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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

submitted 22 hours ago • 827 comments

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

submitted 22 hours ago • 963 comments

Kash Patel is an embarrassment to the nation.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

submitted 16 days ago • 524 comments

Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key. That right?

submitted 25 days ago • 411 comments

Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime. The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.

submitted 25 days ago • 517 comments

We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president

submitted 25 days ago • 191 comments

Trump Cannot Win His War on History www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Pete isn't that good at giving speeches on the international stage but at least Donald knows he will order the US military to fire upon peaceful protestors if he doesn't like their message.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec of PizzaGate fame on overseas trip

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Surprise, surprise, surprise Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Will Not Be Made Public www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

On top of everything else, these idiots don’t have object permanence. They really believe history will disappear if they cover it up.

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Any thinking person knew Trump was simply using the populist angle to win votes. His claim to care about egg/grocery/gas prices for anything except to boost his populist cred is laughable. When was the last time Trump purchased groceries? 1/2

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

“An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. That risk of impact is enough to have triggered global planetary defence response procedures for the first time.” www.newscientist.com/article/2466...

submitted 101 days ago • 98 comments

crazy ass stuff on the border, TikTok, and birthright citizenship, all of which will prompt immediate lawsuits. He is a madman. But he is far worse, a profound traitor to the country. The pardons reward violence to people and the Constitution in the service of a treacherous lie on his behalf.

submitted 110 days ago • 52 comments

I’m just glad Merrick Garland can sleep well knowing he followed norms and traditions!

submitted 110 days ago • 789 comments

For the January 6 people who were convicted of felonies, their conviction made them ineligible to own firearms. Trump just restored that right. He has his shadow army, and now they know the drill

submitted 110 days ago • 62 comments

He pardoned EVERY SINGLE PERSON... I won't hold my breath for people to be outraged.

submitted 110 days ago • 4622 comments

Jan 6th is a reminder to me: cowardice spreads like wildfire… this country needs leaders who are willing to tell the people the truth, not pander to lies

submitted 124 days ago • 682 comments

At the time, everyone, including Republicans, understood how bad it was. Then, brick by brick, they built a foundation of lies to justify doing what they know, deep down, to be wrong. Trump betrayed the country. And so do they.

submitted 125 days ago • 188 comments

The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/c...

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

I had the pleasure of sitting down with my favorite columnist @jenrubin.bsky.social about why the courage to stand up to Trump is in such short supply, what it actually means to "find common ground" and how to prepare for a second Trump presidency. Watch and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7v...

submitted 134 days ago • 68 comments

Pious Saint Mike Johnson Wasn't 'Hypocrite' About Gaetz Report, MAGA Christians Are Just Moral Reprobates READ/SHARE/SUBSCRIBE evanhurst.substack.com/p/pious-sain...

submitted 135 days ago • 1 comment

“Beyond Trump’s thirst for vengeance, the GOP has now fully embraced a “Lost Cause” narrative about January 6, which absolves Trump and even his violent supporters of any wrongdoing…Pursuing charges against Cheney is the final piece in cementing this narrative…” open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

submitted 135 days ago • 34 comments

The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/c...

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

The timing here is impossible to ignore. Just days before the settlement, executives from ABC's parent company, Disney, had dinner with Trump’s transition team in Florida.

submitted 137 days ago • 43 comments

Many academics point to bioRxiv as “the one thing improving science publishing”. If so, the one thing you all can do is persuade colleagues to submit and make this a norm. 1/2

submitted 140 days ago • 15 comments

This is who he is and has always been. I don't know why it's been so hard to explain to Americans that this man doesn't care if anyone lives or dies. There's not a charitable or caring bone in his body. He would let millions die for a minor profit. He's a sociopath. Anyone paying attention sees it.

submitted 140 days ago • 257 comments

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

Nice article. And thanks @hanner.bsky.social for including plants in your highlights! 🌴🌱🌾 #PlantScience

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submitted 141 days ago • 15 comments

The Trump era has brought absolutely lunatic lawyers typing very stupid things into the mainstream.

submitted 141 days ago • 58 comments