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

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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...

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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 11 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 6 hours ago • 112 comments

People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.

submitted 14 hours ago • 247 comments

Ask yourself: Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this? Why would any decent human being do this?

submitted 1 hour ago • 753 comments

Welcome to the Resistance, Mr. Chief Justice.

submitted 2 hours ago • 332 comments

The most laughable part of all this is that Roberts did not think that Trump would ever come for him when he wrote the decision in Trump v United States.

submitted 2 hours ago • 34 comments

There’s no deal on Ukraine. Pay attention to the Middle East “cooperation” against Iran - comment. That’s where US efforts will go to, while US business goes into Russia as a “deal” and funds Putin’s ambitions to rebuild Soviet Union. Also, Kremlin: they forbid further mobilization of UKR forces

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DOJ Asserts Trump Hypothetically Has Power To Purge All Female Agency Heads, Or Those Over 40 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doj-tru...

submitted 2 hours ago • 69 comments

Trump’s administration just makes shit up as it goes along, just like he does.

submitted 2 hours ago • 89 comments

BREAKING: White House readout of Putin/Trump call. The only headline that matters: PUTIN REJECTS US CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL. Kremlin says: - Russia willing to pause strikes on energy sites for 30 days - open to small prisoner exchange. BUT, US/EU must end military assistance to Ukraine for peace.

submitted 1 hour ago • 35 comments

Here's a good rundown of the strategic failures leading up to Schumer's CR surrender. Worth a read!

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So did Trump rescue that Ukrainian army that he claimed was surrounded by Russian forces yesterday, and said they would all be dead already if he didn’t intervene to save them? Any update on that? Did Trump save the day?

submitted 54 minutes ago • 94 comments

The data is in. Someone accusing you of Trump Derangement Syndrome is much more likely to be a pedophile than someone receiving that accusation.

submitted 55 minutes ago • 16 comments

JP MORGAN: Tesla’s decline one for the history books. A quote for the ages from analysts at JP Morgan: “We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly." #TeslaTakedown 🙌

submitted 53 minutes ago • 26 comments

I've been keeping a running list of the nice things we used to have. It is VERY rough. Please tell me what I'm missing. If you want to use this list to do the project better, please do! www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...

submitted 52 minutes ago • 42 comments

I was at USIP tonight to conduct congressional oversight over DOGE’s break in. I spoke with Acting President & CEO Moose. USIP is an independent, non-profit entity and I will work to stop DOGE’s illegal power grab.

submitted 17 hours ago • 102 comments

Thread.👇

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This morning, Trump issued a threatening post against a federal judge who's trying to constrain him. It's part of an increasing attempt to threaten judges with violence. Trump is descending even further into dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-further-descent-into-dictatorship

submitted 49 minutes ago • 58 comments

This guy co-sponsored a bill to have "Trump Derangement Syndrome" classified as a mental illness YESTERDAY.

submitted 1 hour ago • 167 comments

Trump changes have "forced more than a third of global organizations that provide essential HIV services to close" by February, and "hundreds of thousands of people are losing access to HIV treatments as a result." www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/18/1...

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What’s on the chopping block due to Trump’s cuts to NIH? Crucial cancer services for rural patients. Groundbreaking diabetes research. A treatment for children with severe intellectual disabilities. Tell me how this is supposed to make America healthy again?

submitted 2 hours ago • 74 comments

This is the door hanger that Musk's PAC is distributing across Wisconsin. They're targeting Republican households. They must hope it isn't seen by Dems, or anyone who thinks judges shouldn't "keep Trump's agenda moving forward" when Trump breaks the law. Repost if you agree.

submitted 2 hours ago • 26 comments

EU countries have to cooperate on buying weapons as the US retreats from the continent, said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

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Breaking News: Chief Justice John Roberts, in a rare statement, rebuked President Trump for calling for a judge’s impeachment.

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Musk's entities have now pushed more than $13 million into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race to buy a seat for Brad Schimel so that, in the words of Musk's flyers, he can "keep President Trump's agenda moving forward." Track spending here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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2020 Election Denier Ed Martin Is Now Using Trump’s DOJ To Investigate ‘Election Integrity’ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2020-el...

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The government deported a 10-year-old American citizen with brain cancer. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...

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Veterans like Mark Curie, a Michigan nurse & AFSCME member, know the truth: Medicaid cuts will hurt those who served.

submitted 2 hours ago • 2 comments

Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this

submitted 2 hours ago • 426 comments

For two decades, John Roberts has methodically plowed the path that allowed us to reach this authoritarian takeover of the country.

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Elon Musk isn't going to save the government any money. It's the opposite, in fact. He's currently pursuing a move that could blow a multi-trillion-dollar hole in the federal budget and let billionaires get away with tax evasion. Here's how 🧵

submitted 3 hours ago • 49 comments

In 1863, on a bloody Gettysburg battlefield, Abraham Lincoln asked for our dedication to self-governance, so that the “dead shall not have died in vain.” I am not about to let a narcissistic despot & his sycophants, bent on destroying America, achieve their vile goals. How about you?

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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 3 days ago • 85 comments

We reached DEFCON F*CK Trump repealed Pres. Johnson’s 1965 EO prohibiting federal contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms, & drinking fountains. Enter Jim Crow 2.0 tinyurl.com/Trump-segreg...

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Dr.Marvel Colonizing Fart Moon Govt roadkill courtesy of a cybertruck NASA NY office above Tom's Diner? No Mars for you! This is just the first 5mins. @pablo.show 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeMu...

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Rats, sinking ship abcnews.go.com/Business/tes...

submitted 3 hours ago • 24 comments

German lawmakers have passed a historic package of constitutional reforms that will unleash hundreds of billions of euros in new borrowing to bolster the country’s enervated military and aging infrastructure.

submitted 3 hours ago • 5 comments

Pretty incredible that the US MAGA movement seems to have detonated what was supposed to be a landslide victory for Canada's conservatives

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DOJ -- realizing that its homework is in fact due today -- has ordered nearly all of the attorneys in the National Security Division to start reviewing records on the JFK assassination. www.reuters.com/legal/us-jus...

submitted 4 hours ago • 62 comments

Lee Zeldin on Fox accuses the NYT of doing a "face plant" with their reporting about EPA plans to fire more than 1,000 scientists, then in the very next breath basically confirms their reporting

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Axios and WaPo reported yesterday that the military took down webpages celebrating Native American history. It looks like the purge was much more widespread, however — TPM found many pages describing the military's racial integration have also been removed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pentago...

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Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

submitted 6 hours ago • 57 comments

I was gonna suggest someone catalog the dangerous tats of right wing men and forgot abt this. Cue the video of right wingers defending his.

submitted 3 hours ago • 8 comments

There are a few problems with the world’s richest man donating internet service to the White House...(a) Numerous conflicts of interest; (b) Musk already collects billions from gov't contracts; (c) if employees are using Starlink, Musk could have access their data.

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A former Meta PR person has come out in support of "Careless People", saying that the book IS accurate

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