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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

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I can’t stop thinking about these two headlines

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WTF??? Trump has placed a ban on Julianne Moore’s children’s book ‘Freckleface Strawberry’ for being related to DEI. It’s about a little girl who dislikes her freckles but eventually learns to live with them when she realizes that she is differen

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Nothing says "Republicans are weeding out corruption and government overspending" quite like a no-bid $400M contract for one of Felon 47's pals. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

A catastrophically bad negotiating tactic and another Trump administration gift to Putin.

submitted 10 days ago • 40 comments

Pete’s on Bluesky!

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We're seeing a level of executive overreach that is unprecedented in the US But other countries have defeated autocratic forces before—& Americans can learn from their successes We outlined a pro-democracy blueprint👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...

submitted 12 days ago • 31 comments

BREAKING NEWS Two real estate brothers who worked with Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner have been charged with raping 60 women. Oren and Alon Alexander are "big Trump supporters" who were "in the room" on election night and at multiple White House parties

submitted 13 days ago • 806 comments

Congratulations, America. He spent 18 million dollars of YOUR money to take a nap at the Super Bowl.

submitted 12 days ago • 883 comments

Trump shutting down public health agencies is contributing to the spread of bird flu in both chickens and cows. As the cost of eggs and milk rise, the costs of all foods made with eggs and milk rise. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are stealing from you by not controlling livestock diseases.

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A kid named Big Balls is accessing all of our personal information and feeding it into AI to ??? but I’m sure it’s totally fine.

submitted 14 days ago • 88 comments

Senator Murphy laying down the FACTS! " There was a promise made to finance this tax cut with two trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid, poor kids, poor families, Medicare, for the seniors in this country." #HandsOffOurMedicaid #SheShed #Voices4Victory #wtpBLUE

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BREAKING: Federal judge in D.C. blocks Musk from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and records. More to come. Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

submitted 16 days ago • 197 comments

Elon Musk's henchmen entered the U.S. Treasury Department's headquarters and strong-armed civil service workers to gain full access to the system that cuts checks for all congressionally authorized government payments. Watching a billionaire seize the checkbook of the government is called a coup.

submitted 18 days ago • 63 comments

The newest Rep from Maryland, Rep. Sarah Elfreth, came out swinging: "Elon Musk has called USAID a criminal organization, and yet, he is the one who came in the dark of night in a takeover that is illegal." Yes, Musk is the criminal.

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In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

submitted 18 days ago • 1554 comments

Senator Ron Wyden sounds the alarm about Elon Musk taking over the Treasury Department's payment system before the vote on RFK Jr for HHS Secretary. Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

submitted 18 days ago • 45 comments

Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on.

submitted 19 days ago • 33 comments

Amanda Scales, 34, appointed to be Chief of Staff of US OPM, is a Musk employee who spent her career in human resources. One of the only people who can create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies, she doesn't have govt. experience, but rather a corporate HR/recruiting background.

submitted 19 days ago • 75 comments

@wired.com: “6 young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24 who have little to no government experience are now playing critical roles in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” & are heading up Musk’s hostile takeover of our government www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 19 days ago • 300 comments

And so it begins…

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"I'm not going to vote for Mr. Kennedy." Senator Hassan on RFK Jr.'s nomination to serve as HHS secretary.

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NEW: I expect there will be several new lawsuits filed tomorrow regarding the Trump administration's unlawful attacks on democracy. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news and sign up to receive their free daily and weekly newsletter updates. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 20 days ago • 350 comments

Legacy media has bowed down and will obey. That is what there is to know. Support pro-democracy, independent media.

submitted 20 days ago • 575 comments

Call the US State Department now! 202.647.6575 (select option 8 to leave a message) They listen to voicemails!

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Hmmmmm… 👀

submitted 21 days ago • 336 comments

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 22 days ago • 1830 comments

A little late evening news dump from the Pentagon….they’re kicking out NBC, NYT, NPR, and Politico and replacing them with New York Post, Breitbart, OANN, and HuffPost….insane

submitted 21 days ago • 195 comments

Press Releases Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Trump’s Lawless and Dangerous Purge of FBI Agents and DOJ Prosecutors democrats-judiciary.house.gov/news/documen...

submitted 21 days ago • 61 comments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted to the US Senate that he has reached at least one settlement agreement in which he was accused of misconduct or inappropriate behavior.

submitted 22 days ago • 295 comments

Did You Ever Screw Up Day 1 On A Job So Bad A Judge Issued A Court Order?: Donald Trump has done it again. He has found a Fox News blonde who will get up and lie her ass off for him, all the while vowing to the press corps, “I will never lie to you.” That was the exact same phrase Kayleigh McEnany…

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It was January 20 when Mike Whitaker resigned from his position as head of the Federal Aviation Administration. Whitaker quit after Elon Musk spent months demanding that he resign. Whitaker had proposed over $600,000 in fines against SpaceX due to safety issues. Musk responded by threatening…

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SCOOP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted to the US Senate that he has reached at least one settlement agreement in which he was accused of misconduct or inappropriate behavior. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 204 comments

This is on trump.

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Very happy with the way @rollingstone.com and my boy @milesklee.bsky.social played this headline! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 22 days ago • 95 comments

Keeping the truth front and center. Keeping Americans safe. FOTUS is the a wreck!

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Kash Patel raised money for January 6 insurrectionists who attacked law enforcement. I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did. He couldn't.

submitted 23 days ago • 387 comments

I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.

submitted 24 days ago • 1165 comments

Keep hearing people say “2020s America is becoming 1930s Germany.” Ok but 1930s Hitler sent his lawyers to USA to learn how U.S. Govt enforced Jim Crow laws & reported back that the American system is too extreme—even for Nazis.😳 Fact is 2020s USA is becoming 1920s USA—It’s what MAGA always meant.

submitted 24 days ago • 27 comments

The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.

submitted 24 days ago • 4875 comments

Federal Judge grants restraining order against Trump's funding freeze after confusing statements from Press Sec Karoline Leavitt. Judge McConnell cites her tweet, calling the OMB memo revocation 'a distinction without a difference.' Complete incompetence from the admin.

submitted 24 days ago • 159 comments

In court just now, the states are introducing @PressSec tweet saying the funding freeze is still active as evidence that their lawsuit should continue.

submitted 24 days ago • 284 comments

I hope this happens a hundred thousand times. #GargleMyBalls! 😂 And hell… three cheers for Greyhound! Via Girl Du Jour on FB.

submitted 24 days ago • 23 comments

The state of Kansas now has the largest outbreak ever of TB in the US. I'm sure once RFK Jr gets to be the head of HHS, he'll cure it with some magic beans,🫘 and a tall glass of raw milk followed by an Ivermectin or two. www.usnews.com/news/health-...

submitted 25 days ago • 36 comments

The truth from the California Department of Water Resources:

submitted 25 days ago • 180 comments

Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.

submitted 27 days ago • 404 comments