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250 million acres is just a mind boggling quantity of land www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 12 hours ago • 30 comments

Easy prey, of course. ICE continues to scrupulously avoid all those drug dealers and human traffickers Trump promised—those people are armed and dangerous! But a day laborer rebuilding a community is unarmed and compliant. Easy, safe way to hit your quota at the cruelty factory.

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

Buying political influence is a bargain. Warren Stephens purchased an ambassadorship with $7 million. He purchased his house in Carmel (a decade ago!) for $31 million. Jeff Bezos paid $250 million for the Washington Post but twice that for his yacht. newrepublic.com/article/1961...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

"These tax cuts will pay for themselves" is one of the GOP's most popular—and biggest—lies.

submitted 2 days ago • 170 comments

When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court. Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.

submitted 2 days ago • 627 comments

Keep in mind public land is land owned BY YOU, the taxpayer. Republicans want to sell it off so they can pay for their tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

So much of our current crisis is rooted in what we think America is, rather than what it is. We are not better than this. We do not deserve better than this. But we can make ourselves better with enough effort, because we want to be better.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

This is what even I hadn't considered about the healthcare crisis he is manufacturing. It feels like a prime recipe for self-inflicted dystopia that will cost lives:

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 4 days ago • 473 comments

PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015. THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

submitted 4 days ago • 1947 comments

Once again, just months ago, the Mental & Physical Acuity of Geriatric Presidents was The Great Political Issue Of Our Time. This? Won't even be in the papers, let alone on the front page, by tomorrow. Also, again, this is obscene & should immediately end his presidency: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 58 days ago • 174 comments

Imagine thinking you're against government corruption and grift, while being okay with a sitting president launching commercial ventures from the Oval Office.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

In the @financialtimes.com today... on.ft.com/3G1JvBB

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

To put it in terms Trump can understand.

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

submitted 5 days ago • 259 comments

It's pretty obvious that a lot of US mainstream media either doesn't recognise authoritarianism or doesn't want to call it out. Either way, it's an excellent way to destroy trust in your institution.

submitted 5 days ago • 494 comments

Just four hours ago, even after we’ve learned the shooter was as an anti-abortionist Trump supporter, a sitting U.S. Senator is spreading fake conspiracy theories blaming the murder of a Democratic lawmaker on Democrats. Not only that, he’s pinned the post! Abominably evil stuff from Mike Lee.

submitted 5 days ago • 137 comments

when 4-5M people march peacefully against the current regime it's the story of the year. NYT cannot bring itself to focus on that reality.

submitted 5 days ago • 481 comments

I just went there to try and find the NYT coverage of the largest protests in modern American history and just kept on scrolling and scrolling and scrolling …

submitted 5 days ago • 75 comments

The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?

submitted 5 days ago • 289 comments

The rise of the far-right—and its political violence—in the US is one of the least understood and most important stories of modern America. Here’s my podcast season on where it started: longshadowpodcast.com/podcasts/ris...

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

No great quagmire Billionaires make up .0000003% of the population & yet the top three wealthiest individuals own more wealth than the bottom 50% of our population, and the wealth gap has only become worse since the pandemic & further inflation costs. "The revolution will not be televised."

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

"Charlatans and cranks"...that tracks 🔽 'Greg Mankiw, a conservative who chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under George W. Bush, famously referred in his widely-used introductory economics textbook to the purveyors of this idea as “charlatans and cranks.”'

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."

submitted 8 days ago • 1297 comments

📌We are in the most precarious moment in our nation’s history since the beginning of the Civil War. Anybody who is not reporting it this way is dangerous, completely out of their depth, and should not be taken seriously. 📌As the retired managing editor of Stars & Stripes I urge you to share this.

submitted 9 days ago • 26 comments

"Sen. Bill Cassidy's deadly gamble: With one pivotal “aye” for RFK Jr., he sacrificed the nation’s vaccine shield to immunize his own political future." New, by me. open.substack.com/pub/robertma...

submitted 11 days ago • 76 comments

MADDOW: “What is this country going to allow him to do? This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow of the 🇺🇸 Constitution and Government… imposition of a dictatorial regime. The strength of the movement against him is what will determine our fate as a country.”

submitted 10 days ago • 547 comments

This is worth your time. Please watch.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The money being spent on Trump’s ego parade could feed every single homeless veteran in America for more than four months.

submitted 13 days ago • 81 comments

“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.”

submitted 14 days ago • 66 comments

And this is why having American aviation communications rely on Starlink was always a terrifying idea

submitted 15 days ago • 209 comments

I apologize to the world that we made the most ignorant MF on the planet our president. bsky.app/profile/atru...

submitted 15 days ago • 244 comments

Historians and political scientists spend decades trying to determine the influence of money in politics and Musk just tweets out "I bought the election"

submitted 15 days ago • 29 comments

Congressman Stephen F. Lynch @lynch.house.gov

submitted 16 days ago • 131 comments

Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.

submitted 18 days ago • 1047 comments

We still can’t get straight answers on why ICE agents are masked and refusing to ID themselves. On top of all that they appear to be lying about cause. Congress, do you see what’s happening? Don’t be silent! Call your Senators & Reps. Demand an investigation. ☎️ Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

submitted 18 days ago • 1096 comments

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has a provision buried halfway through its 1,000-plus pages that would take away power from the courts.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Already forgotten because we have normalized his incompetence, cruelty and hate. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

submitted 19 days ago • 47 comments

I wouldnt be too quick to buy this. Musk got what he came for all along—our personal information. The world’s richest guy doesn’t walk away from a $250 mil investment empty handed. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

submitted 23 days ago • 392 comments

I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 35 comments

submitted 24 days ago • 325 comments

The more you know. 🌈 www.instagram.com/reel/DKCXlXU...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

CBS reporter Scott Pelley: This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”. If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

submitted 24 days ago • 478 comments

The women who serve do as well.

submitted 25 days ago • 783 comments