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submitted 3 hours ago • 15 comments

"Russian attacks in Europe quadrupled from 2022 to 2023 and then tripled again from 2023 to 2024..." "Going after companies, assassination plots against officials, threatening critical infrastructure...” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

submitted 3 hours ago • 101 comments

🥗 “One bright-ish spot is the OECD’s prediction that inflation will at least be lower in 2025 compared to last year in most developed countries — but alas, not here in the United States.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.

submitted 3 hours ago • 307 comments

Obviously we are in this mess partly due to SCOTUS, but also: How concerned must the Chief Justice be in order to decide to issue this kind of statement? My guess is... VERY.

submitted 3 hours ago • 86 comments

"We need you to engage the others, to fight hard, to go as low as you have to just like the Republicans do."

submitted 3 hours ago • 19 comments

Illinois leads the nation in many areas, but none more so than being the number one producer of soybeans, horseradish, and pumpkins. Our ag traditions are passed down through generations — 96% of our farms are family-owned. Happy #NationalAgDay to them and all of our state!

submitted 3 hours ago • 33 comments

India is replacing its Russian MiG-29 fighters with French Rafale M jets in an $8.3B deal, as Russia’s arms exports shrink. Moscow’s share of the global arms market has dropped to 7.8%. united24media.com/latest-news/...

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Democrats were badly hurt in 2024 by high prices. Trump plan for 2025: 1) impose huge new taxes on consumer prices; 2) scoff at consumers who complain about higher Trump prices. Latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 2 hours ago • 15 comments

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires. There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom. Dems need to learn this.

submitted 2 hours ago • 172 comments

If a Democratic president presided over an 8% market drop in his first 75 days in office the entire front page of every major newspaper would be full of stories about how bad Democrats are for the economy

submitted 4 hours ago • 18 comments

Trump's entire administration is defined by madness–rewriting history to blame all of our current problems, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Joe Biden, boasting about being a king and claiming the EU "was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States.”

submitted 2 hours ago • 17 comments

It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.

submitted 3 hours ago • 808 comments

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150,000 trees have been planted and 45 hectares of parks created in the city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to and manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Plant a lot more urban trees.

submitted 16 hours ago • 10 comments

“You sad, shitty human,” said Lincoln Project founder Rick Wilson. “You know the damage to America this will do in the world, but can’t resist the lure of power and Trump’s approval.”

submitted 20 hours ago • 61 comments

So if we give Putin everything he wants he will agree to a ceasefire. Art of the Deal.

submitted 1 hour ago • 222 comments

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

submitted 1 hour ago • 7 comments

The European Union must urgently set out a clear roadmap for Ukraine to become a full member of the bloc, half a dozen countries have warned, amid growing fears that Hungary is seeking to undermine Kyiv’s chances.

submitted 1 hour ago • 9 comments

Yesterday, a Republican state lawmaker in Minnesota named Justin Eichorn introduced a new bill he coauthored to legally define "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a "mental illness" in the state. Later in the day, he was arrested. For what, you ask? For this: minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/g...

submitted 1 hour ago • 29 comments

“Tesla investors are having another rocky day, with shares down as much as 7%. “The stock is headed for a ninth-straight weekly loss, and now sits 53% below the all-time highs reached in mid-December.”

submitted 1 hour ago • 253 comments

So it wasn't the US Marshals at all. It was the DC Metro police who provided DOGE with the muscle to roust the staff of the US Institute for Peace out fo their offices. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dc-me...

submitted 3 hours ago • 147 comments

While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.

submitted 1 hour ago • 62 comments

the most servile people imaginable. completely unsuited for democratic citizenship. they would be better off under a despot.

submitted 1 hour ago • 96 comments

Trump wants to replace the progressive income tax with regressive tariffs. We know this because he said so before the election and repeated it in his inaugural address. What is this make-believe that’s rapidly evolving into (what we’ll be bound to call) Trumponomics?

submitted 1 hour ago • 9 comments

‼‼‼ CRUEL NEWS: The Republican House budget would rip health care from millions of Americans to pay for more tax giveaways to billionaires. Did you vote to lose your Medicaid? If you voted for Donald Trump, you did. GET LOUD to Save Medicaid!!!

submitted 1 hour ago • 12 comments

Amazing. Trump had everyone on blast about his big date and then Putin kept him waiting for an hour before the call could start? It's always worse than I expect.

submitted 1 hour ago • 49 comments

🚨 🚨 “Deport Her” - by @knecessary.bsky.social Go here for a full update:

submitted 6 hours ago • 8 comments

Is this the same guy who tore into people for criticizing judges when he spoke at the Justice Dept checks calendar just last week?

submitted 7 hours ago • 534 comments

!!

submitted 6 hours ago • 7 comments

Germany's government plans to release €3 billion in military aid for Ukraine following the passage of a historic spending plan this week.

submitted 6 hours ago • 19 comments

Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more. Taking back our power starts now.

submitted 6 hours ago • 684 comments

Judge rules DOGE is likely Appointments Clause violation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 hour ago • 46 comments

In a stunning legal rebuke, a federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk and officials from the Department of Government Efficiency must reinstate nearly all functions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

submitted 1 hour ago • 270 comments

Louis DeJoy's wishlist to DOGE includes slashing 10,000 jobs, closing tens of thousands of postal retail centers, and gutting oversight. This will devastate seniors, small businesses, rural communities, and anyone else who relies on an affordable and reliable Postal Service.

submitted 1 hour ago • 93 comments

Ken Paxton, the guy who got impeached for abusing his power, is now the self-proclaimed protector of “life” by arresting a midwife for performing an abortion.

submitted 1 hour ago • 2 comments

Good. Damn good.

submitted 1 hour ago • 7 comments

I hope SCOTUS keeps slapping this little whiny bitch right out of the Oval Office and into prison where he belongs.

submitted 1 hour ago • 59 comments

you must be joking

submitted 1 hour ago • 33 comments

BREAKING: Judge orders Elon Musk & DOGE to restore access of USAID employees, including those on administrative leave, to USAID computer systems. Judge Theodore Chuang, Obama appointee, also bars DOGE from actions related to USAID shutdown. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 hour ago • 30 comments

this is very, very bad news for the most promising new cancer cure research. to that this deranged degenerate is making these decisions

submitted 2 hours ago • 19 comments

Military recruitment has been lagging, and has had its biggest successes in recent years among women and POC. Now that it's becoming openly hostile to those groups—ie, 75% of US population—expect to to fall: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

submitted 2 hours ago • 9 comments

BANANA REPUBLIC ANTICS: Disturbing and apparently illegal actions from DOGE. And admirable courage from George Moose, acting president of the Institute of Peace, who locked himself in his office. "It's not the first building I've been called upon to try to defend," said the 80-year-old diplomat.

submitted 12 hours ago • 32 comments

“Many who in fair weather routinely cite the heroism that launched the US republic have held their tongues since the storm clouds arrived. When a government fears the people there is liberty, goes the saying, but when a people fear their government there is tyranny.“ — @edwardluce.bsky.social

submitted 8 hours ago • 119 comments