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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 23 hours ago • 335 comments

There really is no “these agency layoffs are worse than those agency layoffs” game worth playing, but every time news from a new place hits it’s just another gut punch. Hacking off your own fingers one by one because you’ve decided you hate your hand. Not sane behavior.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

if anyone is having no difficulty being productive as of late, please share your wisdom and the secrets of your preternatural abilities people want to know

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Never write this off as just teasing and trolling, goofing and goading. Not from him. It's probing. It's "softening up." You normalize talking about a third Trump term, then over time people become acclimated to the possibility. "Haha" becomes "Sure, why not?" becomes "Let's make this happen."

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

We are living through a real life version of the right wing conspiracy theory about Soros controlling everything, but Musk is a right wing billionaire so Republicans are fine with it bsky.app/profile/samd...

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

The U.S. president has now chosen to throw America to Putin’s side and is more than willing to see this war end on Russian terms. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

submitted 3 days ago • 165 comments

“Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied 'Til he rules everything” - Springsteen, “Badlands”

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

submitted 3 days ago • 845 comments

It's not in spite of these indicators, it's because of them. Affluence and ennui are powerful drivers of modern authoritatianism.

submitted 3 days ago • 98 comments

Thanks to all you #academicsky #scholcomm legends we just hit 1000 signatories with more organizational ones on the way ✊ to @lschiff.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social @petersuber.bsky.social @camitchell.bsky.social 's leadership. SIGN/SHARE and #defendresearch docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

If you think Musk wants all this data in order to root out fraud and marginally improve government efficiency, I have several bridges to sell you. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 5 days ago • 56 comments

Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC

submitted 5 days ago • 3748 comments

My head knows that people like this woman must be welcomed and assured that they were tricked so that they can be added to the coalition resisting autocracy. My heart says . . . something different.

submitted 5 days ago • 83 comments

There's word for people who like to trigger libs by promoting Nazi rhetoric and symbols. Nazis.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Those who back the Trump-Musk-Vance administration, or are still giving it the benefit of the doubt, have failed the simplest test of our lifetimes - and the one that really matters. They can't be trusted again.

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

Talking about sending US troops to guard the Ukrainian spoils we divide with Putin is flat-out evil.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

Donald J. Trump just posted this on X: He who saves his Country does not violate any Law. We're getting into real Führerprinzip territory here.

submitted 7 days ago • 165 comments

Elisabeth Bik (@elisabethbik.bsky.social) organized a fund to finance the work of sleuths, including their training and travel expenses! Elisabeth used the full sum of the Einstein Foundation Award she received. It's an incredible honor to know and work with Elisabeth www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Granted we’re only 3 weeks in, but so far not a lot of early contenders for this year’s Profile in Courage Award.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The dumbest people who have ever existed are running the country

submitted 11 days ago • 3444 comments

Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!

submitted 13 days ago • 63 comments

Oh good, lying about UST fraud & suggesting he won’t honor all of our debt. Yet another set of decisions the president has no constitutional or legal authority to make. What could possibly go wrong?

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

Do some good today. Then do it again tomorrow. Or just be angry and bitter and incurious and waste your life and the lives of others.

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:

submitted 14 days ago • 98 comments

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 15 days ago • 271 comments

Yes, how to explain it is one important thing but the other even harder thing is how to reach many of the people that need to be reached with this info…

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

submitted 15 days ago • 587 comments

Not to worry folks, rest assured that every single person involved in these crimes will receive a presidential pardon. There will be no accountability, which is truly a bipartisan concept.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

DOGE as Stasi.

submitted 16 days ago • 27 comments

They're really trying to hit Maximum Asshole level.

submitted 17 days ago • 10 comments

NOT NOW COWS www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

submitted 17 days ago • 21 comments

Love to start each day with a giant shot of cortisol.

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Seriously: can I get my donation back?

submitted 18 days ago • 53 comments

Immoral and absurd. A president who has completely lost his grip on reality. This is ethnic cleansing

submitted 18 days ago • 51 comments

Despondent but not surprised. The damage from this is going to be so extensive.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Any four Republican Senators could stop this at any time simply by threatening to block all action (or even caucus with the Democrats) if Trump doesn't make certain concessions. They won't, but that should be a much bigger story than whether the Democrats are doing everything that they can.

submitted 18 days ago • 199 comments

Oh. My. God. (No I had not seen this so thanks for sharing)

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment