the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial, and a plan to defund NPR and PBS. Please reach out if you need a reliable journalist.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Alcatraz. Pope memes. May 4th memes. Meanwhile, American democracy is dismantled, legal processes are blown up, our economic stability crumbles, Americans are fleeing their states to escape persecution, children of Gaza are starving, the war in Ukraine rages on. He is a dangerous joke.