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I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv

submitted 14 hours ago • 766 comments

📌NOTE: Immediately after the vile attack on Zelensky by Putin's puppets Friday, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries should have called a joint press conference and explained to the American public the significance, heinousness and danger of that sickening surrender. 📌They should STILL be talking now.

submitted 2 days ago • 2556 comments

Trump’s right. We’re headed to WW3. But we won’t be the good guys this time

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.

submitted 3 days ago • 477 comments

If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.

submitted 3 days ago • 463 comments

It’s nice how they’ve replicated the middle school dynamic of the insecure bully and his sniveling sidekick picking on someone surrounded by a circle of scared little boys who also try to talk shit so the bully doesn’t come after them. Or as the right calls it, “masculinity.”

submitted 3 days ago • 440 comments

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

submitted 3 days ago • 2975 comments

every day I spend time thinking about how stupid and unnecessary all of this is and I hate it

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy. Let that sink in.

submitted 3 days ago • 542 comments

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?

submitted 5 days ago • 990 comments

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 7 days ago • 2171 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 9 days ago • 2234 comments

if nothing else I hope this era finally makes clear that government is a SERVICE, not a business. everything isn't designed to make money.

submitted 8 days ago • 35 comments

My students are currently doing a project on the Gilded Age. I know a few who will want to dismantle this quote from our President

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This is me when I across men shorter than me. It’s impossible to compute

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.

submitted 12 days ago • 816 comments

There is no specifically enumerated Constitutional right to safe air travel, so it's hard to see why Democrats are so upset about all the plane crashes. by Jonathan Turley

submitted 13 days ago • 31 comments

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 13 days ago • 1929 comments

History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way” Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??” History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

submitted 13 days ago • 388 comments

I hate it here

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

“in which the two leaders agreed to work together to [complete Russia’s invasion of a sovereign country].” Fixed it for you

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

A whole lot of incumbent Democrats in DC are simply not up to this moment and need to be both (1) shamed into whatever action we can get from them and (2) removed at the soonest opportunity.

submitted 15 days ago • 31 comments

How is Dem leadership so out of touch? We tell them what we ACTUALLY care about and they get mad. Then they go online and say shit like this. We need real opposition leadership.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

One enduring problem with the American electorate is how millions of people convinced themselves the government plays no role in their economic situation except to tax and to hinder them while giving money to undeserving people.

submitted 16 days ago • 106 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 • 1163 comments

Opinion | With Democrats expelled from power, we are finally liberated from the language police. Here's why the AP must be punished for not saying "Gulf of America."

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

submitted 20 days ago • 3885 comments

I keep hearing people say the government should operate more transparently, but what they're really saying is that "I can't understand a publicly available audit, so the government should dumb shit down for my stupid ass," and I'm sorry, but that's just not how it works.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

The Trump Administration is breaking the law. Period. Never stop showing this. They are not “implementing unpopular policies” or “auditing the government.” They are breaking the law and ignoring the courts.

submitted 21 days ago • 154 comments

Yup. If the President can unilaterally stop Congressional appropriations, then we're past any 'guardrails.' Congress is now an advisory body; it does not control the power of the purse.

submitted 20 days ago • 114 comments

“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.” — Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.

submitted 22 days ago • 1058 comments

Can someone just slip a "cancel all the student loans" EO into the pile? Accidentally delete the files? There must be one hero in DC

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

"What our profession most definitely does not believe is that the primary purpose of history is to instill a single notion of 'patriotic education' in our youth about 'our incredible Nation,' as the order demands." Correct. Trump wants propaganda, not history. newrepublic.com/article/1912...

submitted 25 days ago • 28 comments

It’s time to fucking J6 these goons. Goddammit @markey.senate.gov act like our country & constitution is at stake or something

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

With all due respect, you're a United States Senator and that's a rent-a-cop from a private security firm with no authority to stop you. You can't just take no for an answer here.

submitted 25 days ago • 415 comments

I would really love to see the NYT & WaPo treat the current political situation with even half the level of alarm they used last year in reporting that Biden was old

submitted 27 days ago • 143 comments

In December, I picked up a stray dog. We fostered her for a little over 2 weeks while trying to find her a forever home. In that time, we found out she was pregnant. Fast forward to today: Pumpkin (the stray) is adopted and all her puppies are in fosters. I have no doubt they’ll be adopted soon!

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving

submitted 28 days ago • 182 comments

if I had a global microphone and wanted to make a buncha money quick I’d probably say something that would make the market dip and buy up a bunch of stock and then say something else that would make it recover

submitted 28 days ago • 85 comments

i think it's super cool that the government is run by the klan right now

submitted 28 days ago • 399 comments

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

submitted 29 days ago • 1035 comments

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

submitted 30 days ago • 770 comments

Think about how fast it went from Trump personally is not liable to prosecution for official acts to Trump’s big Nazi donor’s extralegal and unaccountable goon squad is not subject to arrest.

submitted 29 days ago • 67 comments

Compared with any other major country, the United States has been extremely fortunate in its two immediate neighbors, Canada and Mexico. Now, incredibly, it is declaring economic war on both of them. This is a war no one can win, and from which tens of millions will lose. This is insanity.

submitted 30 days ago • 193 comments

I didn’t get a goddamn history degree so I could relive it

submitted 30 days ago • 23 comments

I really don’t think it’s happenstance that pretty much every remaining institutional safeguard broke down within 15 years of Citizens United

submitted 30 days ago • 256 comments

If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.

submitted 30 days ago • 1030 comments