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Bruce Springsteen opened his tour in England with a forceful denunciation of President Trump. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”

submitted 8 days ago • 98 comments

Mom & minor daughters are citizens who just moved from MD to Oklahoma. This statement from the Mom should be read, absorbed & circulated. ICE cannot be allowed to terrorize vulnerable families. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 25 days ago • 174 comments

IDEA: Stop covering politics like its a fucking sporting event. The GOP spending cuts don't provide an "opening" for Democrats to attack. They are either going to harm people or not. Journalism is supposed to be about informing people.

submitted 26 days ago • 125 comments

I think this is one of my favourite colourful climate chart type things, because it depicts two things at once: - Things are going to get worse, no matter what - The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org

submitted 127 days ago • 185 comments

(1) It's the right thing to do. (2) It reinforces Congress' authority. (3) It establishes a record. (4) It will be precedent for when Dems take both chambers in 2026.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Sanctions on Russia: a bipartisan bill adds tariffs on nations buying Russian oil, gas, uranium, per Sen. Lindsey Graham. Senate will pass it overwhelmingly if Russia doesn’t seek a fair, just, lasting peace.

submitted 28 days ago • 93 comments

"Perhaps after Iraq attempted to erase Kuwait from the map in 1990, America and the United Nations should have told the states of the Persian Gulf that sometimes countries just disappear," and both sides needed to put their guns down. @radiofreetom.bsky.social on Trump as "Moscow's proxy." Brutal.

submitted 29 days ago • 6 comments

The great @hcrichardson.bsky.social from her speech on the 250th anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church. Read this excerpt to the end and you will be rewarded. Read it aloud and it gets better. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-18-2...

submitted 35 days ago • 60 comments

I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 41 days ago • 164 comments

This is the crowd for Bernie and AOC in a state that voted for Trump by over 36% last year.

submitted 39 days ago • 261 comments

"It's a deliberate editorial choice that speaks volumes about how establishment media downplays collective action challenging power," writes @parkermolloy.com www.readtpa.com/p/print-medi...

submitted 47 days ago • 7 comments

Thank you @schatz.bsky.social! You are a Democracy Hero!

submitted 47 days ago • 10 comments

Trump admin admits it should not have deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, but tells SCOTUS no court can require his return because it would intrude on Article II powers to conduct foreign negotiations. If this stands, why can't Trump deport anyone "in error" and not have to undo?

submitted 47 days ago • 67 comments

We need to make Andry Romero a household name. There should be pressure to bring him and others back every single day. But we need to focus the public’s attention on a single victim - a story that is repeated over and over so few can say they haven’t heard of him. That’s what MAGA does. Andry.

submitted 47 days ago • 20 comments

One hell of a thread if you want picture after picture of Americans saying "fuck no" to Donald Trump's bullshit.

submitted 48 days ago • 4 comments

Massive turnout at today's #HandsOff! rally against Musk and Trump in St. Paul, Minnesota 🔥🔥🔥

submitted 49 days ago • 131 comments

I often give MSM headline-writers/editors a hard time on framing of political news. So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social ) If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone

submitted 49 days ago • 80 comments

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

submitted 49 days ago • 2155 comments

"Most people, including a lot of journalists, don’t understand what an executive order even is. It’s not a law or even a quasi-law. An executive order is really just a memo from the president to his staff..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...

submitted 58 days ago • 117 comments

This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute. Spread it far and wide.

submitted 59 days ago • 55 comments