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Very much like the Iraq War, somehow "I thought Elon Musk was a genius until a couple years ago" is now considered the more respectable and serious opinion than "I knew he was a fraud for a decade and was never fooled by him."

submitted 8 hours ago • 79 comments

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

submitted 9 hours ago • 369 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 7 hours ago • 1207 comments

Amazing book, as much about his black brother Robert and second half of 19th century America as about JMH www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gr...

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

submitted 10 hours ago • 691 comments

There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

submitted 12 hours ago • 976 comments

the DOGE Nazi teens apparently had no idea that the biggest beneficiary of DEI-type programs is veterans www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

submitted 18 hours ago • 13 comments

Precisely what we warned about when the emails first went out.

submitted 19 hours ago • 42 comments

NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

In a lot of ways the ONLY political story of the last 30 years is the enormous unabating extremist lurch of the GOP and the media has spent all of its time during those 30 years trying to appease that very group

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Garcia: The fact that the Trump DOJ now wants to silence members of Congress because we’re actually willing to take on Elon Musk is quite dangerous. It’s incredibly disturbing. But we’re not going to be silenced. We’ve got to push back.

submitted 1 day ago • 170 comments

This this this this THIS.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

submitted 1 day ago • 3390 comments

1000 workers have been fired from Dept. of Vet Affairs, including veteran Andrew Lennox who was actively serving NW Ohioans at the VA. Andrew served as a marine in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria — he, and the fellow veterans he serves, deserve so much more. The indiscriminate, illegal cuts must stop.

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

the whole 2020-2024 era of “dems shouldnt aggressively use the levers of power bc then republicans will do the same thing when theyre elected” sure looks dumb as dog shit right now huh

submitted 1 day ago • 180 comments

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

submitted 1 day ago • 530 comments

Gangster capitalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

I think Alzheimer’s is bad, and we should work on prevention, treatments and ideally cures. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 241 comments

Musk/Trump/NYT is going to call firing IRS agents savings, but the lost revenue will be many times their salaries: this all about making it easier for rich people to cheat on their taxes.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

The single biggest mistake anti-Trumpers are making in resisting DOGE is the desperation to accede to the need for reform of government. MUSK'S OWN COMPANIES are hellholes ridden with corruption and waste and violations of the law. People should be on the ATTACK against private sector misconduct.

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

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Those Who Say (X) Agency Should Be Eliminated: DOGE: 25% USAID: 21% DOE: 17% IRS: 13% FEMA: 11% EPA: 8% CDC: 7% CFPB: 7% ICE: 5% FBI: 4% NWS: 2% DOD: 1% YouGov / Feb 18, 2025 / n=1603

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

lmfao do you know how unpopular you have to be to poll 4 points behind international aid and 12 points behind the IRS here

submitted 2 days ago • 27 comments

"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

Russiagate was real. Real as all hell www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/by-a...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments