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Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American.

submitted 16 days ago • 383 comments

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social. #TrumpTariffs

submitted 44 days ago • 223 comments

March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE This was before the tariffs It's just...unbelievable

submitted 45 days ago • 556 comments

NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today. One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease. By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:

submitted 46 days ago • 115 comments

NEW: In a court filing this evening, the Trump administration said that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to an "administrative error." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 47 days ago • 88 comments

Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men

submitted 77 days ago • 372 comments

(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. #OligarchEra 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/musk...

submitted 84 days ago • 248 comments

listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.

submitted 86 days ago • 2864 comments

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

submitted 94 days ago • 302 comments

Oops 😬

submitted 99 days ago • 1023 comments

If Joe Biden fired 100 FAA employees and a plane crash happened just a few hours later, Fox News would bring Lou Dobbs back from the dead with wall-to-wall coverage blaming it on Biden.

submitted 108 days ago • 206 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 108 days ago • 3735 comments

“DEI pilots or DEI air traffic controllers?” commentary from bluechecks was on X within a few minutes of the AA5342 Potomac crash news breaking. The influencers and crowds know the playbook.

submitted 108 days ago • 95 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 110 days ago • 1641 comments

People on Facebook will be like “I don’t trust CBS News” and then repost something from “Dr Pornography”

submitted 110 days ago • 30 comments

The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...

submitted 113 days ago • 1022 comments

The “free speech defenders,” ladies and gentlemen.

submitted 116 days ago • 1713 comments

Before becoming president, Jimmy Carter placed his peanut farm into a blind trust to avoid conflicts of interest Trump was asked about the billions of dollars he made from his shitcoin. His response: ‘That’s peanuts for these guys,’ referring to a couple of tech billionaires standing next to him

submitted 116 days ago • 70 comments

"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 130 days ago • 131 comments

Think of the time being wasted by diplomats and experts in Europe and Latin America, as they start planning how to counter American attacks on Panama or Greenland. Time that could be spent thinking about a unified response to Russia and China.

submitted 129 days ago • 180 comments

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

submitted 133 days ago • 1071 comments

January 20, 2025

submitted 134 days ago • 555 comments

Giants fans watching Nabers win this game

submitted 139 days ago • 53 comments

Kind of interesting that Google has simply stopped being embarrassed by this sort of thing

submitted 140 days ago • 96 comments

Sports betting apps have ruined the purity of watching football. It shouldn’t be about rooting for individual players in order to make money. It should be about rooting for individual players in order to win at fantasy and taunt my friends.

submitted 140 days ago • 60 comments

Make it make sense.

submitted 144 days ago • 420 comments

Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.

submitted 146 days ago • 690 comments

@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social do your thing!!

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

Blue Baby: Blitz over Britain, by Edward Burra, 1941, 📸 by @JordanHerald5

submitted 148 days ago • 8 comments

Top Russian General Killed By Bomb theonion.com/top-russian-...

submitted 148 days ago • 23 comments

Fascinating murder data from the Real Time Crime Index: * NYC murders down 8% year-to-date * San Francisco down 37% * DC down 32% * Philadelphia down 41% * Atlanta down 10% * Baltimore down 28% * Detroit down 14% * New Orleans down 37% * Cleveland down 30% Etc. realtimecrimeindex.com

submitted 151 days ago • 87 comments

What the fuck is going on!?!?

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

Time flies!

submitted 155 days ago • 171 comments

This is an oligarchy. The founders never intended people to have this much power… EVER Stop the oligarchy

submitted 162 days ago • 1904 comments

A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it’s covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt things, so when he does it barely qualifies as news. But Dems are expected to be beyond reproach, so anything that seems even slightly suspect is a huge scandal.

submitted 166 days ago • 672 comments

It’s kind of incredible how long we’ve been forced to accept social media platforms that are openly hostile to their own users, suppress political content, and throttle third party links.

submitted 166 days ago • 653 comments

This is all the Russians have been able to take in almost a year, at the cost of about 1500 men A DAY. You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY

submitted 167 days ago • 1241 comments

They should just rename vaccines “supplements” so everyone will like them.

submitted 174 days ago • 83 comments

Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.

submitted 174 days ago • 562 comments

When people tell me 'you have to listen to the voters! the voters are never wrong!' these are the kind of stats I think of.

submitted 174 days ago • 122 comments

I just got a push notification for an Elon tweet… on one of my Twitter accounts that doesn’t follow Elon. Just next level neediness and insecurity.

submitted 175 days ago • 556 comments

When Russia threatens escalation. When Russia blames the West. When Russia screams escalation. Remember one thing.

submitted 179 days ago • 5 comments

“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?” The results were hilarious. Trans: 21% Muslim: 27% Jewish: 30% Black: 41% Live in NYC: 30% Gay or lesbian: 30% The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.” www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...

submitted 176 days ago • 230 comments

There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.

submitted 176 days ago • 2072 comments