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Equally bonkers — Joni Ernst invokes the tooth fairy then Jesus Christ in an attempt to belittle anyone appalled by her “Well, we all are going to die” response to impassioned concerns with the proposed massive cuts to Medicaid that would endanger her constituents’ lives. Make believe death cult.

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Please read, this is important. Sorry it’s long. Trump’s move to have Elon Musk step aside wasn’t a retreat. It was a distraction. With Musk’s name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasn’t. It’s just changed hands.

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What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules. It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.

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Paul Saladino is a nonpracticing psychiatrist who uses his MD to sell diet scams online. Some of the things he promotes include: not eating vegetables (he says all vegetables are toxic), not using soap to wash yourself, and using raw animal fat as sunscreen instead of sunscreen, just to name a few

submitted 2 days ago • 91 comments

If Joe Biden posted something like this Hannity would be roused from his sleep to anchor special coverage. But Trump posts apeshit conspiracy theories and the mainstream press yawns. His craziness has been completely normalized.

submitted 2 days ago • 674 comments

We definitely aren’t asking you to RSVP to take up two spots for Trump’s military birthday parade. And the link definitely isn’t accessible below. ;-) shorturl.at/wylYK Credit: @mediumboi.bsky.social #50501Movement #NoKings #June14th

submitted 5 days ago • 72 comments

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

submitted 5 days ago • 128 comments

Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.

submitted 5 days ago • 1206 comments

if you were still hoping to die from bird flu, I've got some good news for you... HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... via @statnews.com

submitted 5 days ago • 209 comments

Lufthansa, Iberia and TAP Air Portugal have reduced service to Chicago ORD

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Nothing to add here tbh

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

Just a few weeks ago people were pitching Cory Booker as a front runner for the 2028 Dem presidential nomination. Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France. Sheesh.

submitted 14 days ago • 2724 comments

I’m sure people are going to find an excuse to say Cory Booker is like, so totally amazing, but they’ll be wrong

submitted 14 days ago • 36 comments

Here are the 16 Dems. I don't know what to tell you, folks. It's bad. Alsobrooks Blunt Rochester Booker Cortez Masto Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Lujan Ossoff Padilla Rosen Schiff Slotkin Warner

submitted 14 days ago • 314 comments

Unbelievable. With Dem support, the senate passes an industry-friendly crypto bill that does nothing about Trump's crypto corruption. Ignore these Dems' speeches. Watch their votes. They're telling you they don't get it. And then they spam you to say Trump is bad so please donate more money.

submitted 14 days ago • 69 comments

My statement on the charges filed against me:

submitted 14 days ago • 1182 comments

They are charging a sitting congresswoman with a crime for performing her lawfully required oversight of ICE. This is an incredibly undemocratic step that should make people painfully aware of where we are at.

submitted 14 days ago • 27 comments

Apologies for yelling, but— SCOTUS COULDN’T DO ITS JOB BECAUSE TOO MANY JUSTICES HAVE BOOK DEALS WITH A PARTY IN A CASE

submitted 14 days ago • 107 comments

💰Follow the money. Despite the good fight this crypto bill will become law. Proud of the people who slowed it down. Huge turning point. cryptobriefing.com/genius-act-f...

submitted 14 days ago • 17 comments

Rep. LaMonica McIver being charged by Trump’s DOJ for “assaulting” a cop is particularly scary because it was all on camera with many witnesses and the administration feels comfortable enough to straight up lie with impunity and target a sitting congresswoman

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MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️ They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador. Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose. No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.

submitted 14 days ago • 572 comments

They're arresting Members of Congress. Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order. Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.

submitted 14 days ago • 1100 comments

As the City Council considers an ordinance this week that would allow CPD to call "snap" curfews on large groups of teens, we partnered with @thetriibe.com to dig into curfews, talk to teenagers, and examine the demise of third spaces. Here's what we found. southsideweekly.com/the-curfew-c...

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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

submitted 14 days ago • 1231 comments

Great piece on the loss of teen third spaces by @thetriibe.com and @southsideweekly.bsky.social. It mentions Kirk Townsend's house-music parties at Mendel High and the all-ages punk club Medusa's, both of which the @chicagoreader.com has covered—I'll thread the stories. thetriibe.com/2025/05/teen...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

I am FLOORED by how much support folks have shown for this campaign since we launched yesterday. I can't wait for us to get to work together.

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

In Congress, I will stand up to Trump and his dangerous cuts to the VA. I spent this Armed Forces Day with VFW Snell Post 7186 and at a rally in Des Plaines—because we need to be advocating for our veterans, not abandoning them.

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ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of? RFK Jr: Which campaign? ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago RFK Jr: It's ACF ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services

submitted 19 days ago • 373 comments

RFK Jr starts having a tantrum as Chris Murphy details how he lied during his confirmation hearing about his anti-vax views

submitted 19 days ago • 1468 comments

RFK seems to have lied to Congress a lot

submitted 19 days ago • 188 comments

IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.” Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall 👏🏽

submitted 19 days ago • 457 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 19 days ago • 322 comments

Wow-sa.

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Wow! Congress is actually attempting to do something! In a rare bipartisan stand to defend its own authority, lawmakers are quietly pushing back against Trump’s attempt to take control of the Library of Congress.

submitted 19 days ago • 119 comments

👩🏼‍💻🧑🏿‍💻 Join us on Zoom today at 6:00 pm CT - save Medicaid! Info ⤵️

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

We continue to disengage from the world, with the exception of Middle Eastern countries personally enriching Trump and his family. China is happy to step into the vacuum.

submitted 19 days ago • 125 comments

Ghoulish. She won't even agree to help a worried mother know whether her son is even alive. Andry has been imprisoned without trial for 60 days, held incommunicado by the Salvadoran government as part of a deal where we handed Bukele a metaphorical briefcase of cash to detain hundreds of people!

submitted 19 days ago • 165 comments

Breaking: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says she supports the Trump admin suspending habeas corpus. Habeas corpus refers to people's right to challenge their detention in court.

submitted 19 days ago • 197 comments

could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?

submitted 22 days ago • 413 comments

Job requirements for thee, not for me.

submitted 22 days ago • 85 comments

Good thing the Washington Post has already completely torched its credibility. It's a right wing rag running cover for this administration. No one is otherwise taking this seriously.

submitted 22 days ago • 40 comments

Jeff Bezos continues to deliver on his corrupt bargain with the MAGA regime

submitted 22 days ago • 16 comments

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

submitted 22 days ago • 2258 comments

It’s amazing how this 25-year-old system was working fine right up to the point where DOGE started fucking with it, and then it suddenly broke. They’re like arsonists who set fires so just they can rush in and save people

submitted 22 days ago • 168 comments

FRIEND: "We're at risk of slipping into fascism." ME: "Oh, honey . . . when they are arresting judges and mayors, we've already slipped."

submitted 23 days ago • 423 comments

Dr Oz says being healthy is a patriotic duty Worse, he says they spend 70% of Medicare & Medicaid funds on chronic illness & aren’t “getting their money’s worth” This is the quiet part said out loud. They don’t want to cure chronic illness, they want us to take the blame. They don’t want to pay.

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What happened before Mayor Baraka’s arrest needs daylight. Did masked ICE agents let him in just so they could arrest and perp walk him to send a message of fear. Because that’s what it looks like. We’re sliding into fascism—and fast. And if we don’t stop it now, we may not get another chance.

submitted 23 days ago • 944 comments