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"There's a fixation on Kilmar Abrego, but the Bukele model is built upon Kilmar Abregos — there are thousands of them." "At least 378 in-custody deaths have been recorded since the start of [El Salvador's] State of Exception." #ElSalvador #USA #Venezuela #Incarceration #Deportation

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This new Texas law copies anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany. That legislation consisted of a series of restrictive laws passed in 1933, then the Nuremberg Laws of 1935. This is not an exaggeration.

submitted 5 days ago • 67 comments

Bare life

submitted 33 days ago • 7 comments

it's full mask off and people are just steadfastly pretending otherwise. like they never really needed the mask at all

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

I stand corrected. As of last night’s executive order amendment they TRIPLED this rate so as of June 1, you as an individual in the US receiving a package from China will be paying fees of $150 per item or 90% of its value. So that $3 component you ordered? It’s a $153 component now Source:

submitted 34 days ago • 55 comments

If you're wondering why Trump cares so much about taking the Panama Canal, it's helpful to remember that some idiot conservatives were mad about it being returned in 1999 and almost all of Trump's policies are 1990's grievances come back to life.

submitted 33 days ago • 10 comments

RFK Jr. is an active danger to America's children. Fuck everyone who allowed this man to come to power.

submitted 33 days ago • 63 comments

there is no “epidemic,” he is almost certainly going to say it is vaccines and, well, stay safe everyone.

submitted 33 days ago • 1161 comments

Whatever fraud there is in Medicaid is largely on the provider side, not beneficiaries. It's health insurance, its not cash. "Fraud" here means going to a doctor if you are unemployed.

submitted 33 days ago • 195 comments

<Taps mic> (John Facenda voice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHM...) "DEMAND for alternatives to dollar hegemony does not equal SUPPLY" bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

A super useful thread on what to do now that the GOP has a framework for reconciliation.

submitted 33 days ago • 8 comments

🚨BREAKING: U.S. House passed GOP voter suppression law. 220-208. Every Republican voted to disenfranchise millions. It now goes onto the Senate where Democrats will be able to block it.

submitted 33 days ago • 394 comments

on some level it’s at least a little funny that these idiots seem to be going “what do the other evil guys do? we need something that says ‘evil loser’ to everybody who’s seen a Star Wars movie”

submitted 33 days ago • 10 comments

As Adam Neely says regarding music: REPETITION LEGITIMIZES REPETITION LEGITIMIZES REPETITION LEGITIMIZES

submitted 33 days ago • 14 comments

Gaza has been without flour since Ramadan. Gaza has been without bread for days. Gaza is dying from hunger in a short while. We’ve started making food with extra broth to ease the bread crisis.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

I haven't seen anyone discuss this. But it kind of scares the fuck of out me. Now wld make a lot of sense as the moment for China to seize Taiwan and liquidate its government. The Pentagon is turmoil, unfocused and likely demoralized. Not saying they're not paying attn. But in relative terms ...

submitted 34 days ago • 80 comments

Yup! And tech CEOs kids have access to a wide arrange of tech including laptops, Alexas, Apple Watches, and a slew of other tech. For many poor kids a phone is the only word processor and communication tools they have. The entire smartphone moral panic is about control, not kids wellbeing

submitted 34 days ago • 9 comments

Funny because conservatives have long resisted government knowing things about people. GWBush famously said he might not even complete the Census. Qualms about big gov quickly fading. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

submitted 34 days ago • 9 comments

Why would you move your manufacturing to America when next week the tariffs might half, or disappear, or double, or grow wings and fly, or be turned into a goblin, or become an emotion, or

submitted 34 days ago • 108 comments

The year is 2026. The tariff light in Central Park is red. I am relieved. My toaster and coffee beans aren’t tariffed today. I speak too soon. The light turns green. I owe $100,000.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

To wit, a QAnoner’s Telegram post just now: “Are we having fun yet?”

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Like others have noted, the best way to understand Trump II and what MAGA is in its current form is a political iteration of rape culture

submitted 34 days ago • 24 comments

New from 404 Media: we've seen an ICE database that filters people by hundreds of different, highly specific categories. Experts say possibly helping ICE identify and deport people. Scars, location data, immigration status, eye color, much more. Created by Palantir www.404media.co/inside-a-pow...

submitted 34 days ago • 14 comments

Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.

submitted 34 days ago • 240 comments

Yep. The language of abuse is becoming more and more common under this admin: bsky.app/profile/john...

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

The Trump thing works, like all lies work, because he believes what he says when—and only when—he says it.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Out at the negotiating table having the time of my life with a bunch of countries. They're all just out of frame, negotiating too.

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

He‘s… going to run the entire stock market as a pump-and-dump scheme. Tariffs ON 📉 & insiders know to BUY BUY BUY before he shuts the tariffs OFF 📈 & watch those portfolios soar!!! Buy your $1m seat to the next Mar a Lago dinner to learn when to SELL before the next round! Official U.S. policy.

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

again, it can both be chaos and massive corruption. there's no contradiction. 1

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

I bet they were a bit more careful who they put on that chat

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

So only times the market has done anything like this were during the worst recession of my lifetime and the worst depression of all time.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Wouldn't it be wild if Bluesky saw Palestinians using their app to reach out to the rest of the world during a horrific genocide and decided to... let them? Instead of constantly deleting their accounts? Just a thought. Anyway, stop reporting Palestinians! And help Saeed!

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

"Like Amazon, but with human beings."

submitted 34 days ago • 76 comments

In this thread I show why DOGE numbers are bogus Before today, the last update was March 30. DOGE reported $140 billion in cuts. Today, DOGE updated again and reported $150 billion in cuts. So where did DOGE cut $10 billion? NOTHING WAS ADDED TO THE DATABASE DOGE JUST CHANGED THE GRAPHIC

submitted 34 days ago • 91 comments

Well yeah how do you think they are planning on using ai? They literally are building a digital panopticon and a fascist police state. They have been saying that is the goal for the last decade publicly. They are literally building the physical manifestations of their digital fascist worldbuilding

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

Unionize against America. Bust the tariffs.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

I thought they were working tirelessly for a ceasefire.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

👇🎯

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

she couldnt...leave...?

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

Deputy AG Blanche justifies this extreme action because "the ABA filed a lawsuit against the United States." What he doesn't say is that it's the lawsuit over USAID/State contracts that were illegally frozen/canceled — a lawsuit that has led to payments being made.

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I wrote about how all this MAGA tariff support is just like finance QAnon (even when Trump backs down). Trust the plan. Follow the crumbs. Trump's in control. A golden age is nigh. This is how people break from reality now. (gift) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 34 days ago • 17 comments

RELAX EVERYBODY HE'S WRITING A LETTER

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

People have to be looking at this absolute loser and thinking we have to find a way to protect ourselves from this country ASAP.

submitted 34 days ago • 21 comments

He understands that USians [particularly his fans] are easily demagogued. He gets this more than most politicians.

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

Apparently the "realist" position is to ... ignore this?

submitted 34 days ago • 43 comments