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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

submitted 27 days ago • 2260 comments

To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!

submitted 30 days ago • 1701 comments

Musk’s DOGE involved in what appears to be a foreign espionage operation and data theft. They also have death threatened US federal whistleblowers and disabled security systems, deliberately allowing Russian IPs to access sensitive US federal government systems. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

submitted 47 days ago • 234 comments

And now, a cat break for your timeline.

submitted 47 days ago • 184 comments

I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy. Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities. All with an average donation of $21. THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️

submitted 48 days ago • 1306 comments

Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.

submitted 61 days ago • 1113 comments

No tariffs on Russia. Huh?

submitted 60 days ago • 661 comments

submitted 60 days ago • 1235 comments

Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...

submitted 63 days ago • 920 comments

46 Democrats voted WITH Republicans for the Laken Riley Act which allows the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants simply charged with non violent offenses. Where is the Democratic Party with their outrage over the kidnapping of innocent men sent to die in an El Salvador prison?

submitted 63 days ago • 98 comments

Florida, you can pull off something miraculous today. You too, Wisconsin. VOTE.

submitted 62 days ago • 30 comments

Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going… www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

submitted 62 days ago • 894 comments

Whiskeyleaks?

submitted 67 days ago • 80 comments

The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.

submitted 68 days ago • 673 comments

“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.

submitted 68 days ago • 845 comments

Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.

submitted 69 days ago • 804 comments

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 73 days ago • 458 comments

Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek said that he is consulting with agency lawyers and the Justice Department as he threatens to shut down the agency in response to a court ruling blocking Elon Musk’s team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data.

submitted 73 days ago • 251 comments

This is really the whole ball game right now, particularly among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)

submitted 73 days ago • 453 comments

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

submitted 73 days ago • 3831 comments

Have you watched this yet? If you can, make some time to watch it -- you'll be glad you did.

submitted 74 days ago • 371 comments

A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked top officials at the Social Security Administration from granting Elon Musk and his team access to the agency’s data systems.

submitted 74 days ago • 102 comments

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

submitted 74 days ago • 1064 comments

rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."

submitted 76 days ago • 823 comments

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

submitted 79 days ago • 2105 comments

Stupid: hurting others while hurting yourself.

submitted 83 days ago • 179 comments

No one knows where he is. Let me repeat that: no one knows where he is. This is not normal. He is a green card holder. They did not have a warrant and they cannot revoke his green card status. This cannot go without response. Call your Senators and your rep and demand his release. Full stop.

submitted 85 days ago • 16 comments

It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.

submitted 84 days ago • 2146 comments

"In a town with just over 1,000 residents, hundreds of people packed Belmont's Community Building Saturday for a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. The building was filled to capacity with people even waiting outside and peeking through the windows..." www.wkow.com/news/politic...

submitted 85 days ago • 1053 comments

Breaking: TORONTO (AP) - Canadian province of Ontario applies 25% electricity surcharge to U.S. in response to Trump's tariff war.

submitted 84 days ago • 150 comments

It is indisputable that this is genocide. It has been for a long time. www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/m...

submitted 85 days ago • 11 comments

BREAKING: Job losses spiked a whopping 245% in February. This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.

submitted 88 days ago • 254 comments

NEW: In advance of today's 2p hearing and following yesterday's SCOTUS order, Plaintiffs and DOJ filed their joint status report before Judge Ali regarding next steps in getting State/USAID to comply with the district court's Feb. 13 TRO and Feb. 25 order to enforce the TRO. (more)

submitted 88 days ago • 7 comments

After firing federal workers at the CDC, some 180 of them have received emails begging them to come back to work. "Read this e-mail immediately" was the subject line according to the AP. So much government efficiency going on. What a joke.

submitted 88 days ago • 998 comments

Call to action: National March on Washington, DC starting at noon at the national mall on March 14. "Claim your power. Stop the coup." #3E #USprotest #MAR14

submitted 88 days ago • 77 comments

The Los Angeles Times has removed its new AI-powered “insights” feature from a column after the tool tried to defend the Ku Klux Klan

submitted 90 days ago • 213 comments

The president is addressing a joint session of Congress, assuming Elon Musk hasn’t already sold the U.S. Capitol Building to condo developers. Here are live updates.

submitted 90 days ago • 32 comments