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Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

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“And then we break windows, assault cops and shit all over the floor.” “Amazing, what do you call this act?” “The January 6th Prison Choir!” consequence.net/2025/02/j6-c...

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Hilarious. After the DOGErs set up the new government-wide all employee email system in late January OPM, where it is housed, sent out an advisory which states explicitly that no employee ever has to respond to any of the emails. See 4.2 and 4.3. www.opm.gov/media/kfpozk...

submitted 8 days ago • 176 comments

Of course. Insecure mediocre white men always remove the competition.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

submitted 15 days ago • 257 comments

The Vice President of our country has been publicly and forcibly rebuked by both the Chancellor of Germany and The Pope in the same week.

submitted 15 days ago • 34 comments

Vance really has mastered the Trumpian combination of ignorance and arrogance.

submitted 15 days ago • 60 comments

Neo-Nazi terrorist and convicted mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, cited this same Napoleon quote in his manifesto.

submitted 15 days ago • 491 comments

Wow. As one German said, "Americans de-Nazified Germany at the end of WWII and now you are re-Nazifying Germany," in response to JD Vance's meeting with the head of the AFD rather than the sitting German Chancellor. ~David Brooks on @pbsnews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuox...

submitted 15 days ago • 27 comments

if journalism is supposed to be one of the institutions that safeguards a free society then journalists should be opponents of autocratic takeovers, brian.

submitted 15 days ago • 193 comments

"When strangers reside with you in your land, you shall not wrong them. The strangers who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Leviticus 19:33-34)

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‘It certainly looks like’ DOJ is holding Adams’ charges over his head: Fmr. Manhattan attorney Fmr. Manhattan assistant district attorney Rebecca Roiphe discusses the Mayor Eric Adams situation and some of President Trump’s orders on anti-corruption. www.msnbc.com/weekends-wit...

submitted 15 days ago • 24 comments

It’s the “Cult of America” and “Gulf of Mexico,” and not the “Gulf of America.”

submitted 15 days ago • 81 comments

my take is that your willingness to accept this gulf of america nonsense is an indicator of your willingness to accept much worse things coming from this administrator

submitted 16 days ago • 1165 comments

The other crazy thing about this is that it shows that Musk and his entourage THINK THAT WHAT HE DID AT TWITTER ACTUALLY WORKED and was a good plan. The levels of delusion are fairly stunning.

submitted 16 days ago • 63 comments

Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"

submitted 22 days ago • 693 comments

With Stephen Miller and Elon Musk now pulling the strings in Washington, an appreciative remembrance of Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers. by David Brooks

submitted 16 days ago • 26 comments

We protected and defended the Constitution for almost 250 years. And because a Black man was able to become president, white people lost their ever loving minds. They decided if the Constitution leads to power for minorities and women, they didn’t want it anymore. It took less than a month to

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.

submitted 17 days ago • 291 comments

There we go, @schatz.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 245 comments

Don’t look up!

submitted 29 days ago • 1150 comments

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE full access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

submitted 29 days ago • 6191 comments

NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

submitted 30 days ago • 457 comments

Today, we start celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth! Black Americans have significantly impacted and influenced the history of my home state of New York and this entire country. Come along as I honor the legacy of some exceptional Black New Yorkers by sharing their stories every single day this month 🧵

submitted 30 days ago • 255 comments

🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.

submitted 31 days ago • 2388 comments

On the crash at DCA The third crew member on the helicopter was a female pilot with 500 h of flying experience. The Army is withholding the pilot's name at the request of her family as they fear her to labeled as the “DEI hire”.

submitted 29 days ago • 53 comments

I know the “imagine if a Democrat did this” is overplayed, but if a Democratic president had given George Soros access to government personnel details and Treasury payments I’m pretty sure we’d have a literal civil war.

submitted 29 days ago • 196 comments

If you are a small to med size business, would you rather buy health insurance from the big insurance companies, or from a new Non Profit Healthcare program offered by the biggest Unions ?

submitted 29 days ago • 3631 comments

hey question, is this bad?

submitted 30 days ago • 2947 comments

4 plane crashes involving loss of life in 48 hours. Maybe gutting the FAA was a bad idea?

submitted 30 days ago • 133 comments

they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.

submitted 30 days ago • 794 comments

Time for real protests.

submitted 30 days ago • 1638 comments

This is perfection. @crampell.bsky.social is soooo smart.

submitted 34 days ago • 878 comments

Jennings: This salute trutherism is outrageous. Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!

submitted 34 days ago • 1490 comments

80 years ago today, the Allies liberated Auschwitz.

submitted 34 days ago • 36 comments

Trump said he wanted to leave reproductive care to the states But now he’s pushed policies barring doctors from sharing information with patients about health care—including abortion He’s forcing anti-choice beliefs into the doctor-patient relationship www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 36 days ago • 72 comments

Fuck yes!

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

Trump’s Golden Age? Yeah if you wanted senior citizens to pay more for prescription drugs, this is your Golden Age.

submitted 39 days ago • 67 comments

The Trump administration defunded medical research today. Friends in the media it’s not anymore complicated than this. Report it as such

submitted 39 days ago • 19 comments

Word is that 65K federal workers got notice today that their jobs are ending. Some of the MAGA folks are acting shocked that they are on the list. The harm was only supposed to happen to liberals, apparently. When I told you those assholes voted to hurt their fellow citizens, I meant it. And I

submitted 39 days ago • 9 comments

THE REASON THAT FEMA EXISTS IS BECAUSE STATES COULD NOT DEAL WITH LARGE SCALE DISASTERS BY THEMSELVES IN THE 1970S. Now the disasters are bigger, there are homeland security threats, and this guy wants to roll us back 50 years.

submitted 39 days ago • 266 comments

Trump is literally purging the federal government of Black people and women. So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.

submitted 39 days ago • 368 comments

I repeat, if you have been notified that you are being terminated from a federal agency, reach out to us at the www.centerforemploymentjustice.com

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My prediction is that we will see a wave of big law firms move decidedly in a pro-MAGA direction. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

submitted 39 days ago • 259 comments