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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

submitted 22 days ago • 1035 comments

Our entire national security leadership team is a national security risk. That seems bad. Is it bad?

submitted 28 days ago • 124 comments

Today feels like something of a turning point. A lot more people seem to be finally waking up to the insane danger we're in as a country with this madman running the show. Unfortunately, the time to avoid the worst of this was 6 months ago. I sincerely hope it's not too late to stop this already.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

They know this was a stratospheric fuckup. Democrats need to be loud, clear and ferocious to keep this story alive. Everyone can understand why this is bad (some will choose to pretend it isn't, don't worry about them). Demand resignations. Threaten consequences. Be forceful. Don't back down.

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

The economy has gone from Trump's best polling issue in his first term, to one of his worst this time around. It will continue to fall as the effects of his disastrous policies really start to hit home, it's actually quite telling how unpopular his handling of the economy is *already.*

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts. The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.

submitted 39 days ago • 754 comments