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I wish people would stop describing things that are indisputably provable as a matter of fact as "controversial." People not liking a fact doesn't mean the fact is controversial. Reality is not malleable around our beliefs and it shouldn't be. We need to stop acting like it is.

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“(The arrests) continue the longstanding Republican policy of seeding the media with a false narrative of bad behavior by their opponents—voter fraud, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails, and so on—in order to convince voters that their opponents are dangerous to America.”

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

Iran doesn’t have a nuclear bomb. Iran is so close to having a nuclear bomb that they must be destroyed. We had no idea Israel was going to attack Iran. We helped Israel attack Iran. We might attack Iran ourselves in two weeks. Our DNI and Sec Def aren’t trusted by anyone. This is nuts!

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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process is how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

submitted 3 days ago • 207 comments

A short video about Juneteenth:

submitted 2 days ago • 68 comments

“Our history matters. Juneteenth is the celebration of a new nation, one that would honor the equality of all Americans—and one that, 160 years after it was established, we are in danger of losing as those in power set about rewriting the record.“

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Would you look at that.

submitted 3 days ago • 926 comments

Good question. It's either a bunch of Proud Boy look-alikes or guys dressed like they're about to invade Iraq again. Neither of which should be acceptable!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

"Commenters often note that Trump talks like a mob boss, but rarely has his organized-crime style of governance been clearer than in yesterday’s statement." Everything Trump does makes just a little more sense if you think of him like a mob boss.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This is unconscionable.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

“journalist Dean Blundell reported that Washington insiders and observers from abroad had noticed how rarely Trump appears in public and how often he falls asleep when he does, prompting speculation that he is not physically able to do the work of the presidency.“ This should be bigger news!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

“The contrast between the protests and the military parade suggested an important shift in political culture. The momentum and the joy, as well as the American flags, were on the side of those protesting Trump’s growing authoritarianism. (The) crowds were clearly on the side of the protesters.”

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

“In the city when Benjamin Franklin is said to have promised the citizens of a new nation “a republic, if you can keep it,” on the parkway that bears his name, Americans kept it for one more day in a color revolution of red, white and blue.” We must keep it!

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Great thread of pics from all the protests yesterday. I didn’t take any pictures where I was

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Yes! Tell your friends. And maybe your enemies. 😉

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

“But the celebration of ordinary people who fought against tyranny will be happening not just in the nation’s capital but all across the country, as Americans participating in at least 2,000 planned No Kings protests recall the principles American patriots championed 250 years ago.”

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) answered: “This is a lie. We all saw the video. —” She added: “If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?” All he’s done is lie since he came down that escalator.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

“A president whose disastrous first term ended with a violent attempted coup to block the peaceful transfer of power is now moving quickly in his second term to consolidate power, to accomplish the form of autocracy he sought on Jan. 6, 2021.” This is NOT a distraction!

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

You are the company you keep?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

“While President Donald Trump is trying to project strength by ordering a federalized National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles, a new Quinnipiac poll of American registered voters out today reinforces that both Trump and his policies are unpopular. The numbers are remarkable.” Good.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 9 days ago • 67 comments

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

submitted 9 days ago • 498 comments

“Soldiers were seen purchasing clothing and tchotchkes, including "Make America Great Again" chain necklaces to faux credit cards labeled "White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything."” Imagine being a person of color and have to serve with the guy that just bought the “white privilege” card.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This is disgusting.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground. Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.

submitted 9 days ago • 79 comments

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

submitted 28 days ago • 121 comments

America is not under invasion from undocumented immigrants who are mostly peacefully living & working in communities that value their contribution to society America is under invasion by Trump who is literally sending military to invade & occupy peaceful cities to crush the will of the people there

submitted 10 days ago • 18 comments

I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.

submitted 10 days ago • 100 comments

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

submitted 10 days ago • 399 comments

Without comment. Keep hammering this.

submitted 10 days ago • 124 comments

“What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment,” Newsom said. “Do not give in to him.”

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“it's become standard to blame the excesses of the right on liberals, the left, feminists, Black Lives Matter, affirmative action, environmental protection, and BIPOC and LGBTQ people.“ We are currently in an abusive relationship with the right. They DARVO everything “bad” onto the libs.

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“Young soldiers will make mistakes. But if senior officers remain silent, what lesson will those young men and women take from what happened today?” Don’t believe for a moment that the senior officers don’t know any better.

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“Masked, plainclothes officers of the state, cruising America’s second-largest city in unmarked vans. Snatching individuals off the street without warrants and whisking them away to locations unknown,” It’s like 2020 in my hometown of Portland, OR all over again. We apparently learned nothing.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Important post. As difficult as increasing the national birth rate is, even increasing it by something like 10% (extremely improbable) would contribute fewer workers longterm than simply maintaining 2023 immigration rates.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments