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By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine

submitted 8 hours ago • 236 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1595 comments

Eyes wide shut in the newsroom.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

its amazing the way conservative arguments fall completely apart in court when there are actually penalties for lying

submitted 14 hours ago • 41 comments

No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.

submitted 1 day ago • 99 comments

The right to refuse an unlawful order is going to be unpleasantly important.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Dems got tricked into banning TikTok and letting Republicans/Trump swoop in like heroes to save it while potentially delivering the influential app right into the hands of nefarious actors. This is the same thing. They are being tricked into destroying the open Internet. They're a party of rubes.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Things hurting the US economy: -mass layoffs of federal workers -funding cuts to every federal dept -corporate layoffs -measles and tuberculosis outbreaks -high flu rates -$8/dozen eggs -new tariffs raising the cost of everything -Canada boycotts US travel and goods -concerns about airplane safety

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

The cars keep lurching to the far right.

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing #Section230? @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

What a coincidence! (Do you think Elon knows his backstory?)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

another thing every other president in history would be impeached for just happened

submitted 1 day ago • 90 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 1 day ago • 2388 comments

Feckless cowards: “Basically every Cabinet member is sick of him, but nobody feels like they’re in a position to do anything about it. … People are afraid to cross him even as he’s wreaking havoc on their agencies.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

There is no clearer example of @kenwhite.bsky.social's Rule of Goats than these motherfuckers. I'm fairly certain they're sincere in their Nazi ideology, but even if they're just "triggering the libs" they're still goat-fucking Nazis.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

The crowd recognized it, responded by cheering, and he acknowledged that in return. It isn't some sneaky thing a few elites are caught up in, dogwhistling to the fringes. It is the base of their movement. Because they're Nazis. Sincere, unambiguous fans of Hitler and everything that goes with that.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.

submitted 2 days ago • 239 comments

"We are in the midst of a global fight between Western liberal democracy and authoritarian government, and in this fight, the United States has just switched sides and signed up with the authoritarian camp." - Francis Fukuyama www.persuasion.community/p/the-ultima...

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

This is absurd. We built this database to stop officers who commit misconduct at one police agency from being rehired at another. It's about transparency and safety -- it helps the hiring agencies and the public. With due process protections. Trump shut it down

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 853 comments

“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

submitted 2 days ago • 229 comments

As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

submitted 2 days ago • 178 comments

A terrified Josh Hawley high-tailing it out of the Capitol will forever symbolize Congress in this moment.

submitted 2 days ago • 218 comments

at some point he is going to personally smash something important to every single person in this country and it depends whether or not they can bring themselves to accept that he’s done it there is nothing here but an endless, rapacious desire to destroy

submitted 2 days ago • 69 comments

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

Less silence and compliance would be great, please.

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Your regular reminder that §230 protects YOU, the person reading this post, from being sued for reposting things just as much as it protects "Big Tech" from things that still wouldn't be a viable cause of action because your problem is not with §230, it's with the first amendment

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments