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Holy shit. If you don’t think they won’t do this to a citizen soon you’re delusional.

submitted 19 hours ago • 131 comments

Every accusation is a confession with these people. Every. Damned. Time.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base! and they want to do it ... ... in a few months I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ... ... so let me explain why DOGE is way over its skis here 1/9

submitted 6 days ago • 536 comments

The fight for our most fundamental rights has never been more important. We're ready for what lies ahead — but it will take all of us. Support our work at action.aclu.org/give/help-de....

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀

submitted 7 days ago • 174 comments

SCOOP: WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

submitted 8 days ago • 36 comments

Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3)

submitted 8 days ago • 113 comments

I drove many of, thoroughly researched, and wrote: The Fastest Ferraris MotorTrend Has Ever Tested www.motortrend.com/features/fas...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine if The Atlantic’s editor chose blackmail over journalistic integrity. There’s a lot of blackmail potential here. Isn’t that exactly why security clearances get denied?

submitted 10 days ago • 572 comments

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.

submitted 12 days ago • 825 comments

AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person. I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.

submitted 15 days ago • 1255 comments

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

submitted 13 days ago • 4515 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 18 days ago • 280 comments

“What the f*ck happened?” ICYMI—masterclass analysis by John Stewart in Democratic surrender, starring Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Republican CR. Watch—then answer this question: Do you trust @schumer.senate.gov to negotiate on your behalf when there’s a next time?

submitted 18 days ago • 182 comments

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

submitted 18 days ago • 1705 comments

You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.

submitted 19 days ago • 738 comments

Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.

submitted 22 days ago • 487 comments

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

submitted 21 days ago • 1368 comments

Trump can call me names but the truth remains. He is an unhinged wanna be dictator who is angry that I beat him in court and won't cower in fear. Now he is weaponizing the federal government against his political opponents. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

submitted 21 days ago • 1454 comments

So on brand for these people. Never trust anyone who doesn’t love dogs.

submitted 22 days ago • 243 comments

Like Elon Musk?

submitted 22 days ago • 65 comments

How badly do you have to fuck up being the Democratic leader that Trump is praising and congratulating you????

submitted 22 days ago • 159 comments

FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.” Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College. Voters like politicians who make the right enemies.

submitted 22 days ago • 102 comments

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social created a podcast "This is Gavin Newsom," the title indicating that the show is designed to tell us who Gavin Newsom is. He has had three guests: Charlie Kirk, Michael Savage, and Steve Bannon. Message received; now we know exactly who Gavin Newsom is.

submitted 23 days ago • 90 comments

That didn’t take long. “We’re not sure exactly what happened,” but Ukraine.

submitted 25 days ago • 114 comments

Defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe. If Elon doesn't understand that, maybe he should leave it to those of us who do.

submitted 25 days ago • 650 comments

some facts: there are more kids in Texas w/ measles than trans-athletes in collegiate sports. Trump wants to spend billions going to Mars while ending funding for climate change research on Earth. a multi-billionaire wants to cut medicare and social security, while seeking ways to cut his own taxes.

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

New in PN: Trump’s "Crypto Reserve" is a world historical grift "It’s a kind of farm subsidy, but for billionaires making digital magic beans instead of food."

submitted 29 days ago • 244 comments

submitted 29 days ago • 112 comments

Kamala Harris warned us that Trump was going to do all the things that he's now doing. But she wasn't likable enough when she did it.

submitted 29 days ago • 60 comments

I blame Dem leadership for the 10 who voted to censure Al Green bc they’re the fucking leadership. McConnell kept his fucking farm of the wild pigs in formation for years. Dem leaders have done nothing but crush true enthusiasm in the party in favor of weird stupid internal party politics all year.

submitted 30 days ago • 45 comments

submitted 30 days ago • 8 comments

They’ll never overturn Roe, they’ll never ban IVF, they’ll never cut social security, they’ll never cut Medicare, they’ll never ban gay marriage, they’ll never make it illegal to be trans, they’ll never bring back Jim Crow, they’ll never take our right to vote, they’ll never, they’ll never, th…

submitted 30 days ago • 26 comments

If you didn’t watch the State of the Union last night, just watch this. Guaranteed—Trump’s followers ate it up, so be ready with the facts when it spreads. Rachel Maddow ran a clinic on Trump’s lies last night. 🧵

submitted 31 days ago • 118 comments

OMFG

submitted 31 days ago • 122 comments

The State of the Union starts in 30 minutes so let me fact-check in advance for you: Fact: He's lying Fact: He's lying Fact: Despite the claim that this will help people, it will not. Fact: That's not technically a lie but implying it's good is very much a lie. Fact: America does not own Taiwan.

submitted 31 days ago • 23 comments

Wait, what? Did Donald Trump just say that Zelensky won't be around very long? Wtf.

submitted 32 days ago • 1282 comments

Trump's television host atop DOD just ordered Cyber Command to STAND DOWN all efforts to defend America from Russia, one of the world's top cyber offenders. See how this works?

submitted 34 days ago • 74 comments

Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.

submitted 34 days ago • 456 comments

Ursula von der Leyen commented on the Summit: ◾️Europeans need to work on “basically turning Ukraine into a steel porcupine that is indigestible for potential invaders.” ◾️"We urgently have to rearm Europe". The European Commission will propose a plan on this at the European Council on 6 March.

submitted 34 days ago • 31 comments

Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.

submitted 35 days ago • 372 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 34 days ago • 3322 comments

Interesting. therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

submitted 35 days ago • 245 comments

What we witnessed today was a coming out ceremony. It was planned. Zelesky’s Oval visit was to be the vehicle to declare the USA was no longer the leader of the Free World. It was a “fuck it, there’s no going back; the USA is open for business on the autocracy/oligarchy/kleptocracy market” moment

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The first front pages of Saturday’s newspapers in the UK. “Ukraine Hero Ambushed” “Trump stuns world with vile rant at Zelensky” “A spectacle to horrify the world” Trump is obliterating the global reputation of the US.

submitted 35 days ago • 127 comments

If this ambush of President Zelensky was planned, it makes the behavior of Trump and Vance even more disgraceful. What democratic ally can ever trust a single word uttered by these despicable men who spit in the face of every American who fought and died to save our democratic nation?

submitted 35 days ago • 203 comments