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“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected… We want to put them in trauma.” —Russell Vought https://trib.al/5iUgEda

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Reminder that there is going to be a huge day of nonviolent protest against Trump this Saturday, June 14 -- "No Kings". New statement from the organizers in response to Trump federalizing National Guard (and threatening to use active duty troops) against civilians: www.nokings.org/news/nationa...

submitted 2 hours ago • 136 comments

Yes—Ben Wikler please!

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Smartest thing you will read on this: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Trump called musk a big time drug addict, and told JD Vance to be cautious about how he spoke publicly. Ted Cruz is scared. The loss in Wisconsin was the tipping point. Musk begged Trump to reverse tariffs. Musk and Bessent got into a physical fight over DOGE failures. Gift link: wapo.st/3TeoIxy

submitted 2 days ago • 116 comments

There is no such thing as “underage women.” Period. They are called children.

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

President Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has criticized the health, medical and food systems for being influenced by profit-driven special interests. Yet, she has profited off promoting wellness products and partnerships, according to an Associated Press review.

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

In separate social media posts, Musk said Trump’s tariffs will “cause a recession,” that Trump’s in the Epstein files, that Trump would have lost without his help, and agreed with the fact he needs to be impeached and removed. I couldn’t agree more. More here:

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health www.propublica.org/article/insi...

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Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

submitted 6 days ago • 173 comments

Happening in a lot of states right now -- governors & legislatures seeking more direct, immediate, even day-to-day state control of public higher education, as compared to past management premised on longer time horizons, more delegation to university leadership and expertise 🗃️

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

Everything She Predicted Is Happening—Trump’s Authoritarian Engine and Control Grid—Sarah Kendzior youtube.com/shorts/j0Kr9...

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Someone's put together a video of every guest star ever on The Love Boat, in alphabetical order. youtu.be/9_cH-n78fyQ?...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Saw that one coming

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

This kind of unconscionable judicial manipulation shows the embarrassingly poor leadership of CJ Roberts.

submitted 17 days ago • 16 comments

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

submitted 19 days ago • 166 comments

NEW: Who are the members of Trump's Secret Police? My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trumps-sec...

submitted 26 days ago • 172 comments

Set the "techbros reinvented the bus" timer back to zero

submitted 26 days ago • 48 comments

Again, America is now a place that sends dissidents back to Russia. Really sit with that for a minute I have no idea how I would even begin to explain any of this to my grandparents if they were still around

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

It's criminal that the @sfchronicle.com's Little Man review system hasn't been adopted into the standard emoji alphabet.

submitted 27 days ago • 7 comments

Rümeysa Öztürk was ordered released by a federal judge in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.

submitted 31 days ago • 43 comments

I Went to a Moms for Liberty Convention. Here’s What I Saw. Excerpt from Money, Lies, & God in @teenvogue.com !

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NEW: 13 ex-Palantir employees condemn work with the Trump administration as violating Palantir's code of conduct, including using products to collect data on immigrant children. "These injustices could be facilitated by the very software infrastructure we help build." www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

submitted 34 days ago • 39 comments

Thousands of transgender troops who have served our nation honorably will soon be purged from the military because of their identity. It is shameful that the Supreme Court’s majority won’t even explain why it greenlit this mass act of unconstitutional discrimination. slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 33 days ago • 172 comments

NEW: North Carolina voters secured a huge legal win after a court ordered the certification of Allison Riggs' state Supreme Court victory. But the certification now lies in the hands of the state election board, which transitions to a GOP majority tomorrow. From: @jenrice.bsky.social

submitted 33 days ago • 15 comments

Such comforting news heading into two weeks that will include my first flights under the new regime

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story because of the fear now running through our system of justice. https://cbsn.ws/4lWzcPz

submitted 35 days ago • 37 comments

Enormously dangerous

submitted 38 days ago • 69 comments

“But there’s never been at time where the need for good, sourced, accessible information is greater. Audiences – whether they’re readers, viewers, or listeners – are hungry for it.” Kai Ryssdal in @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social’s newsletter open.substack.com/pub/yourfirs...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

This is SO powerful. Please read the English transcript of @anntelnaes.bsky.social’s excellent speech. How far is 🇺🇸 from jailing political cartoonists? How shameful is it that those who own our press bow to fascism in advance?

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

Mike Waltz has left the chat.

submitted 39 days ago • 1988 comments

NEW: A Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Trump's invocation of 18th century Alien Enemies Act www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

submitted 39 days ago • 32 comments

#TwoDolls 🧸

submitted 39 days ago • 33 comments

We're not approaching fascism. Fascism is here. The question now is whether we have the collective will to slow its destruction of our Republic and whether or not a free and fair election will be possible in 2026. That's where we are. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...

submitted 39 days ago • 64 comments

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s second-highest court Wednesday upheld a Republican effort to gain control of the state’s election board, boosting the GOP bid to undo Democrat Allison Riggs’ narrow victory in the state’s 2024 Supreme Court race. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 39 days ago • 145 comments

"If you want to take a man's courage away, give him a billion dollars; if you want to make him crazy, give him more." - @gilduran.com The Nerd Reich podcast feat. @marielgarza.bsky.social about the LA Times Editorial board was fascinating. We need to get billionaires out of the newspaper business.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.

submitted 39 days ago • 656 comments

Please share! Found a baby bird and not sure what to do? Check out this helpful graphic by Portland Audubon to guide your next steps! #BeKind #BirdsMatter

submitted 40 days ago • 4 comments

Important ProPublica article: Ed Martin's time as acting/intrim US Attorney has been characterized by retribution, abuse of power & incompetence. He's never prosecuted so much as a traffic violation, yet Trump wants to install him as the top prosecutor for DC? www.propublica.org/article/who-...

submitted 40 days ago • 28 comments

“Liberalism was the professed goal of America (thesis); fascism is the antithesis of liberalism.”

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

I want an official statement from the administration in response to this question: if Americans' houses are stormed by armed, masked men, what can Americans legally do? can they shoot? we need it on the record, definitively and unambiguously.

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

A useful way to think about his tanking poll numbers is that they would be far worse if more people knew what he is doing

submitted 43 days ago • 300 comments

President Trump is reportedly hosting a dinner for the top holders of the $TRUMP memecoin he profits from, including a private reception and White House tour. This is one of the most blatant and appalling instances of selling access to the presidency we've ever seen.

submitted 46 days ago • 37 comments

It’s not just biased—generative AI is importing old stereotypes into new languages and cultures. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ai-bia...

submitted 47 days ago • 27 comments

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 48 days ago • 755 comments