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Trickle up economics.

submitted 2 days ago • 161 comments

I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

submitted 2 days ago • 5051 comments

Wow! Trump ally and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro “agreed to a plan to poison President Lula as part of an attempted coup to remain in power” says top prosecutor. Why is MAGA BFFs with this guy?

submitted 4 days ago • 103 comments

Joe Rogan dethroned by anti-Trump podcast in the charts

submitted 4 days ago • 137 comments

First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.

submitted 4 days ago • 788 comments

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813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

submitted 5 days ago • 176 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 6 days ago • 2403 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2287 comments

A lot of Democrats just need to retire. They are lost and need to hand over the keys.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

submitted 7 days ago • 479 comments

As always @kylec.bsky.social doesn’t miss.

submitted 7 days ago • 250 comments

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 7 days ago • 536 comments

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

submitted 7 days ago • 147 comments

Russell Vought and Elon Musk’s DOGE bros have hijacked the CFPB, halting its vital work protecting consumers from predatory lending, mortgage fraud, exploitive junk fees and unfair bank practices. I joined Congresswoman Maxine Waters to demand they halt this hostile CFPB takeover. ⬇️

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

House Republicans released a draft budget that aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. The programs impacted could include Medicaid, SNAP, and education programs. Why the cuts? To finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 8 days ago • 223 comments

How’s the whole, ‘no taxes on tips’, ‘no taxes on overtime’ and ‘lower grocery prices’, working for you fuckin’ ignorant, gullible assholes?😏

submitted 8 days ago • 30 comments

I keep waiting for right-wingers to start living their lives the way they tell everyone else to live theirs.

submitted 8 days ago • 282 comments

Anybody that voted for Trump should have to wear a sign around their neck for the next 8 years that says, “I’m one of the ignorant assholes responsible for the downfall of our country, the ethnic cleansing in Palestine, the abandonment of Ukraine, the loss of allies and the death of thousands”

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I'm hearing now that every technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people. wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

submitted 9 days ago • 488 comments

A SpaceX rocket exploded in January, leading to FAA safety violation fines. Elon Musk threatened to sue the agency. Shortly after, the FAA administrator resigned. The FAA's commercial spaceflight office could be next on the DOGE chopping block. See the problem? www.propublica.org/article/elon...

submitted 8 days ago • 97 comments

The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022. The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion. Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.

submitted 8 days ago • 90 comments

Maybe, just maybe, Trump was charged with crimes because he... committed crimes.

submitted 9 days ago • 59 comments

Sadly, when I see Trump supporters in places like local FB groups, all I see are people who wholeheartedly swallow and spit back misinformation. They also seem like they enjoy being cruel to others not like them. It’s not what I hoped for, even as each day brings more bad news for all of us.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

submitted 10 days ago • 569 comments

TRUMPFLATION

submitted 11 days ago • 21 comments

oh no do tariffs cause inflation?

submitted 11 days ago • 113 comments

Wait, I thought Trump could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.

submitted 12 days ago • 953 comments

As the military under Pete Hegseth rolls back recruiting for minority Americans remember that black women are the only reason the Army met its recruiting goals last year. Not enough white men qualify to even serve no matter volunteer. They'll learn when recruiting collapses and it ain't "wokeness."

submitted 12 days ago • 1288 comments

Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.

submitted 12 days ago • 569 comments

Hey, Americans. I hear you're building a large facility in Guantanamo. You're participating in a long tradition. There's Sobibor, Belzec, Bergen Belsen, Auschwitz, and soon, Guantanamo will be added to the list. Aren't you proud? You're so exceptional.

submitted 12 days ago • 142 comments

This happened in Germany today too on top of the heckling Hegseth got when he arrived. It seems the schools were ordered to remove all Black History month acknowledgments before his arrival. wapo.st/3QbIcl9

submitted 11 days ago • 89 comments

The federal government promised it would reimburse farmers for millions in infrastructure investments, but Trump's funding freeze just left farmers on the hook. And if Trump's tariffs go through, farmers will be in even more dire straits. A "new Golden Age" for whom?

submitted 12 days ago • 211 comments

Donald Trump tried to illegally shut down funding for programs that millions of people rely on. Community health centers, Head Start programs, and charities are still having trouble accessing funds. Meanwhile, the taxpayers are paying for Trump's trip to the Super Bowl.

submitted 13 days ago • 190 comments

Amen.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

THANK YOU. Jesus.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

submitted 16 days ago • 1712 comments

Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥 "...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like... ...and this ain't it!"

submitted 18 days ago • 1074 comments

Yep. Trump just signed us up for ethnic cleansing. I’m sure it will go fine. Of course, it won’t be MAGA going to die. Just the suckers and losers that volunteered to serve their country.

submitted 18 days ago • 86 comments

Republicans have introduced a bill to abolish OSHA. As a former labor secretary, I know firsthand how crucial this agency is to protecting workers from bosses who cut corners on safety to pad their own pockets. This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.

submitted 18 days ago • 185 comments