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Okay, so in huge victory the likes of which has never been seen before Trump puts back on the ground the rake he stepped on four weeks ago. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/u...

submitted 11 hours ago • 105 comments

No. He is creating a problem, so that he can claim to solve it and to accomplish something. This is a pattern,if one has been paying attention.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power. The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory. But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

"This is just a distraction from egg prices" will be the last words of a congressional Democrat being led to a firing squad on the South Lawn.

submitted 19 hours ago • 45 comments

The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents. What the fuck are we doing here?

submitted 22 hours ago • 2625 comments

😂😂😂

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Rümeysa Öztürk is out!

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

lol, lmao even

submitted 5 days ago • 86 comments

I smell AI

submitted 6 days ago • 97 comments

“As you know, I won young people by 36 points. That’s a lot. No Republican has ever won young people, and I won it by 36 points.” Trump lost 18-29s by 6%. Reagan won them in 1984 by 20%. @nbcnews.com @kristenwelker.bsky.social NBCNews: inexcusable to air without correction. x.com/acyn/status/...

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

Just asking questions, Elon!!

submitted 9 days ago • 28 comments

In terms of political strategy, Labour have absolutely failed to tie Reform to Brexit... or indeed to Donald Trump.

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

Donald Trump promised to secure our border and make our country safer. Instead, he has launched an illegal and unconstitutional campaign of fear that targets families, violates due process, and undermines our Constitution. My full statement. ⬇️

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Actually: pot (Fox) :: kettle (?)

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Trump is the first US president to lose a Canadian election. #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #NeverPoliviere #never51state

submitted 13 days ago • 135 comments

…well discerned & historically attributed; his essay educates with precision & humility.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Need way, way more polling on the Hundred Years War question. Do 52 percent of Americans oppose Edward III’s original claims or are they upset with the Valois reconquests?

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

I’m really sick of everything having an app. No I will not download an app just for your conference!! (Feeling old and curmudgeonly this morning!)

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

Back by popular demand ... Hope it's not too early to gear up for the next Peepal Conclave 🐤 🐤

submitted 21 days ago • 8 comments

The @WSJ headline says it all: Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal. @hannaherinlang.bsky.social www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

submitted 20 days ago • 41 comments

More like Supreme Court adds confusion about who will check birth certificates at bathroom doors and when non-binary restrooms will be required for Equality Act compliance…

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

something like 75% of the people on that plane were proven to have absolutely zero criminal records, and they ALSO have House reps, and those House reps have offices to picket and phone lines to tie up "So-and-So just did ____, why can't YOU do that???" is a pretty good attack in these cases!

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Here at Target, we believe in the importance of staying in step with the evolving external landscape. However, it’s clear that our recent policy changes around DEI have missed the mark. Truthfully, we did not realize you queers had money

submitted 25 days ago • 22 comments

Sorry @swin24.bsky.social but I think the lesson is both broader and narrower. Maher is yet another instance of people hanging on past their prime. He was a good political comedian back in the day. But that was when politics were normal. They’re not normal anymore, and he hasn’t adapted.

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If any of this surprises you, I'd suggest you re-evaluate the esteem in which you hold Big Law. Come join us, the Big Law Haters. We have drinks and gripes.

submitted 31 days ago • 19 comments

There's definitely a national emergency that requires the imposition of tariffs, but also those tariffs can be turned on and off based on how panicked Maria Bartiromo seems to be on the tee-vee ...

submitted 33 days ago • 38 comments

😂😂😂 No you’re laughing….

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Amazing turnout for #HandsOffFortCollins! Northern Colorado is engaged and enraged. We’re not going back. @indivisible.org #handsoff

submitted 37 days ago • 12 comments

Folks sharing photos from today's nationwide "Hands Off" protests of Trump and Musk. Boston, DC, NY, CA

submitted 37 days ago • 157 comments

Massive crowd for the Hands Off protest in Colorado Springs today.

submitted 37 days ago • 14 comments

Honestly ranks with the best Onion headlines of the past

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

with apologies to @xkcd.com

submitted 38 days ago • 23 comments

Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction

submitted 39 days ago • 968 comments

Again, really want folk to see this throughline. Shipping abducted people defined as criminal to El Salvador to do hard labor is not singular but an extension of what U.S. criminal legal systems have always done and continue to do. 2020 protests upset them b/c more people than ever started realizing

submitted 43 days ago • 18 comments

America once took pride in not requiring citizens to carry national ID—no "Show me your papers!" Now we have to carry passports to avoid being disappeared.