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submitted 4 hours ago • 251 comments

For the record, it is not legal for the U.S. President to deploy U.S. Marines or other active-duty military forces on U.S. soil for law enforcement purposes. #AuthoritarianTrump

submitted 13 hours ago • 69 comments

January Trump approval on the economy: plus +8.24 points Today Trump approval on the economy: minus -15.75 January Trump approval on inflation: plus +1.99 Today Trump approval on inflation: minus -22.24 So clearly it's time to deploy the Marines in L.A.? www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

submitted 11 hours ago • 411 comments

Trump is trying desperately to create a crisis. And he will try to do the same thing in 2026 to prevent the midterms from happening. Hey America, let’s not let him.

submitted 11 hours ago • 38 comments

Elon Musk’s goons at the Department of Government Efficiency transmitted a large amount of data—all of it undetected—using a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal they installed on top of the White House, according to a new report.

submitted 12 hours ago • 22 comments

Reminder that our Constitution guarantees due process to ALL persons — not just citizens — and enshrines habeas corpus as a fundamental right. Either everyone has due process — or no one does.

submitted 1 day ago • 125 comments

Surprise! Or not.🤷‍♀️ A former DOGE employee says that he found that the federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were "relatively nonexistent" during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs. www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

😕🤷🏻‍♂️

submitted 1 day ago • 79 comments

And I weigh 110 lbs and have a bridge to sell you…

submitted 1 day ago • 359 comments

Donald Trump will recklessly throw our nation into historic highs of debt if this betrayal of a bill passes. For the sake of our children and our grand children, we must stop this disastrous bill.

submitted 1 day ago • 117 comments

Since 1975 (the past fifty years) global vaccination efforts have saved the lives of 154 million people, especially reducing infant deaths — by 40%. That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany. #ScienceMatters

submitted 16 days ago • 34 comments

Evidence You Might Be In A Cult You follow one charismatic Leader. In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong. In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong. Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders. Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion. You don't know you're in a Cult

submitted 8 days ago • 206 comments

"Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many employees dismissed by DOGE initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process..." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 292 comments

@crampell.bsky.social calling shenanigans!! #DemocracyDogIsHereForEpicJournalists

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Trump can't have it both ways. Either the economy is not only strong but "hot," and therefore doesn't need the Fed to stimulate it further. Or the economy is weak and struggling, and therefore the Fed needs to intervene and cuts rates. Which is it?

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submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

✊AFT Supports Cutting Taxes on Working Class & Raising Taxes on Millionaires ✊Defending and Strengthening Public Schools & a Better Life for All ✊Mobilizing to Defend Democracy, Expand Opportunity, & Build Power ✊Opposition to Detainments, Deportations & Visa Revocations in Higher Education.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Large language models “are not emotionally intelligent or ‘smart’ in any meaningful or recognizably human sense of the word,” @Tyler_A_Harper writes. Understanding this is essential to avoiding AI’s most corrosive effects: www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Your bill is going to cut coverage for 11 million Americans and it’ll still cost more than universal healthcare. Healthcare is a human right, you absolute ghouls.

submitted 2 days ago • 555 comments

Because the next couple days are gonna be confusing for everyone, here's a reminder that you do not ever have to "hand it to" any of the following guys: Elon Musk Donald Trump JD Vance RFK jr Stephen Miller

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

Gotta love Aldi! 🏳️‍🌈

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Another loss in court for Trump Admin. Judge blocks administration from preventing foreign students from traveling to Harvard www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard...

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submitted 3 days ago • 247 comments

@muellershewrote.com joins me on the latest episode of the Sane(ish) podcast. We talk about the billionaire boner bill, our vets, Trump’s small in the pants parade, and much, much more. Available now, wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

While President Trump spends millions of taxpayer dollars to throw himself a birthday party, we’re taking to the streets. Fight the administration’s abuses of power with us on June 14. Find a rally near you. www.nokings.org#map/?utm_sou...

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

I'll tell you what would potentially drive me from the Democratic Party: this. Elon Musk just decimated our federal government in a way that's going to cause millions of deaths around the world over the next decade. Any political party that allies with him is not a party I think I can belong to.

submitted 3 days ago • 97 comments

As Trump and Musk attack each other, don't forget: their ongoing DOGE cuts have made your life worse. It doesn't matter who wins the Trump-Musk feud. Thanks to them, millions of Americans have already lost crucial public services. youtu.be/M5LD2CSOzmI?...

submitted 3 days ago • 95 comments

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submitted 3 days ago • 126 comments

If Trump and Musk get a divorce who gets to keep Joe Rogan?

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Tesla stock ended the day down 14%. The company lost $152 billion in value — the biggest hit to its market cap ever, according to CNBC.

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submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.

submitted 3 days ago • 168 comments

President Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” will make it easier for big banks and giant corporations to cheat you as Republicans try yet again to shut down the CFPB. I will use every tool at my disposal to defeat this attack on consumers, including challenging it under Senate rules.

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

As a Musk biographer, my view—based on the available evidence—is that if Trump and his team get their hands on Elon Musk’s federal citizenship application and compare it to the public acknowledgment by Kimbal Musk that he and his brother knowingly violated their student visas, Musk can be deported.

submitted 3 days ago • 123 comments