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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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It's not just one instance of a billion being only a million: "DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes," a team of New York Times reporters found. The figures are "full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 6 hours ago • 36 comments

Did you know? Republicans want to cut $880 BILLION from Medicaid to pay for a massive $4.5 TRILLION tax cut for their billionaire donors! Let that sink in for a minute…

submitted 12 hours ago • 168 comments

The most notable thing about this clip from the president's address to the governors is the way Maine Gov. Janet Mills stood up to Trump. And the second most notable thing is the absolute stone-faced silence from the other governors in the room. www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

submitted 1 day ago • 69 comments

"In Minnesota alone, well over 100,000 children have 504 plans, designed to adapt their educations in small, usually cost-free, but highly meaningful ways. If your family doesn’t have someone with a 504, someone you know and love does." This is a fantastic example of localizing a national issue.

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The cruelty from this administration is in part to distract from their rampant incompetence. They want you outraged so you forget that they “mistakenly” fired scientists combatting bird flu and the experts that maintain our nuclear weapons.

submitted 1 day ago • 50 comments

In a world of Chuck Schumers, be a Jasmine Crockett.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

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Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

submitted 1 day ago • 74 comments

New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

submitted 1 day ago • 211 comments

This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

submitted 1 day ago • 262 comments

Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

submitted 2 days ago • 828 comments

Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 1057 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 853 comments

Not good news, but needs to be said: Hamas claimed that Israel killed the Bibas children and their mother in an airstrike. Forensic examination of the corpses reveals the kids were murdered and that Hamas didn't even send back the mother, but a random body. Depravity piled upon lies.

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

submitted 2 days ago • 1908 comments

BREAKING: Elon Musk can barely speak in disturbing new CPAC interview

submitted 2 days ago • 164 comments

The guy interviewing Mike Johnson at CPAC is Newsmax anchor Rob Finnerty. As a local sports host in 2008, he killed a pedestrian while drunk driving. He somehow avoided homicide charges while pleading to DUI. Newsmax recently promoted Finnerty to primetime. www.bostonherald.com/2009/11/06/h...

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

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Any recent PhD (2023 or later) aerosol scientists out there interested in studying airborne transmission of respiratory infections? My group is looking for a postdoc to work on human challenge studies with influenza virus at Emory University. Full description at drive.google.com/file/d/1HzJZ...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race.

submitted 3 days ago • 450 comments

It's kind of hilarious how fucking blinded MAGA have become to this grift. The man is literally rubbing your stolen social security in your face.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 2 days ago • 1545 comments

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

submitted 3 days ago • 309 comments

He should be our messenger.

submitted 3 days ago • 823 comments

👀💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵👇🏾

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Remember Trump’s rallies: “Please come out to vote, I promise you it’ll be the last time.”

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Important 🧵: Stanford political scientist uses data to show DOGE is attacking “liberal” agencies, not focusing on waste & inefficiency: “The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education.”

submitted 2 days ago • 193 comments

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

submitted 2 days ago • 136 comments

The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

submitted 3 days ago • 841 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 3 days ago • 1922 comments

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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 20 days ago • 1309 comments

On his watch, one of Brad Schimel's top aides secretly helped develop the legal strategy to overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping women of their reproductive freedoms. Schimel is as shady as he is extreme. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

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Must watch speech by neuroscientist Kailyn Price at a HHS rally protesting funding cuts to science. "Cutting indirect costs is like telling a football team to work with only the players. No lights for the field, no physical therapists for the players, no water for the showers."

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

DID YOU KNOW: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol was given a private jet to commute from Southern California to Seattle? DID YOU ALSO KNOW: Starbucks paid Brian Niccol $800k a DAY in 2024... all while the company told union baristas they didn't want to offer us a living wage? Enough is enough.

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