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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 8 days ago • 2697 comments

The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines. This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

submitted 14 days ago • 85 comments

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

submitted 20 days ago • 1567 comments

Well, the groundhog has predicted at least 4 more years of misery.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.

submitted 21 days ago • 209 comments

I've been re-reading the LotR. And I think in a way it's a pity the films left out the Scouring of the Shire? Why? Maybe those in the States may find some resonance in it... Some people from an isolationist, comfortable country strike some decisive blows in a fight against darkness far from home.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

submitted 38 days ago • 1667 comments

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

submitted 46 days ago • 578 comments

After Jimmy Carter's passing, the oldest living former president is now... *checks notes*... Donald Trump. Trump, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush were all born weeks apart in 1946. Trump is the oldest of them.

submitted 47 days ago • 61 comments

Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.

submitted 47 days ago • 110 comments

Hey, billionaires! If you drove everyone off your platforms with blatant political bias, how are you going to manipulate them with subtle political bias?

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

As we start the new year, I would like to remind everyone that it is now almost 120 years since the US decided consumer protection - by which I mean regulation - mattered. Given the upcoming presidential inauguration, let's talk about how that happened - and why it's so important. (A thread)

submitted 48 days ago • 38 comments

🎵 Whennn its brown and not green and is estuarine That's a moorraayy

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Trump knew what he was doing. He will exploit any tragedy to stoke anti-immigrant rhetoric, even when there’s no basis for it.

submitted 52 days ago • 181 comments

Sound about right.

submitted 66 days ago • 749 comments

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submitted 77 days ago • 132 comments

BREAKING: Nearly 100 former national security officials have signed a letter criticizing Tulsi Gabbard nom for director of national intelligence, questioning whether she is "equipped" for the position and calling for closed-door Senate hearings to review any government information about her - NBC

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