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submitted 80 days ago • 86 comments

The Democratic Party is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that could make it easier for him to tilt elections in the GOP’s favor.

submitted 80 days ago • 49 comments

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 112 days ago • 800 comments

Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC

submitted 136 days ago • 323 comments

This needs to be said, loud, and often.

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Musk's opinion piece for the German paper Die Welt, endorsing a right-wing extremist political party, matters a lot more for us than you might think, so I spent some time putting together a look at German politics, Musk's views, and the reaction to them. joycevance.substack.com/p/musk-in-di...

submitted 147 days ago • 241 comments

“Carol of the Bells” is a Ukrainian song, Shchedryk, about prosperity in the new year. One gift of many from Ukrainians to the rest of us. Watch. youtu.be/Y5j_F9_-WOg?...

submitted 150 days ago • 59 comments

Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. Let me explain.

submitted 156 days ago • 611 comments

Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies. Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...

submitted 158 days ago • 729 comments

Trump's pick to run Social Security was once the second highest-paid CEO in the country. Do you think a millionaire ex-banker will defend one of our most important social safety nets? Or will he act on behalf of corporate interests that want to see the program gutted? Hello?

submitted 166 days ago • 80 comments

We worked with @peoplefor.bsky.social, @boldprogressives.bsky.social, @afjustice.bsky.social, and @standupamerica.bsky.social to deliver sleeping bags to dozens of Democratic senators with an urgent message: Work late. Work weekends. Confirm every pro-democracy judge.

submitted 165 days ago • 3 comments

This lady is nuts

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submitted 171 days ago • 511 comments

H.R. 9495 (the bill that would give Trump unchecked power to go after his political opponents) has moved to the Senate after being passed by the House. Since Democrats still control the Senate, the real risk is that the bill gets attached to another piece of must-pass legislation.

submitted 172 days ago • 10 comments

30 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated. I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.

submitted 178 days ago • 68 comments