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1/ Bear with us for a thread… Our hearts go out to the many thousands of fed workers who have received callous and cruel termination letters over the past few days. No one should be treated this way, or live under this kind of weaponized fear, and it’s shocking to see in America.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Democrats in Washington have been reactive - not proactive - in creating a strategy to counter the Trump agenda. We can’t continue to be caught flat-footed. I’ve got a solution. Check out my first Substack below. open.substack.com/pub/wileynic...

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I am the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

submitted 8 days ago • 345 comments

And on FOX NEWS, no less.

submitted 8 days ago • 1244 comments

Donald is a pathetically weak man, easily placated and overpowered on the world stage due to the size of his huge ego and small knowledge base. National leaders treat him like a toddler, giving him a pat on the head and a participation trophy, watching him dance back home claiming victory.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Why is anyone in our government taking orders from these kids?

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework. Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...

submitted 20 days ago • 425 comments

A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes. Right fucking now! How is this even a discussion?

submitted 20 days ago • 557 comments

Last night, I wrote in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, about Trump's new coup. I base my analysis on the facts and the law, not hyperbole. We are at a serious tipping point. I hope you'll subscribe if you feel the same way, or if you just want to learn more. joycevance.substack.com

submitted 20 days ago • 134 comments

Today in the upside-down…

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Top-ranking US Treasury official forced out after resisting an unconstitutional demand by unelected, private billionaire Elon Musk to gain access to the Federal payment system. New Treasury Secretary Bessent handed over the keys to sensitive info about taxpayers, SS recipients and gov’t contractors.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

She’s soooo close to getting it.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I'm very focused on the reporting we're doing at @wired.com and not on takes, but what I'm inferring from the reporting our reporters are doing is that in a very literal, not take-having sense, Elon Musk is the head of government while Donald Trump is the head of state.

submitted 24 days ago • 144 comments

Executive orders banning words and phrases associated with “DEI etc” and banning gov’t workers from saying their preferred pronouns IS unconstitutional. They are banning inclusive language. They are banning kindness and respect. Call it what it is.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

You know what’s wasteful? Millions of gov’t workers are so fearful and confused over the chaotic whims of petty, angry billionaires that they can hardly focus on their work. This is cruel & against anyone’s interests except enemies of the US who bought the WH. This won’t help you family or mine.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Was just about to write the same thing - immune from criminal prosecution /= able to literally ignore the constitution. We are certainly in uncharted waters but let’s not convince everyone to quietly accept defeat.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

The artist, David Cohen is an Asheville-based artist/musician and resident of over forty years. His cartoon work spans various subjects ranging from local issues based in Asheville to more national political events and even to one-off, word-play-oriented jokes. ❤️ Give credit to artists when you can.

submitted 30 days ago • 306 comments

Yep. This.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

💡Maybe someone could build a site to rehome all the recently-deleted government websites and pages. Starting with “Reproductive Rights”: web.archive.org/web/20250104...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

shouts to all the media outlets who uncritically parroted him when he said he didn’t know anything about the same Project 2025 he’s now implementing

submitted 29 days ago • 262 comments

Second lawsuit filed against the birthright citizenship EO. Given the 30 day delayed implementation, there will undoubtedly be at least one court order blocking the program before then. I'll also add that I will personally judge any DOJ lawyer defending this. Either refuse or quit. Period.

submitted 33 days ago • 14 comments

This entire day is a travesty. Whether we can rebuild our democracy in the future is one thing. But today will be a marker in history like 9-11, that will divide us into an America before and after. And too many people laughed as they threw away our imperfect democracy like it meant nothing at all.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

President Trump has pardoned 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol four years ago to block his successor from taking office, including 174 charged with using weapons or assaulting police and conspirators who plotted "to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power."

submitted 34 days ago • 169 comments

The first visual of the Trump presidency at the border; a sobbing woman in Ciudad Juárez stands outside the Paso Del Norte port of entry, clutching a pole as she weeps having learned that her 1:00PM appointment for a chance to seek asylum in the US has been cancelled. x.com/arelisrhdz/s...

submitted 34 days ago • 120 comments

Every MLK Day, people share quotes from “I Have a Dream.” But today seems better suited for “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Those of us in fear of what’s to come need to hear (and share) these words more.💙 #MLKDay bri-wp-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/u...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s be the Opposition Party, not the Resistance and not the Minority. Because we are in fact NOT the minority. We need to remind ourselves and our friends and neighbors that there is real power in collective action. That’s one reason MAGA is so hellbent on dividing us. We don’t have to let them.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Senate Dems, you have - A natl party infrastructure - Hundreds of allied and grassroots groups - Emerging new pro-democracy media ecosystem - 6 million Democratic donors All ready to help you make the case against Trump's unacceptable nominees. Please put us to work.

submitted 39 days ago • 30 comments

Rest in peace, President Carter. You didn’t just talk about your values, you lived them. Your generosity and compassion were a light in this world. May your memory be a blessing.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

This is not hyperbole. Every voter in the US should be appalled, AND understand that this is not what NC voters chose. NC is frequently the testing ground… pay attention!

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Dear NC Voters: Regarding the Republican override of Governor Cooper's SB382 veto, Wake Dems believes Chair Anderson Clayton said it best: You were cheated of your power to vote on who is in charge of your governmental departments. #sb382 #ncpol Full statement: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Rape is not an “indiscretion.”

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

The North Carolina legislature needs to support more of this and stop giving money to families that can afford a private education if that’s what they want for their child. Our taxpayer dollars should support public schools. #ncpol #ncga

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 91 days ago • 85 comments

In confronting rightwing hate, from "inner city crime" to "illegals" to trans panic, vital to FIRST establish very big we. To speak of the values that connect us all. This makes harm to specific community, callout narrating why right peddles hate even more potent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hlv...

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

An attack on transparence. This is what authoritarians do: cover up their support from wealthy and powerful interests.

submitted 91 days ago • 51 comments

Day 2

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Remember how many times “reputable” news orgs simply transcribed TFG’s denials about Proj2025 as if they were even remotely believable? Fact-checks lost their meaning with reporters deciding they can’t use common sense when reporting on a serial liar. “He said it - who are we to say it’s not true?”

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments