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"When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy. By that measure, America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

It's very funny to me that in The Young Pope the young pope is 47 years old, and when we got a 69 year old Pope all us Catholics are like, "Woah, now that is a Young Pope."

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Not surprising that everyone uses federal science way more than they think they do. And I'll go farther- if you breathe air, drink water, don't have small pox or polio, use GPS, or like space pictures, you're using federal science on the regular.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Federal spending is in the trillions. DOGE is causing destroying lives, the economy, public health, and our government for a rounding error.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Many of these Afghans risked their lives supporting American troops during our disastrous occupation of Afghanistan. This is disgraceful.

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

I've seen this sort of condescending messaging around and it's got to stop. Lots of people want to work in factories. And we did have factories being built thanks to CHIPS, IRA investments, etc. Talk about how tariffs hurt jobs, not that people don't want them. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

One week ago was now 1000 years, but we can't let the table and illegally actions pass us by. This thread can catch you up on how our health services were attacked last week.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

It's time to talk about how if people really want this American experiment aka "democracy" to survive, they will need to put bodies on the line to protect the vulnerable. Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.

submitted 65 days ago • 207 comments

You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.

submitted 70 days ago • 142 comments

Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador

submitted 74 days ago • 1744 comments

“black servants who were their friend”

submitted 75 days ago • 54 comments

This is so clearly the scene from a dystopian satire (or maybe cyberpunk) that I don't know what to do with it.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Musk wants to be connected to Tesla and Space X, not Boring company, but this isn't the first time he's lied and tried to destroy public services for his benefit. blog.ucs.org/steven-higas...

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Starting at the end of the month, SSA- which primarily serves the elderly or people with disabilities- will not verify identities over the phone. Only online or in person. They're also closing 47 regional offices and firing workers. So you'll have to travel farther and wait longer to get benefits.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

submitted 77 days ago • 1680 comments

Fire all the consultants and put this guy, AOC, and Tim Walz in charge of messaging.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

This isn't to say that the Chuck Schumers and centrist consultants aren't also a problem. Just that even if we fix those, or someone does want to get their message out, there are huge barriers in communicating it or having the organizing structure needed to expand the map.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

This is a really important thread. The main challenges for the left and democracy all need long term solutions: break down of community spaces and right wing capture of the ones that exist (ie, Evangelical Churches), right wing media dominance, and Democratic unwillingness to fight in R areas.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I keep thinking about the comment I saw somewhere on here that the Republicans are school shooters, you and I and the American people are the school kids, and Moderate Dems and Leadership are the Uvalde Police.

submitted 82 days ago • 5 comments

Onion goes from satire to doing straight reporting now.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Dems on why they have to vote for the CR.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

ICYMI, they're trying to get rid of all the environmental protections.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I'm a Christian. My kids go to religious ed every Wednesday. I even worked for my Diocese for a while. And I find the beliefs of Christian nationalists abhorrent. But that isn't persecution. Banning trans people and trying to run people out of the Church who disagree is persecution.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Excellent. I hope this passes and becomes a law. Combating enshittification needs to be a priority for state houses.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

My message to Dems these days. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm- neither cold nor hot-I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Revelations 3:14-15

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

@democrats.org @schumer.senate.gov @senatedem.bsky.social It's not going to get easier to fight after you've given DOGE more power. You're not going to get more support when you've helped Rs cut services. The time to fight is now. You have to vote no on the funding bill

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Dropkick Murphys just had an epic moment at their show: They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.” Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag… Made in Nicaragua. They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee. Legendary.

submitted 85 days ago • 455 comments

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

submitted 86 days ago • 247 comments

I had no idea so many monsters walked among us.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

A good way to form social connections is banding with others to thwart a coup. Just saying.

submitted 88 days ago • 10 comments