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These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior. We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.

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Trump: "We were the richest relatively -- think of this -- from 1870 to 1913. That was our richest. Because we collected tariffs ... we had so much wealth. Of course, now we give it away to transgender ... everybody gets a transgender operation."

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This is one of many ways that Musk is making policy changes that align with his business interests

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Through CDBG-DR, HUD supports critical long-term recovery efforts post-disaster, especially for LMI families. As more parts of the country have been experiencing more severe disasters under climate change, capacity at the agency has long been strapped. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

submitted 9 days ago • 1006 comments

Elon Musk called on Thursday for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push under President Donald Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities.

submitted 15 days ago • 54 comments

At this point, there are only two options: A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points B) Elon really is this stupid

submitted 15 days ago • 317 comments

So yeah this includes FERC

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“‘End single-family zoning’ is sloppy, imprecise language that doesn’t help policymakers think through the details of their policy choices. Moreover, the vagueness and negative framing can unnecessarily confuse and scare voters.” @jennyschuetz.bsky.social www.brookings.edu/articles/end...

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A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.

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Ukraine got into a war because Russia invaded them, demanding they give up independence. The only way for Ukraine to not go into war was bowing down to Putin and forfeiting freedom. As Clausewitz said, “The aggressor is always peace-loving… he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”

submitted 16 days ago • 65 comments

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

submitted 16 days ago • 1149 comments

This is an absolute scandal. Trump and Marco Rubio abandoned American workers and their families abroad, delaying waivers to provide for their safe return to the United States. As these civil servants lost their possessions, housing, and money, Elon Musk was slandering them with bogus accusations.

submitted 16 days ago • 135 comments

NEW: The General Services Administration, staffed at its upper levels by Elon Musk associates, plans to sell 500-plus buildings—some of which house government agencies and the offices of US senators. This one from @leahfeiger.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/gsa-se...

submitted 16 days ago • 62 comments

This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

submitted 16 days ago • 67 comments

Four FEMA officials were fired for not following illegal orders to withhold spending. The White House is saying of judicial decisions: "These unlawful injunctions are a continuation of the weaponization of justice against President Trump." These are not warning signs. This is happening now.

submitted 17 days ago • 57 comments

Schumer's strategy of allowing/encouraging Dems to vote for the "normal" nominees in order to try and peel off Republican defections to block Hegseth/RFK/Gabbard appears to have completely failed.

submitted 16 days ago • 419 comments

Fox News is completely in the tank for Trump steamrolling the judiciary and becoming a dictator: "If anyone is precipitating a constitutional crisis, it is these appointed judges who are standing in the way of President Trump's Article 2 authority."

submitted 16 days ago • 156 comments

This exchange was so disturbing. Where are all the "free speech defenders" when we are seeing actual government censorship being weaponized against anyone who defies the regime?

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A "majestic" proposal for ethnic cleansing.

submitted 16 days ago • 56 comments

Tulsi Gabbard has promoted pro-Putin and pro-Assad propaganda for years. She's been such an effective cheerleader for Russia's invasion of Ukraine that the Kremlin-controlled Russian media refers to her as their 'girlfriend'. www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

submitted 16 days ago • 241 comments

The most sober, respected, you could fairly say establishment normie academic experts are saying it as loudly and plainly as they can: the Constitution is collapsing right now unlike anything in American history.

submitted 18 days ago • 39 comments

The climate regime is in trouble: Most countries have missed the deadline to submit their new commitments to the Paris Agreement. We saw a similar pattern after the Bush Administration did not follow through on the commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. www.reuters.com/business/env...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

i mean, in my entire life, the democrats have had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate for exactly 8 months total (between Al Franken being seated in July 09 and Scott Brown taking Ted Kennedy's seat in Feb 2010) and they used it to pass the largest expansion of the welfare state since the 60s

submitted 18 days ago • 56 comments

BREAKING: TRUMP ADMIN IS VIOLATING A SECOND COURT ORDER FULL CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

And it looks like it’s official. Trump is ignoring court orders. The rubicon has been crossed.

submitted 18 days ago • 210 comments

"The core argument emerging in their legal filings and executive orders — one without support anywhere in the Constitution or the law — is that simply by being elected, Trump has the power to do whatever he wants."

submitted 18 days ago • 335 comments

This is an inevitable part of the reactionary-centrist cycle. You dabble in the latest moral panic, run dozens of "maybe they have a point this time" pieces, scold those to your left for censoriousness ... ... & then discover that the people you've been supporting & amplifying are fascists. "Oops!"

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.

submitted 22 days ago • 74 comments

Republican legal scholarship is now just a game. A game where you see who can contort plain English into the least absurd pretzel that conforms to the lawless demands of a diseased party.

submitted 22 days ago • 16 comments

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

submitted 22 days ago • 168 comments

The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying. pepfarimpact.vercel.app

submitted 23 days ago • 21 comments

REPORTER: You are talking tonight about the US taking over a sovereign territory. What authority would allow you to do that? Are you talking about a permanent occupation? TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position

submitted 24 days ago • 1172 comments

Very serious Democratic strategists advise the party to allow Trump to illegally dismantle USAID -- a decision that will result in the unnecessary deaths of people around the world. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

submitted 24 days ago • 1075 comments

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

submitted 24 days ago • 939 comments

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

submitted 28 days ago • 2580 comments

Drought-struck California farmers will have Trump to thank this summer when their crops wilt. The silver lining is there will be no one to pick the crops anyway

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

A constitutional crisis requires friction to make it legible. That often comes from conflict between the branches of government, but a Republican-controlled Congress and SCOTUS are not interested in challenging Trump’s lawlessness. That why it’s especially important for Democrats to act.

submitted 28 days ago • 81 comments

I’m officially a ‘do something’ guy now, normally I know Dems are in the minority limited options, etc, but we are so far outside the normal limits of politics now. Fuckin’ physically go to the treasury building & make them arrest you. People are not going to able to pay rent tomorrow due to this

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