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Running thread of people trying to normalize the sieg heil. It's not an "Elon gesture", it's not autism, it's not your heart going out, it's not parody or trolling. It's fucking despicable. Don't ever let this shit become normal. Fuck any excuse given, there is none. Zero tolerance. 1. Elon Musk

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I occasionally check up on the propaganda on Faux News so I know what BS certain family members are reading. Wanted to see how insane this article is but I’d have to give up my email to them. Hell no.

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Lest anyone doubt that Elon Musk is not openly working for the vested interests of Vladimir Putin while plundering our resources, this should make it very clear whose side Musk is on- www.dailysabah.com/business/fin...

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Memo to Democrats: If EVERY ONE of you would do what Janet Mills did yesterday EVERY TIME, Trump would unravel entirely. He relies on you being bullied. Refuse to be.

submitted 8 hours ago • 16 comments

Hey: If you made it through the week, and you tried to do some things to help other people — large or small — where you could, and you need to hear it, I’m here to tell you thank you. Get some rest. Figure out today, then figure out tomorrow.

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Trump fires 6,000 IRS workers. MAGA: "Yay!" MAGA (also): "Where's my tax refund??!!"

submitted 1 day ago • 59 comments

We must all band together. There are far more of us than there are of them. Never forget that, no matter how difficult this may become!!

submitted 1 day ago • 442 comments

Once upon a time, these were actions by a private company. Now they are actions being undertaken by a high-ranking government official, in connection with his public activities. This raises 1A issues that didn’t exist before.

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families. Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 1 day ago • 83 comments

Misleading headlines for $1000 Alex. What is correct: we have been given authority to hire temporary employees. What is misleading: the terminated permanent employees have NOT been reinstated. We also have lost employees due to the Fork. To be clear— still a significant net loss of employees.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

gl to the rural trump voters who get their medications and social security checks by mail

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

State governments should cut off all state and local cooperation with the FBI, and they should do it immediately. No law requires it, the Constitution fully empowers you to not even return their calls. But there is no legitimate purpose now in treating them as an acceptable partner for anything.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 6 days ago • 2766 comments

"Musk’s black hat might be the future of MAGA, both seriously and literally." It’s the first serious factional challenge to Trump’s power. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-elon-...

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

Anyone checking their LinkedIn? How insane is it that, on my timeline at least, biz leaders and others aren't even acknowledging what's going on in this country rn. HELLOOO?? Acting like it's business as usual is tragic.

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REMINDER: Cutting IRS spending is not a “cost-cutting” move. Cutting the IRS lowers revenue. It’s a move to protect the wealthy, like Elon Musk. Auditing the rich returns $12 for every $1 spent. www.nber.org/papers/w31376

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

submitted 4 days ago • 546 comments

Every ten minutes here is like: - Trump doubles student debt - Musk now has keys to your house and is in your bathroom doing plumbing drugs - Three planes just crashed - Trump signs EO making women illegal - Face-melted Nazi from Indiana Jones now in charge of CIA - Meteor not arriving fast enough

submitted 3 days ago • 108 comments

Oh yeah, they should rush this plane out as quickly as possible. Drop the security clearances, ignore the boring safety checks, get parts as cheaply as possible & rush rush rush the work, even if it means the engineers are badly sleep deprived. Do whatever it takes to get Mr. Trump his plane now!

submitted 3 days ago • 163 comments

why it's almost as if there's a well-funded authoritarian cabal working in global unison to dismantle democratic norms for their collective benefit by waging war on journalism, education, legal accountability, and informed consensus

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

THIS!

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Trump works from home.

submitted 4 days ago • 194 comments

Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more. Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.

submitted 4 days ago • 80 comments

Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

submitted 4 days ago • 631 comments

I’m canceling my Amazon Prime today.

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I worked on this story for a decade and he just said it out loud on Fox News

submitted 4 days ago • 171 comments

Are people finally waking up? The real fight isn’t about bathrooms or drag queens—it’s about who holds power & at whose expense. Culture war is just a distraction, keeping working people too busy fighting each other rather than noticing who’s actually robbing us blind: billionaires—not each other!

submitted 5 days ago • 298 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 6 days ago • 481 comments