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I can't explain it - but this "Thursday afternoon massacre" and the principled stand taken by these prosecutors has made me feel the most hopeful I've felt in weeks.

submitted 8 days ago • 20 comments

The only reason Trumpism works is because it’s identity-based, not policy-based. It’s not about logic—it’s about belonging to a group that thrives on shared outrage. Logic won’t fix it. They believe in a world that doesn’t exist and see no problem in the fact that they can’t prove what they say.

submitted 33 days ago • 68 comments

Just thinking about all those fools who wore garbage bags, diapers & maxi-pads on their ears because the orange man promised he’d stop “illegals” from “stealing” their jobs, only to find out now that he’s gonna bring in tons more immigrants to do the tech jobs he thinks his own dumbass voters can’t.

submitted 51 days ago • 397 comments

The massive tax cuts Republicans gave the wealthiest Americans not only didn’t trickle down — it cost us nearly $2 trillion in tax revenue. If the choice is raising our retirement age, cutting school lunches and veteran health care…

submitted 53 days ago • 3 comments

Here are 5 top things I'll be watching closely in global public health in 2025: 1. H5N1 outbreak trajectory 2. Impact of RFK Jr. on infectious dz control and vaccines in the US. 3. The mpox outbreak in Africa 4. Expanded access to Lenacapavir for HIV PrEP. 5. The US withdrawal from the WHO.

submitted 58 days ago • 335 comments

So, the MAGAincels who went from being experts on infectious diseases to experts on vaccines, military withdrawals, presidential immunity, firearm forms and libel law, are now experts on interoceanic waterways and international shipping policy. Do I have that just about right?

submitted 58 days ago • 821 comments

Just in case it wasn’t clear, the orange felon attacked President Obama’s legitimacy by lying about him being born in Africa, but now an African born immigrant is legitimately pulling all of the strings and the orange felon is more than happy about it. Oh the hypocritical racism.

submitted 64 days ago • 31 comments

Billionaires have more money than they could ever need but never enough to fill the holes in their souls. They would send every last one of you into an early grave if it meant paying one cent less in taxes.

submitted 64 days ago • 777 comments

So a bunch of shidiots said they were voting for an “America first man of the people” because he was “strong on the economy” but what they got was a foreign born billionaire who’s shutting our government down & crippling our economy at Christmas when it will hurt THEM the most. Do I have that right?

submitted 65 days ago • 905 comments

🧵🧵 From The Other 98%. Some day 75 million of you will learn that when you shut down schools, when you denigrate teachers, and laugh off credible threats, you impact your life. When those government workers might not wanna work for free (who would) your travel plans and safety will be seriously …1/4

submitted 64 days ago • 5 comments

Unsettling from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:Trump isn't just trying to bully the media into submission. He's also conditioning the public to see the use of state power to cow independent truth telling as normal, and persuading MAGA to see it as good. Our exchange: newrepublic.com/article/1894...

submitted 68 days ago • 126 comments

This!!

submitted 76 days ago • 476 comments

If you want to smell of anus, and armpits:

submitted 77 days ago • 4582 comments

@oliviaoftroye.com is a role model! This is the only way to respond to people like Patel: Refuse to comply. Olivia knows better than anyone, it’s easier said than done. But, she proves it can be done.

submitted 79 days ago • 25 comments

So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

submitted 84 days ago • 534 comments

99% of Americans are going to suffer the next 4 years because 49% of those Americans were conned into believing that hurting a few select minority groups would make things great. I still can’t wrap my head around that fact.

submitted 85 days ago • 53 comments

BREAKING: The Biden administration has successfully negotiated a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and China. Months of diplomatic efforts have successfully secured the release of three Americans who had been wrongfully detained by Beijing. Freedom, at last. (Prisoner swaps between the U.S. and…

submitted 86 days ago • 36 comments