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This country is thoroughly screwed for at least a generation. People haven't taken stock of how much damage has already been done. 2026 and 2028 won't magically fix this. It's going to be a long walk.

submitted 15 hours ago • 695 comments

The four Muslim members of Congress put out a statement condemning the Islamophobic attacks on Mamdani from Ogles and others

submitted 23 hours ago • 212 comments

“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” “In sadness, I dissent.” “With deep disillusionment, I dissent.” What’s next?

submitted 14 hours ago • 809 comments

Sorry, what?

submitted 19 hours ago • 98 comments

The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.

submitted 5 hours ago • 756 comments

Today’s resignation by UVA president due to DOJ pressure should be understood amid yesterday’s creation by Southern states of their own higher education accreditation agency. Both seek to wield power against the independence of universities.

submitted 19 hours ago • 7 comments

Trump just wants a culture of hate. UVA President Jim Ryan resigns under pressure from Trump DOJ share.google/tUdSM9AiuMXH...

submitted 19 hours ago • 17 comments

theyre gonna take UVA back to its segregationist roots. @jamellebouie.net is right.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

The Supreme Court is to blame for Trump running wild. They’ve let him bring democracy to the brink, force out college presidents like UVA’s Jim Ryan, and drop the largest non-nuclear bomb on Iran—without Congressional approval. It just keeps getting worse.

submitted 19 hours ago • 15 comments

Told a reporter we will need collective action in the days ahead at UVA and that the reality is, it will likely require the famous alums stepping up. They don't care about a lil Black girl from the 757. But people like Katie will matter more.

submitted 19 hours ago • 16 comments

If nothing else, the forced resignation of UVA President Jim Ryan should teach us two big things: 1) we must NEVER elect a Republican as governor of Virginia again; 2) we must NEVER elect a Republican as president again bluevirginia.us/2025/06/uva-...

submitted 19 hours ago • 18 comments

There’s profound meaning when a top southern public university like UVA is open & willing to understand the past in all its complexity, good & bad, race (& “DEI”) included I got my M.A. & Ph.D at UVA, & admired the range & breadth of its embrace of complex history Unlike the current administration

submitted 19 hours ago • 18 comments

As a UVA Alum who also has worked in Virginia politics, this is somewhat surreal all the worlds are combining Youngkin has been stacking the Board of Visitors and now that Jim Ryan is out. They’ll make a move for a right wing sympathetic President. This is why you do not obey in advance..

submitted 18 hours ago • 10 comments

“I am inclined to fight for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University. But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job.” A statement from University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, on his decision to resign:

submitted 17 hours ago • 16 comments

I feel like this isn’t getting enough attention…because this is CRAZY???? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration - The New York Times

submitted 17 hours ago • 12 comments

My friend just told me Jim Ryan being forced to resign as President of UVA today made his family member realize that Donald Trump is a dictator. She has finally come to this conclusion in the last several hours.

submitted 16 hours ago • 8 comments

Cville: 3pm today, at the Rotunda. you don’t have to love Jim Ryan, I sure don’t, but Trump’s DOJ forcing his replacement by Youngkin would be an absolute disaster for anyone affiliated with UVA, and honestly for our region at large.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

This 100%. As a UVA faculty member, I fear President Ryan's resignation will not stop them from coming after UVA.

submitted 20 hours ago • 13 comments

a crowd has gathered at the UVA rotunda in response to the forced resignation of president jim ryan

submitted 22 hours ago • 66 comments

I beg you, we are starving. We have lost our home and everything we own. I plead with you to save our children – they are now suffering from malnutrition due to the high prices. Please donate to help our little ones. gofund.me/8d60ae51

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

True.

submitted 1 day ago • 148 comments

If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until now to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.

submitted 1 day ago • 426 comments

The Navy named a destroyer after Oscar Peterson in 1943, one year after he died. Pretty sure his family was aware of that honor even if Jake Tapper was not.

submitted 1 day ago • 198 comments

Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights. And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live. That is un-American and wrong.

submitted 21 hours ago • 602 comments

Charlie Kirk. What a weird guy. 🤣🤣

submitted 20 hours ago • 1076 comments

We were so fortunate to have such a good and decent man as our president.

submitted 19 hours ago • 632 comments

I didn’t have “arguing if the Constitution is constitutional” on my 2025 bingo card. Did you?

submitted 17 hours ago • 454 comments

ICE is now changing tactics and arresting people who have been granted asylum hearings. This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.

submitted 1 day ago • 238 comments

This Supreme Court is not a judicial court, but a royal court. They exist not to apply the laws of this nation fairly for all its citizens but rather to prop up the king and attend to his needs and his needs alone.

submitted 1 day ago • 86 comments

"Sorry Islamophobes, I'm a Proud Muslim American and, Like Zohran Mamdani, I'm Not Going Anywhere" The insanely bigoted attacks on Mamdani are out of control and designed to intimidate a vulnerable minority – but they will fail. Please read/share my latest for Zeteo: zeteo.com/p/sorry-isla...

submitted 22 hours ago • 275 comments

So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?

submitted 1 day ago • 1703 comments

MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF

submitted 1 day ago • 897 comments

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

submitted 1 day ago • 285 comments

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵

submitted 22 hours ago • 2975 comments

Bondi just said DHS is helping rid us of criminals from the Sinaloa Cartel, but she failed to mention the asylum she gave to family members of the Sinaloa Cartel. She also said we're ridding the country of MS-13, but failed to mention the asylum she's giving to MS-13 leaders in the Abrego case.

submitted 1 day ago • 579 comments

It’s always the Democrats’ fault. (Even the lack of a credible GOP candidate.) Via WSJ Opinion

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.

submitted 2 days ago • 5367 comments

Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 1 day ago • 1153 comments

Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 676 comments

The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.

submitted 2 days ago • 2804 comments

Lindsey Graham: "I don't know where the 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium exists, but it wasn't part of the target set."

submitted 1 day ago • 1108 comments

California High-Speed Rail Reaches New Construction Milestone https://twp.ai/4iom0D

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Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down

submitted 1 day ago • 141 comments

i can’t express how much i stan rick steves

submitted 1 day ago • 210 comments

The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

submitted 2 days ago • 1751 comments

Goodness gracious

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts. I will never understand why anyone voted for this sociopath. NEVER.

submitted 1 day ago • 75 comments

To all my dear friends on Blue Sky.....

submitted 2 days ago • 294 comments