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When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...

submitted 7 hours ago • 22 comments

Will never forget where I was when the Padilla arrest happened (looking at our CMS which wouldn't publish the story)

submitted 6 hours ago • 16 comments

This - this right here - is the reason Trump made him SecDef.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

I’d just like to point out how the GOP/MAGA/Fox world would react to a Dem president summoning troops and Marines to respond to protests by the right….

submitted 13 hours ago • 35 comments

The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Fulbright has been supporting smart US citizens to go share knowledge in other countries, and take smart people from everywhere into US since 1945. The soft power it provides America is unbelievable. It’s an absolutely wild thing for Trump to jeopardise.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a rescission package that will instantly gut all federal funding for public media. All of it, gone. Here’s more information: protectmypublicmedia.org?utm_source=n...

submitted 14 hours ago • 22 comments

A really chilling implication here is that if Trump keeps doing speeches on military bases, and commanding officers continue to tell soldiers to opt in or out of these events (as they did here), then there will be lists by base and unit of which soldiers support the administration & which don't.

submitted 1 day ago • 61 comments

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University. That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

NEW PIECE: The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Eliminates the Office of Financial Research—Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...

submitted 2 days ago • 32 comments

look who learned what 86 means

submitted 2 days ago • 115 comments

Trump is spending $134 million to needlessly deploy troops to LA and $45 million to throw himself a birthday military parade — he seems to think the US military is a toy for his amusement, funded by American taxpayers.

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the overall crime rate in Los Angeles last year was 3,115. in South Dakota it was 3,083.

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

see, the thing i’m genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

submitted 3 days ago • 586 comments

There is no rationale for removing every member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replacing them, except for RFK Jr. to appoint members who spread disinformation. I am disgusted by Republicans for letting this happen to the U.S. abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/r...

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

Why isn't Trump's clear and open call for federal law enforcement to arrest a Democratic governor based on zero lawbreaking of any kind leading every single news site right now?

submitted 3 days ago • 133 comments

TRUMP SEPTEMBER 2020: “We have to go by the laws. We can’t move in the National Guard. I can call insurrection but there’s no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.” h/t Aaron Blake abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

This slashes at the majority of physics and math research in the United States, a major source of national strength. Oppose this. Call your congressman or senator, 202-224-3121 and say no NSF cuts

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

President Pelosi didn’t deploy national guard for the violence on Jan 6 since those assaulting the police officers were trump supporters. Pelosi is deploying the national guard to quell the unrest from non-trump supporters in LA now. If Pelosi wanted the national guard on Jan 6, she would have

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot Do law enforcement. Period

submitted 4 days ago • 1484 comments

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: "This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

submitted 3 days ago • 305 comments

A group of self-described "nationalists" and "Christian patriots" descend on the GOP convention in support of their controversial, tough-talking, anti-globalist candidate who loves to attack the press and the "radical leftists" in higher ed & the gov't who are destroying America. The year is 1952.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Q: "Could we really see active duty Marines on the streets of Los Angeles?" Johnson: "I don't think that's heavy handed." Q: "You don't think sending Marines into the streets of an American city is heavy handed?" Johnson: "We have to be prepared to do what is necessary."

submitted 4 days ago • 557 comments

It's necessary to keep pointing out: all this is not because ICE wants to deport murderers and rapists. It's because ICE is going to Home Depot parking lots, courthouses, and elementary school graduations to round up peaceful families, many seeking asylum, which means they are here legally.

submitted 4 days ago • 19 comments

How can we host the Olympics and World Cup when Trump is now banning so many fans from other countries from attending? And would others even feel safe coming?

submitted 7 days ago • 292 comments

So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

submitted 6 days ago • 244 comments

who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE who is the administrator of DOGE WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE???????

submitted 114 days ago • 462 comments

Musk calling for Trump's impeachment puts him ahead of ~98% of congressional Democrats on that question.

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month. Worked on novel antivirals.

submitted 8 days ago • 96 comments

Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: The White House’s campaign against the Congressional Budget Office is veering into the ridiculous. What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.

submitted 8 days ago • 329 comments

The FEMA head didn’t know about hurricane season and they’ve gutted NOAA weather monitoring. Musk and RFK eviscerated our public health programs. The FAA is in shambles. Trump’s tariff reckoning is coming due. And the DHS head of counterterrorism is a 22-year-old bro. This summer is going to ROCK!

submitted 8 days ago • 97 comments

🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin: - Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela - Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard - Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.

submitted 8 days ago • 161 comments