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just profoundly disturbed by the kidnapping and disappearing of people right off the streets of this country. hard to think about much else—and there’s so much else.

submitted 2 days ago • 94 comments

Missed opportunity. Should've thrown "you're fired" in there somewhere.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

When I was reading the Atlantic signal story, and I was immediately taken by to my days of monitoring local militia chatrooms. Especially Hegseth's "100% opsec" (operational security) line. Militia guys love talking about opsec when they actually have 0% opsec.

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.

submitted 3 days ago • 142 comments

Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.

submitted 3 days ago • 498 comments

Just catching up, but did Tulsi Gabbard just lie in her testimony re: whether or not the information was classified?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

1 Hegseth = 0.45 Scaramuccis

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

submitted 4 days ago • 590 comments

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

submitted 4 days ago • 1613 comments

This is where we're at, folks.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

when space budgets hit so hard you end up playing with yourself

submitted 5 days ago • 151 comments

He's always been this way. I'll never forgive him for selling out the DREAMers.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Her son was working in the US as a barber. He has no criminal record and hasn’t been accused of any crime.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

This deserves to be put on blast.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

submitted 10 days ago • 1709 comments

You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.

submitted 12 days ago • 739 comments

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

submitted 13 days ago • 1477 comments

“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.” Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.

submitted 13 days ago • 984 comments

“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...

submitted 14 days ago • 99 comments

NEW: 17 pages of letters testifying to Mahmoud Khalil's character from his friends, colleagues, and teachers—some Jewish storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

I swear to God, @durbin.senate.gov you cannot possibly be okay with cutting $880 Billion from Medicaid and $1 Billion from DC funding plus all the rest of the trash in this CR. No one who voted for you wants this. And yes, I've tried to call but your voicemail has been full for days. Grow a spine.

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

i do not think npr should lose funding their desks are tiny enough as it is

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI. THE INSIDE STORY:

submitted 15 days ago • 121 comments

Absolutely nuts. Lets hope the judge hears this.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Left: Cleveland's burning river, before the EPA. Right: The burning river today, after the EPA. Any questions?

submitted 15 days ago • 18 comments

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

submitted 16 days ago • 765 comments

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Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations. He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands. The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.

submitted 16 days ago • 483 comments

So what is the White House Home Shopping Network selling on the front lawn today?

submitted 16 days ago • 514 comments

Elon spends $290 million to elect Trump… …Trump’s family invests $50 million in Elon’s companies. …Elon gives himself billions in government contracts and tax breaks. …Elon and the Trump family profit off their presidency. Just one of the many scams they’re running.

submitted 18 days ago • 14 comments

My brain just melted. This can't be real.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Senator Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor on Friday to break down the corruption flowing from the WH. He connects the dots, and makes a clear argument regarding who what where and why Shitler and Muskrat are destroying our govt!! This needs to be shared far and wide!! youtu.be/hycoCYenXls

submitted 21 days ago • 856 comments

Holy christ this lede is devastating. "Prosecutors say suspected serial killer Antonio Reyes chose victims at random: a father with his children, shopping for a puppy; a young UPS driver waiting to pick up a friend; a man on his way to a gas station." chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Just a couple of sociopaths justifying their cruelty.

submitted 23 days ago • 455 comments

Best line of the night from Fanone: “Jim, I love you… but f*ck you for making me watch that.” From the post-speech edition of “The Jim Acosta Show.” open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

submitted 23 days ago • 464 comments

“It’s terrible. It’s awful. People are afraid to open their emails,” one NIH senior scientist said. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

👀 CHICAGO — The CTA is vowing buses will arrive every “10 minutes or sooner” on eight major South and West Side bus lines. blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/03/c...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Somewhere, Jeff Bezos is angrily clicking “track shipment” to see what happened to his new editorial page.

submitted 23 days ago • 494 comments

Dr Suess had it right back in 1941

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber: President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America’s forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species while…

submitted 25 days ago • 22 comments

When JD told Don Jr he was hitting the powder this weekend, Jr said ‘me too bro’.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

submitted 27 days ago • 723 comments

🚨 BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky just signed a landmark agreement providing Ukraine’s military with $3.3 billion in support. A major show of commitment to Ukraine’s fight for democracy, all while Trump gets on his knees for Putin. 🇬🇧🇺🇦

submitted 27 days ago • 54 comments

We just received word that the DOJ has begun removing data detailing criminal charges and convictions related to Trump loyalists. This started with records from the January 6th insurrection, but additional records are now being erased. We will keep you updated once we have more info.

submitted 28 days ago • 287 comments

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 27 days ago • 6022 comments

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office. ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

submitted 28 days ago • 11931 comments