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Tony Wagner from Cross Lake is a 78-year-old Vietnam veteran who paid into Social Security his entire life. But after his wife passed, the Trump Administration has made it nearly impossible for him to access the benefits he's earned. I met with him today to hear his story.

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

Trump, do you want to set up a compensation fund for the 140 sworn police officers wounded by your J6 “patriots” too? Or is it just the criminals you’re proposing to pay reparations? Why should the taxpayers pay for the upkeep of your mercenary gang?

submitted 21 days ago • 94 comments

House Democratic Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social calls on Trump to fire SecDef Hegseth.

submitted 22 days ago • 185 comments

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

submitted 22 days ago • 1143 comments

Welcome back to Earth, astronauts! Um, a few things have changed since you left. "You will praise President Trump for his strength and fortitude, assuming you do not wish to be returned to space. LOL! Just kidding! (We are not actually kidding.)" www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

Please like this post if you're as tired of "winning" as I am. #IncompetentKrasnov

submitted 35 days ago • 1734 comments

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

submitted 32 days ago • 768 comments

I planted cabbage, carrots and lettuce in my charity garden today. It's a small drop in the ocean but anyway I can help and give back, I will. Sometimes it's a million small efforts that can make the biggest difference. Trying for hope but it's so very hard.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

"DOGE’s claims are often either mathematically impossible, or, like the $50m 'condoms for Gaza' claim, simply false. This allows the administration to take a strategically ambiguous stance in hopes of shielding DOGE from judicial interference. But that strategy is failing." -- @lizdye.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 84 comments

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I guess ketchup is back as a vegetable.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Seriously? Fuck off you worthless excuse.

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submitted 43 days ago • 8 comments

After enduring a hostile work setting during the pandemic, I had to quit for my mental and physical health the end of 2020. I relied on my consulting and ACA for 3 years as a self-employed consultant.

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Chris Murphy: "Everyone who signs up to work for Donald Trump is signing up for one single project, and that is the transition of American democracy to a kind of kleptocratic oligarchy in which the billionaires rule and get to steal from regular Americans."

submitted 44 days ago • 474 comments

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

submitted 45 days ago • 2036 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

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Thank you Senator. This is most certainly a better use of time for both you and Oregonians. You are appreciated here.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

I have never witnessed a more embarrassing moment for America. Anyone who supports what Trump and Vance just did to Zelensky, an ally and a leader this country has rightly rallied around, is lost and gone for good. That was a national disgrace.

submitted 47 days ago • 25 comments

@jamellebouie.net is really good here 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

submitted 48 days ago • 11 comments

Nothing about kids dying from measles is normal. Anti-vaxxers like RFK Jr. and the Republicans who enable them are responsible for every single one of these deaths.

submitted 49 days ago • 458 comments

Great new work from @kff.org -- When asked about the consequences of losing Medicaid, a 55-year old Trump voter from Oklahoma said "For me it would, it would probably lead to death, and that’s kinda harshly speaking, but it’s the way that it would be." www.kff.org/medicaid/rep...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Smart son!

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

5 things I did last week Musk 1. Successfully asked you to rehire 300 nuclear & avian flu workers you “accidentally” fired 2. Pressed you to pay attention to rising household costs 3. Stood up for vets 4. Fought against your tax cuts for the rich 5. Stood with 🇺🇦 instead of🇷🇺

submitted 52 days ago • 200 comments

Dear Democrats: Elon Musk is ruining the lives of tens of thousands of good, hard-working federal employees. And he thinks it's a hoot. He thinks it's a joke. Here is your picture. Spend some money and flood the zone so you drive this stupid, gross image into the minds of every freakin' American.

submitted 54 days ago • 12 comments

A very good read. Subscribe to PN if you don’t already.

submitted 54 days ago • 9 comments

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

submitted 55 days ago • 1864 comments

A bright spot in today's world. I hope to see this baby soon!

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

A key bit in today's column (and I hope you'll read the whole thing here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...) is the ludicrous idea that axing tens of thousands of federal workers will make any significant dent in what the government spends. This is meant to be cruel and splashy, not effective.

submitted 55 days ago • 8 comments

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

submitted 56 days ago • 572 comments

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

submitted 56 days ago • 1335 comments

Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."

submitted 56 days ago • 169 comments

Liar in chief

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

This is Charlie. He has literal heart-eyes. 14/10 would be an honor to pet (IG: charlie.the.dalmatian)

submitted 61 days ago • 71 comments

The Trump Administration has done more damage to the United States, our institutions, our interests, our standing in the world, the world order we have fought and sacrificed for a century to establish in the past four weeks than all the enemies of the US managed to inflict during the past 250 years.

submitted 61 days ago • 28 comments

NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

submitted 62 days ago • 1516 comments

Another special shoutout to those of you Biden 2020 voters in swing states who just couldn't pull that lever for Harris in 2024. FFS.

submitted 62 days ago • 4 comments