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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 7 hours ago • 1793 comments

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 14 hours ago • 125 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 1 day ago • 2040 comments

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

submitted 1 day ago • 247 comments

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl1Q...

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

submitted 2 days ago • 81 comments

The single most destructive force in American politics in 50 years.

submitted 2 days ago • 92 comments

I want to salute the Governor of Maine Janet Mills who, in that room with a raging Trump and silent complicitors, stood her ground and said, “see you in court!” Maine residents, show your support for your Gov for standing up for your independence.

submitted 1 day ago • 83 comments

Trump hands powerful weapon to China and Russia. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 431 comments

Absurd that all GOP senators but 2 voted to make a grifter/QAnonish conspiracy-theory-monger who was paid $25,000 by a Kremlin-funded propaganda operative to head the FBI. He also has helped Putin by repeatedly claiming Russia did not attack the 2016 election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 3 days ago • 113 comments

gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

submitted 3 days ago • 1422 comments

Susan Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and has the power to push back against the Trump-Musk misuse of federal funds. If you live in Maine and are ... concerned? troubled? worried? ... let her know and let her know often.

submitted 3 days ago • 86 comments

Kash Patel has been confirmed as FBI Director. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted no. History will remember the cowardice of so many across the GOP who chose loyalty to Trump over the rule of law & the national security of our country.

submitted 3 days ago • 94 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 248 comments

Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."

submitted 4 days ago • 739 comments

So Elon and Duffy lied about DOGE just getting a tour of FAA. By the time Duffy lied about doge they were already being on boarded as staffers. They’re there to “fix” air traffic control. www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

submitted 3 days ago • 44 comments

Trump wants you to forget that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator during his first week in office. Don’t forget.

submitted 4 days ago • 301 comments

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

submitted 3 days ago • 581 comments

Trump just blamed Ukraine outright for Russia’s invasion. ‘You shoulda never started it,’ he said. What a lie, a Russian lie—from the President of the US.

submitted 5 days ago • 171 comments

“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

submitted 5 days ago • 288 comments

"In less than a month’s time, Rubio has presided over America’s willing abdication as leader of the free world. It’s a shameful legacy that cuts against everything he once proclaimed to stand for."

submitted 5 days ago • 992 comments

Here are the GOP members of the Senate Finance Committee--consider going to their LOCAL office this week and exhorting them to figure out why DOGE is in your financial records.

submitted 5 days ago • 198 comments

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

submitted 5 days ago • 1218 comments

@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

submitted 5 days ago • 578 comments

Did Musk fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees to increase "efficiency"? I don't think so. There is a better explanation: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 6 days ago • 55 comments

In addition to everything else that needs to be dealt with, are the Democrats going to do anything about the planes crashing or are we just gonna ride this additional crisis to the end of the line?

submitted 6 days ago • 328 comments

what would you do differently if you were actively trying to cause more plane crashes? www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

submitted 6 days ago • 144 comments

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

submitted 6 days ago • 2703 comments

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

submitted 6 days ago • 1091 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 • 2288 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 6 days ago • 2403 comments

Every Democrat should be saying this every day. Several times each day.

submitted 7 days ago • 64 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 7 days ago • 2240 comments