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If armed government agents were turning up at the homes of US citizens to detain and deport permanent residents because of the latter’s speech on abortion, conservative America, the GOP, Fox, would be up in arms. But it’s speech on Israel and Palestine… so… crickets. From the right. And Dems too!

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Imagine if the most prominent member of the Biden administration had reposted, in agreement, someone calling a prominent GOP senator a ‘retard’. Would have been the end of the world, biggest scandal ever. The asymmetry in American politics continues to grow. Just wild to see.

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👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Tadaa.

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What pressure is being put on Russia to negotiate?

submitted 4 days ago • 219 comments

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

submitted 5 days ago • 686 comments

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

submitted 5 days ago • 684 comments

MIT Econ Professor 👇🏽

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 6 days ago • 1207 comments

The US has become a lawless Country Governed by a Crime Syndicate.

submitted 6 days ago • 1176 comments

Your tax dollars are paying for the richest man in the world to fly around when he has his own jets.

submitted 6 days ago • 248 comments

Let’s see, Donald Trump launched his crypto business right before taking office. Melania did the day before the inauguration. Junior launched a new one too. Oh, and of course Eric did.

submitted 7 days ago • 645 comments

I've been writing about Russia's invasion of Ukraine since 2016 (it did not begin in 2022) and have yet to talk to a Ukrainian who wants to accept peace on Putin's terms. So if you're an American pushing for that, please just admit it's because you don't care about Ukrainians.

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Key takeaway from DOGE: There’s less government fraud/waste than expected.

submitted 6 days ago • 232 comments

"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

submitted 7 days ago • 254 comments

Crockett: When you're at war, you’re not worried about your outfit. If he was walking around in the fanciest suits, I'm sure that they would accuse him of taking our dollars and spending it on his wardrobe

submitted 7 days ago • 605 comments

Scrap the cap

submitted 7 days ago • 137 comments

FLASHBACK — HAYES: A massive crypto “heist” by Trump/Elon/Thiel/Sachs/GOP in front of our faces, on the taxpayer dime💰 Also: why can we afford $100 Billion for this but not other stuff? (Answer: They don’t really care about the debt) Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGuUdtH...

submitted 7 days ago • 70 comments

As Trump slashes programs for regular folks (because “wE’rE BroKe”) he is insisting on spending billions on a crypto strategic reserve which will only help enrich himself and his oligarch donors. A heist in broad daylight.

submitted 7 days ago • 54 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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Leaders of the free world stand united in London The United States is not among them

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

submitted 8 days ago • 3519 comments

Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy. Let that sink in.

submitted 9 days ago • 541 comments

Gutting Alzheimer's research. First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru... See also... newrepublic.com/article/1917... See also... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 10 days ago • 464 comments

Oliver Darcy has some very good points here

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🇺🇦

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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

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NEW: “Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.” newrepublic.com/post/192059/...

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Today's Oval Office spectacle wasn't about showing strength, it was about surrendering to Putin. Trump and JD Vance have completely sold out America. Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social n react: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_m...

submitted 9 days ago • 597 comments

Republicans are too chickenshit to hold town halls. Shocker. Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.

submitted 11 days ago • 765 comments

So Marty Baron says it plain: “It was only weeks ago that The Post described itself as providing coverage for ‘all of America,’” Baron wrote in his statement. “Now its opinion pages will be open to only some of America, those who think exactly as he does.” www.thedailybeast.com//ex-wapo-edi...

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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

submitted 12 days ago • 132 comments

MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds. That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

submitted 12 days ago • 975 comments

The wages of the WHCA’s public silence on the White House’s unlawful retaliation against the AP are even bolder encroachments against the free press’s prerogatives.

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“The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia. Except, no. None of that is true.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

submitted 14 days ago • 157 comments

The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.

submitted 14 days ago • 234 comments

Watching John Oliver and I gotta say, the part on conservatives complaining about being censored is great. Conservatives are censored the same way I censor my dog by making her shit in the yard instead of on the couch.

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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 17 days ago • 859 comments