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He has seen enough in WI.

submitted 6 hours ago • 17 comments

I just sent Cory Booker money. I will send money to anyone who fights, and I will not send money to anyone who cowers in fear. That has to be the situation, for all of us.

submitted 1 day ago • 428 comments

I’m going to join this. Not because I think Booker is progressive enough for me or is perfect on all accounts, but because his courage and willingness to disrupt business as usual (as so many of us have asked) deserves credit and recognition. Appreciate this and encourage similar behavior!

submitted 9 hours ago • 11 comments

Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering

submitted 1 day ago • 1089 comments

DOJ says the U.S. government would have to “entreat” or “cajole” El Salvador to return him. I’m pretty sure one phone call demanding his return — or else hell to pay — would do the trick.

submitted 1 day ago • 152 comments

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had withholding of removal back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

submitted 1 day ago • 355 comments

It is utterly fucking bonkers that the VP of the United States held a press conference on the soil of another country, declared his intent to take over that country, and implicitly threatened military force if that country didn’t comply.

submitted 1 day ago • 160 comments

Indiana congresswoman says, “You violated the law, you don’t get due process.” These are the same lawmakers who oppose Red Flag Laws because they don’t provide armed domestic abusers with … due process.

submitted 3 days ago • 834 comments

“‘However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,’ Marks wrote.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 44 comments

Not gonna pretend like I know anything about Carney’s politics because I don’t, but I watched his speech yesterday and he essentially told Trump to fuck off and now Trump’s speaking about him with a modicum of respect. I feel like there’s a lesson in there somewhere.

submitted 4 days ago • 372 comments

GOP Rep. Bacon: "We made a mistake. We passed legislation that gave the president some temporary tariff authorities. I think we should look back and maybe restore the power back from Congress and take away the authorizations."

submitted 5 days ago • 2137 comments

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 2110 comments

Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat

submitted 8 days ago • 140 comments

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

submitted 8 days ago • 1999 comments

The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities. Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.

submitted 11 days ago • 229 comments

Honestly, shouldn't the Canucks expel Rubio at this point? Having a foreign power threaten you on your own soil? Deport Marco's little ass.

submitted 18 days ago • 58 comments

I am filled with contempt for the people who think this is an acceptable way for America to treat an ally. They deserve a ignorant, thuggish government, but regrettably they have inflicted it on all of us.

submitted 19 days ago • 350 comments

Three years ago, three other reporters and I ID'd and called any school accused of having litter boxes for furries. We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district. Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting. www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...

submitted 19 days ago • 416 comments

A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health.

submitted 21 days ago • 389 comments

I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?

submitted 21 days ago • 7885 comments

A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸

submitted 21 days ago • 301 comments

“What President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane.” @steveliesman.bsky.social @cnbc.com

submitted 21 days ago • 83 comments

“This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X Saturday. “More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in Ukraine.” apnews.com/article/russ...

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Patricia Bauman died a year ago. ActBlue is a payment processor. Almost anyone who’s given to a D candidate in the last 20 years could be mischaracterized as a “ActBlue funder.” Listing five Jews, two of whom are long dead, as “ActBlue funders” secretly behind the Tesla protests is antisemitism.

submitted 24 days ago • 224 comments

"America does not need a 'resistance,' or stale slogans, or people putting those slogans on little paddles. It needs an opposition party that boldly defends the nation’s virtues, the rule of law, and the rights of its people," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social:

submitted 28 days ago • 115 comments

Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

submitted 28 days ago • 728 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 39 days ago • 1074 comments

Shutting down already-installed infrastructure in the name of government "efficiency" while also harming business competitors of a government official who just happens to have his own network of EV chargers.

submitted 39 days ago • 14 comments

There is zero ambiguity here. It’s nauseating.

submitted 40 days ago • 39 comments

This is very disturbing. Note that officials believe Rebecca knew the perpetrator and are treating this as a domestic violence incident. May she rest in peace.

submitted 41 days ago • 12 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 45 days ago • 5619 comments

I received the best Valentine. I win.

submitted 47 days ago • 6 comments

Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous. I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them. 🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:

submitted 137 days ago • 169 comments

I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

submitted 54 days ago • 1556 comments

CBS NEWS: “.. the water released from dams at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success is rushing into a dry lakebed in the Central Valley, where experts say it can't flow to Southern California and will likely go to waste.” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...

submitted 57 days ago • 290 comments

What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.

submitted 57 days ago • 307 comments

Threats aside, Vance is also just full of shit. The U.S. seized 19kg of fentanyl at the Canadian border last year, or 0.19 percent of the total fentanyl seized. Meanwhile, in 2023, Canada seized 27,000 prohibited weapons at the border. The U.S. seized 459 weapons coming from Canada.

submitted 58 days ago • 127 comments

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 58 days ago • 1298 comments

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

submitted 59 days ago • 310 comments

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

submitted 59 days ago • 8609 comments