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Said it before and I’ll say it again. Cutting $4.5T in taxes for 800 billionaires but not $1.7T in exploitative student debt for 45M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 2 days ago • 3752 comments

The most shameful betrayal of an ally by a U.S. President in modern history.

submitted 3 days ago • 254 comments

Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data. This is why we get in the fight.

submitted 2 days ago • 228 comments

NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.

submitted 3 days ago • 295 comments

He was too Black for the moment.

submitted 4 days ago • 448 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 6 days ago • 2513 comments

The serial-abuser-felon has named himself the king.

submitted 7 days ago • 63 comments

"Native-born Americans consume, on an average per capita basis, more welfare and entitlement benefits than all immigrants, and this pattern has held for several years across data from multiple datasets analyzed with different methods" www.cato.org/briefing-pap...

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

Summarizing Elon Musk's government takeover thus far in under 60 seconds:

submitted 9 days ago • 63 comments

🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 9 days ago • 84 comments

My latest. stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/assume-a-d...

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.

submitted 10 days ago • 105 comments

Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 10 days ago • 50 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 11 days ago • 479 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 12 days ago • 1910 comments

If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 14 days ago • 128 comments

Why they really shuttered CFPB paulkrugman.substack.com/p/springtime...

submitted 16 days ago • 59 comments

Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.

submitted 16 days ago • 177 comments

Protect BORROWERS! Don’t let billionaires dismantle the Department of Education. We sent 10k letters in an hour! TAKE ACTION NOW: shorturl.at/SH2ZX

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

submitted 20 days ago • 2168 comments

Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children. ...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 23 days ago • 129 comments

We are not helpless. While Apartheid Clyde and his tech bros invade the US Treasury, here's what we as citizens can do to demand they be held accountable for violating our privacy rights. A clear, easy, & meaningful call to action each person can & should take. www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...

submitted 22 days ago • 31 comments

Can we see Dems in person, showing resistance and solidarity? I dunno whether it would be well covered or not, but seeing high-ranking and well-regarded Dems next to the fed workers being locked out of their workplace seems like a solid rallying point start.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 28 days ago • 3791 comments

I wasn't planning to post today, but this one wanted to be written open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

submitted 39 days ago • 77 comments

Teaching my 12 year old son to make Christmas dinner and he put together a nice showing

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

This Christmas gift came early! Sounds from the Sidelines is here!! youtu.be/Vo6chUtILeg?...

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Wrote about what my experience organizing for student debt cancelation across multiple administrations says about the larger problems with the Democratic Party. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Song of the year included… @day-nuh-bee.bsky.social knows! youtu.be/fOAIrUZbOwo?...

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment