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This is what happens when you give power to uneducated fools who think they know more than the real experts.

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This, right here, is why tariffs cause depressions.

submitted 13 hours ago • 11 comments

unless and until we can make bald-faced lying of this sort carry a strong social stigma, we are lost at sea

submitted 12 hours ago • 51 comments

Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me

submitted 19 hours ago • 412 comments

Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss: 1. 1929 (the Great Depression) 2. 1987 (Black Monday) 3. 2008 (the Great Recession) 4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.

submitted 17 hours ago • 620 comments

absolutely insanity on Fox Business. this would be a bit much even in Pyongyang.

submitted 22 hours ago • 803 comments

The irony…

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I'm not the only person reminded me of this, right?

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

The biggest tariff hike in about 80-90 years. Presented in the style of a low budget game show. Just absolutely insane.

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

The funny thing is that Princeton and Columbia are in exactly the same boat, substantively: no money's flowing into either's coffers. The big difference is only one has any remaining basis for institutional self-respect or claim to integrity

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If I moved back home & became a senator, my filibuster speech would be mostly about cricket 🏏. As long as I’m preventing them from getting anything done, I might as well confuse the hell out of them, too.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

Turns out Wisconsin is not for sale Elon

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

And now for something completely different.. Hans Andreas Dahl (Norwegian, 1881-1919) "A young girl by a Fjord" (n.d.) Watercolor and gouache on paper (46.5 x 31 cm) Private collection.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

MADAM PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR. - Senator Cory Booker

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.

submitted 3 days ago • 922 comments

"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment." -- Senator Cory Booker, today

submitted 3 days ago • 135 comments

Tulsi gabbard - is director of zero intelligence - such a liar she claims not to know anything - literally not even what country she was in when she broke every law possible on a signal chat - Does she know what country she is in right now?

submitted 3 days ago • 205 comments

Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.

submitted 3 days ago • 889 comments

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

submitted 3 days ago • 11008 comments

Crawford: Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.. Wisconsin stood up and said that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale

submitted 3 days ago • 522 comments

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

submitted 3 days ago • 1314 comments

We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.

submitted 4 days ago • 944 comments

It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.

submitted 4 days ago • 4311 comments

Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.

submitted 4 days ago • 1255 comments

Wisconsin! Judge Susan Crawford will work to protect your rights and freedoms. So get out there and vote today by 8pm. You can find your polling place at wisdems.org/vote. If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.

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I’m disappointed but not surprised that a Supreme Court assembled by the fossil fuel industry let this die. But God bless the kids and their lawyers; history will show who the good guys were.

submitted 4 days ago • 44 comments

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

Follow the money. Betcha Ivanka or Eric is now running a tattoo removal business, through some cut-outs.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 201 comments

Protesters rally at AZ State Capitol in Phoenix speak against public lands grab, DOGE threats to national monuments, parks. 'It belongs to all of us': Advocates rally in support of protecting Arizona's public lands www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

'Europe is not only home to our traditional allies; it is an enviable zone of democracy, wealth and prosperity with which it benefits us to have good relations, and from which we can sometimes learn' Snyder on the new US imperialism open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 7 days ago • 23 comments

Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.

submitted 7 days ago • 139 comments

The fight to end the #deathpenalty needs more business engagement. Airgas should be applauded for standing up against the misuse of its products in executions: www.nola.com/gambit/news/... #BizVsDP

submitted 8 days ago • 150 comments

The chat room whiskeyleaks crew should all lose their jobs.

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Today in history. Lest we forget.

submitted 8 days ago • 37 comments

Five guys on Frenchmen Street performing Al Jolson’s “Avalon” (part 1 of 2)

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This Nazi ghoul should go straight to hell

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Dr. Peter Marks, the US top vaccine regulator, resigned yesterday. Forced out. In his resignation letter, Marks said it became clear that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t want the truth about vaccine safety, "but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."