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America's workers are not "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed. My essay for @nytopinion.nytimes.com:

submitted 2 days ago • 49 comments

This Russian long game of using compliant U.S. leaders to ultimately destroy our nation and democracy is very important to keep front of mind. It’s not like Putin and advisers haven’t made long game clear, and now they have men on inside, not to mention so-far accommodating congressional leaders.

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OK folks--here is the answer. They are not simply removing programs because of their political biases--they are terminating existing NIH grants. Yours or mine could be next! 🧪

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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

submitted 3 days ago • 955 comments

CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE—Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired "Definitely never seen this type of response to a FOIA request," quipped one journalist. www.commondreams.org/news/cnn-foi...

submitted 12 days ago • 17 comments

When there's a fight the guy who actually fights tends to have an advantage.

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

Jon's right that institutions need not eliminate DEI; in fact much of DEI is legally obligatory. The scary thing about obedience is - when does it end? The demands are likely to escalate.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

That’s how you write a headline, people.

submitted 13 days ago • 574 comments

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

submitted 13 days ago • 296 comments

Again, there are literally not enough jobs to rapidly absorb all these displaced federal workers (who will also now be competing for non-government jobs with everyone else in the U.S.).

submitted 13 days ago • 61 comments

a maximalist strategy of opposition against every nominee as unqualified would have stood a better chance of creating the kind of public outrage that might have led to more republican defections, but i'm sure the imaginary family that chuck schumer relies on to guide his decisions disagreed

submitted 19 days ago • 493 comments

If Democrats don’t wake the fuck up, there’s a really good chance of a Dem version of the tea party movement taking out a few incumbents in primaries next year. The base is pissed and wants fighters. A lot of Dem electeds are just sitting on their hands and doing nothing.

submitted 19 days ago • 210 comments

i’m not a believer but sometimes other people’s faith really really helps me

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights. how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com

submitted 20 days ago • 38 comments

The millions in USAID food is STILL sitting at the Port of Houston. Trump fired the watchdogs reporting on this story, he doesn’t want Americans to see this debacle. Wasting millions on food already purchased is the epitome of wealthy entitlement #Voices4Victory www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/usa...

submitted 20 days ago • 92 comments

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

submitted 20 days ago • 2312 comments

i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

submitted 20 days ago • 420 comments

“Such protests on military installations are exceedingly rare, even when service members are not involved. While service members are prohibited from carrying out actions that may be perceived as partisan, military spouses face few prohibitions.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

Democrats get mad when the people who elect them expect them to use the tools they have available to them and respond to the urgency of the moment. www.axios.com/2025/02/12/d...

submitted 20 days ago • 57 comments

maybe don’t pretend it’s cute that a yarked out of his mind on meth Elon Musk is using his kid as a human shield

submitted 19 days ago • 24 comments

America’s top diplomat, ladies and gentlemen, the guy who is going to stop the rest of the world from disrespecting us.

submitted 25 days ago • 14 comments

Speaking as an agender: So weird for cis people to be like “I don’t get it” when you guys are like also very attached to your internal sense of sex and gender Like what’s not to get? Not being an asshole, is what it looks like

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

submitted 30 days ago • 770 comments

Is this real? Am I here right now?

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

i sat next to the wallet inspector every day in the park. we became friends, so i assumed the best when he asked to inspect my wallet

submitted 30 days ago • 90 comments

Undermining the core function of the government was always central premise of project 2025

submitted 29 days ago • 223 comments

I’ve had this exact thought and then the whole plot of “it’s a wonderful life” runs through my head and I just…..

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

This meets every definition of a coup we’ve got, and we need like, one Democrat to say so.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Respectfully, did you read any U.S. news reports from May to August of 2020?

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

sources tell me you should handcuff yourself to the entrance of the treasury building so the media covers the government takeover from your pov instead of elon musk's

submitted 30 days ago • 16 comments

The ordinary questions you might ask: Is Elon Musk a government employee? Are his lieutenants? Does he personally hold a security clearance and do his “lieutenants”? Have they all undergone a background check? Are they subject to foreign influence? Have they ever done a sieg heil on stage?

submitted 30 days ago • 231 comments

This is the Treasury Secretary enabling a coup. I’m so glad very prominent people told us he was a “credible” nominee. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

submitted 30 days ago • 816 comments

Remember when proud boys began to emerge and we called them early for using white power signs. Then all the same people told us they weren’t. Then they just began admitting it? That’s the tactic you all. Musk testing the waters.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

We launched the Tell Meta petition this morning with @ultraviolet.bsky.social and others. It racked up 5,000 signatures within a few hours. Please click to add your name and read more details.

submitted 45 days ago • 21 comments

My statement on the Mayor's sudden trip to Mar-a-Lago.

submitted 45 days ago • 13 comments

If you are having an abortion in an anti-choice state, do not tell your boyfriend.

submitted 45 days ago • 10 comments

this washes away any residual doubt. the real motivation behind Meta’s policy changes isn’t some misguided conception of free speech, it’s just discrimination.

submitted 52 days ago • 35 comments

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

submitted 45 days ago • 12 comments

🧵 THREAD: Our reporter spent the past year reporting inside the State Department, trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy: How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?

submitted 47 days ago • 173 comments

Fascinating early data from NYC's congestion pricing experiment. Overall traffic is down by 8%. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

submitted 45 days ago • 34 comments

"The New Segregationists" is a more accurate headline. You could go through nearly this entire article replacing "anti-DEI" with "segregationist," and it would work. Homogeneity is the opposite of diversity, which is what they aim for. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

submitted 45 days ago • 25 comments