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"The vocal crowd rose to its feet repeatedly during a one-hour town hall ... [Warren] said, her voice growing hoarse. “We do not want an America that says a handful of rich folks are better than everyone else. We want an America that works for all of us, and we are willing to fight for it.”

submitted 22 hours ago • 6 comments

Yes that is the accusation.

submitted 7 hours ago • 19 comments

I wrote about how particularly ridiculous it is that Senate Democrats, led by Dick Durbin, think the priority should be repealing Section 230 and undermining the very open internet we need more than ever right now. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...

submitted 2 days ago • 110 comments

Chief Justice Roberts once again fails to rise to the occasion, leaving what should be his job—defending judicial independence—to some generic bureaucratic response with a mere suggestion.

submitted 9 hours ago • 28 comments

New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

submitted 2 days ago • 216 comments

Far-Right party in France that "was bested in France’s snap election last summer by a leftwing alliance" has pulled out of CPAC after Steve Bannon, a fan of fascist theorist Julius Evola, did a Hitler salute. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

The right is spending literally billions on multi-front attacks on privacy and information security of all movement work. In terms of the willingness of progressive philanthropy to spend to counter it, we’re being asked to put out a wildfire with a garden hose.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

I adore this man! I really hope that we end up having a free and fair election in 2028 and he runs for president again!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

#20/2025 Rep. Cory Mills [R-FL] allegedly grabbed and forcefully shoved his paramour out of a door leaving noticeable bruising on her arm and then tried to get her to lie to the police about how she got her injuries. What must his wife and two young children be thinking about his behavior?

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

I don’t know why this is hard for folks to understand. The layoffs aren’t just about probationary employees. They are going beyond that. It won’t stop. It’s all about making agencies non-functional.

submitted 7 days ago • 41 comments

Miami's Enrique Tarrio was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol today and charged with assaulting a female protester. Another Trump supporter who was freed and is already back to committing crimes against Americans. via www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

Kash Patel getting confirmed as FBI Director is one the most craven and contemptible acts yet by Republicans in a long list of craven and contemptible acts. Damn them for what they have unleashed here. Words cannot express how angry I am.

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 3 days ago • 859 comments

Have you had a post about abortion removed or had your account suspended for posting about abortion? Your voice matters. Report your experience. #StopCensoringAbortion

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

If Patel’s confirmation scares you and you’re worried about the FBI being used to wage war and terrorize American citizens, just ask Black people for advice, they’ve been dealing with it for decades

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

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Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

submitted 3 days ago • 409 comments

I find it absolutely DISGUSTING that Elon Musk the richest man in the world has his DOGE people at this Social Security administration, trying to steal our private information & OUR money! Millions of us subsist, seniors, and people like me with disabilities, on fixed incomes. We ALL must speak out!

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Dark Pence is back.

submitted 4 days ago • 4566 comments

it's so fascinating to me that the Bulwark is more consistently and honestly anti-Trump than the Free Press

submitted 7 days ago • 59 comments

Doing great 👍

submitted 8 days ago • 1846 comments

He’s right again.

submitted 7 days ago • 435 comments

More evidence-framing dynamics: "They’re running the ‘Twitter Files’ playbook against the entire U.S. gov't. The claims are a bunch of half-baked conspiracy theories built around idiotic misinterpretations and intentional mischaracterizations of bits of data and out-of-context communications."

submitted 8 days ago • 42 comments

Yes, making Trump unimportant means making America unimportant to the world. A hefty price but it must be paid to stop the spread of our cancer.

submitted 8 days ago • 214 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Saturday truths...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

In fairness to JD Vance, he's not wrong that Canada has seen massive increases in the trafficking of fentanyl across its border. He's just a bit confused about the direction it is flowing. The US ships 22 TIMES the fentanyl to Canada that Canada ships to the US. And Canada is a smaller market.

submitted 7 days ago • 279 comments

The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes. The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds. This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen

submitted 7 days ago • 2582 comments

Behind JD Vance's destruction of our values in Munich: Few Americans would welcome an elected leader from Germany or France who gave a speech on our soil, urging politicians here to stop shunning the Ku Klux Klan. Yet that isn't so far from the message delivered to European officials by Vice…

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...

submitted 8 days ago • 47 comments

Two possible reactions: 1) Continue on the trajectory that got us here in the first place by discarding this as “just Trump being Trump” 2) Grapple in earnest with the fact that Trump asserts dictatorial power as the providential leader tasked with saving the nation. This is acutely dangerous.

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

Backlash is a myth made up by reactionary bigots to explain why they’re doing what they’ve always wanted to do anyway. The left in America has been on the back foot for…ever. Literally forever. The closest we got was the New Deal and even that was designed to keep us from going full socialist.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

"USAID is worth every penny. I wish I could say the same for the Department of Defense, which spends money on a scale USAID could only dream of, and often with more waste." ICYMI Will Selber: www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

submitted 7 days ago • 41 comments

DOGE Fired Nuclear Bomb Specialists. Now They Need Them Back: DOGE and President Musk are realizing that it is not so easy to replace nuclear energy specialists with a bunch of robots and 20 year old incels. I guess there IS something valuable in education and experience. Bloomberg is reporting…

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

GOP Keeps UN Ambassador Seat Vacant Because They Need Her Vote: Republicans have failed to schedule a confirmation vote for Rep. Elise Stefanik as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations because her vote is needed as House Republicans cut the social safety net. The Trump team announced that…

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

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submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

submitted 7 days ago • 6491 comments

It’ll always be disgusting that we went from having a respected decorated 4-star General as Secretary of Defense to a moronic rapist woman abuser Fox host like Pete Hegseth.

submitted 9 days ago • 240 comments