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Gov. Mills of Maine reminds us how to stand up to bullies.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

submitted 3 days ago • 2181 comments

DOGE has gained access to our Social Security system, and now Musk is spreading lies about massive fraud all so we greenlight his taking an ax to everything. I call out his B.S. in today’s piece: https://buff.ly/3X5uNPt

submitted 4 days ago • 49 comments

This Michael Steele explosion was worth scraping off of X and posting here: x.com/MikeSington/...

submitted 5 days ago • 155 comments

Trump spent millions in tax payer dollars today for photo ops at the Daytona 500 as storms in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia killed at least 8 people, injured many more, and caused total devastation…Oh yea, Trump wants FEMA abolished. youtu.be/_yqIudpInQM?...

submitted 6 days ago • 230 comments

The DOJ is now a criminal operation

submitted 10 days ago • 1064 comments

This tweet is setting up the Trump administration to thrust the U.S. into a constitutional crisis and obliterate our system of checks and balances as we know it.

submitted 13 days ago • 1357 comments

Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover DOGE-related expenses.

submitted 13 days ago • 901 comments

Are you marching yet?

submitted 14 days ago • 117 comments

What can the opposition party do? Like, actually do, right now? Five concrete things the Democrats can do to fight Trump:

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

“Ignore the media headlines reporting that these moves ‘raise questions’ or ‘push the boundary.’ It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.” www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

submitted 16 days ago • 126 comments

Newly confirmed OMB Director Russell Vought has strongly implied that his strategy “is to instill fear in the Supreme Court that the presidency is prepared to resort to outright defiance of its decisions.” executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

submitted 16 days ago • 438 comments

Not so brilliant.

submitted 15 days ago • 961 comments

“Never before has a presidential administration so openly wielded the power of the federal government as a blunt-force instrument to be used against fellow Americans, journalism outlets, and, yes, its political rivals.” NEW from @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:

submitted 17 days ago • 29 comments

Well…

submitted 18 days ago • 391 comments

REPORTER: You are talking tonight about the US taking over a sovereign territory. What authority would allow you to do that? Are you talking about a permanent occupation? TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position

submitted 18 days ago • 1173 comments

Donald Trump is now talking about the United States “OWNING” Gaza. Owning it. What the actual fuck.

submitted 18 days ago • 1469 comments

Trump says the US is going to occupy Gaza and take it over, the acting DC US attorney issues fascist threats to those who dare criticize Elon Musk, and why are Bernie and Josh Hawley teaming up? Catch up with our daily bulletin:

submitted 18 days ago • 175 comments

Exactly.

submitted 18 days ago • 47 comments

Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace calls to “turn Gaza into Mar-A-Lago”

submitted 18 days ago • 1192 comments

🚨 USAID has sent an all staff email stating all personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally starting at 11:59pm EST on 2/7 except for those involved in mission-critical functions, core leadership, and designated programs. Essential staff will be notified by 3pm on 2/6.

submitted 18 days ago • 241 comments

Nixon said when the president does it, it isn't illegal. Trump's innovation is doing so much illegal stuff that it stops feeling illegal, and the word loses its pointedness.

submitted 18 days ago • 32 comments

The USPS just suspended the acceptance of packages from China and Hong Kong until further notice.

submitted 18 days ago • 608 comments

In Trump's America, it's open season for criminals. As Trump weakens the FBI, child sex offenders and murderers, pardoned by him, are back on the streets. Crypto scammers are given free rein to operate unchecked. Trump's America will be defined by rampant crime and lawlessness.

submitted 22 days ago • 292 comments

Listen up.

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

Dialogue continues between trump and our allies re: tariffs. Here's the latest from The Meidas Touch: youtu.be/9jmQH_ETXI0?...

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

The president of the United States is pulling security from former government employees whom the intelligence community believes are under threat of assassination by a hostile state. And his explanation is to smirk, “I mean, there’s risks to everything.”

submitted 25 days ago • 17 comments

Starting an avoidable trade war is not strength. It’s weakness. Strength would be able to fix this without pouting and throwing a fit. Trump is still a child, a weak, scared, whiney, child

submitted 27 days ago • 714 comments

Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience. What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?

submitted 29 days ago • 1662 comments

The GOP in Congress are indeed an ungrateful set of cowardly miscreants.

submitted 29 days ago • 211 comments

As a rape survivor, the very thought of having a sexual abusing Commander-in-Chief and a sexual abusing Secretary of Defense makes me want to throw up.

submitted 29 days ago • 1006 comments

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Trump refusing to release files he claimed he would and why that might be since it involves his past. Release the Epstein files!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeWy...

submitted 29 days ago • 11 comments

This week tested us all. Trump wanted to break us. He wanted to grind us down. He wanted to rip away our spirits and strip away our hope. Trump failed— and failed miserably. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 29 days ago • 48 comments

Dear price of eggs Trump voters, Not only aren’t they any cheaper, there’s an actual shortage because of the raging Bird Flu we’re not getting any public information about because the food safety & public health agencies responsible for that shit have basically been shut down. Bravo.

submitted 29 days ago • 728 comments

Trump Inauguration Destroyed by Meidas… LOWEST RATINGS www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-inau...

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

Hide the ketchup! The Trump inauguration had the worst ratings in modern presidential history. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 31 days ago • 60 comments

This is the stuff they feed the cult to keep them from noticing that the only reason why they wanted power was to stay out of prison, have immunity from prosecution, then use the levers of power to enrich themselves exponentially faster than any group of people in human history.

submitted 31 days ago • 800 comments

Yesterday’s confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense demonstrated two things: The Democrats are ready to scrap, while the GOP-controlled Senate is already busy kissing Trump’s ass. My write up: https://buff.ly/3PD9KQc

submitted 38 days ago • 25 comments

That’s courage and principle right there. I will be reading Rubin’s work at The Contrarian with interest.

submitted 39 days ago • 9 comments

According to Republicans, honoring Jimmy Carter, who never incited a deadly attack on our Capitol, is less important than honoring Donald Trump, who very much did.

submitted 39 days ago • 324 comments

The Russians often find gullible U.S. politicians to do the heavy lifting for them. They used James Comer on the Bidens, and now they may have played Tom Cotton (and Trump) over Greenland. My write-up: https://buff.ly/40f8OGp

submitted 40 days ago • 30 comments

“I am confident that historians, with the clarity of hindsight, will focus less on Biden’s softening voice and tentative gait — and more on all that he managed to achieve in a single term. He . . . leaves the nation much better off than he found it.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 41 days ago • 192 comments

Trump’s legal arguments for postponing or canceling today’s sentencing by Judge Merchan were so patently ridiculous that the four Justices who signed onto them by dissenting yesterday have erased any residual doubt that they’re willing to swallow whatever crap Trump’s lawyers will throw his way.

submitted 43 days ago • 127 comments

NEW: Danish news outlet DR reports that sources tell them "Trump's people 'bribed' homeless and socially disadvantaged people with hotel dinners to play Trump supporters" during Don Jr's visit to Greenland.

submitted 44 days ago • 526 comments

Does he not realize what he's saying?

submitted 44 days ago • 397 comments