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Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe, vulnerable, and alone. But when we find ourselves surrounded by courageous people and brave institutions, we can more easily find courage inside ourselves. This is the beauty of solidarity.

submitted 5 days ago • 171 comments

Egg prices hit a record high in March. Supply has been strained due to bird flu. Meanwhile, the biggest egg producers are raking in huge profits. How is Trump responding?

submitted 5 days ago • 193 comments

FYI, if you cannot claim any of the following: - secured billions in federal contracts - received inside information on when to capitalize on stock market corrections - been granted exemptions on tariffs …then you are NOT the beneficiary of Trump’s agenda. You are the victim.

submitted 12 days ago • 32 comments

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100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 12 days ago • 188 comments

If you need a bike and want to buy American, check out guardianbikes.com. We started on the path of bringing mfg from China to the USA in 2020. Indiana. And they are now there. From Shark Tank to possibly the leading bike company in the USA

submitted 12 days ago • 467 comments

The Vermont independent told a crowd of thousands of supporters that the U.S. was facing a moment of "extraordinary danger."

submitted 12 days ago • 58 comments

In the name of reducing fentanyl overdoses, Trump has gone to the extreme—levied tariffs, listed cartels as terrorist groups, and weighed drone strikes in Mexico. But these proclamations gloss over a glaring reality: The admin is decimating funding for treatment and overdose prevention programs.

submitted 11 days ago • 50 comments

☘️ Look, it's golf. I get it. ☘️ But Rory McIlroy's Masters victory was one for the truly good guys. He didn't take the Saudi's gruesome blood money to play on an odious tour endorsed by the world's most notorious, orange cheater. ☘️ He stayed loyal and true to who he is, and tonight he's the champ.

submitted 12 days ago • 166 comments

Has Trump said anything about the arson attack of Gov. Shapiro's home during Passover?

submitted 12 days ago • 203 comments

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

submitted 12 days ago • 253 comments

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$721m to help Louisiana protect itself from Natural Disaster, gone Red Rural Recession. www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...

submitted 16 days ago • 2107 comments

The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

submitted 23 days ago • 1184 comments

The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest. It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.

submitted 24 days ago • 697 comments

This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

submitted 25 days ago • 299 comments

In Wisconsin tomorrow, Susan Crawford could strike the first electoral blow against Elon Musk and show Democrats how they can defeat oligarchy in other battleground states. Read @ariberman.bsky.social's latest from Wisconsin:

submitted 25 days ago • 27 comments

🇺🇸 The grotesque Elon Musk just left my state of Wisconsin after publicly handing out millions of dollars of blood money in a greasy effort to buy our Supreme Court. 🇺🇸 He wasn't arrested, because he runs with a party that has proven beyond all doubt they are above the law. 🇺🇸 WE AREN'T HAVING IT.

submitted 25 days ago • 53 comments

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

submitted 25 days ago • 379 comments

America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence. Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.

submitted 25 days ago • 972 comments

WELKER: Do you believe that Ratcliffe and Gabbard were truthful when they testified before your committee? BENNET: No. I think they lied repeatedly to our committee and to the House committee.

submitted 26 days ago • 678 comments

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submitted 26 days ago • 538 comments

Mark Cuban wants to revolutionize US health care thehill.com/policy/healt...

submitted 29 days ago • 822 comments

📌BREAKING: The University of Michigan has surrendered to the racist, felon Trump. I am so goddam tired of these fucking institutions submitting to this gutless thug, I am sweating as I type this. 📌START STANDING UP FOR YOURSELVES AND AMERICA, YOU PATHETIC BABIES. 📌GROW A DAMN BACKBONE.

submitted 29 days ago • 157 comments

Musk and Trump are trying to dismantle the VA by laying off 83,000 employees. They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires. That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.

submitted 29 days ago • 190 comments

I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states. Their finances will be turned upside

submitted 29 days ago • 4475 comments

Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?

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submitted 43 days ago • 108 comments

ICYMI: DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS. The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country. We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.

submitted 33 days ago • 286 comments

Trump and DOGE have fired 25,000 federal workers so far. Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders. Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities. "Efficiency."

submitted 33 days ago • 164 comments

I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history. Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.

submitted 33 days ago • 2282 comments

📌On this day in 1933, the German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, which granted Hitler dictatorial powers. 📌Just in case you were looking for some context this morning of where we are in America right now ...

submitted 33 days ago • 21 comments

This is excellent and worth a watch and share. Tonight has been a turning point in our party. Those that don’t recognize that do not deserve the power voters awarded them.

submitted 43 days ago • 360 comments

Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

submitted 33 days ago • 646 comments