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The last few days have truly been a low point for the American news media. And it’s all because journalists in this country—and their corporate masters—lack the courage to say what they all know and say endlessly in private: That Trump is stupid, and nuts.

submitted 5 hours ago • 186 comments

He’s been completely manipulated and played, and it’s starting to sink into his deeply damaged brain.

submitted 4 hours ago • 104 comments

Possible bottom line: The MOP strikes were performative for Trump, and this “retaliation” is performative for Khamenei. Which may actually be the best result for the planet.

submitted 22 hours ago • 150 comments

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

submitted 23 days ago • 1587 comments

So I just finished, and truly enjoyed, Wolf Hall - seasons 1 and 2 - on PBS Passport. Highly recommend. Rylance is outstanding.

submitted 41 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 48 days ago • 1931 comments

Just to state the obvious: immigrants should be treated with dignity and respect – not thrown in jails (at times without any due process), where neglect, abuse, and deaths are rampant.

submitted 52 days ago • 44 comments

My latest: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin share a driving dream: driving their countries and the world back to a previous era. And they love a military parade. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

submitted 53 days ago • 47 comments

Billionaires like Trump and Musk don’t have a clue what it means for working families when it becomes too expensive to buy your kid a birthday present.

submitted 53 days ago • 105 comments

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

submitted 53 days ago • 272 comments

There is a lot to parse through in Trump's budget request that just came out. But here are the highlights: - Total, a 10% overall cut - State Dept is getting hacked to bits. Mind-boggling. - HUD is nearly slashed in half. - Education Dept is still kickin in FY26 - HHS down by more than a quarter

submitted 53 days ago • 35 comments

The Marshall Plan: The United States helps its allies in their time of need. The Trump Plan: The United States shakes down an ally in its time of need. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/w...

submitted 54 days ago • 60 comments

Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:

submitted 54 days ago • 516 comments

I drive an 11 year old Outback. Wondering what folks are thinking about the 2026 version hitting the auto shows. From what I've seen, the long-roof, low-slung wagon we know and love seems to have been replaced by a boxy SUV - a stretch Forrester, perhaps?

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

submitted 62 days ago • 20 comments

Pete Hegseth’s continuing contempt for our intelligence community and abdication of his duty to our armed forces and the American people are completely unacceptable – and dangerous. President Trump must remove him immediately.

submitted 64 days ago • 25 comments

Who are the death row executioners? Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers

submitted 68 days ago • 13 comments

Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

submitted 70 days ago • 479 comments

The university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach" and "whom they can admit and hire," among other things.

submitted 70 days ago • 72 comments

BREAKING: Days before she was detained by ICE, the State Department had determined Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk did NOT engage in antisemitic or terrorist activities. Rubio revoked her visa anyhow. Gift article: wapo.st/4j8d5Uh

submitted 71 days ago • 262 comments

'I Just Got Back From Europe. They All Know That America's a Mess and That He's Nuts.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-just-got...

submitted 75 days ago • 83 comments

Democrats are bashing Trump for sharing market advice with his Truth Social followers hours before announcing a 90-day pause on most of his sweeping tariffs, elevating calls for a ban on congressional stock trading. Rep. Mike Levin questioned on social media, "How is this not market manipulation?"

submitted 75 days ago • 16 comments

MAGA’s proposed budget swings a wrecking ball at Medicaid and millions of Americans. I’m voting ‘hell no.’

submitted 75 days ago • 76 comments

do I have this right? Donald Trump is just going to crash the world economy every three months — and then pretend to save it, over and over, while his cronies rake in untold billions on his shameless market manipulation, is that it? fucking hell

submitted 75 days ago • 190 comments

Pure villainy. Time for us all to get our Navalny on

submitted 76 days ago • 97 comments

OPINION by sociologist Jessica Calarco: Jessica warns “those who are betting on Trump and his promise to bring back manufacturing risk putting us all in a more precarious position—pushing us back to Gilded Age levels of inequality…” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 77 days ago • 17 comments

Why would anyone (still) trust Trump's business sense?

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Japanese and Chinese markets are down 8% and 10% respectively. Black Friday in 1929 was -11%. Tomorrow could easily be the worst crash in American history. The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.

submitted 78 days ago • 468 comments

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

submitted 78 days ago • 1682 comments

OPINION by @levinsonjessica.bsky.social: Jessica notes, “you wouldn’t necessarily know it if you’ve been listening to the president, but the Constitution assigns the power to regulate foreign commerce and impose tariffs to Congress, not the White House.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 78 days ago • 13 comments

Trump is driving the world to a global depression -and destruction of all US influence - using powers delegated to him by Congress. Congress could recall those powers and save everyone from the disaster Trump is determined to inflict

submitted 82 days ago • 123 comments

Murphy: "The vast majority of Republicans, their number one priority is Trump seizing power, and the Trump family and the MAGA universe holding power forever ... with the exception of maybe 20 Republicans in the Senate, the GOP inside Congress is done with democracy."

submitted 80 days ago • 460 comments

Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs fueled the steepest stock market sell-off since 2020, with the S&P 500 plunging nearly 5%.

submitted 81 days ago • 110 comments

what do you bet those million dollar checks in WI bounce...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Voted in WI. Doing my part to save our public schools and democracy.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

My Friday Substack: No law in Magamerica www.joyannreid.com/p/a-daily-re...

submitted 88 days ago • 55 comments

Best case scenario is that Hegseth was drunk. If not, he’s a fucking moron. Of course I’m open to both being true simultaneously

submitted 91 days ago • 13 comments

Is anyone else getting weird texts from someone named Pete with a bunch of “nuclear codes”? Seems like a scam

submitted 91 days ago • 23 comments

Three days ago Trump took away my non-existent security clearance…. At the same time his cabinet was texting top secret plans with a member of the media on board. Copy that

submitted 91 days ago • 368 comments

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.

submitted 92 days ago • 815 comments

Bird flu has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and turn into a new pandemic reut.rs/4j02QAZ

submitted 91 days ago • 15 comments

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

submitted 92 days ago • 368 comments