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Chop Wood, Carry Water Daily actions to fight for our democracy by @jesscraven101.bsky.social

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

"Six weeks ago, we had the strongest economy, employment, and stock market in history. ..All gone in 30 days."

submitted 21 hours ago • 333 comments

It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

submitted 1 day ago • 102 comments

DOGE is not about waste and fraud. This is about gutting government services without any evaluation of their need. Americans have decided to have and fund an effective National Park Service. Trump and Musk are trampling on democracy to do whatever the hell they want.

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

Enough with the rationalizations and excuses: the Nazi salute is not a troll, and it is not an accident. The neo-Nazi movement is alive and well, and some of the most powerful people in our country have now actively embraced it.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

submitted 2 days ago • 247 comments

Daily task‼️ Share‼️ BOYCOTT schedule from the People's Union: ❌ ECONOMIC BLACKOUT #1 2/28 ❌ AMAZON 3/7-14 (or everyday) ❌ NESTLE 3/21-28 ❌ WALMART 4/7-14 (or everyday) ❌ ECON BLACKOUT #2 4/18 Also ❌TOTAL SHUTDOWN 3/15❌ Let's send a message that WE hold the power‼️ SHARE‼️ Art: @drspeer.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

submitted 2 days ago • 1377 comments

“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

submitted 2 days ago • 229 comments

Five years ago, students got screwed by COVID and Trump’s negligent response to it… now they’re getting screwed by Trump in their post-grad pursuits. www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t... via @statnews.com

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s the actual government waste. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

NEW: @wired.com can confirm that two DOGE members—Edward "Big Balls" Coristine and Kyle Schutt—are now listed as staff at CISA, the agency tasked with protecting US cybersecurity and keeping hackers out of critical infrastructure. @kimzetter.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

submitted 3 days ago • 115 comments

Goodbye, Airbnb.

submitted 3 days ago • 82 comments

GOP Senators and House members are scared of being murdered by Trump supporters if they don’t support Trump. This is fascism in America. My latest: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 3 days ago • 91 comments

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

submitted 3 days ago • 2181 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 3 days ago • 1215 comments

Script for calling your Congressperson - (202) 224-3121: "Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling to express my strong concern about the potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP as part of the budget reconciliation bill.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

submitted 3 days ago • 1251 comments

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

submitted 3 days ago • 322 comments

Here’s the pitch: They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks and the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident! It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY! Need a title.

submitted 4 days ago • 255 comments

Upcoming US protests. #3E #USprotests

submitted 5 days ago • 68 comments

📍#Iowa // Nationwide protests MONDAY, Feb. 17th, #NoKingsDay. We the people are pissed! Find a protest > events.pol-rev.com 🇺🇸 Where will we see you? #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard @polrev.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

This is a good time to remind everyone that this administration hasn't done anything for anyone. It has literally only taken away things we've already paid for and fired and sued people. Oh and the quid pro quo with Adams. That's the extent of what they have done. Kinda nuts.

submitted 6 days ago • 137 comments

At least 7 plane crashes since Trump and Musk destroyed aviation safety in the United States. That's an average of 1 plane crash every 3 days. 1/29 – Washington, D.C. 1/31 – Pennsylvania 2/5 – Washington 2/6 – Alaska 2/10 – Arizona 2/12 – California 2/16 – Georgia

submitted 6 days ago • 237 comments

When real world headlines read like The Onion…

submitted 7 days ago • 45 comments