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Marco Rubio today.

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Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against: -Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest -Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers -Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans It's open season for corporate crooks.

submitted 8 hours ago • 156 comments

The Trump administration is demanding the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally from the IRS. The IRS is resisting this request, as complying would directly violate federal tax privacy laws.

submitted 2 hours ago • 99 comments

Perfect

submitted 9 hours ago • 30 comments

Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

submitted 6 hours ago • 482 comments

If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting. The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense

submitted 4 hours ago • 1929 comments

I was told Trump-Russia was a hoax?

submitted 5 hours ago • 285 comments

It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation. I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

submitted 6 hours ago • 670 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 4 hours ago • 187 comments

Tom Friedman: "This is a total perversion of U.S. foreign policy practiced by every president since World War I. My fellow Americans, we are in completely uncharted waters, led by a president, who — well, I cannot believe he is a Russian agent, but he sure plays one on TV."

submitted 4 hours ago • 425 comments

It’s an easy way to send a powerful message. Consume less, shop small, and support businesses who support our communities. Do this as much as you can, not just today. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement. Join us: www.FiftyFifty.one. #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social

submitted 4 hours ago • 57 comments

Some of us remember drills where we hid under our classroom desks in case the Russians bombed us. Now our President works for Russia.

submitted 6 hours ago • 209 comments

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

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Spread Rubio's should-be shame

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

What a shameful day.

submitted 9 hours ago • 108 comments

"Trump’s America no longer fights the old foes of good government. It has hung a giant neon sign on our door proclaiming Open for Corruption."

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

If you’re at home today, not spending money, and feeling bored, you might be wondering, “What could I do?” Well, task one: you can make random reports on this website: enddei.ed.gov

submitted 12 hours ago • 545 comments

Trump and Vance would NEVER, EVER, talk to Putin like that. And everyone knows it.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1178 comments

This is Vaquita the rarest animal on earth there are only 10-15 left in the world.

submitted 1 day ago • 205 comments

How would a random Russian news agency reporter sneak into the White House?

submitted 12 hours ago • 1331 comments

Shameful

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Exclusive: “Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon…” www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

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I'm a pilot with engineering Ph.D., worked in both airline and tech industries. I can say there is absolutely zero chance, given the timing of the switch, that FAA had done any review to make the decision based on merits. I hope Verizon sue the hell out of it.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Under Trump's leadership, the US took Russia's side at the UN, opposing a resolution acknowledging Russia’s responsibility for the war. @gallego.senate.gov and I rushed to the floor to force the Senate to condemn this betrayal of our ally. Republicans blocked us. youtu.be/Wtazkuq1JhU?...

submitted 1 day ago • 176 comments

I never want a single media outlet to ever take seriously a single current Republican politician claiming to be serious about national security or the challenge of a rising China ever again.

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

Democracy dies in darkness. And Jeff Bezos is purposely turning off the lights. www.nbcnews.com/media/jeff-b...

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Donald Trump wants to waste our taxpayer dollars building a $100M ballroom while taking away our right to fair elections, affordable healthcare, and quality public schools for our kids. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...

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We joined @ncnwhq.bsky.social in sending a letter to MSNBC over the cancellation of The ReidOut. It's the third example of the removal of a strong Black female journalist. Read the letter: www.commoncause.org/wp-content/u...

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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

submitted 1 day ago • 1938 comments

Not pro-life

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