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Waltz's distract-by-smearing tactic is both dishonest and completely stupid. Surely even Republicans can find a better National Security Adviser?

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So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study? A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.

submitted 19 hours ago • 109 comments

Party line vote: the R majority picks a fox to guard the health hen house. rollcall.com/2025/03/25/s...

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🚨 WOW: Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice says the Russians "undoubtedly" have all of the information shared on the Trump administration's Signal texts.

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Gabe Fleisher lays out what makes this event uniquely crazy: www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-crazie...

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“That her political speech and association in support of Palestinian rights jeopardizes U.S. foreign policy is a preposterous proposition,” wapo.st/4kZNGxr

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Applies to Senate Republicans as well...they could even have succeeded in rejecting the nominees!

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Strange and scary, until "The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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NONE of this is normal

submitted 4 days ago • 1803 comments

We have arrived at the point where Iran’s supreme leader is critical of the Trump Admin’s record on civil liberties and human rights.

submitted 4 days ago • 500 comments

Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.

submitted 4 days ago • 3024 comments

It’s far worse than this. A revenue loss of 0.5 trillion per year removes benefits amounting to $4000 per household per year (on average, roughly independent of SE status). You lose unless your taxes are reduced by more than $4K! Only the top 20% see that net benefit.

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"Things have changed"...and not in a good way

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Kari Lake sent me this reply to my request for comment on the lawsuit filed against her: “Kari Lake does not grant interviews or interact with disreputable ‘news’ outlets like NPR.”

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.

submitted 5 days ago • 510 comments

Cornell alumni, contact your president's office to make sure they defend this student with all their might. Acting President Michael Kotlikoff (607) 255-5201 voice (607) 255-9924 fax [email protected]

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

America is already a pariah nation to the world

submitted 6 days ago • 115 comments

“If even a dozen Republicans in Congress had the capacity to stand up to Trump, this would be a very different ballgame,” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

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JFC, why are you lowering the goalposts FOR HIM? “Court orders don’t count unless it’s the SUPREME Court” is already the end of the rule of law.

submitted 7 days ago • 85 comments

“It is completely unprincipled and antithetical to classical liberal principles to punish someone for the speech or actions of another person." www.dropsitenews.com/p/georgetown...

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Our Dear Leader “is a virtuoso and his musical choices represent a brilliant palette of vibrant colors when others often paint in pale pastels.” Would be funny if it weren’t so sick.

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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

submitted 7 days ago • 624 comments

While Musk sells cars on the White House lawn, DOGE shuts down Social Security and other federal offices in San Diego and across the country. It's not efficiency, it's destruction. Workers, families, and seniors pay the price.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Stack of 3 headlines in today's NYT

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Well, the UC system does seem more reliable

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nader.org/2025/03/14/s...

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Trump is losing. Federal judges are ruling based on law and not politics, as evidenced by case after case after case:

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Netanyahu's onslaught with US and Israel complicit open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Ask yourself: Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this? Why would any decent human being do this?

submitted 8 days ago • 2705 comments

"The finding that Mr. Musk had personally, and unlawfully, overseen the dismantling of the agency offered a firm rejection of his operation’s authority." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Yes, just one or two prominent Republicans would be enough to start the process of dismembering the Trump cult.

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W. Bush should speak up for PEPFAR and USAID if for nothing else. He might even vaguely untarnish his legacy in doing so. "Yes, the man wreaked havoc in the Middle East; no excuses for that; he also revolutionized foreign aid in Africa"=a complicated legacy.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

Our greatest need is for just a few Republicans in Congress to acknowledge this openly...

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Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.

submitted 8 days ago • 434 comments

Unless things change quickly — Congressional Dems, get moving!! — NIH will be left a shell of itself in a few months. And that will be Trump’s fault. NIH has a stellar reputation worldwide. The Trump NIH looks like it will be a toilet. Don’t blame the NIH people.

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The EPA plans to fire as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, ultimately eliminating its scientific research arm. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...

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I was at USIP tonight to conduct congressional oversight over DOGE’s break in. I spoke with Acting President & CEO Moose. USIP is an independent, non-profit entity and I will work to stop DOGE’s illegal power grab.

submitted 8 days ago • 128 comments

The moment of crisis: Trump intentionally violates multiple court orders open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

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Pure Trump baloney! LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, Obama, and Biden all used auto pens based on legal opinions from the office of legal counsel of the justice department. If Trump never used one, it would be amazing, totally inefficient! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

I'm at a loss for words to explain just how stupid and reckless this is.

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"It’s possible that future generations will look back on this scourge and see something else — not just what was destroyed but also what was born." open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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It’s extremely alarming that Trump openly defying a court order is being covered as “Trump decides to not follow it” and not “Trump illegally defies court.” Or in the Washington Post’s case, not even mentioned at all

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"We are faced with an all-out assault on our very ability to speak out, protest, and otherwise pursue justice in the United States." truthout.org/articles/the...

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