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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." -Hannah Arendt

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Friends don’t let friends fly through Newark.

submitted 17 days ago • 37 comments

To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!

submitted 26 days ago • 1702 comments

BREAKING Remember when we said NY AG Letitia James had the power to investigate Trump tariff-related stock market manipulation and insider trading? IT'S HAPPENING. James just confirmed an investigation has been opened.

submitted 29 days ago • 170 comments

OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD

submitted 36 days ago • 474 comments

Y’all, I think I found that welfare state the right wingers keep crying about

submitted 35 days ago • 450 comments

Immigration attorneys are advising clients who have deportation orders when they show up at court dates and immigration appointments, there is an increased risk of getting detained.

submitted 35 days ago • 61 comments

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

submitted 35 days ago • 1198 comments

Our cover this week.

submitted 35 days ago • 1336 comments

Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.

submitted 36 days ago • 3983 comments

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submitted 36 days ago • 502 comments

“Whoa. Tesla is doing really bad. It must be because I’m not there enough.” - A deluded megalomaniac

submitted 36 days ago • 720 comments

More of this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

NBC has confirmed what we have been saying for weeks. Hegseth clearly copied classified strike schedules from a secure device to his personal phones. This alone would get a line service member thrown in prison. But when it’s SecDef we are supposed to ignore it.

submitted 37 days ago • 655 comments

In just three months in office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has produced a run of chaos that is unmatched in the Pentagon's recent history. His inner circle — military veterans who, like him, had little experience running large, complex organizations — is in shambles.

submitted 37 days ago • 744 comments

This is a very, very complex and exceedingly thorough process that involves extensive use of the president’s TiVo remote, so please, please, everyone, give it time www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...

submitted 38 days ago • 2037 comments

“The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.”

submitted 38 days ago • 905 comments

BREAKING: MeidasTouch has won the Webby Award for 2025 Podcast of the Year! Thank you for this incredible honor. None of this would be possible without this incredible pro-democracy community. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty!

submitted 37 days ago • 1621 comments

The crowd and overflow crowd for the Bernie Sanders/AOC event tonight in Utah. Wow.

submitted 46 days ago • 625 comments

NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...

submitted 51 days ago • 821 comments

I didn’t want this to happen. I voted for the smart black lady.

submitted 52 days ago • 1719 comments

Markets in chaos. Tariffs up, stocks down. Rumors swirl. Allies retaliate. CEOs panic. Trump plans a birthday military parade while launching a trade war. And his own backers are losing faith. Full breakdown in today’s Meidas+ Bulletin.

submitted 51 days ago • 221 comments

MASSIVE SHIFT Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time. MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025. Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch

submitted 55 days ago • 957 comments

Look, vandalism is not the answer and it shouldn’t be tolerated but there’s something very wrong with an administration that cares far more about protecting a car than it does about protecting children from being shot in their classrooms.

submitted 69 days ago • 216 comments

Somewhat concerning www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

submitted 69 days ago • 6 comments

Absolutely insane. A billionaire just buying elections. We have to stop this.

submitted 70 days ago • 249 comments

The Good Old Days...

submitted 71 days ago • 43 comments

Trump backed GOP into a big corner with his “balanced budget” point. The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math. Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.

submitted 85 days ago • 1175 comments

AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.

submitted 84 days ago • 686 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 78 days ago • 2657 comments

One interesting thing going on with Democrats: Those emerging as public-facing leaders--AOC, Frost, Crockett, Chris Murphy, Walz, Brian Schatz, others--are not ideologically uniform. What connects them is communication skill--you either have it or you don't--and a sense of urgency and stakes.

submitted 78 days ago • 128 comments

We love to see it!

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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

submitted 85 days ago • 1886 comments

NEW from me: DoD hired Kingsley Wilson, a deputy press secretary with a very very long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 85 days ago • 73 comments

congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit

submitted 85 days ago • 310 comments

interested to see what happens when the social security checks stop flowing

submitted 85 days ago • 1304 comments

Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.

submitted 88 days ago • 1179 comments

'“We, like many Americans — including many troops — are therefore left to conclude that these leaders are being fired for purely partisan reasons,” said the letter, adding that “we’re not asking members of Congress to do us a favor; we’re asking them to do their jobs.”' apnews.com/article/pent...

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

🧵 In its anti-DEI presentation to John Deere shareholders on Wed., director from the National Center for Public Policy Research cited Robby Starbuck and concluded: "DEI is out, and merit is in." Deere shareholders voted 99-1 percent: DEI is in. WHO IS ROBBY STARBUCK? www.rawstory.com/john-deere/

submitted 90 days ago • 13 comments

It's staggering to consider the number of people who will become gravely ill or die because of RFK Jr.'s appointment to HHS Secretary.

submitted 105 days ago • 121 comments

in 2028 I'm running for president and just going to say everyone gets everything they want and then when I win I'm just gonna pretend I never said that shit and apparently it won't matter, and I still get to be president

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submitted 107 days ago • 859 comments

🚨NEW: I joined 150+ House Democrats in demanding answers from the Treasury Secretary about Elon Musk’s access to sensitive data and classified Treasury payment systems. We’re working to stop the richest man in the world from rooting around in your Social Security and Medicare unchecked.

submitted 112 days ago • 133 comments

Panama accuses US of peddling ‘intolerable falsehood’ about canal

submitted 112 days ago • 5 comments