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Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty. It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts. Now is the time for us to be strong.

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said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.

submitted 1 day ago • 447 comments

Tesla sales in the E.U. in January 2024: 15,310 Tesla sales in the E.U. in January 2025: 7,517 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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More than a dozen senior leaders at FEMA - those with the most experience in leading disaster recovery, have either been fired or have resigned This in addition to the firing & and resignations of about 1,000 of FEMA’s 17,000 employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/c...

submitted 6 hours ago • 16 comments

BREAKING: Rose Girone, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113. She fled Nazi Germany in 1939 with her husband and baby only to be forced into a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai. Still, she would often say, “Aren't we lucky?”

submitted 10 hours ago • 24 comments

Friends - I said what I sad and meant every word. FU Elon Musk! People are dying and the toxic fucking redundancy of DC is killing us! We either do this with diplomacy or we street fight. My friends are dying and tired of going to funerals! x.com/KevinFreyTV

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

This is so cruel.

submitted 10 hours ago • 359 comments

This idea, loosely held by tens of millions for decades, "It could never happen here," caught this country on the chin like Joe Frazier's left hook.

submitted 10 hours ago • 30 comments

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?

submitted 1 day ago • 932 comments

Corruption Watch: Trump/Musk FAA steering huge contract to Musk company.

submitted 12 hours ago • 36 comments

Get all your vaccines and shots. Make sure your kids are vaccinated. Priority number 1, folks. Not even trying to joke about this or be hyperbolic.

submitted 12 hours ago • 150 comments

A trifecta.

submitted 15 hours ago • 811 comments

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

submitted 1 day ago • 120 comments

Right now…no matter who you are, you are the right person…to show up…at the right time. Call…their offices…every day. Yes….them.

submitted 22 hours ago • 62 comments

DEI has been replaced with DAF (Dumb As Fuck).

submitted 1 day ago • 284 comments

I have NO sympathy whatsoever for MAGA business owners who enthusiastically voted for Trump but are whining like babies now that their federal contracts are being cancelled. I realize they only expected people they hate to get hurt, but guess what? Trump and Musk don’t care about people like you.

submitted 11 hours ago • 289 comments

Democrats: We need to play by the rules, decorum, and civility, which are the most important. Let's go bear hug Liz Cheney and move to the "center" and be timid. Trump and Republicans: We have power and will destroy you. Try to stop us, bitches. Dems: That's mean. Come on now! Stoooop!

submitted 11 hours ago • 55 comments

You've heard of girl math, but have you heard of billionaire math? Trump's temporary tax handouts for the rich are expiring this year, and Republicans want working Americans to foot the bill. They're claiming it'll cost you nothing, but in reality, these tax handouts cost trillions.

submitted 15 hours ago • 68 comments

Put all the “DEI” folks who got let go onto a new network and I’d watch the shit out of it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1797 comments

Something that’s very clear is that Trump is old and checked out. He wants to play the role of president but has zero interest in doing the job and is happy to outsource the real work to Musk, Vought and a crew of feral zealots.

submitted 1 day ago • 1530 comments

Elon Musk gutting programs that help the disabled, the very sick and the elderly is part of Eugenics. Musk believes in idea of eliminating the people from society he views as "weaker" so that only the "strong" survive. This is known as "Scientific racism" and it's intertwined with white supremacy

submitted 18 hours ago • 100 comments

Measles resurgence is 'not business as usual,' doctor says www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnW...

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Musk is trying to downplay the chaos he’s creating by saying it’s much the same as the cost-cutting efforts of the Clinton administration. This is rubbish. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musks-rubbish

submitted 14 hours ago • 134 comments

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Hotez. I've had conversations with Hotez. Not only is he a brilliant man, but also a very kind human being. houston.innovationmap.com/peter-hotez-...

submitted 1 day ago • 300 comments

Egg shortages. Fatal measles outbreaks. Airplane crashes. Crypto scams. Tariffs. Betrayal of allies. Pardons and special favors for insurrectionists, crooked mayors, and online pimps. The American people voted for change!

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In the Soviet Union, it was the quiet KGB guy in the corner.

submitted 14 hours ago • 33 comments

Fuck you, John Roberts. Fuck you. www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 806 comments

I hope you’ll read this piece I wrote about the insanity of Elon Musk & Utah Sen. Mike Lee attacking federal judges, yet another attack on democracy joycevance.substack.com/p/when-they-...

submitted 20 hours ago • 99 comments

Lawrence O’Donnell: “Elon musk turns them into clowns by lying to them.” @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com notes, a lie is not an answer. And now, after watching Donald Trump lie to reporters, Elon Musk is doing the exact same thing. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK_d...

submitted 14 hours ago • 27 comments

Trump's Social Security Administration commissioner just called for a 50% staff reduction. This would gut SSA field offices and make it harder for millions of seniors to access benefits. Make no mistake: this is an attack on Social Security itself.

submitted 13 hours ago • 225 comments

"I’m old enough to remember what happened the last time the GOP tried cutting healthcare to offset tax cuts for the rich. In 2018, they attacked the ACA. That November, they lost the House by the biggest margin in modern US history. That’s the sleeping giant they’ve awoken by attacking Medicaid."

submitted 13 hours ago • 431 comments

Donald Trump just helped free Andrew Tate from his rape and human trafficking charges. Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”

submitted 13 hours ago • 850 comments

Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.

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This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

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This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0

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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says opinion pages will defend free market and ‘personal liberties’ apnews.com/article/wash...

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This is a travesty. They’re going to conjure up phony numbers to try and hide the fact that they are exploding the deficit with massive corporate tax cuts and tax cuts for the top earners. Tariff projections and Trump Gold Cards pay for everything! A complete fraud.

submitted 19 hours ago • 268 comments

Cartoon by Nick Anderson

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The Trump-Musk attack on American consumers in a nutshell: Company started scamming people with interest rates as high as 1000% → CFPB stepped in to hold it accountable → Trump Administration reversed course, leaving consumers high and dry.

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

Cancel your Washington Post subscription and join The Ink. We’re made it easy to do here. Support kneepad-free journalism. the.ink/p/bezos-just...

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The moment in the cabinet meeting where RFK Jr, acting as the actual head of HHS was asked to respond to a deadly measles outbreak caused by vaccine refusal was one of those out-of-body, waking nightmare moments of the Trump era.

submitted 1 day ago • 188 comments