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The fundamental choice has not been as stark since World War II: democracy and freedom, or dictatorship and tyranny. Trump and his sycophants are siding with the latter. The rest of us must loudly, proudly, and boldly proclaim our allegiance to the former.

submitted 8 days ago • 56 comments

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

submitted 11 days ago • 899 comments

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

submitted 12 days ago • 348 comments

If any marginalized group has to fight for equal rights…then our systems and laws are NOT equal. Read that again. Take all the time you need.

submitted 15 days ago • 109 comments

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submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

There's only one person who's allowed to enter someone's home without a warrant, and that is Santa.

submitted 52 days ago • 565 comments

Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.

submitted 57 days ago • 429 comments

Harvard's Steve Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." Must-listen interview - remarkably clear about the severity of the situation we now face www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

submitted 58 days ago • 37 comments

Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..

submitted 66 days ago • 68 comments

Donald Trump betrayed working families by enacting one of the largest tax increases in history. In the process, he destroyed the stock market, and now he’s acting like chaos was always the plan. He does not know what he’s doing.

submitted 67 days ago • 72 comments

SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall. Hello?

submitted 73 days ago • 361 comments

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

submitted 78 days ago • 2117 comments

@lavernecox.bsky.social sums it up perfectly. #TransVisibilityDay

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.

submitted 81 days ago • 322 comments

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies. In Denmark: - Health care and college are free. - The starting wage is $22/hr. - Paid parental leave is 1 year. - Paid vacation is 6 weeks. - All workers get pensions.

submitted 82 days ago • 440 comments

“It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity,” writes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "As a businessman, [Trump] bankrupted his Atlantic City casinos. Now he’s gambling with the national security of the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country...” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 92 days ago • 508 comments

March Madness is gonna be so good this year everybody’s mad af

submitted 96 days ago • 15 comments

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

submitted 99 days ago • 1197 comments

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

submitted 103 days ago • 277 comments

My kiddo protesting today who is about to graduate college with a degree in science!

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

We will not normalize…

submitted 107 days ago • 975 comments

They're so mad that they couldn't pass a trans sports ban through congress y'all.

submitted 108 days ago • 96 comments

I love this for him.

submitted 110 days ago • 795 comments

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

submitted 111 days ago • 1187 comments

Every time I get on my phone to do literally anything

submitted 112 days ago • 11 comments

Thousands of people marched in DC in solidarity with Ukraine and against impunity by oligarchs like Trump and Putin. They gathered outside the Russian embassy. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine

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submitted 126 days ago • 7 comments

If you want to rock this shirt, you can also support libraries at the same time! 😊✨ bonfire.com/cla-jedi-apparel/

submitted 128 days ago • 24 comments

Trump's billionaire donors already pay a lower effective tax rate than the rest of us. Now they want to take away our healthcare to fund their tax cuts? Fuck that BS! Hands off our Medicaid!

submitted 131 days ago • 109 comments

A task-force has been formed to eradicate anti-Christian bias in the USA. The most privileged group in the world is straight white Christian men. So this effort is motivated by fear that this privilege is being threatened. Once you see it, you see it everywhere.