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I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

submitted 4 days ago • 1519 comments

The sooner we collectively realize that Elon Musk is a shitposting, conspiracy-addled fool, who needs to stay out of public policy not upend it, the safer we’ll all be.

submitted 4 days ago • 308 comments

Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you. STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

submitted 6 days ago • 828 comments

Billionaire co-founder of AirBnB Joe Gebbia has joined Elon Musk’s DOGE team, so let’s spread awareness and make sure nobody books a goddamn thing through AirBnB ever again, shall we?

submitted 7 days ago • 182 comments

A good moment to remember the Russia thing was always real. Trump's goal is to help Russia and Putin, always has been. He's trying to throw our democratic allies under the bus and America as well. Again, the Russia thing was always real.

submitted 5 days ago • 233 comments

Augusta Maine! #FiftyFiftyOne #Protest #Democracy #MEPolitics

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I repeat…

submitted 6 days ago • 1040 comments

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

submitted 7 days ago • 186 comments

Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?

submitted 7 days ago • 288 comments

Yes. They are. Maybe a rapid response team under the age of 75 would be a start. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 7 days ago • 297 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 7 days ago • 2783 comments

If a woman had 13 kids by four different men, used ketamine and spent all her time running a shadow presidency, I’m not sure our society would celebrate her.

submitted 8 days ago • 326 comments

Kathy Hochul should remove Eric Adams as mayor of NYC immediately

submitted 8 days ago • 83 comments

Under no circumstances should Democrats work with Republicans for the next two years. This might be a hot take and a Valentine's Dinner solo with bourbon take. But F them. They don't give a damn about democracy or the constitution. So figure this shit out alone. DO NOT HELP THEM. PERIOD

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Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out. Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal. Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home. That. Do that.

submitted 9 days ago • 510 comments

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

it's sort of incredible to me that more people haven't done what sassoon is doing here: refusing to do an illegal thing, and making a stink about it. feels like it would be popular!!

submitted 9 days ago • 53 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

I mean how fucking evil do you have to be to even come up with this?

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Echoes of 2017. Folks are stepping up. #MEpolitics

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 16 days ago • 6590 comments

Quick reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a figment of President Musks imagination and has no power, and isn’t an agency

submitted 17 days ago • 1432 comments

For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.

submitted 18 days ago • 73 comments

AP Breaking News banner over a March 19, 2024 AP story.

submitted 18 days ago • 505 comments

Imma keep it real with you Doug Ford, fire away

submitted 20 days ago • 65 comments

Unless something unexpected happens soon, I think we need to admit we live in a fundamentally changed world. There's good news. We don't know yet what that new world is going to look like, just that the old one is no more. Disruption is a double edged sword. Fight for the future you want to see.

submitted 22 days ago • 18 comments

Dem leaders need to start holding national security press conferences explaining to Americans how Elon and Trump are dismantling agencies and seeking sensitive information on federal workers and all Americans. What Elon and co are doing will endanger everything from flying to attacks in U.S.

submitted 22 days ago • 128 comments

With the intention of validation rather than doomerism: This is all really happening. It is as bad as you think. You’re not crazy. But you’re also not alone. We’ll get through this together somehow, but the country will likely look very different.

submitted 22 days ago • 31 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat. The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….

submitted 22 days ago • 1009 comments

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submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

We need to go beyond calling on Dems to reject RFK and others (though I think Whitehouse may be on board--not sure abt Fetterman). We need to get better at assigning responsibility to Republicans when they confirm and the inevitable happens. You will be responsible for the dead children.

submitted 24 days ago • 110 comments

If you’re a straight, cis person who has ever posted some version of a rainbow with “you’re safe with me” or similar, it’s time to back up the words with action— contact your reps and ask them what they’re going to do to protect trans people from this administration, particularly trans kids.

submitted 25 days ago • 50 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

The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

The Republic has fallen, and reviving it is going to be a multi-pronged effort requiring reforms in numerous areas. We need a map & plan for these reforms, but a robust anti-corruption institution is doubtless an important one

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

So in a week Trump has put hundreds of violent criminals on the streets and jacked up the price of coffee. You can see how Democratic officials might be stumped as to how to respond.

submitted 27 days ago • 26 comments

I’ve been thinking about why I’m so angry at commentators who say Musk is acting as a Nazi to troll & as a joke. I realized it’s because I’ve spent YEARS trying to get media to take Musk’s antisemitism seriously, only to see that after they finally notice, they’ve found a way to downplay it again.

submitted 28 days ago • 24 comments

💥BREAKING: An "overwhelming margin" of 98% of shares voted against the anti- #DEI measure in the preliminary results, Costco said. www.businessinsider.com/costco-share...

submitted 30 days ago • 134 comments

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

submitted 30 days ago • 4413 comments