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this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!

submitted 11 days ago • 307 comments

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

submitted 10 days ago • 836 comments

Here's a fresh look at my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI! For the first time, I'll share the full story of my 68 years in the closet, my decision to come out and join the fight for LGBTQ rights, and how that moment changed everything. Learn more: ow.ly/rEO750VEuxt

submitted 10 days ago • 52 comments

They really think their mass firings had nothing to do with the problems we’re now seeing.

submitted 10 days ago • 288 comments

Trump is in the Middle East lining his own pockets and those of his oligarch backers. Such corruption is so massive that we don’t even really know how to talk about it. I try to frame some issues and the stakes in today’s piece.

submitted 10 days ago • 34 comments

Ghoulish. She won't even agree to help a worried mother know whether her son is even alive. Andry has been imprisoned without trial for 60 days, held incommunicado by the Salvadoran government as part of a deal where we handed Bukele a metaphorical briefcase of cash to detain hundreds of people!

submitted 10 days ago • 166 comments

Breaking: A federal judge has ruled Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown researcher held in a Texas immigration detention center since March, must be released from custody and returned to Virginia as he challenges the legal basis for his deportation.

submitted 10 days ago • 47 comments

You can sit and debate reparations, or you can take real action. mexiconewsdaily.com/news/wi...

submitted 11 days ago • 93 comments

Read the whole thing. You won’t be surprised, but you should be outraged.

submitted 11 days ago • 40 comments

Under court order, the government has released a nearly unredacted copy of the memorandum of understanding between the IRS and Homeland Security revealing how taxpayer data was shared for immigration enforcement.

submitted 11 days ago • 150 comments

What a clown show.

submitted 22 days ago • 91 comments

Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴

submitted 22 days ago • 1290 comments

Trump is already facing pushback from Congress on his budget proposal and now he’s planning to override them entirely. His new budget would slash nearly every federal program by a total of $163 billion while leaving defense spending untouched.

submitted 21 days ago • 141 comments

So much for small government and states’ rights. The hypocrisy is dangerously absurd. Trump is now suing Colorado and Denver, accusing them of obstructing federal immigration actions the latest salvo in his push to force local governments to carry out deportations.

submitted 21 days ago • 148 comments

We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

submitted 21 days ago • 2278 comments

Judge allows Trump administration to fire veterans affairs employees it deems to be in “DEI roles”.

submitted 20 days ago • 83 comments

As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.

submitted 20 days ago • 247 comments

Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically why vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.

submitted 23 days ago • 553 comments

Lots of Shakespeare in the air this week! I was thrilled to record for Fireside Folktales’ Midsummer Night’s Dream as Helena, a dream role that I’ve never been able to play because alas, my legs are not long to run away. Thanks for having me Dallas! Keep your eyes peeled for Midsummer, coming soon.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.

submitted 29 days ago • 734 comments

The U.S. attorney for D.C. is accusing Wikipedia of “propaganda” and threatening its nonprofit status. Ed Martin is keeping Operation Whirlwind alive and well.

submitted 28 days ago • 224 comments

NEW: The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday. Hours later, a conservative judge who tried to intervene warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."

submitted 28 days ago • 64 comments

“Feminism does not, and has never, in fact, required a definition of ‘woman.’ … Cisness brutalizes us all. The border guards of sex are the enemies of human liberation, and we fight them best by refusing to debate the fairness, let alone the accuracy, of their borders in the first place.”

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments

When even a moderate Republican like Senator Lisa Murkowski says, “We are all afraid,” it tells you everything you need to know about the state of our country.

submitted 27 days ago • 232 comments

#StarTrekIsPunk

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's list of "whoopsies" since taking office just keeps growing. Plus: as Trump and his MAGA minions continue to insist "There's just two genders!", go beyond the binary with the complex truth about human sexuality. With misinformation spreading, staying informed is more important than ever.

submitted 31 days ago • 19 comments

If only there were a lesson in there for him about due process…

submitted 31 days ago • 117 comments

Nothing like a collective effort to show how quickly the wheels can come off.

submitted 31 days ago • 144 comments

Is there something you need to tell us?

submitted 31 days ago • 305 comments

We’ve talked about this before, but we wanted to expand on it a little more. Late last week, Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) effectively took control of the Department of the Interior without a single Senate confirmation, public hearing, or vote.

submitted 31 days ago • 135 comments

If they’re arguing that Harvard hasn’t done enough “in the public interest” to deserve tax exempt status, wait until they get a look at evangelical megachurches!

submitted 38 days ago • 172 comments

ICE says it’s just doing what it’s told. The president of El Salvador says he’s powerless. Trump officials are acting like they’re not responsible. But the monster’s already been unleashed. And when a modern-day Gestapo like this is allowed to thrive, where will it all end?

submitted 37 days ago • 189 comments

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

submitted 39 days ago • 564 comments

Yes, yes this is in fact what they did.

submitted 50 days ago • 108 comments

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

submitted 50 days ago • 1436 comments

Biggest self-own ever to go from that to whatever this is today.

submitted 50 days ago • 152 comments