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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 6 days ago • 1925 comments

Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud: He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies. How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors? Or you?

submitted 7 days ago • 696 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 7 days ago • 233 comments

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

i think what's particularly demoralizing is that there is just no courage or principles behind the words of republicans who style themselves as serious conservative national security and constitutional thinkers, absolutely zero. its not surprising but my GOD these people are pathetic

submitted 14 days ago • 18 comments

For what it’s worth, Democrats did refuse consent on Vought. They tried to filibuster him, forced Republicans to jump through hoops and used up all 30 hours of allowed debate time, with an all-nighter on the Senate floor, and all 47 Dems voted NO each time. That’s about all they can do procedurally.

submitted 18 days ago • 103 comments

That's cool. I'm tired of them being racist so I guess we're all tired of something today. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

I guess Canadians said HEY BUDDY enough.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Some fed employees have been advised to download their Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) because they're hearing OPM is planning to cut off access tomorrow. The folder includes all personal identifying info, performance reviews, benefits selections, raises. Unclear why they'd do this.

submitted 22 days ago • 67 comments

Every headline about USAID that does not say "illegal" or "unconstitutional" is a failure

submitted 22 days ago • 20 comments

NEWS Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.

submitted 22 days ago • 1135 comments

Now, with alt text, to ensure everyone fully understands exactly what we're dealing with with the 19-yo Canadian calling himself Big Balls who, along with a few other nerds, seem to have had exclusive control over the United States Treasury Department since Friday

submitted 22 days ago • 99 comments

it is honestly kind of striking to me that the founders were basically on target re: “things that could end our republic”

submitted 24 days ago • 215 comments

The Framers foresaw this problem and figured legislators' ambition, self-preservation, and self-respect would drive them to act against a tyrant. The Framers didn't expect a majority of Congress would be cowards and fools who cheered it like pigs celebrating the arrival of the butcher.

submitted 24 days ago • 267 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 25 days ago • 4416 comments

the great khanate of the states have made plain their displeasure with the feckless cowardice of their kuriltai representatives, woe be unto the provincial representatives who do not tremble in the face of the mighty khan of the plains and fear his arrival

submitted 26 days ago • 11 comments

Dems should call for immediate hearings on what caused tonight’s plane crash, including the impact of the removal of FAA safety protocols and personnel.

submitted 26 days ago • 334 comments

It is a mistake to think of this as a lawsuit; it is a solicitation of a bribe, of protection money.

submitted 26 days ago • 75 comments

USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

submitted 27 days ago • 47 comments

Pritzker: "They are either lying to us or they are critically incompetent. This is what happens when you staff the federal government full of project 2025 contributors that don't have any experience governing and don't think that the laws apply to them."

submitted 27 days ago • 17 comments

Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.

submitted 28 days ago • 280 comments

Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.

submitted 28 days ago • 1247 comments

Cats are such empaths, I swear they just seem to know whenever I'm having a bad day because without missing a beat they’re just like vomit, vomit, tail in coffee, extended screaming, channeling ghosts, channeling ghosts, further screaming…

submitted 32 days ago • 191 comments

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

submitted 32 days ago • 414 comments

BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

submitted 33 days ago • 214 comments

Teen Vogue once again doing the job of legacy media, and I say “once again” as though they have not been at it for like a decade straight now

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

Note: The person giving the sermon in question is Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington. Rep. Collins is suggesting deporting a U.S. citizen and bishop for delivering a sermon in a house of worship in accordance with her faith.

submitted 34 days ago • 330 comments

Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true

submitted 35 days ago • 151 comments

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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The husband of Republican senator Deb Fischer just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris. The level of class you can expect from MAGA.

submitted 50 days ago • 3302 comments

i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

submitted 68 days ago • 633 comments

Remember the FBI informant who claimed President Biden took millions in bribes from Burisma? He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up. And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 74 days ago • 225 comments

The striking thing about almost all of the top Nazis is that they were mediocrities and failures, who took advantage of the special circumstances in which they found themselves to wreak revenge on a world that had judged them to be what they in fact were www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/12/in-p...

submitted 80 days ago • 41 comments