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New financial disclosure filings highlight the expansion of a political cottage industry that revolves around President Trump, one that has been quite lucrative for some of his closest aides.

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

submitted 7 days ago • 401 comments

We're not the country we all think/wish we are. The sooner we face that and truly admit it, the singer we can fix it.

submitted 15 days ago • 29 comments

As LBJ said 60 years ago, freedom is not just opening the gates of opportunity. True freedom is ensuring everyone has the ability to walk through them.

submitted 15 days ago • 116 comments

I agree with every part of his statement!

submitted 19 days ago • 11 comments

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

submitted 19 days ago • 378 comments

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.

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Kroger is allegedly overcharging consumers by listing expired sales prices on shelves and charging full price at checkout. And thanks to decades of consolidation, Kroger stores are now the only grocers in some rural areas. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.

submitted 35 days ago • 856 comments

Rep. Menendez: "They had over 20 armed ICE HSI officers, they were heavily armed, their faces were covered, and they wearing no identification. So this is who they chose to have come engage with the mayor of Newark and 3 elected members of the House of Representatives."

submitted 41 days ago • 825 comments

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

submitted 40 days ago • 259 comments

Do they work between Fox appearances, preparing for Fox appearances, and tweeting about Fox appearances?

submitted 46 days ago • 1013 comments

“Despite the Trump administration’s claims, many of the immigrants sent to El Salvador had entered the United States legally and were actively complying with U.S. immigration rules.” The more we learn about ElSalvadorGate, the worse this outrage gets. . . www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

submitted 48 days ago • 92 comments

Its not about the NUMBER of people, its about the CHARACTER of the people......

submitted 48 days ago • 19 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

submitted 48 days ago • 113 comments

Things the president of the United States said on meet the press today: He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution He’s fine with a recession Americans can do with less Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”

submitted 47 days ago • 1313 comments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.

submitted 49 days ago • 2283 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

submitted 49 days ago • 102 comments

With all the talk of product shortages , I think it should be said that products will first find their way to densely populated areas first and everywhere else, last This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms

submitted 51 days ago • 2317 comments

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 53 days ago • 603 comments

This!! 👇👇

submitted 53 days ago • 121 comments

President Trump 2.0 has openly committed more impeachable abuses of power than all prior presidents combined, including Trump 1.0. The question isn’t whether he should be impeached, convicted, and removed from office but whether Republicans have the guts to do their job. www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...

submitted 53 days ago • 235 comments

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gets a Community Note on his post screeching about the WPS Act and trying to blame Biden for a bill that Donald Trump signed in 2017. Kegbreath is such an embarrassment. 🍿

submitted 52 days ago • 23 comments

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submitted 55 days ago • 11 comments

Good question!

submitted 55 days ago • 29 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

submitted 55 days ago • 56 comments

Because the two are NOT THE SAME allegiance.....

submitted 56 days ago • 61 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

submitted 56 days ago • 77 comments

submitted 56 days ago • 53 comments

See the problem here?

submitted 57 days ago • 420 comments

250 years ago today America began its march toward independence at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The battles marked “No Kings Day, Part I.” Today millions of Americans will take part in “No Kings Day, Part II.”

submitted 63 days ago • 256 comments

Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.

submitted 63 days ago • 1899 comments

submitted 65 days ago • 15 comments

Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later. Nothing to see here.

submitted 72 days ago • 644 comments

Only a mentally ill person would think they can be a draft dodger, consistently insult veterans, active duty military, and dead heroes, and think they deserve to have a military parade in their own honor… Just sick!

submitted 73 days ago • 542 comments

REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here? BESSENT: No

submitted 72 days ago • 955 comments

He just testified all morning about the reasons why the tariff policy was going to make America great. Then he checked his phone and realized everything he just said was canceled on Truth Social.

submitted 72 days ago • 1399 comments

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

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Hands off our healthcare! Hands off our public education! Hands off our jobs! Hands off my 401k! Hands off my neighbor who has committed no crime! Hands off those Congressional seats that we are coming for in 2026!