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Nazis in parliament in Germany. What could go wrong?

submitted 55 minutes ago • 2 comments

To clarify, Lisa Rein's scoop is that Leland Dudek was being investigated by the general counsel's office when DOGE tapped him to lead the agency, AND investigating officials believed he may be violating privacy and tax laws. 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

submitted 1 day ago • 157 comments

Saying that Trump is firing someone because he's against "DEI" is now a euphemism. He's firing people who are not white men. This is a white supremacist campaign. Say it!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Senate Republicans just BLOCKED Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid.

submitted 2 days ago • 173 comments

Judicial review had a good run

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Yes, they are talking about a concentration camp — and has anyone noticed what we seemingly aren’t talking about anymore? Attacking Panama.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 5 days ago • 1064 comments

What we're going to need, if we manage to get to the other side of this, is a third Reconstruction.

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submitted 4 days ago • 61 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are messing with your Medicare benefits. Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices. Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators. That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.

submitted 4 days ago • 271 comments

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

submitted 9 days ago • 419 comments

My brother is a wild-land forest fire fighter. He wasn’t fired, but he says that the degraded workforce will struggle to function in the next fire season. These are the heroes who risk everything to save lives and homes.

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

I'm not gloating here, but um folks THIS is my member of Congress. 😇

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Physical violence. Online abuse. Legal threats. Attempts to intimidate and silence journalists and news outlets are on the rise. If you’re a US-based journalist or news outlet concerned about safety or under attack for your work, Journalist Safety Urgent Care is here to help: pen.org/journalist-s...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

1/ So @jasonleopold.bsky.social just posted a big story about one of Elon Musk's DOGE goons, the 19-yo Edward Coristine, who was fired from a data-security firm internship for...sharing company secrets... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 15 days ago • 34 comments

It's open season on queers in Florida. This man shot and killed a gay man he had been yelling slurs at for months in the dog park they both used. Jury found him not guilty. Stand your ground laws protect all kinds of bigots. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

"Today, we make a promise. A promise to every moron that was a little too intelligent for the Wall Street Journal, to every idiot that will go write for the Federalist if they don’t get hired by us. To you, we say: welcome."

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Musk didn't want us to find out he's killing Ukrainians.

submitted 17 days ago • 12 comments

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

submitted 18 days ago • 1105 comments

This is the must-read thread of the day. Terrifying.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 21 days ago • 107 comments

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

submitted 22 days ago • 364 comments

NEW: Organizations that provide vital, lifesaving care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.

submitted 22 days ago • 32 comments

So on the one hand, criticizing Israel is antisemitism, and allowing it means university presidents will get fired. On the other hand, remembering the Holocaust is evil ... because it might make white supremacists/Elon Musk uncomfortable? Got it.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's blame tracker: RESPONSIBLE: (no evidence) D.E.I. The military Obama Biden NOT RESPONSIBLE: (ignore any evidence) Elon Musk, who pushed out the FAA director coz he raised safety concerns about SoaceX flights Trump/DOGE sweeping budget cuts, mass firings of safety & oversight personnel

submitted 23 days ago • 88 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 24 days ago • 3794 comments

Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….

submitted 26 days ago • 111 comments

This is 100% illegal. It’s a new escalation in Trump’s battle for absolute control over the administrative state. Federal law explicitly protects Wilcox against termination. That law is constitutional under binding Supreme Court precedent. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 26 days ago • 78 comments

I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously. Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause." They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.

submitted 26 days ago • 179 comments

Because you need this lovely image today

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

WIC. They are pausing WIC. That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings in the same fiscal year. For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.

submitted 26 days ago • 147 comments

If you’re a Colorado researcher/academic who wants to talk about the pause on federal grants/loans and how this could impact things, you can message me for a @denverpost.com story.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Some concrete ideas from Theda Skocpol newrepublic.com/article/1905...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

I knew it!!!! Those expiry dates always made me skeptical.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

these savage ghouls www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...

submitted 28 days ago • 29 comments

WTF???? Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments