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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

submitted 11 days ago • 899 comments

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

submitted 1 day ago • 717 comments

Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star. Putin’s Poodle

submitted 3 days ago • 551 comments

The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

submitted 3 days ago • 841 comments

Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

submitted 4 days ago • 1464 comments

Here is the ad the Washington Post accepted and then rejected:

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2287 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 10 days ago • 418 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 8 days ago • 2697 comments

Your dynamic guide to which place is getting most screwed by Donald Trump

submitted 9 days ago • 35 comments

“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”

submitted 13 days ago • 1253 comments

“There is no logical stopping point for them, and … the only recourse will be for people to get out and say, we want the rule of law, we want a government that obeys the law, and that's going to require people to go out on the streets, because … there is no other alternative,"

submitted 13 days ago • 536 comments

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submitted 12 days ago • 37 comments

A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong. www.dei.watch

submitted 14 days ago • 176 comments

This is hilarious. I especially like the annexation of Green Bay and the mystery Mississippi River announcement.

submitted 15 days ago • 1139 comments

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submitted 16 days ago • 59 comments

“NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking.” www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

submitted 23 days ago • 392 comments

This is the definition of a profile in courage. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

submitted 25 days ago • 14 comments

Friends, we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of good, but we can be more selective about where we spend our coin. This link that lets you search a brand and see what’s up. Maybe it’s time to support companies that align closest with our values. #GoodsUniteUs www.goodsuniteus.com

submitted 27 days ago • 348 comments

In 2017, we only had 6 Democratic trifecta states. Today, we have 15 Democratic trifecta states and we control even more mayorships and city councils. There’s enormous opportunity to go on offense to protect our rights & offer a safe-haven to red state residents under threat: indivisible.org/guide

submitted 27 days ago • 50 comments

57% of all forest land in California is under federal jurisdiction, including the #HughesFire burning in the Angeles National Forest. We're offering mutual aid and support to the federal government to help contain the blaze and we are deeply grateful for the crews keeping our communities safe.

submitted 30 days ago • 251 comments

AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow

submitted 34 days ago • 570 comments

We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

submitted 34 days ago • 1657 comments

Today is a good day to follow @hcrichardson.bsky.social if you’re not already.

submitted 34 days ago • 66 comments

Word is that Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will be tapped to take over Vance's Senate seat. I had the opportunity to speak to him privately, in a professional capacity in 2005 as he was assuming the office of Ohio's speaker of the House. Folks: he is the stupidest motherfucker I've ever encountered.

submitted 37 days ago • 116 comments