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Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.

lol this is the trader joe's parking lot in my town

Kill the bird. Save the world.

Has a President ever “chosen” a recession before. WTF is this nonsense?!?

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among other things, i guess we’re all gonna find out how durable the propaganda ecosystem is and whether the reality on the ground will find its way to people who are extremely invested in ignoring it

As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:

For nearly 18 years, touring City Hall has been on the top of my Philly bucket list (which grows by two items for every one I cross off). Last Friday, I finally checked it off and found myself gobsmacked by all I've missed and overlooked. www.inquirer.com/columnists/p...

Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down. And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.

Thanks to the Philly-area researchers who spoke to us about what the caps on "indirect" research costs at the NIH mean for them. The cuts are the subject of several federal lawsuits and on hold for now, but worries over their impact persist. www.inquirer.com/health/natio...

Didn’t take long for the first BS Chiefs call

Congress declining to act still doesn’t make it legal www.politico.com/news/2025/02...