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dr-rrr.bsky.social
Facts, science and diversity matter. Willful ignorance is not an excuse.
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submitted 20 hours ago • 552 comments

And wait until we see, on the other side of the ledger, higher borrowing costs (from decreased demand for Treasury securities) and decreased revenues (from laxer tax enforcement if not also tax cuts).

submitted 1 day ago • 92 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I saw that ICE is trying to say the "illegal ideas" thing from that post meant "intellectual property," but sorry, when you're disappearing people because of things they've written, the ideologies they hold, or their choice of clothing or tattoos, you aren't beating the Thought Police charges.

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

We are inside fascism right now. This is it. We are living it.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

pro tip: if your government claims to have no money for children's heathcare but will eagerly waste millions on a gaudy military parade to stroke the fragile ego of a broken-inside president, you just might live in a shithole country

submitted 3 days ago • 422 comments

The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else. Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Seriously

submitted 3 days ago • 90 comments

Commissioner. Chief Financial Officer. Chief Legal Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Privacy Officer. Chief of Staff. All out. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

submitted 3 days ago • 349 comments

Art of the deal!

submitted 3 days ago • 465 comments

Or it could be… no you’re right. That’s it.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

And the MAGA Congress owns the fire truck sitting idle in the garage.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

My latest: This Jimmy Kimmel Graphic Hasn’t Gone Viral Yet, But it Should: Economic data can be best shown in charts, though it’s rare for those charts to become graphics for late night comedy shows…

submitted 3 days ago • 106 comments

These are the people running the government.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In fact, the 2020 election was not "rigged and stolen," as Trump's own attorney general and other advisers told him at the time. But Trump is now indicating that to say that may be illegal and cause for a Justice Department investigation.

submitted 3 days ago • 59 comments

2019 is calling and saying, hey, why didn’t you listen

submitted 3 days ago • 1309 comments

You’d think when you’re claiming the richest country in the world can’t afford childhood cancer research you might wait a year before throwing yourself a 100 million dollar birthday parade. But carpe diem, suckers.

submitted 4 days ago • 284 comments

Republicans are objectively a disaster for the economy

submitted 4 days ago • 183 comments

"I was worried the turnout would be mediocre. But as the Metro approached Smithsonian station, the number of people boarding the train stunned me. Then, I was overwhelmed by the sight of tens of thousands of people proceeding toward the Washington Monument..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 69 comments

"Even the singular act of holding a sign in opposition to the president sends a message. It says that, as a citizen, I am concerned and demand to be heard. It says I have the right to stand outside on a raw, lousy day and express my opposition..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 147 comments

Pure villainy. Time for us all to get our Navalny on

submitted 4 days ago • 99 comments

Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security. Every state AG's office could do this. Might help. www.azag.gov/socialsecurity

submitted 4 days ago • 302 comments