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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice. The result is demagoguery and corruption.

submitted 13 hours ago • 300 comments

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

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

submitted 1 day ago • 1229 comments

LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

submitted 2 days ago • 164 comments

Donald Trump firing ~7000 IRS workers will mean three things: 1) More tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations 2) More debt, since IRS agents collect a lot more than they cost 3) Fewer ways to go after big tax cheats A great day to be a billionaire in America.

submitted 2 days ago • 141 comments

Democrats can’t sustain this kind of rhetoric without action. At the federal level they need to hold a 24-7 vigil at the Capitol until the coup ends. At the state level they could seize federal assets until court orders are being followed. We’re already outside the regular constitutional order.

submitted 3 days ago • 36 comments

Wonder what Sen. Mike Lee and all the ‘constitutional conservatives’ and ‘limited government’ Republicans make of the GOP president calling himself a “king.” 🤷🏽‍♂️

submitted 3 days ago • 216 comments

"I will bring down inflation on day one." 😂😂😂😂

submitted 10 days ago • 2200 comments

Update: inflation no longer the president's fault.

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

submitted 4 days ago • 2065 comments

Hundreds of political scientists sign letter "to express our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" and ask administration to "reverse course" on actions that "can undermine democracies and destroy the rule of law." drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

submitted 5 days ago • 1511 comments

yoinked this image from Twitter, then ordered my copy join me

submitted 7 days ago • 57 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 562 comments

"Aren't you the country where people hang plastic testicles on their cars?" Ok wise guy, and where do people in your country hang them?

submitted 8 days ago • 157 comments

once again, a "constitutional conservative" is without fail a bootlicker looking for a boot

submitted 8 days ago • 318 comments

Last night, I proposed a simple amendment to Republicans’ budget resolution: A 2 cent tax on every dollar of wealth over $50 million dollars for the richest 0.05% of American households. Spoiler alert: every single Republican voted NO on making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

Trump ran on a pledge to "lower the cost of everything... eggs and everything." The cost of a dozen eggs are now at a record high.

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.

submitted 9 days ago • 60 comments

Her letter is poignant, pointed, and utterly correct. And tonight on Fox News, it's going to be called a left-wing screed by a shrieking communist harpy who wants to undermine America by letting the terrorists across our open borders. And your dumbshit boomer uncle is gonna nod along.

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

Again, this idea has been floating out there for ages, and many other governments around the globe use the concept of shadow cabinets. Why haven't the Dems actually done this?

submitted 9 days ago • 149 comments

This is one reason we're mad at Democrats in Congress. They could—as Republicans have done for decades—gum up the works and make it harder to move the fascist agenda forward. Instead they agree to make it easy. With only a handful of exceptions, every Dem in Congress needs to go. Clean house.🧹

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submitted 11 days ago • 30 comments

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.

submitted 11 days ago • 121 comments

MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”

submitted 12 days ago • 305 comments

Egg prices are surging, gas prices are up, and planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. And this is what the White House is focused on.

submitted 12 days ago • 2372 comments

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

submitted 12 days ago • 487 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 26 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 13 days ago • 1045 comments

So I'm a "serf" simply because I'm rooting for my own subjugation? Did you even consider that the lord says these changes will actually be good for me?

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submitted 14 days ago • 734 comments

Sounds... efficient? "There are no more civil servants now than there were in the late 1960s, even as the population they serve has grown by two-thirds." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 15 days ago • 27 comments

Those millions of white men who lost out to a “DEI hire” in pursuing high-level jobs? It didn’t happen. #DEI www.wsj.com/business/dei...

submitted 14 days ago • 37 comments

Oops 😬

submitted 15 days ago • 1041 comments

Nothing to worry about: the world’s richest man, and donor to Donald Trump, is bragging about killing off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The party of the little guy against the elites! Yeah!

submitted 15 days ago • 85 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 15 days ago • 2174 comments

He's not a "kid." He's an adult, with an important govt job. The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist. His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job. Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.

submitted 15 days ago • 418 comments

This is actually exactly accurate:

submitted 16 days ago • 104 comments

Incredible to think how hard Merrick Garland worked for four years to avoid even the remotest appearance of partisanship or ideological commitments, and literally on her first day as AG Pam Bondi is like "Diversity is now illegal, we will be putting all the libs in prison"

submitted 17 days ago • 237 comments