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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 2 days ago • 21 comments

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

submitted 38 days ago • 1801 comments

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

submitted 38 days ago • 528 comments

For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

submitted 44 days ago • 522 comments

We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.

submitted 46 days ago • 1198 comments

It has long been a goal of conservatives to deprive women of the right to vote That's why they're working so hard to pass the Save Act DON'T LET IT HAPPEN Call your representative TODAY 202-224-3121 Hands Off Her Vote

submitted 46 days ago • 37 comments

Abolish ICE.

submitted 45 days ago • 115 comments

FACT CHECK: TRUE

submitted 45 days ago • 36 comments

The relegation of these protests to footnotes is more than just an editorial failure—it’s part of a broader pattern where establishment media normalizes extreme policies while marginalizing opposition.

submitted 46 days ago • 20 comments

How two presidents honored America's fallen soldiers. Lithuania's president stood at attention at the funeral procession. America's went golfing. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-g...

submitted 48 days ago • 50 comments

George HW Bush (R) got us mired in a recession. Clinton (D) got us out. George W Bush (R) got us mired in a recession. Obama (D) got us out. Trump (R) got us mired in a recession. Biden (D) got us out. Trump (R) is yet again ushering us into a recession. Starting to notice a trend?

submitted 49 days ago • 453 comments

Due to Trump's tariffs, America's poorest families will experience a loss of income that's 3x worse than the richest families. Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to pass TRILLIONS in tax cuts that will predominantly go to the wealthy. "Party of the working class."

submitted 49 days ago • 35 comments

Pictured: the place which is, according to the Trump White House, apparently imposing 10% tariffs on the United States. Note the total lack of any human settlements there.

submitted 51 days ago • 119 comments

Seven polling sites in Milwaukee ran out of ballots due to "historic turnout" according to city election director. More ballots are being printed and on way. Very important to remind voters that if they're in line when polls close at 8 CT they get to vote. Do not leave. Please spread the word

submitted 52 days ago • 88 comments

10,000 Health and Human Services employees are being laid off. These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country. Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."

submitted 52 days ago • 165 comments

Elon Musk bought and paid for Brad Schimel. That tells you all you need to know, Wisconsin. Vote Susan Crawford today.

submitted 52 days ago • 79 comments

There are innocent people languishing in a Super max hellhole in El Salvador. People with legal rights to be here. People with families. All because the Trump administration is deporting anyone they perceive to be a gang member, without due process. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ice...

submitted 52 days ago • 149 comments

Good morning. Cory Booker has now been speaking on the Senate floor for 12 hours straight. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

submitted 52 days ago • 414 comments

As Wisconsin voters head to the polls today, remember that Elon Musk spent more on this race than any other billionaire. Every accusation he makes is a confession. He wants to buy the Supreme Court.

submitted 52 days ago • 39 comments

Let me get this straight: we can't "afford" to track disease, research cures or make sure food and drugs are safe, but we can afford to spend $4.5 trillion on tax breaks that mostly go to the rich?

submitted 52 days ago • 21 comments

ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY!!!!! And it’s not just for those three races in WI and FL There are actually 11 states with elections AK, CA, CO, FL, IL, MS NE, OK, SC, WI and TN I made a guide, but it’s not complete so check your county election board website and @bluevoterguide.bsky.social 1/2

submitted 54 days ago • 5 comments

I hope Elon is overestimating his appeal now that people have gotten to know him better and he's begun ransacking our federal government by cutting jobs and benefits. His presence is also a reminder to Wisconsin voters that an outsider is trying to buy their election.

submitted 56 days ago • 153 comments

Dear Wisconsin, Please help defeat Elon Musk's million dollar bribery attempts to sway this election. Go vote for Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court! 🙏💪

submitted 57 days ago • 252 comments

"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.

submitted 58 days ago • 114 comments

NO NOTES

submitted 57 days ago • 99 comments

If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/if-trump-can-disappear-them-he-can

submitted 60 days ago • 108 comments

Yeah, he also said he would build the wall and would have an infrastructure week and release his taxes and…

submitted 62 days ago • 583 comments

Can’t make this up.

submitted 63 days ago • 2029 comments

Having already spent over $7M backing the right-wing candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election, Elon Musk's Super PAC is now offering Wisconsin voters $100 each to sign its petition against "activist judges." This is what a broken campaign finance system looks like.

submitted 63 days ago • 297 comments

The Trump administration just shut down a food safety committee to prevent bacteria in baby formula. They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.

submitted 65 days ago • 436 comments

In America today, a Black woman with a Harvard degree is a DEI hire, but a white man who dropped out of community college to get a talk show on Fox News is qualified to run a federal agency.

submitted 71 days ago • 149 comments

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

submitted 72 days ago • 646 comments

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

submitted 73 days ago • 152 comments

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submitted 73 days ago • 59 comments

Hmmmm ….

submitted 74 days ago • 322 comments

He was always ahead of his time.

submitted 74 days ago • 334 comments

Sharp as a tack

submitted 77 days ago • 415 comments

Trump thinks we have transgender mice because he doesn't understand what transgenic means. Hegseth thinks we have gay aircraft because a pilot named his plane after his mother whose surname was Gay. Musk thinks he saved us money on contracts cancelled when George W. Bush was president. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

submitted 77 days ago • 178 comments

The GOP talking point today is: "It's going to take unconventional methods to get us out of the mess we've been in the past 4 years" "The mess" - booming stock markets - unprecedented job growth - strong GDP - wage growth - plateauing inflation - strong allies & trading partners - a sane POTUS

submitted 78 days ago • 260 comments

Honestly pretty funny that Republicans spent four years warning that the Democratic president was a senile, checked-out vegetable who’d handed control of the government over to unelected extremists

submitted 79 days ago • 98 comments

Just a couple of sociopaths justifying their cruelty.

submitted 79 days ago • 445 comments

Trump didn't win 50% of the popular vote. The GOP has slim margins in both the House and Senate. His approval ratings are tanking. He does not have a mandate. Do not let him gaslight you into believing he is all powerful. He's not.

submitted 80 days ago • 327 comments

They have no answer for what the oligarchs are doing to America.

submitted 83 days ago • 628 comments

Arresting someone for calling you fascist seems an excellent approach to proving their point.

submitted 92 days ago • 271 comments

According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

submitted 92 days ago • 283 comments

Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

submitted 95 days ago • 536 comments