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Just beware: there are fake, troll accounts on this platform here to defend Musk. I just called out one because it was so obvious and he deleted his comment and blocked me. Thin-skinned Musk is paying people to protect him and his disinformation.

submitted 1 hour ago • 8 comments

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

submitted 20 hours ago • 62 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 3 hours ago • 1009 comments

Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social! "Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

submitted 6 hours ago • 262 comments

This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

submitted 3 hours ago • 217 comments

1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

submitted 4 hours ago • 53 comments

A knife to the back is maybe the best way to describe Trump's foreign policy. @rosabrooks.bsky.social @edwardluce.bsky.social and @kschake.bsky.social join @djrothkopf.bsky.social to explain why this is just another step on the pathway to calamity in the US. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Call me old fashioned, but being Russia’s KGB agent “Krasnov” since 1987 should disqualify Trump from being President of the United States. Retroactively, immediately, and forever.

submitted 4 hours ago • 101 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 18 hours ago • 553 comments

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants. #IDsky #Medsky #Episky www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 11 hours ago • 113 comments

The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

submitted 17 hours ago • 38 comments

We are the builders We built the tools millions of Americans use every single day to access government services. www.wethebuilders.org

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I believe I do a pretty good job in this column of explaining why public-sector workers are valuable. Please read, @housedemocrats.bsky.social! newrepublic.com/post/191811/...

submitted 10 hours ago • 7 comments

All politics is economics. If the Supreme Court Citizens United decision grants more political power to those with more money, then to defeat them, it is essential that we target the sources of their wealth. Yes, that means you should sell your Tesla and get off X. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 10 hours ago • 20 comments

It is time to systematically boycott the businesses of Musk, Trump and the other billionaires behind their assault on our democracy, America's security and the well-being of the most vulnerable in our society and around the world. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 10 hours ago • 7 comments

Not an exaggeration. We are living through a geopolitical earthquake and the future of the planet depends on people recognizing that and, sadly, that the United States government is no longer on the side of democracy, the rule of law, the international order, progress, security or decency.

submitted 10 hours ago • 6 comments

Many fired workers are not speaking publicly, but here are four Minnesotans who did.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 1 day ago • 2349 comments

Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

submitted 8 hours ago • 753 comments

It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 20 hours ago • 562 comments

"the house of the USAID mission director in Kinshasa had been looted, and videos of the ransacking began circulating on social media..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 5 days ago • 250 comments

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

submitted 1 day ago • 1536 comments

Just so everybody is clear on Republican priorities: We put up an amendment to make sure nobody making over $500 million gets a tax cut. Republicans voted against it.

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

submitted 1 day ago • 678 comments

New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

submitted 1 day ago • 207 comments

These are dark days for public health. Things are going to get more challenging, but we cannot give in and give up. What this means right now for most of you is to get involved locally. Understand what the issues are and use all your heart and soul to fight for them.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

And now we have the answer on why Louis DeJoy abruptly resigned as Postmaster General. Trump intends to take over the Post Office. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 314 comments

“At one point, McCormick…was pointedly asked about the firings of hundreds of workers at the CDC which is based in Atlanta: “Why is a supposedly conservative party taking such a radical and extremist and sloppy approach to this?” www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

This is for all the big accounts on hear w/thousands upon thousands of followers, including @mcuban.bsky.social & George Clooney. The Democratic Party did nothing wrong in their messaging. This election was a clear choice between good & evil, moral vs immoral. I'm sorry that most of you don't have

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

submitted 1 day ago • 1244 comments

I've read that Reps in Congress are being physically threatened if they don't support trump. Ok, so? My message to you is this: Hire a bodyguard. Hire a hundred of them, but DO YOUR DAMN JOB AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY!!

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

#MoscowMitch clips:

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Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff?

submitted 1 day ago • 494 comments

Trump and Musk’s “pointless bloodbath” at the FAA is even worse than you think. The Trump administration fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless and drunk pilots out of the skies — and officials are baffled.

submitted 1 day ago • 147 comments

A little substance about what the FBI does & historical context to help you articulate just how dangerous the confirmation of Kash Patel is. joycevance.substack.com/p/kash-patel...

submitted 1 day ago • 144 comments

Dear business owners that voted for Trump, You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.

submitted 2 days ago • 246 comments