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Trump trying to boast he’s cut a deal with Harvard is just trying to get ahead and out spin on another loss in court.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

We used to live in a backsliding democracy. That’s no longer true. America is now an authoritarian regime. The country’s leaders despise democratic ideals we once considered the bedrock of our national identity. Whether we ever come back into an era of democratic governance is entirely up to you.

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

Tanks in our streets. This is a symbol of a banana republic, not a celebration of democracy.

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submitted 14 days ago • 17 comments

Also bad news for the market generally and the U.S. dollar. Once data is untrustworthy, America is a risky investment. The global economic community will take note.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

This is also true of diplomacy. Our relationships with allies are built on a bedrock of decades (and sometimes centuries) of shared history, cooperation and trust. Trump has essentially blown that shit up and salted the earth behind him. It will take generations for anything to grow there again.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Holy hell. 👀 I mean it’s the early vote but…

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

ICE turned back in Somerville So many Somerville community members came out that ICE simply retreated. Nonviolent resistance works when communities come together to protect kids and families.

submitted 23 days ago • 283 comments

Oh good grief. Do I even want to know what this is about? I suppose dear leader wants the portraits of every president but him removed. 🙄

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

did you know? a wealthy beach town in southern California now has an all-MAGA city board, and they've been going after public libraries and book access public library advocates have organized two ballot measures to counter: it's on the ballot on JUNE 10. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

submitted 22 days ago • 22 comments

Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. This comes just weeks after the Trump family's crypto venture (World Liberty Financial) helped broker a $2B deal between Binance and a UAE state-backed firm. It's all out in the open.

submitted 22 days ago • 68 comments

If roses were flowers, the name "roses" wouldn't have to exist. You'd just call them flowers.

submitted 22 days ago • 380 comments

All we accomplished was trading Sinema for Gillibrand and Manchin for Fetterman. You know I’m right.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

In Vermont, Rivian drivers wave to each other like Jeep drivers do and it’s adorable.

submitted 30 days ago • 5 comments

“Consumer confidence has plummeted to historic lows, delinquencies are rising dramatically & the dollar is flailing as we approach a debt-limit crisis in August. Experts warn no matter what happens with tariffs, the summer of stagflation is already here.” My latest for @damemagazine.bsky.social 👇

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The 220 top buyers of Trump's memecoin will have dinner with him at his golf club tonight. The average price of admission is $1M per person. Trump is literally selling access to government to the highest bidders.

submitted 30 days ago • 167 comments

This is some authoritarian shit. Noem said since Harvard won’t give her disciplinary records on students, she’s terminating their foreign exchange student program immediately, and ordered that foreign students must transfer to other schools or have visas revoked.

submitted 30 days ago • 380 comments

Wounded Knee, South Dakota, December 29th, 1890. America was founded on the genocide of its Indigenous populations. Native American history IS U.S. history. Teach it all. Yes?

submitted 30 days ago • 154 comments

It’s true according to Grok: “A proposed White House rule, part of the ‘Schedule F’ plan, could allow firing federal economists for data deemed unfavorable, as reported by NPR and The Guardian. It aims to reclassify employees as at-will, citing accountability, but critics warn it may politicize...

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submitted 32 days ago • 7 comments

Apparently bears getting in my trash is now something I have to worry about.

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

Verizon and AT&T are both fascist enablers so your choices are T-Mobile or bust at this point.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

I beg to differ, you are way too nice. Being ignorant is ok. It’s a lack of not knowing. Don Jr is just a dumb mother fucker. That’s not ignorant.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Fun fact but despite the fact that the house was built by slaves (at one point there were more than 155 enslaved human beings at Nottoway Plantation) the Louisiana lawyer who owns this property had mentions of slavery scrubbed from the website. He also owns the B&B where Steel Magnolias was filmed.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Lock this mother fucker up…

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Handmaid’s Tale is not an instruction manual just like Hunger Games is also not an instruction manual. I can’t believe I have to say that out loud to reassure myself they’re the crazy ones.

submitted 37 days ago • 10 comments

the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person

submitted 37 days ago • 37 comments

Being brave means being absolutely terrified of what will happen to you and doing it anyway.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

For the folks salty about Bridgerton season 4 not coming out until next year, it’s the writers strike that caused the delay so maybe complain about creative people not being paid a fair wage for their work more vehemently than you complain about how fast your favorite shows come out.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments