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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

submitted 1 day ago • 566 comments

President trump issued a new Executive Order to rename May 4th "National Emperor Palpatine day"

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption. I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents. 1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.

submitted 4 days ago • 180 comments

When mob boss Donald talks about countries making “deals” to stave off his tariff shakedowns, this is what he means.

submitted 8 days ago • 87 comments

The Art of the Shlemiel

submitted 9 days ago • 189 comments

I’m old enough to remember when conservatives got mad because they thought women were having babies to get cash

submitted 12 days ago • 973 comments

A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.

submitted 13 days ago • 111 comments

HEALTH CARE IS NOT A REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE. DUE PROCESS OF LAW IS NOT A REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE. HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT A REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE. THESE ARE THE UNIVERSALLY ENSURED GUARANTEES OF A SOCIETY THAT TREATS ITS PARTICIPANTS AS PEOPLE RATHER THAN THINGS.

submitted 14 days ago • 28 comments

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." —Louis Brandeis

submitted 15 days ago • 195 comments

We have two Supreme Court Justices—Thomas & Alito—who have come out of the closet about their contempt for the Constitution.

submitted 15 days ago • 843 comments

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 18 days ago • 276 comments

What is stopping Trump from shipping AOC and Bernie off to El Salvador? That isn't a troll question, I honestly don't know the answer.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

submitted 27 days ago • 1112 comments

it’s weird that we’re staring down the second unprecedented economic catastrophe in five years and instead of a novel coronavirus that will go on to kill millions of people this one is just “no one was willing to tell him no”

submitted 27 days ago • 231 comments

It cost two world wars and a great depression to teach 20th century Republicans why isolationism and protectionism were wrong. Let's hope that the education of 21st century Republicans will cost less - but it's already expensive enough.

submitted 28 days ago • 50 comments

Pasadena knows.

submitted 28 days ago • 137 comments