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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.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1415 comments

Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested at a city council meeting after stating, “MAGA is explicitly a Nazi movement. You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is,” before engaging in peaceful civil disobedience.

submitted 2 days ago • 284 comments

BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron has invited European leaders to an emergency summit in Paris tomorrow (Sunday) to respond to Trump and the situation in Ukraine. Presumably will include the UK too.

submitted 7 days ago • 61 comments

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

submitted 7 days ago • 2401 comments

They’re doing project 2025, just like we said they would

submitted 8 days ago • 1245 comments

Justice Dept lawyers are showing other public servants, members of Congress and the public - not to mention quivering media moguls - what it means to be a citizen of a democracy. You do not bend the knee nor kiss the ring of tyrants.

submitted 8 days ago • 36 comments

We are going to win.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

An amazing resignation letter to Bove from an AUSA who worked on the Adams case. Money quote: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 8 days ago • 844 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 8 days ago • 1909 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 12 days ago • 3913 comments

Apple needs to add a message broadcast option to the Messages app. 

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Bird Flu shuts down live markets in New York. Governor Kathy Hochul: "Each uninfected market must sell all inventory, undergo a thorough cleaning and disinfection, and then remain closed for at least 5 days."

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Sen Cassidy: “Black lives matter only if you count them”

submitted 14 days ago • 1727 comments

I’m boycotting the Super Bowl.

submitted 15 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 • 6591 comments

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

submitted 16 days ago • 1712 comments

The last time it felt this eerie was right before the pandemic.

submitted 17 days ago • 309 comments

🤡

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

MORE OF THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

submitted 19 days ago • 1040 comments

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

submitted 19 days ago • 2485 comments

“our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. they are our allies. we should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the american flag." - ronald reagan

submitted 20 days ago • 18 comments

why am I hearing multiple fire department sirens in east Dallas right now?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

тгцмр is trying to destroy California and keep Gavin Newsom from becoming president.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

We’re gonna have to march.

submitted 21 days ago • 1811 comments

Mexico is Texas' largest trading partner. Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business. Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...

submitted 22 days ago • 638 comments

Senator Adam Schiff goes off about Kash Patel at his Senate confirmation hearing: "How did we get here?!?! Where we are defending a nominee like this, who makes songs with convicts who attack law enforcement? How did we get here?!?" 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

submitted 23 days ago • 808 comments

I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.

submitted 23 days ago • 672 comments

He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.

submitted 23 days ago • 2851 comments

cost per migrant on a military deportation flight from texas to guatemala: $4,675 cost of one-way first class ticket on american airlines from texas to guatemala: $853 -reuters

submitted 23 days ago • 25 comments

WATCH: “Instead of giving money to private schools that don’t take kids like me, please help public schools get better and fund them.” A 6th grader with cerebral palsy speaks out against the TEXAS voucher scam. (cc: @GovBillLee)

submitted 24 days ago • 335 comments

Kind of sucks that we didn't at least get a Roaring Twenties before what's about to come

submitted 25 days ago • 495 comments

thank god I look like a gringo!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests

submitted 27 days ago • 1706 comments

Excellent post

submitted 27 days ago • 2082 comments

Well I don't believe in you, either.

submitted 32 days ago • 38 comments

Mientras tanto, 100.000 personas se han manifestado en Berlín contra la amenaza neonazi representada por la AfD. Tomemos nota y sigamos el ejemplo 🔝🔝

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

#Ukraine: US State Department has just officially confirmed to the Ukrainian media receiving subsidies (including USAID) that all current projects have been suspended. This decision threatens the very existence of independent Ukrainian media. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

I can’t really afford Substack.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

’tis true that we are in great danger, The greater therefore should our courage be.

submitted 28 days ago • 49 comments

The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...

submitted 29 days ago • 1036 comments

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 29 days ago • 1357 comments

This week's Internet winner goes to...

submitted 29 days ago • 464 comments

Propublica has a great database on schools and their diversity that gets to the heart of vouchers in Texas. Dallas ISD is overwhelmingly minority, while the average private school is majority white. It isn't rocket science folks. projects.propublica.org/private-scho...

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.

submitted 32 days ago • 1918 comments

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic. (posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)

submitted 32 days ago • 2217 comments

This is gold.

submitted 33 days ago • 927 comments