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Thoughts are my own. Proudly born and raised in the beautiful PNW Urbanism, Tranist, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Huskies, 🖕🏻 Trump, 🖕🏻 Elon
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

submitted 11 hours ago • 827 comments

All protesters should carry the American flag.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

MIKE JOHNSON: From the people who mandated mask wearing for years, it's absurd. They need to back off ICE & respect our agents Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants? J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?

submitted 4 days ago • 2032 comments

This is how newspapers should react when the government asks them to carry its water.

submitted 8 days ago • 20 comments

As I note here, really zero reason to believe Elon is stepping away from anything. This is all a crisis comms campaign. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

submitted 11 days ago • 55 comments

Maybe she left her boyfriend for a reason

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 BREAKING: Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs

submitted 13 days ago • 66 comments

My family relied on food stamps briefly when I was a kid—our country had our back, and all 7 of us kids grew up to give back to our communities.   Investing in nutrition assistance? Investing in SNAP? That’s an investment in people, and cutting SNAP won't help anyone.

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

submitted 21 days ago • 350 comments

I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding. That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.

submitted 21 days ago • 261 comments

The CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through: -7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes -1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C -2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means www.cbo.gov/publication/...

submitted 21 days ago • 22 comments