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The Trump administration halted defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit filed a lawsuit.

submitted 12 hours ago • 34 comments

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

submitted 13 hours ago • 187 comments

Rep. Grothman (R-WI): President Trump has done some very good things Crowd: Booooo

submitted 13 hours ago • 223 comments

"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations." Astonishing betrayal of an ally. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

submitted 14 hours ago • 136 comments

By targeting Zelenskyy as opposed to Putin, Trump has opened a fresh split between his MAGA movement and the hawkish faction of the party that regards Russia with more suspicion.

submitted 14 hours ago • 48 comments

“Shortly after Friday’s exchange, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it launched a Title IX violation investigation into Maine’s Department of Education and one of its school districts.”

submitted 17 hours ago • 220 comments

Starting to think the right’s mEmE KiNg WhO LeGaLiZeD CoMedY is actually just a whiny little bitch with a fragile ego.

submitted 16 hours ago • 647 comments

Elon Musk’s AI said he and Trump deserve the death penalty

submitted 16 hours ago • 60 comments

Shutting down already-installed infrastructure in the name of government "efficiency" while also harming business competitors of a government official who just happens to have his own network of EV chargers.

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

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

submitted 18 hours ago • 831 comments

Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...

submitted 17 hours ago • 18 comments

Can't for all these stories, but I'm especially excited for the next LRNs in Michigan and the Great Lakes States. Let's get it, Midwest!

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.

submitted 18 hours ago • 26 comments

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

submitted 18 hours ago • 642 comments

Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed,” says U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican.

submitted 22 hours ago • 27 comments

This was just done at the University of Cincinnati. The administration are also requiring RAs to inform on any potential trans students to assign them to separate dorms.

submitted 21 hours ago • 187 comments

A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing the mayor and city leaders after the officials sued, sparking complaints from press advocates that it violates the First Amendment. https://buff.ly/4iqE7Wr

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Trump: I'm hearing so much about eggs, figure something out fast. We inherited all of the problems. A few months down the road, we won’t be able to say it’s so much us. But the big things we can blame other people for

submitted 22 hours ago • 292 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging an attack on American consumers — we won't stand quietly by.

submitted 21 hours ago • 143 comments

Look at my congressman, dawg, he got a 430 on the verbal section of the SAT.

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

Talk about a rigged system.

submitted 22 hours ago • 49 comments

CHALKBEAT: “Republican leader Senator Bo Watson introduced a resolution encouraging Tennessee teachers to use the names Gulf of America and Mount McKinley… the measure would not place any mandates or requirements on teachers if it’s approved…” www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...

submitted 22 hours ago • 77 comments

The FDIC protects your hard earn money in the bank and helps prevent another financial crash. Trump and Musk’s move to fire these workers is dangerous. I led Senate Democrats in pushing back, and now independent investigators are on the case.

submitted 23 hours ago • 113 comments

Senate adopts $340 billion budget blueprint for Trump's agenda after marathon 'vote-a-rama' 52-48 overnight vote with Rand Paul as the only GOP no. Republicans voted down a bunch of Dem amendments prohibiting high-end tax cuts and benefit cuts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

Seen just now at CPAC… The most un-American party of all time.

submitted 1 day ago • 127 comments

Senate Republicans just BLOCKED Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid.

submitted 1 day ago • 168 comments

WATCH: “What are you going to do to rein in the megalomaniac in the White House?” An @reprichmccormick town hall in a red GEORGIA district erupts in cheers - then boos loudly as he tries to invoke Biden and both-sides Trump’s actions. Full video: www.instagram.com/reel/DGUf45s...

submitted 1 day ago • 145 comments

“It’s no longer just Putin’s Russia that threatens the foundations of Western liberal democracy but Trump’s Washington.”

submitted 1 day ago • 58 comments

DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

submitted 1 day ago • 177 comments

At the end of his CPAC speech, Steve Bannon exclaimed “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, raised his arm in a brief Nazi salute gesture, brought his arm down, nodded his head at the crowd, and then said, “Amen!”

submitted 1 day ago • 197 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 2 days ago • 1899 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 1 day ago • 5064 comments

If you’re ever in public while high on ketamine, this DEA pamphlet suggests you might want want to wear sunglasses, even indoors. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...

submitted 1 day ago • 985 comments

I will vote for the first candidate who tells me they're going to make the biggest government possible. Reacher-sized agencies. Braun Strowman-level social benefits. Government so big it starts belching out National Parks and free healthcare. Chungus State.

submitted 1 day ago • 150 comments

Lazier than ever.

submitted 1 day ago • 169 comments

NEW: A group of health organizations say the Trump administration is openly defying a court order to unfreeze USAID funding. State/OMB/USAID officials now have until 1 p.m. tomorrow to respond to a motion seeking to hold them in contempt. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Underrated aspect of the Chris Kluwe video is him wearing a Tecmo Bowl hoodie

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

This will especially hurt rural folks

submitted 1 day ago • 575 comments

BREAKING: Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director — an agency the Trump loyalist has talked about dramatically restructuring. nbcnews.to/3Qvz0br

submitted 1 day ago • 92 comments

What an exchange this is. Incredible scenes.

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BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will not remove NYC Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead impose limits to his power, a source tells @nbcnews.com.

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FOX’S DOOCY: “Who does Trump think is more responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine — Putin or Zelensky?” WALTZ: “There has been ongoing fighting on both sides.” Won’t say Putin, throws Zelensky under the bus again. Any questions?

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

President Trump's mug shot is one of the first things visitors will see when approaching the Oval Office.

submitted 1 day ago • 197 comments

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

submitted 1 day ago • 4207 comments

Trump touts the “fairness” of his reciprocal tariff plan, but in reality the tax will hit low-income households the hardest and cost the average American household around $2,000.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 1369 comments

Sweeping layoffs. Funding freezes. Executive orders. The Trump administration has provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners for undermining decades of research into rare disorders and their potential cures. nbcnews.to/3QmKePd

submitted 2 days ago • 45 comments

HEADS UP! We need to give this story more attention. This is the next phase - investigations of those who criticize Trump, Musk or SCOTUS. It’s already started. It is a campaign of intimidation designed to silence criticism. wapo.st/3X8d75G

submitted 2 days ago • 69 comments