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Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.

submitted 5 hours ago • 477 comments

This is one of the most irresponsible things a president has ever said.

submitted 7 hours ago • 135 comments

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below

submitted 7 hours ago • 616 comments

One funny aspect of Trump is that, unlike other politicians, he is not aware that this mob-boss mentality is something you should try to hide or play down for appearances. He cannot imagine that anyone else thinks differently. He cannot imagine it's possible to think differently.

submitted 7 hours ago • 32 comments

I wrote about Democrats' obsession with calling Trump's actions a "distraction," and how it reflects their failure to understand the modern media ecosystem.

submitted 8 hours ago • 89 comments

Trump is sending ICE to blue cities to enact the "largest mass deportation program in history" and Chicago is at the top of the list. I'm calling for every Democratic leader and candidate to stand against ICE, to call for its abolition, and to materially support immigrants. Inaction is complicity.

submitted 7 hours ago • 420 comments

Losing control of motor functions as he struggles to display fake documents for a non-existent trade deal as he's confusing the UK and the EU. Brains are leaking out his ears

submitted 8 hours ago • 23 comments

for all of the praise of law enforcement we've seen since Saturday, it's now clear cops had at least two opportunities to prevent Vance Boelter from murdering Melissa Hortman and her husband but failed to do so.

submitted 13 hours ago • 235 comments

does he ... does he think the UK is still part of the EU?

submitted 8 hours ago • 370 comments

Not that I'm a fan of CNN or anything but the continued trend of MSM outlets pay walling news while right wing slop is free is really problematic

submitted 8 hours ago • 15 comments

Political violence must always be condemned.

submitted 10 hours ago • 425 comments

After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech. “This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”

submitted 11 hours ago • 11 comments

Raskin on Trump's corruption: "Whatever kind of varnish they had from the first administration is completely off now. They're not even pretending to do anything else ... it's a gangster state."

submitted 9 hours ago • 79 comments

Trump team is doing literal information warfare around intensified political violence and Democrats are still confirming nominees and cooperating on bipartisan legislation

submitted 10 hours ago • 33 comments

The fundamental problem with the “Kamala was seen as too right-wing by voters” narrative is that the average American assumed she was far left because she was a black woman and refused to work their remaining brain cell any further.

submitted 10 hours ago • 45 comments

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submitted 155 days ago • 8 comments

Even the most conservative estimates of turnout (4-6 million) make No Kings the largest protest in American history www.thedailybeast.com/data-guru-g-...

submitted 11 hours ago • 14 comments

People like when you unapologetically stand for something, specifically the working class. This shouldn't be seen as some super lefty position, and we shouldn't need a poll to tell us it either.

submitted 11 hours ago • 84 comments

No Kings proved resistance isn’t fading - it’s rising. Trump has tried to project inevitability, to make resistance seem futile. No Kings shattered that illusion.

submitted 18 hours ago • 45 comments

We learned two things this weekend. One, millions of us can turn out for the largest coordinated protest in American history and the press will bury it to protect themselves from Trump’s hurt feelings. And two, millions of us out on the street doesn’t just hurt his feelings, it breaks his brain.

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

If you want an example of the failings of Community Notes, look no further than Musk spreading misinfo in the hours after the Minnesota shooting. The shooter has now been IDed as a Trump supporter. There is no community note on Musk or the original post he quotes.

submitted 12 hours ago • 28 comments

The entire far right propaganda machine is spinning into action to spin this violence as being perpetrated by the left. It will be successful and by week's end a solid portion of the country will believe it was committed by someone on the left, facts be damned.

submitted 14 hours ago • 93 comments

one thing I keep thinking about is how the upshot of a lot of technological advancements - digital cinema, non-linear editing, computer VFX replacing models and stunts etc etc - hasn't been to improve quality or even to save money, but to enable indiscipline and laziness.

submitted 14 hours ago • 25 comments

He's involving us militarily. That's what he's actually saying, which means he's going to start more wars as an excuse to keep power somehow. He's hoping for another 9.11 in the US so he can have a reason to accelerate his ethnic cleansing or just outright execute people.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

PEACEFUL PROTESTS WORK. Don’t allow the media to tell you otherwise. It’s known if 3.5% of the population shows up, big political and social changes can be made. NONVIOLENT protests are FOUR TIMES more EFFECTIVE than violent protests!

submitted 16 hours ago • 23 comments

In the spirit for calling things exactly as they are: We are seeing the next iteration of modern day slavery. It’s the next logical step in Capitalism’s inevitable slide into Fascism. Industry requires cheaper labor. For-profit prisons are only too happy to supply it, and make a tidy sum doing so.

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

#ProudBlue We got this from some local realtors. It’s actually pretty dang useful right now. With all of the uncertainty & hate being thrown around lately it’s easy to get stuck in a state of depression & fear. Try a few of these today for moments of happiness. Joy is a form of resistance.

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

If you are too young to remember the Iraq War, you'll hear "no one protested" and "no one knew they were lying." Millions of people knew they were lying and protested. The press not only did not want a record of mass dissent; they did not want a record of mass knowledge of lies.

submitted 17 hours ago • 217 comments

I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.

submitted 16 hours ago • 116 comments

Melissa Hortman just days before her tragic assasination

submitted 1 day ago • 266 comments

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1343 comments

Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights. So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️: www.wired.com/story/editor...

submitted 17 hours ago • 39 comments