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“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken “Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” — FDR
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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

submitted 23 hours ago • 137 comments

Republican Senators who voted for RFK Jr. have the best healthcare in the world, paid for by you. They don’t care about what’s going to happen to your kids, your parents, or you.

submitted 1 day ago • 212 comments

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

submitted 23 hours ago • 611 comments

A year ago this month, Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies and "do whatever the hell they want" unless allies paid up. We thought it was so important, we ran it on the front page of the @mississippifreepress.org at a time when the New York Times and others didn't.

submitted 2 days ago • 37 comments

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 13 hours ago • 37 comments

Overflow angry crowd for town hall with Glenn Grothman in Oshkosh this morning ... www.wpr.org/news/glenn-g...

submitted 23 hours ago • 205 comments

I’m sorry but this is fucking hilarious, I’m dead 😂😂

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

I believe I do a pretty good job in this column of explaining why public-sector workers are valuable. Please read, @housedemocrats.bsky.social! newrepublic.com/post/191811/...

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

Pam Bondi Covers Up Foreign Influence Peddling and Lying to the FBI www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...

submitted 13 hours ago • 54 comments

This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 17 hours ago • 242 comments

Spoiler: The glue is failing in freezing weather. Because they used glue on the Cybertruck.

submitted 1 day ago • 230 comments

Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

submitted 1 day ago • 787 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white **retired** Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 1 day ago • 1972 comments

Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

submitted 15 hours ago • 233 comments

Donald Trump disparaged the military constantly in private as his highest advisors confirmed on the record. But he lied a lot to win millions of votes from the military and veterans. And now the Finding Out is going to be horrific.

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A former Soviet intelligence officer alleges Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.” Alnur Mussayev served in the 6th Directorate, responsible for counter-intelligence support in the economy. One key objective was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.”

submitted 1 day ago • 726 comments

An excellent deep dive intp the dats behind FIRE's "campus free speech" rankings. You won't be surprised to learn they are bullshit, riddled with errors and willful misrepresentions. This is not a serious organization and we would stop treating it as such. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

"The core of Trump's electoral coalition—not every voter, but the largest pillar of it—are white, conservative Christians. Their beliefs are clearly within an American Christian tradition." www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-the-re...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

All these new polls showing majorities disapproving of Trump, and Elon Musk faring even worse, really undermine one of the dumber narratives of the moment: That "disruption" is automatically good for Trump. Check out my exchange with @juliaazari.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

it’s a nazi salute jfc, @thedailybeast.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 7 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 • 46 comments

Would've reposted the original, but I couldn't find it.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

The Great Lakes states have, for years, been fighting an invasion of lamprey eels, which were devastating the fish stocks in the lakes. Trump fired the people who've almost succeeded in doing that. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

submitted 2 days ago • 128 comments