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Five former US defense secretaries, including Chuck Hagel and Jim Mattis, assail Trump's military firings as reckless and ask members of Congress ‘to do their jobs’ www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

submitted 19 hours ago • 19 comments

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 1 day ago • 228 comments

Bezos bought the Washington Post for 0.001% of his net worth. Musk bought Twitter for 0.12% of his net worth. 150 billionaire families influenced the election for 0.07% of their worth. That's the equivalent of the rest of us buying a candy bar, a pair of jeans, and takeout.

submitted 17 hours ago • 14 comments

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

submitted 15 hours ago • 78 comments

🚨 The Trump-Musk DOGE purge just made our food supply less safe. An Air Force Veteran and a top scientist were fired without cause—despite their work protecting America's food system. 10,000+ federal workers gone. This isn’t policy. It’s reckless. MORE: thepublicsradio.org/npr/a-milita...

submitted 15 hours ago • 13 comments

I don't know what Jeff Bezos means by "personal liberties and free markets." But I do know this: The biggest threat to personal liberties and free markets in America today is Donald Trump. My @postopinions.bsky.social column on this week's trauma at the Post. wapo.st/3DaSKxX

submitted 18 hours ago • 116 comments

Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.

submitted 15 hours ago • 80 comments

Totally. And this is obvious by posts I saw yesterday and earlier this week by older white red voters that were trashing Obama. Like bro has been out for 10 years but you still need to hate on him like he’s the worst president you’ve ever seen??

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

She nailed it 🎯

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Serves them right.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

House Republicans voted last night to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Billions cut in health care & food assistance so the wealthy can pay less. How does this help American strivers? How does this lower costs? Every Dem voted against these cuts. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

While the media and country continue chasing all of the shiny objects that Trump and Musk throw, real news does happen. Perhaps someone ought to chase this down. We are under attack and nobody seems to understand that.

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

NEW on CNN: The Trump White House’s new Homeland Security point man hosted a podcast that tweeted for “secession” and “martial law” after Trump lost in 2020. The official, Paul Ingrassia, also shared an article calling for a “martial law option” to keep in office.. www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 9 days ago • 1994 comments

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

submitted 8 days ago • 563 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 9 days ago • 2884 comments

"If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny"-Timothy Snyder's quote from his book "On Tyranny" has never resonated more with me than now.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Ah, the 1930s Germany frame. But in the post-reconstruction era, America had Jim Crow, the resegregation of the federal workforce, and deadly pogroms against black people in the South. We’ve been here before. It’s just it didn’t happen to white people. Where do yall think Germany learned from?

submitted 12 days ago • 68 comments

Yes

submitted 12 days ago • 31 comments

Sad but true. It's Putin and Musk versus the world.

submitted 12 days ago • 69 comments

Monsters

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

One of the most contagious viruses around :(

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

People will take to the streets.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Musk has wielded the power of an official who would need to be formally appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, but he hasn’t gone through that constitutionally required process, the states argued. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 13 days ago • 156 comments

Dear recently fired, federal, employees, Apply for UCFE unemployment benefits ASAP !!! dol.gov

submitted 14 days ago • 31 comments

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

submitted 13 days ago • 147 comments

Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.

submitted 13 days ago • 111 comments

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

submitted 15 days ago • 324 comments

brilliant gambit epic sir, arbitrarily firing the people responsible for looking after weapons that could end all life on earth

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Feds Against Facism! Show up Monday and let them know.

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submitted 14 days ago • 32 comments

I thought they were all self-made rugged individualists who didn’t rely on socialism.

submitted 15 days ago • 2123 comments

when every fertilized egg is precious but every life is not. surprising nobody ever . . .

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

imagine your reaction if you were told a decade ago that in 2025 Mitch McConnell would be the only Senate Republican willing to stand up to a Putinist takeover of the US intelligence agencies

submitted 16 days ago • 228 comments

CT GOP aligning closer to Trump. There are divisive issues and sides taken. www.courant.com/2025/02/10/c...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.

submitted 19 days ago • 701 comments

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

submitted 21 days ago • 158 comments

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

submitted 22 days ago • 379 comments

Jim Acosta who recently resigned from CNN, has his own online show...please pass this on. Check it out

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submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown

submitted 22 days ago • 64 comments

It’s not just that the buy-out won’t be honored; it can’t be honored. They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”

submitted 22 days ago • 551 comments

A federal court just blocked Elon Musk from interfering with the federal government’s payments system. There is power in fighting back. We won’t let up until this block is permanent.

submitted 22 days ago • 737 comments

When they said they were going to burn it all down, did they mean literally? 🤬

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

MAGA lost their damn minds over the email lady's private server, but are crickets over Elon's 19-year-old "Big Balls" guy having access to all of our private info.

submitted 21 days ago • 220 comments

NEW: President Trump's hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of seasonal federal firefighters, including those who work for agencies called on to help battle the devastating L.A. fires, creating a potential shortfall ahead of the next fire season.

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments

Donald Trump: "You're fired" Ellen Weintraub: "Not how it works, big guy" This is the fight we need to see. Trump is acting like a king because he's too weak to govern like a president. The would-be emperor has no clothes.

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

Language matters. Framing matters. This is a move that everyone should be taking.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments