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it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

submitted 11 days ago • 2311 comments

Tonight's 'America Unhinged' on YouTube saw hosts Waj and Francesca take on Trump's ethnic cleansing plan in Gaza; his seeming blackmailing of Eric Adams; his bullying of judges; the Pope's intervention, and more. Donald the mob boss! Watch/share/subscribe:

submitted 11 days ago • 18 comments

“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.” — Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.

submitted 13 days ago • 1059 comments

This is a slap in the face to American women. Pete Hegseth has a track record of disrespecting women service members, and multiple credible sexual assault allegations. Our troops deserve better.

submitted 29 days ago • 2463 comments

My next read --downloaded the audio read by the author. Hardcover was sold out!

submitted 31 days ago • 165 comments

Remember what the Bishop said

submitted 31 days ago • 146 comments

Drives me crazy. If you don’t want to fight say so. Stop trying to discourage others from doing the work you’re too jaded to do. You try 50 times and win the 51st. That’s how it works. Progress happens when you find ways to make it matter. And sometimes it’s just your persistence.

submitted 32 days ago • 91 comments

The road to fascism is paved with centrists screaming “he can’t do that because of the law”

submitted 32 days ago • 48 comments

NEW: Donald Trump has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging them to pause the ban on TikTok to give him time to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing national security concerns. 👉 www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

submitted 58 days ago • 301 comments

Glad MAGA voters are hearing what Musk, Vivek, and the elites of the GOP think of them. They've always looked down on Trump voters. They mock them as stupid and ignorant behind their backs. Now Musk is calling them "contemptible fools." Well, here's your new master, MAGA. Enjoy.

submitted 58 days ago • 116 comments

It’s not even Jan 20th yet and Trump is already threatening war with a Central American country.

submitted 63 days ago • 204 comments

The Democratic Party Sacrifices Its Young To Protect The Establishment By selecting Rep. Connolly over AOC to lead the House Oversight Committee, the Democratic Party chooses to continue the ossified status quo instead of much-needed reform & growth. thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-democr...

submitted 67 days ago • 362 comments

Watching the people who were tortured by Assad…. And my anger for @TulsiGabbard defending him grows hotter. Every senator that votes yes on her is complicit

submitted 73 days ago • 737 comments

Today we learned that Trump intends to allow ICE to make arrests in churches, schools and hospitals. Today we learned FBI Director Christopher Wray is too cowardly to stand up to Trump and is resigning. Today we’re reminded that we need people of courage to oppose this hostile takeover.

submitted 73 days ago • 103 comments

Dr. Vinay Prasad is out there defending UnitedHealthcare, denying that it denies claims for profit, and calling for masks to be illegal in the wake of the killing of its CEO. Incidentally, he cited consulting fees from UHC as a conflict of interest on a January 2023 paper.

submitted 79 days ago • 26 comments

#TiktokBan what to know: -A Peter Thiel backed rep championed legislation to give the President the power to ban “foreign adversary owned” apps -TikTok sued claiming Citizens United gives them 1A rights -A DC court found it DOES NOT -Ban takes effect Jan 19 UNLESS -Biden grants a 90 day extension

submitted 79 days ago • 12 comments

Legit shocked Jill Stein and Tulsi Gabbard aren’t currently crying on a joint Instagram live screeching how Bassar Al-Assad needs to be protected from the population he massacred for over a decade.

submitted 85 days ago • 12 comments

PRESIDENT BIDEN: “I hope Trump re-thinks the tariffs, I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do— we’re surrounded by 2 oceans and 2 allies: Mexico and Canada. The last thing we need to do is screw up those relationships.”

submitted 87 days ago • 160 comments

Progressive influencer Hasan Piker to CNN: “The Democratic Party needs to adopt real left-wing economic populist messaging, instead of purposely avoiding that stuff because they’re terrified of upsetting their corporate donors.”

submitted 88 days ago • 116 comments

Everything you need to know about what’s in Project 2025 - and what’s coming from Trump Term 2 - in two minutes flat.

submitted 97 days ago • 119 comments

How many of these do we have?

submitted 100 days ago • 299 comments