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1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired. This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all. Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 2 days ago • 68 comments

"Elon Musk is not a scientist, he is not an engineer. He is a billionaire con man with a lot of money." - @aoc.bsky.social 🎯

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

very sad that Democrats themselves are the biggest purveyors of the lie that there are good, "moderate" Republicans

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BIG: DC Metro Police decided they had sufficient evidence to arrest sitting GOP Congressman and sent warrant request to USATTY's office. Acting USATTY Martin, who's been explicitly acting as Trump's personal attorney, ignored it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-b...

submitted 3 days ago • 123 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 6 days ago • 2214 comments

These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior. We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.

submitted 5 days ago • 309 comments

"ILLEGAL AS HELL" is 2025's "YOU NEED TO LEAVE"

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Transgender men's invisibility is violent erasure. Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man, was tortured for over a month to death, and his slaughter is not being considered a hate crime. The media has gone to disgusting lengths to minimize Sam's transgender identity. Hardly anyone is outraged.

submitted 10 days ago • 55 comments

Sam Nordquist didn't deserve this. Sam was reported missing on Feb. 9, 2025. Over that period of time, Sam was tortured and sexually abused repeatedly. Five people were charged with murder. Sam was transgender. This is what hate does. RIP Sam.🙏🏽🕊😪 www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

submitted 11 days ago • 341 comments

Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity. It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated). 30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.

submitted 104 days ago • 111 comments

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 13 days ago • 386 comments

People who voted Trump who are feeling pissed off right now about broken promises are an organizing opportunity, not a gloating opportunity

submitted 13 days ago • 234 comments

Oscar-nominated doc—NO OTHER LAND—is NOW IN THEATERS! The film follows friends Yuval, an Israeli journalist, & Basel, a Palestinian activist whose West Bank village has been fighting against their forced expulsion by the IDF. These voices need to be heard! Find tix here: nootherland.com/buy-tickets

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

whipping up hysteria about antipsychotic medications seems like a bad idea!

submitted 14 days ago • 157 comments

The circumstances are “we’re not sure if there is a Federal Trade Commission anymore and we’d like to try something”

submitted 15 days ago • 72 comments

They’re doing the meme

submitted 16 days ago • 16 comments

Musk is trying to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which would regulate any "e-wallet" he starts. How does he trick his fans into hating an agency that protects them from scams? He tells them it has girl cooties. And they fall for it! www.salon.com/2025/02/12/l...

submitted 16 days ago • 32 comments

Progressive commentator Sam Seder goes off on Democratic congressman Gerry Connolly for his media ineptitude

submitted 16 days ago • 105 comments

They are pulling a “Travis Kelce.” If you kowtow to Elon’s orange baby boy, he only sees it as a sign of weakness. He’s of course going to strip PBS of government funding. Yet they hope sniveling will save them. It won’t. They’re Kelcing.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I'd rather continue to fund the banking police (who have returned billions to consumers) rather than giving everyone a check for $2.15

submitted 17 days ago • 82 comments

Trump was so mad last night, he stormed out after the halftime show and cancelled the penny. Seriously. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

submitted 18 days ago • 41 comments

Under any other circumstances this game would be viewed as a dud. But silencing a dynasty team in this fashion is incredible entertainment.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

So it begins…

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

THEY'RE FLYING OVER A DOMED STADIUM

submitted 18 days ago • 75 comments

The Homeland Security Department is taking out the biggest Super Bowl ad ever — but DOGE doesn't seem much interested in national security state waste. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/super-bowl...

submitted 19 days ago • 61 comments

mood

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submitted 21 days ago • 359 comments

Of course two women of color had to do it

submitted 22 days ago • 8 comments

Stop what you're doing and subscribe to Kat. She's hands down one of the best online culture reporters out there who has broken so much news. She's fearless.

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

submitted 23 days ago • 1764 comments

If you've been waiting to call your senators about Trump's most dangerous nominees, time is running out. Senate confirmation votes for Russell Vought, Robert Kennedy Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard are expected in the coming days. We've made it easy for you to contact your senators. www.nixthenoms.com/?...

submitted 23 days ago • 45 comments

Stress nightmares causing disrupted sleep every night is truly one of the wonders of living in a capitalist shithole country like the United States.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

submitted 23 days ago • 98 comments

if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground

submitted 23 days ago • 148 comments

Government workers when DOGE shows up.

submitted 24 days ago • 117 comments

Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

submitted 24 days ago • 817 comments

RFK Jr's nomination to HHS head has advanced to a full Senate vote (date TBA). It's crunch time. Please call your Senators and tell them to vote NO. Call your Senators regardless of what position you anticipate they will take. Use this tool: www.usa.gov/elected-officials

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

TODAY: Meet @moveon.org and us at the Treasury building to rally against Elon Musk’s hostile takeover. It’s time to tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. 👇

submitted 24 days ago • 59 comments

They're going to illegally dismantle the Department of Education and strip millions of students of student loans, funding for students with disabilities, etc. They want to destroy public education. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

submitted 25 days ago • 120 comments

They have to present Americans with a true alternative; they have to show that they believe in something as much as the GOP believes in MAGA. www.jezebel.com/what-the-fuc...

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

We need a real opposition party. This is an abdication of duty and a complete absence of leadership. Good god, get out of the way

submitted 25 days ago • 16 comments

THIS AMERICAN DOES NOT WANT YOU TO WORK TOGETHER WITH A FUCKING FASCIST TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON WHICH PARTS OF DEMOCRACY WE NO LONGER NEED

submitted 27 days ago • 268 comments

Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him. This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.

submitted 29 days ago • 431 comments

January has been a hell of a year

submitted 28 days ago • 100 comments

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

submitted 29 days ago • 876 comments

A couple of years ago, institutions rushed to insert token references to Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate etc. on their websites. Our communities see and will remember your capitulation now.

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

idk why but of all the shit we have to be afraid of right now among mass deportations trans rights food safety air travel preventable diseases impossible healthcare school shootings one thing sticking out in my brain at this precise moment is the gambling. they really want us addicted to gambling!

submitted 29 days ago • 40 comments

fitting that the first big air disaster after years of loud, insistent warnings that understaffing would cause exactly this outcome, happens at the airport named after the guy who crushed the ATC union

submitted 29 days ago • 38 comments