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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 15 hours ago • 127 comments

Isn't the easiest explanation for the Muskian rampage that he's working on behalf of Putin and extracting fanatical, bloody revenge against US, weakening the country, shrinking our military, destroying our reputation, melting our alliances, making us poorer & now punishing Americans directly?

submitted 23 hours ago • 34 comments

she is right

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

submitted 1 day ago • 641 comments

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

submitted 1 day ago • 556 comments

This is really something

submitted 2 days ago • 1775 comments

Düsseldorf Rose Monday carnival, 2018. Prophetic.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Sweet Baby Jesus, Why did you take our brains from us? Was it the Trump bibles? Was it worshiping a golden oaf? How can we make amends?

submitted 3 days ago • 170 comments

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

submitted 3 days ago • 4223 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 248 comments

Important 🧵: Stanford political scientist uses data to show DOGE is attacking “liberal” agencies, not focusing on waste & inefficiency: “The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education.”

submitted 3 days ago • 193 comments

Love this guy

submitted 3 days ago • 71 comments

He will burn down whatever he can, however he can Our systems of governance, rule of law, global alliances, even the Constitution. Consumed by vengeance and greed, he is the greatest threat to our Republic since its founding. We must meet this moment with the force of a thousand suns. Or perish.

submitted 3 days ago • 676 comments

Backatcha!

submitted 3 days ago • 208 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 4 days ago • 1220 comments

At least 20 FDA staffers reviewing Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, were fired in an ongoing DOGE purge of federal workers.

submitted 5 days ago • 280 comments

True words.

submitted 6 days ago • 554 comments

This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

submitted 6 days ago • 675 comments

“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977 “He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025

submitted 8 days ago • 119 comments

Vance visiting Dachau when his own government has banned governmental observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, all while endorsing German fascists afterwards and telling democratic German parties to work WITH the fascists, is truly vile and disgusting, even for what we expect of him.

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

Why does a 38-year old U.S. Attorney in SDNY, who is also a die hard conservative, have more guts and integrity than the entirety of the GOP Senate Conference combined?! Shame on the shameless sycophants and enablers there, who can’t find the spine to stand up to common MAGA bullies.

submitted 9 days ago • 500 comments

No one HAS to do illegal, corrupt, wrong things, They CHOOSE to. Or not. Bravo to the SDNY and Main Justice Lawyers who are showing America what it is to defend the rule of law. What a contrast to sniveling Rs in Congress.

submitted 9 days ago • 110 comments

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

submitted 10 days ago • 558 comments

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

submitted 10 days ago • 230 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 12 days ago • 3883 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 3065 comments

If, for example, the Chinese state did half of what Musk and Trump are doing to the US federal government, degrading its capacities, undermining its ability to function, destabilising the Union, it would be considered an act of war. These are not patriots. They're an urgent threat to national life.

submitted 12 days ago • 40 comments

Monday thought:

submitted 13 days ago • 639 comments

Oh. Would be a shame if everyone shared this everywhere while trump and Eric Adams try to work out a deal.

submitted 12 days ago • 186 comments

Brave New World. The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.

submitted 12 days ago • 24 comments

Don't forget, Project 2025 openly called for ignoring the courts.

submitted 13 days ago • 43 comments

James Comer had 2 years to dig into all this supposed govt corruption that Musk is “discovering.” That’s what Oversight Committee is supposed to do. Instead, he spent 2 years on Hunter Biden - which resulted in nothing except a James Comer book deal.

submitted 13 days ago • 221 comments

I wonder: Are the people of the proud democracy and great science nation USA just going to sit back and watch as it is dismantled by a bunch of rampant billionaires? www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...

submitted 13 days ago • 16 comments

Hey NYTimes — now you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

submitted 14 days ago • 3220 comments

@markgreenny.bsky.social launched exactly this in Trump’s first term, making me his Shadow AG. Now @[email protected] is recycling the idea. Whatever its source, it’s worth trying!

submitted 13 days ago • 33 comments

Thought of the day…

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

This really does explain a lot about Trump’s actions.

submitted 14 days ago • 375 comments

Every. Single. Word. Of. This. I couldn't be prouder of my fellow Floridian @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and the new generation of Dems fighting fire with fire. More of this, please!

submitted 15 days ago • 87 comments

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

submitted 15 days ago • 3187 comments

I’m much more worried about the rise of people who don’t know what fascism is.

submitted 15 days ago • 151 comments

"In hindsight, the first year may have been the entire ballgame — even if no one quite knew it at the time..." Really good explainer by Zack Beauchamp here. Worth reading: www.vox.com/politics/398...

submitted 16 days ago • 325 comments

America is facing an underreported “separatist” movement, which wants some or all of the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 reversed bc those in the movement claim that anti-discrimination laws interfere w/ their right to “free association” in their private lives, both personal & professional. 1/

submitted 16 days ago • 30 comments