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This is the story.

submitted 3 days ago • 96 comments

We are doomed to relive every stupid thing about the 80s. Only this it’s not just the mistakes of the 1980s corporate greed. It’s also the 1880s post reconstruction environment, and the 1780s love of slavery. :(

submitted 3 days ago • 90 comments

Everybody thinks the "Gulf of America" thing is petty nonsense, but it's just prelude for this motherfucker changing his honorific to "His Excellency" and banning news organizations that refuse to refer to him that way.

submitted 3 days ago • 58 comments

No surprises here: “While the immense cuts are framed as a means of removing waste, they may also become a boon to private companies – including Musk’s own businesses “ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 6 days ago • 189 comments

my take is that your willingness to accept this gulf of america nonsense is an indicator of your willingness to accept much worse things coming from this administrator

submitted 7 days ago • 1168 comments

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

submitted 7 days ago • 917 comments

Issa Rae Cancels Kennedy Center Appearance After Trump’s Takeover ... BRAVA. Remember: Courage is contagious. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/a...

submitted 9 days ago • 80 comments

How the Trumps turned an election victory into a cash bonanza www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

This is what integrity looks like: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 49 comments

Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 10 days ago • 165 comments

Thousands of investors in Trump’s crypto scheme lost $2 billion in just weeks while the Trump Organization racked up $100 million in trading fees. Just so happens that the CFPB, which Trump is trying to kill, recently announced new regulations for the crypto industry. Hello?

submitted 10 days ago • 263 comments

Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

submitted 11 days ago • 165 comments

A frightening new law just passed in Tennessee that criminalizes political speech with which MAGA does not agree. What this means for the rest of us. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances. We saw it in 1930s Germany, and we're seeing it again today.

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

The CFPB has: -Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud -Cracked down on junk fees -Fought against politically-motivated debanking -Protected veterans from predatory lenders -Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.

submitted 12 days ago • 128 comments

USAID was investigating Starlink CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests

submitted 14 days ago • 40 comments

He knows the song is not about him, right? Like I get the confusion, but its not about him.

submitted 13 days ago • 53 comments

This sums it up perfectly

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

slate.com/life/2025/02...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Congrats to the victorious Philadelphia Eagles

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

“Red states have universities too,” one Trump official, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press, wrote in a message.

submitted 14 days ago • 29 comments

Worth listening to this interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social ... Kara really has the smartest and what seems to me to be the most accurate take on Elon Musk that there is, because she has covered these tech bros for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXL...

submitted 14 days ago • 108 comments

Many are asking: “What can I do now?” Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do

submitted 14 days ago • 460 comments

Russell Vought is on the cusp of confirmation to lead OMB, where he could gut the civil service and social safety net. He's also the mastermind behind Project 2025, which Trump once disavowed but has so far followed to a tee during his second term.

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?” Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.

submitted 16 days ago • 82 comments

The sleeping giant - demcracy - is awakening

submitted 16 days ago • 31 comments

A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.

submitted 16 days ago • 865 comments

More corruption, out in the open.

submitted 16 days ago • 32 comments

NEW: Are shady investors about to ruin football? The NFL is now letting private equity firms invest in teams. Be warned: when private equity gets involved, prices go up, quality goes down, and wealthy investors get even richer.

submitted 16 days ago • 41 comments

Tell me more about Republicans' respect for the military. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 16 days ago • 400 comments

A second judge rules against Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship: "No court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court will not be the first," the judge said. (via my colleague Daniel Barnes)

submitted 17 days ago • 15 comments

Tax loopholes for the rich. A bloated military budget. Lucrative contracts and subsidies to private corporations. These are all huge sources of federal waste and fraud, but don't expect Elon Musk and DOGE to take aim at any of them.

submitted 17 days ago • 19 comments

The new OPM funding freeze guidance amounts to Trump saying "RETREAT: GET RID OF THE NEGROES BUT FIGHT AGAINST THE REST ANOTHER DAY!" chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

This was always where things were heading

submitted 17 days ago • 93 comments

On March 25, my new book comes out. It's called "Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America" This is my Bill of Wrongs. Instead of saying "orange man bad," I drilled down on 10 laws most people like that are actually destroying us. You can preorder below: www.amazon.com/Bad-Law-Popu...

submitted 46 days ago • 122 comments

“This all fits in with the Project 2025 goal of shrinking the nonpartisan federal workforce and replacing those employees with political supporters, the types of people who will bend the federal government to Trump’s will.” @mollyjongfast.bsky.social is right, and it should scare you. bit.ly/3WLLJdH

submitted 19 days ago • 103 comments

Firing thousands of federal employees opens up the opportunity to create a workforce where the only criterion for being hired is your loyalty to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. It's not about efficiency.

submitted 19 days ago • 201 comments

The CFPB is the financial watchdog for the American people. The agency has returned $20B to the victims of financial fraud and abuse since 2011. Trump fired its director and put his treasury secretary, a Wall Street hedge fund manager, in charge. Guess what happened next...

submitted 19 days ago • 123 comments

Trump and the GOP are trying to repeal a Biden admin rule that requires lead water pipes to be replaced. Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked. So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?

submitted 19 days ago • 407 comments

I expanded on the Coalition Provisional Authority analogy I made on All In last week... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...

submitted 19 days ago • 11 comments

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

submitted 20 days ago • 212 comments

“These are the leaders the Democratic Party is looking to and they’re absent...you’re not going to do it, get out of the way and let others lead, please.” @julieroginsky.bsky.social on Democrats lack of action against Elon Musk.

submitted 20 days ago • 28 comments

Isn’t controlling the media one of the key parts of the authoritarian playbook? We are seeing democracy being dismantled before our eyes.

submitted 20 days ago • 112 comments