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submitted 2 days ago • 84 comments

Seriously, why is RFK Jr worried about dyes in food when his department is cutting safety standards for milk and chicken?

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Congressman Al Green Introduces H.R. 2983 – SNAP SECURE Act of 2025 to Protect and Compensate Victims of Theft in Nutrition Assistance Program. A copy of the legislation is accessible here: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

submitted 3 days ago • 2405 comments

Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, AP reports

submitted 3 days ago • 848 comments

Ryan Coogler’s horror movie has shattered box office records—and the myth that audiences don’t care about original stories. www.wired.com/story/sinner...

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

there is no plan(et) b.

submitted 5 days ago • 306 comments

We’ve made so many advances in science and medicine to now have muhfuckers whose medical expertise essentially boils down to “big word, bad! Big science word, VERY BAD!” making public health decisions on that basis fuckin shit up for everyone and I can’t express enough how much I hate it here! 🫠🫠🫠

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Tennessee Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger referred to Texas Democrat Al Green, a 77-year-old Black man, as “boy.” Calling a grown Black man “boy” is another way of calling him the N-word. www.thedailybeast.com/white-gop-re...

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

As a person who has studied history, an autism registry is a five alarm fire.

submitted 6 days ago • 1252 comments

You little anarchist. They told you to switch to airplane mode, and you just … didn’t. But does it even matter? Well, your flight probably won’t crash, but ignoring airplane mode uses up your battery and annoys the pilot.

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, which began the American Revolution. Our nation was founded on resistance to arbitrary authority and monarchical power. We built a democracy in the face of impossible odds. We must continue to protect it.

submitted 8 days ago • 306 comments

May have an ear infection, as I'm picking up my prescription I found out that without insurance the cost for the drops would be $240. Fuck capitalism!

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”

submitted 9 days ago • 465 comments

A retired Baltimore police officer was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing children at his former wife's daycare, court records show His ex-wife had been sentenced to prison for shooting Weems after learning about the allegations

submitted 12 days ago • 80 comments

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 13 days ago • 1658 comments

The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month has shocked the academic community, and is stoking fears that Chinese-born scholars are being intentionally targeted. www.wired.com/story/profes...

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

When the highest court in the land gets ignored by the highest office in the land, democracy isn’t just dying—it’s being murdered in broad daylight.

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

submitted 14 days ago • 310 comments

As health and environmental concerns about PFAs, or “forever chemicals,” mount nationally, states are beginning to legislate against them. Now, the chemical and consumer products industries are mounting a counterattack, deploying lawyers and lobbyists.

submitted 15 days ago • 19 comments

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submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

submitted 17 days ago • 1804 comments

seeing a lot of “dave portnoy, joe rogan, candace owens are going left!” and just, no. lets be clear, they only see the wrong in the administration because it is directly effecting them. they helped get us to where we are and i will not be giving them the benefit of any doubt. they can get fucked

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

submitted 18 days ago • 24 comments

BREAKING: In the most predictable of predictable news, trump has just ordered a 90-day pause on some tariffs. HE CAVED AGAIN. What a fucking clown.

submitted 18 days ago • 226 comments

Hailey is delusional for thinking the Dupree's are thinking about her and that people will respect her for being married to Bill.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

On Apr. 8, 1864, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery passed the U.S. Senate with a 38-6 vote. Though the amendment would not pass the House of Reps. until January 1865, the Senate’s vote was a major step in banning slavery. 134 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdowntoSRD

submitted 19 days ago • 56 comments

Now THIS is a proper crash out.

submitted 22 days ago • 9 comments

Let me get back on the #BeyondtheGates It's been a couple weeks.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

#blacksky anyone got a way to stretch out the lower back? It's feeling so damn tight.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

The last Black-owned bowling alley in Chicago will stay open after Chicagoans rallied to book out the bowling alley — everything from large company outings to birthday parties

submitted 25 days ago • 44 comments

I am heavy eye lids, big yawns, and tears running tired. If this keeps up, I'm doing a sleep study

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Someone explain to me why it's illegal to give an old lady a bottle of water as she's waiting on line for hours in the sun to vote, but it's totally cool for an ultra-billionaire to bribe voters with million dollar checks in Wisconsin.

submitted 27 days ago • 466 comments

Reminder: Typos in official communications are intentionally included by the administration to identify potential leakers. Please exercise caution with anything you share.

submitted 27 days ago • 237 comments

Quilting served as a quiet form of resistance. Denied the use of bright colors, enslaved women used scraps of fabric to stitch patterns into their bedding and clothing, preserving native African textile traditions. 145 days until Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

submitted 30 days ago • 34 comments

We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. What did we find out? Three in four coders have tried AI. Of them, the vast majority use it at least once a week. A deeper dive into our survey:

submitted 30 days ago • 10 comments

White america racism gave white supremacist access to kill us all over their hatred for Black america. They really thought they would pick us out to harm. White america is to blame for all the sht we are seeing. A mess

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

#Blacksky Which timeline is Doomsday? Ain't Loki a tree right now? I swear if they do James dirty again I will revolt! I want leader Cyclops with the blue suit! Also bring back Iceman!!! WHAT IS THE PLOT OF THIS MOVIE???

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments