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I love this graph which not only shows each state’s contribution to the GDP but also a country with a comparable GDP. Just look at the Red States 🤣

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As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, World War II survivors reflect on painful memories shaped by the German occupation of the country and the deportation of Jews and others to death camps.

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Participants "will reportedly surrender every device—phones, smartwatches, laptops. The doors will be sealed. Even the floorboards are being replaced with ones that block cell phone signals." That's the papal conclave; the Pentagon is a different story.

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

This man defies parody

submitted 3 days ago • 127 comments

In misogynistic United States, the score is 0️⃣

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

I love the internet

submitted 4 days ago • 233 comments

This May 22 dinner is a high crime and misdemeanor. A president of the United States can’t use the office to enrich himself in this way, from potentially anonymous donors for whom he might do favors. This is as textbook as corruption gets.

submitted 4 days ago • 165 comments

WSJ: After tech to manage air traffic failed several times in recent days, 20% of the FAA controllers at Newark Airport walked out. Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!

submitted 5 days ago • 103 comments

When you’re getting lectured by the <checks notes> German government on failing to account for the dangers posed by right-wing extremism, it might be time to take a seat.

submitted 5 days ago • 158 comments

A "hilarious" thing is that it is pundit accepted truth that anti-dei is extremely popular

submitted 5 days ago • 36 comments

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

submitted 6 days ago • 448 comments

Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago. It also received $22M in federal aid. While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.

submitted 6 days ago • 891 comments

Is it me, or does this actually sound like what Communist countries would say and do but just with their own version of "ideology"?

submitted 6 days ago • 295 comments

Canada and Mexico brought resumes. We brought reality show B-roll.

submitted 7 days ago • 339 comments

Trump doesn’t control everything.

submitted 7 days ago • 536 comments

If you haven’t watched this yet, stop what you’re doing and take a couple minutes. This is the energy we need.

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

The mugshots that were missing from the White House lawn.

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

That number isn’t nearly high enough. But still, progress.

submitted 8 days ago • 36 comments

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 8 days ago • 1347 comments

Every factory on earth, except those located in the United States, can get the inputs they need from China, without paying an additional 145 percent markup.

submitted 10 days ago • 138 comments

Adam Kinzinger on the arrest of a Wisconsin judge: "This is nothing but fascism."

submitted 12 days ago • 88 comments

Don't just watch this from an American point of view and our handshaking culture. The French shake EVERYONE'S hands. ALWAYS. In contexts where we don't. So for Macron to skip it is wow...

submitted 11 days ago • 49 comments

Pale Blue Dot

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that everyone is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

submitted 19 days ago • 418 comments

Critical support to Comrade Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

Unforgivable. No amount of apologies from this man will suffice. He cannot be allowed to stay in office. He is an unqualified eugenicist. Also an idiot.

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Dog Without Owner Support 😂😂

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

Transformer Girl 😘

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

🐝 Bee-lieve It or Not: This Mason Bee Just Pulled a Nail from a Wall! 😮

submitted 23 days ago • 15 comments

Mom Cat's Genius Trick: 'Bye Bye, Kiddo! 💨 You'll Come Down!' 🐱‍🐉🙈

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS. This is it. This is where America ends.

submitted 23 days ago • 1622 comments

Economics might seem -- from the outside -- like it's about competition. But really it's about creating the miracle of cooperation, where folks from all around the world enrich your day in a million tiny ways. It's that beauty that I'm worried about losing.

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments

Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

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Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates. Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.

submitted 27 days ago • 233 comments

Folks— Just a thought. Find out how/ if your parents want to be buried / cremated. And check in on that decision now and again. Trust me. You want to know.

submitted 27 days ago • 45 comments

The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens. The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago. Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.

submitted 28 days ago • 664 comments

Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down. Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.

submitted 28 days ago • 525 comments