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Is Vladimir Putin calling the shots?

submitted 17 hours ago • 699 comments

If you take Canadian oil out of the equation, Canada actually has a trade deficit, and the U.S. has a surplus — of $58 billion. We supply cheap oil to the USA to ensure North American energy independence, so North America can never again be held hostage by OPEC countries. #Canada #Trump #cdnpoli

submitted 11 days ago • 38 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 17 hours ago • 551 comments

This is how it’s done.

submitted 23 hours ago • 2742 comments

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

submitted 10 days ago • 519 comments

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 7 days ago • 1478 comments

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

submitted 7 days ago • 1696 comments

“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644

submitted 6 days ago • 223 comments

Our VP met with far-right German party AfP while in Europe. In case you don’t know who they are, I wrote about it when Musk argued that party, Nazi leanings & all, was Germany’s future. joycevance.substack.com/p/musk-in-di...

submitted 7 days ago • 134 comments

“History reflects the Framers’ decision to give Congress, not the president, the authority to generate the executive-organization chart,” Peter M. Shane writes:

submitted 7 days ago • 44 comments

Fix the grid! x.com/cbsnewstexas...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Government workers cannot be fired for their political views, from John Langford and Erica Newland @protectdemocracy.org www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

With Handmaids Tale people focus on the shock of the mass rapes in the book and the show. But how the regime came to be in power in that book keeps me awake at night because it is playing out in very intricate detail in our real lives right now.

submitted 6 days ago • 763 comments

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

submitted 6 days ago • 2047 comments

This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.

submitted 7 days ago • 190 comments

“America’s foes are surely observing the chaos in Washington and looking for espionage opportunities. They will find them,” writes Kori Schake:

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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 8 days ago • 553 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 7 days ago • 2698 comments

This is a remarkable letter. And it is worth thinking about its impact on John Roberts. If his clerk demonstrates this level of principle, how can Roberts do any less.

submitted 7 days ago • 60 comments

Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?

submitted 7 days ago • 2782 comments

Hmmmmmmm 🤔 gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...

submitted 16 days ago • 176 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

even newsmax doesn’t know how to spin this one www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfron...

submitted 14 days ago • 643 comments

A federal judge early Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of “irreparable harm. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...

submitted 14 days ago • 16 comments

"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 16 days ago • 1921 comments

submitted 15 days ago • 649 comments

We’re focused on feeding our kids. Investing in our schools. Making sure child care is affordable. Regardless of the chaos unfolding in Washington, we’re making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.

submitted 16 days ago • 1759 comments

The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.

submitted 16 days ago • 789 comments

Anyone notice that the only “proof” Trump cited about the bad USAID programs was they were sending massive amounts of condoms to Hamas. This is reminiscent of “they are eating the cats and dogs.” That’s all he’s got 🤷🏻‍♀️They also aren’t saying which programs they would purge probably bc of backlash.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Gotta love the British press.

submitted 31 days ago • 1727 comments