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Four and a half trillion dollars is the amount of how much in tax breaks the one percent will get under the GOP House resolution. Eight hundred and eighty billion dollars is the amount of the cuts to Medicaid in the GOP House budget resolution.

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

You first.

submitted 22 hours ago • 5512 comments

$19,000,000,000,000.00

submitted 19 hours ago • 1572 comments

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

submitted 17 hours ago • 545 comments

“Bug.” lol. 😂

submitted 17 hours ago • 552 comments

new from me: Elon Musk's X appears to be blocking links to directly contact users on Signal Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE

submitted 9 days ago • 164 comments

The cracks are forming. Deranged Oligarch Gone Egomaniac (DOGE) is seeing some people leave. Who knew their employees had a conscience. apnews.com/article/doge... Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

A wealthy old white guy wrote an oped saying the Dems need to roll over and play possum the same day another white guy's oped said The Coup had failed and was over, the same day NBC killed several shows hosted by POC. That's all you need to know about who's fighting for and against the status quo.

submitted 1 day ago • 91 comments

here's today's post: "lying shitweasel gets pantsed by French president" — how sweet it is. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

submitted 1 day ago • 201 comments

Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck

submitted 22 hours ago • 3173 comments

This seems bad

submitted 1 day ago • 2104 comments

The shocking layoffs at MSNBC are both surprisingly racist but also the latest sign that Beltway elites are clueless about the Trump threat. The grassroots is seeing, we are the only ones who will save us An instant mini-column from me, carved out from my newsletter www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

submitted 22 hours ago • 40 comments

The wages of the WHCA’s public silence on the White House’s unlawful retaliation against the AP are even bolder encroachments against the free press’s prerogatives.

submitted 1 day ago • 160 comments

Rudy is constantly losing fights he can’t win.

submitted 22 hours ago • 162 comments

From a guy who used to work there: Rachel is a remarkable person and the best TV news talent there is. If she says something is fucked up, it is. Getting rid of Joy, who dared to see through this fascism bullshit years ago and had the gall of occasionally being funny about it, is dumb.

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For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 3747 comments

If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

submitted 1 day ago • 370 comments

Just as I predicted, once no other media organization stood with AP (other than issuing statements) this was the next step. And when you bow down to this, there will be another step taken to erode press freedoms. If you don’t fight for your rights, you lose them. Started / Going

submitted 1 day ago • 462 comments

CNN: Are you confident this blueprint wouldn't lead to cuts for Medicaid? REP. ADDISON MCDOWELL: I'm confident there's waste, fraud, & abuse in every system C: Including Medicaid? M: If there is waste, fraud, & abuse in any program, we have to find it C: Including Medicaid? M: Absolutely

submitted 22 hours ago • 160 comments

TVs at HUD HQ this morning all showed an AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet, with the caption: "LONG LIVE THE REAL KING" In response, HUD spokesperson @lovett_kasey said: "Appropriate action will be taken for all involved.” www.wired.com/story/trump-...

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

Wow! What a great cover!

submitted 2 days ago • 364 comments

The fourth book in the NYT-bestselling Proof Series has been made free to the public (click below to read). A main character is Kash Patel. The focus is on the last time Trump tried to use the Pentagon to amplify an intended overthrow of American democracy. It’s information all Americans need now.

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

FED. WORKERS: I am collecting data on agency instructions w.r.t the OPM email. I am seeking the following: (1) Your agency and bureau, (2) who sent the instruction, (3) whether you were told to reply, (4) a screenshot of the instruction for verification (anonymize) (if possible). Signal: Nbednar.46.

submitted 2 days ago • 36 comments

Pesky damn lawyers, it's always "no, that's illegal" this and "we could all go to prison" that.

submitted 2 days ago • 32 comments

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Our enemies will vanish like dew in the morning sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. Згинуть наші вороженьки, як роса на сонці, Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 3 days ago • 557 comments

No f*cking comment…

submitted 2 days ago • 621 comments

We need to bring back violence against people who use the r-slur.

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

submitted 3 days ago • 1050 comments

Today’s guest on the “Mission Implausible” podcast.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

submitted 2 days ago • 1684 comments

Measles outbreak in the United States, originating from Texas, thanks to the Trump regime's anti-vaccination propaganda people are now being rapidly infected. #EndAutogenocide

submitted 2 days ago • 121 comments

The lawsuits that come out of this clusterfuck if they do start terminating civil servants for their responses or nonresponses are going to consume DOJ’s personnel for the rest of time

submitted 3 days ago • 65 comments

2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie. 2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement. 2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled. When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!

submitted 3 days ago • 342 comments

Upcoming dates of protests: 2/28: Economic blackout 3/4: 50501 protests AND @aftunion.bsky.social's #ProtectOurKids day of action 3/7: March for Science protests

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Russia started this war by brutally invading a sovereign democracy and claiming innocent lives. You will not rewrite history. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 2 days ago • 163 comments

I went to my locally owned produce market today and because there's little way to avoid buying produce from the USA in Canada in February, they've taken to posting which state it comes from because California and Washington are good folk.

submitted 2 days ago • 56 comments

The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice. The result is demagoguery and corruption.

submitted 3 days ago • 371 comments

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

submitted 3 days ago • 701 comments

Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

submitted 4 days ago • 672 comments

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Odd how the turns have tabled… Trump reversed course and admitted that Russia did, in fact, invade Ukraine. International news sources and independent media have stepped up to keep Americans informed.

submitted 3 days ago • 177 comments

God this is all so, so dumb

submitted 3 days ago • 340 comments

I think it’s not helpful to repeat claims that the administration is working on eliminating “DEIA” as though it’s some kind of corporate strategy; just say explicitly that they’re trying to eliminate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and explain how.

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submitted 4 days ago • 583 comments

Amen to that.

submitted 4 days ago • 1968 comments

They want us to be afraid. They want us to hesitate. They want us to fear their next move. Fuck that shit. We are just getting started fighting.

submitted 3 days ago • 921 comments