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The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

submitted 36 days ago • 639 comments

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

submitted 61 days ago • 374 comments

“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

submitted 64 days ago • 58 comments

Saddam Hussein said something similar about Kuwait in 1991. Vladimir Putin said something similar about Ukraine in 2022. Presidential desires for territorial expansion... only this time its the US President.

submitted 79 days ago • 113 comments

Were these members of trump’s cabinet horrible human beings before they saw a path to power or are they changing now to hold power?

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Most of yesterday's intelligence hearing focused on Signal. Something else not to be missed: this exchange between Sen. King (ME-I) Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. King asked why the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment did not mention climate change, after doing so for 11 years.

submitted 81 days ago • 281 comments

They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

submitted 82 days ago • 2394 comments

Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

submitted 104 days ago • 1068 comments

Millions of dead people are not on social security. That is a lie. But they won’t stop telling it.

submitted 117 days ago • 394 comments