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I am starting to feel this is true...thoughts?

submitted 17 days ago • 727 comments

Trump, Musk, and the GOP don’t intend to have free and fair elections in the future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 16 days ago • 24 comments

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

submitted 13 days ago • 2400 comments

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 12 days ago • 941 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: “We will never, ever, ever, kiss the ring of that gangster from Mar-A-Lago." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Yes, indeed — what the fuck!!! 😡

submitted 11 days ago • 1209 comments

And that’s just the NLRB!

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

submitted 9 days ago • 1009 comments

Wow — Bannon calls musk a “parasitic illegal immigrant” and says DOGE hasn’t found “one penny” of savings in the proposed budget. unherd.com/2025/02/stev...

submitted 9 days ago • 150 comments

Some photos from today’s #PresidentsDayProtest in downtown Houston

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 8 days ago • 2365 comments

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

submitted 8 days ago • 2883 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 6 days ago • 987 comments

Brits don’t sugarcoat 🤣

submitted 5 days ago • 25 comments

Social Security Administration: DOGE Cannot Make Changes to Benefit Payments Source: Kiplinger share.newsbreak.com/bnt4rdxa I DON'T BUY IT. TRUMP WILL DO WHATEVER THE FUCK IT TAKES TO GET HIS TAX CUTS FOR HIS WEALTHY DONORS. HE'S GOT NO SOUL. HE'S THE DEVIL👿 & SCOTUS & THE GOP WILL ENABLE HIM😤

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Spotted in Paris, France today, in honour of the 3rd anniversary of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion. #StandWithUkraine

submitted 3 days ago • 188 comments

Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity. You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.

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Well, Well, Well, Did Not See This Coming: This was one helluva surprise! Apparently people in what used to be USDS are tired of DOGe and the nonsense. Today 21 members of that organization resigned “in protest” of what Muskrat is doing, according to a federal government employee with knowledge of…

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

See this is what’s lacking in general. WHY aren’t there more leaders that corrects the Dump when he pukes out blatant misinformation. And I’m not talking about online, I’m talking about FACE TO FACE like Macron does in a masterclass of an example here.

submitted 3 days ago • 36 comments

“In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.” — WHCA president on PressSec’s bid for the White House to choose the press pool

submitted 2 days ago • 80 comments

Maddow tries to shake Jeffries into meeting the moment: "Policy doesn't feel like the main convo…we are in the middle of a Ketamine-fueled autocratic power grab rendering Congress irrelevant, making the rule of law an afterthought if not a joke”: Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGe93bq...

submitted 3 days ago • 1599 comments

Here is California. This is great!

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

WI Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel supports banning abortion in the state with NO exceptions for rape or incest. If you care about abortion rights, make a plan to vote for Judge Susan Crawford on April 1st.

submitted 4 days ago • 73 comments

She is absolutely correct that hospitals in rural areas will close. Nursing homes will close. People will go without medical care. As she says, You have two options: fight or flight. We choose to FIGHT! We will protect Medicaid! We will protect our Democracy. We will protect our constitution.

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This morning, 21 civil servants, who served in the federal government across presidential administrations, announced that they would be resigning from the federal government in protest of Elon Musk and DOGE's actions, refusing to help DOGE "dismantle critical public services."

submitted 2 days ago • 280 comments

This married "Christian" Republican strong-armed his girlfriend, but he has faced no consequences. DOJ wouldn't sign the arrest warrant sent to them by local police.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

MAGA Republican faces criminal probe in DC penthouse incident involving woman: report: A firestorm surrounding Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) ignited after reports emerged that he is the subject of an active criminal investigation for allegedly assaulting a woman inside a penthouse at a high-end apartment…

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

DC police are mounting a criminal investigation of an alleged assault of a woman by GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who represents a district near Orlando. The incident started at a penthouse in a luxury DC apartment building. Mills, who’s married and has two kids, apparently had a fight with his girlfriend.

submitted 6 days ago • 286 comments

A warrant for the arrest of Rep. Cory Mills was forwarded to the U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C. on Friday for the alleged assault of a woman who isn't his wife who claims they have been together for over a year. It hasn't been signed.

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Republican Rep. Cory Mills under investigation for assault? Against a woman? Color me not shocked. Lock him up already.

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) is the subject of an investigation into the alleged assault of a 27-year old woman in Washington, D.C. on February 19. The alleged victim is not his wife. “…the initial victims' police report described a phone call where officers could hear Mills instructing the victim to…

submitted 2 days ago • 372 comments

Rep Cory Mills (R-OH R-OH) accused of treating women like a cabinet secretary when he is only a Congressman

submitted 3 days ago • 42 comments

I am enraged💥 Voters are enraged about what Trump, Musk, and their group of 19-to-25-year-olds with names like “Big Balls” have done to our government and to our lives. Q: Ben Meiselas MTN

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Europe has a solution for Starlink, it is faster and the quality is better. The IRIS 2 program. IRIS will make Starlink obsolete and provide permanent global coverage. The US, and especially Musk, are not needed. #IRIS #EU youtu.be/V-SXNVeNby0

submitted 4 days ago • 509 comments

WATCH all 4 parts of Kamala Harris receiving the NAACP Chairman's award. We need to heed her words. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"

submitted 5 days ago • 140 comments

Tariff-inflated prices pass the pain along to consumers, many of whom voted for Trump. Good job, asshole.

submitted 24 days ago • 853 comments

Get them out of government. Most not old enough to be elected to anything. One suspects they are part of Musk’s gaming posse.

submitted 24 days ago • 1033 comments

Susan Collins, who can be counted on for saying she's "very disappointed," says she will vote for Tulsi Gabbard.

submitted 24 days ago • 1889 comments

Elon Musk, that avatar or arrogance, is trashing the US Constitution. Trumpers, is this what you voted for? An end to America?

submitted 22 days ago • 1545 comments

FYI:

submitted 22 days ago • 680 comments