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Raskin: "It's becoming obvious to the American people that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not opponents of corruption, they are agents of corruption."

submitted 20 hours ago • 163 comments

The reporting on this bizarre story (gift link) is incomplete. It doesn't address TESCREAL (R=rationalism) & larger links to both AI boys & certain Trumpists. A Silicon Valley Intellectual Society Kicked Them Out. Now They’re Tied to a Killing Spree. www.wsj.com/us-news/zizi...

submitted 6 hours ago • 9 comments

The DOGE team's "wall of receipts" has as many holes as Trump's wall on the Mexican border.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

A year ago this month, Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies and "do whatever the hell they want" unless allies paid up. We thought it was so important, we ran it on the front page of the @mississippifreepress.org at a time when the New York Times and others didn't.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

This week isn't the first time former NFL kicker Chris Kluwe has spoken out, made a difference As a result of Kluwe's previous advocacy, the MN Vikings made contributions to LGBTQ orgs, suspended a coach for homophobic rants & instituted sensitivy training www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Everyone needs to understand that right this second, in real time, the U.S. government is throwing away the next generation of brilliant scientists.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

“They’re scared shitless about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff,” a former member of Trump’s first administration tells me. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 1 day ago • 177 comments

Take it public if it’s real - they’re all making back channel phone calls like Trump in his first impeachment -“I need you to do me a favor” and exempt my state my friend - instead of challenging the lawless l’etat c’est moi monarchism that they above anyone else have the power to check

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

1/2 #BLM OTD 1956 warrants were issued for the arrests of civil rights activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks, & the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, for organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott. #BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Breaking news: 57 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority since taking office for his second term, according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

submitted 2 days ago • 220 comments

“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

submitted 2 days ago • 228 comments

So... anyone wanna draft up some sort of document that declares our resistance or some sort of... independent standing against King George the Third Part Deux??

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Alaska has the fourth-highest number of federal workers per capita—fish & game, forestry, and more—their jobs are being cut under the excuse of “poor performance.” Lisa Murkowski knows that’s a lie—so why won’t she just say, it’s a lie. Collins, Burchett, and the rest are just giving lip service.

submitted 2 days ago • 1090 comments

“One shouldn’t be surprised, at this point, to see Trump bend over backwards for Putin. But surely all those hawkish Republicans on the Hill, many of whom criticized the Biden administration for not doing enough to help Ukraine, would be moved to speak out in protest? Surely you jest.”

submitted 2 days ago • 83 comments

Minnesota’s deputy director for the Small Business Administration was fired Feb. 7, rehired days later when the government said it made a mistake, and then fired again last week. Another federal employee who was abruptly fired has newborn twins in the NICU. More stories of chaos + cruelty:

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

The difference between MAGA and the Nerd Reich is that the Nerd Reich's plan assumes Trump is too lazy to be dictator.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Does Congress even remember that it has the power of the purse? www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

submitted 2 days ago • 554 comments

All the men who vote Republican gladly throw their own spouse and daughters under the bus. These psychopaths and rapists will never be held accountable because they’ve been elected.

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

🚨This. Is. Big.🚨 Minnesota LG — and total badass — @peggyflanagan.bsky.social is running for US Senate. A proud Native woman making history! And as someone who knows her firsthand, she's a force for justice and change. Who's in? #FlanaganForSenate #IndianCountry #NativePower peggyflanagan.com

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments