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“Mr. Musk’s drug consumption went well beyond occasional use. He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use. He took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. ... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 225 comments

THREAD 🧵 Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/

submitted 6 days ago • 91 comments

"It’s not clear that anyone wrote the study cited in the MAHA report." Wow. If these were freshman, caught using ChatGPT that made up bogus studies, they'd get flunked or worse. www.notus.org/health-scien...

submitted 6 days ago • 54 comments

Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration was short, but by no means merciful.

submitted 5 days ago • 42 comments

“.. It was not clear precisely when and how the tariff collection machinery would grind to a halt. The decision gave the executive branch up to 10 days to complete the bureaucratic process of halting them.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

It’s now Marxist to understand that the Constitution only authorizes Congress to impose tariffs.

submitted 6 days ago • 1093 comments

This administration was already a joke in countless ways. But the USCIT’s decision striking down Trump’s tariffs could not make him look more hapless.

submitted 6 days ago • 184 comments

Not George Santos though.

submitted 6 days ago • 56 comments

Meltdown on Truth Social in 3, 2, 1...

submitted 6 days ago • 1670 comments

Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly. https://trib.al/f6NvJbi

submitted 11 days ago • 95 comments

"Is that it?" -- Trump did that thing again today where he signs a bunch of executive orders but doesn't seem to know what he's signing and needs to have it explained to him

submitted 11 days ago • 863 comments

Looks like “personal time” needs an update. 🤡 @mediaitenews.bsky.social @eamonjavers.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/media/news/l...

submitted 11 days ago • 388 comments

Democrats are missing two members who died in office.

submitted 13 days ago • 177 comments

The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.

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submitted 12 days ago • 513 comments

Republicans are saying that these cuts will be reinvested into Medicaid for people who "deserve" it. If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why? Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires.

submitted 21 days ago • 271 comments

Inside Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”: Judicial Silencing (Sec. 80121(h)). This might be the most authoritarian section in the entire 1,100+ page bill.

submitted 13 days ago • 106 comments

The Trump Administration canceled $33 million in funding to help prepare and protect Californians from earthquake damage. I am demanding Secretary Noem and FEMA reinstate these grants to protect our most vulnerable communities from these natural disasters.

submitted 13 days ago • 77 comments

South African President Ramaphosa: “I am sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.” Trump: “I wish you did. I’d take it.” What an absolute sh*tshow.

submitted 13 days ago • 179 comments

If anyone has cognitive issues, it’s the man who thinks Joe Biden has “stage 9 cancer” and runs around telling everyone how he passed a cognitive test by remembering “person, man, TV.”

submitted 14 days ago • 69 comments

The next 100 days will be tougher than the last, they expect you to burn out and accept it, they expect you to stop protesting and sit quietly at home. They expect you to submit yourself to fascism and just let it happen. You are better than that. Make them expect your diligence and consistency. #3E

submitted 13 days ago • 95 comments

We are in so much trouble "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium on Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader."

submitted 13 days ago • 69 comments

We are living in a country where the stupidest people make the most decisions.

submitted 14 days ago • 145 comments

“The press doesn't give a shit.”

submitted 14 days ago • 807 comments

“I’ll be investigating the Mexican attack on the Brooklyn Bridge.” - Kristi Noem

submitted 15 days ago • 446 comments

Ashli Babbitt tried to climb through a barricaded door and into the House Speaker’s Lobby while lawmakers and staff were still in there. She was warned. She ignored the warnings. She is not a martyr. She is an insurrectionist. Giving $5M in taxpayer money to her family is disgraceful.

submitted 15 days ago • 164 comments

This is FOUL. What's next? Does the U.S. pay reparations to every descendent of a Confederate soldier who died in the Civil War? It is the same premise.

submitted 15 days ago • 116 comments

They're arresting Members of Congress. Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order. Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.

submitted 15 days ago • 1099 comments

WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?

submitted 15 days ago • 421 comments

The facts underlying Charles Kushner’s guilty plea included hiring a prostitute in order to blackmail his own brother-in-law. www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/n...

submitted 15 days ago • 77 comments

“Dalio warned Monday that Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating understates the threat to U.S. Treasurys, saying the credit agency isn’t taking into account the risk of the federal government simply printing money to pay its debt.” www.cnbc.com/2025/05/19/r...

submitted 15 days ago • 80 comments

A couple of years ago, she was representing parking-garage owners — and now she’s an unconfirmed, acting US attorney, charging a congresswoman with felonies.

submitted 15 days ago • 108 comments

Immediately after being promoted by President Donald Trump to chair the Federal Communications Commission, on Jan. 20, Carr launched investigations into top media companies, including NPR, PBS and Comcast.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.

submitted 19 days ago • 792 comments

@raskin.house.gov explains the goal of Trump and the GOP’s “One big beautiful bill act”: “They want to have another massive cut to the social budget in America and to turn it over to the wealthiest people in the country; that is always the program of authoritarianism.”

submitted 18 days ago • 13 comments

👇👇

submitted 18 days ago • 163 comments

This is a key goal of Project 2025.

submitted 21 days ago • 3987 comments

Polling evidence suggests that corruption is not yet a decisive factor for voters—but there is a way for Democrats to leverage the president’s malfeasance in the 2026 midterm elections. Weave Trump’s corruption into a broader story about his utter failure to fix the economy.

submitted 19 days ago • 83 comments

Fantastic week and a half exploring Costa Rica!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Good lord. 🤡 @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 21 days ago • 382 comments

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submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office And he's going to keep using it after he leaves! Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

submitted 23 days ago • 487 comments

This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.

submitted 23 days ago • 697 comments

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?