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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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this is an act of unspeakable violence. it benefits no one, it doesn’t move a number on a balance sheet. it only guarantees that every one of these incarcerated transgender people will be tortured.

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Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

submitted 2 days ago • 179 comments

anotha one

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Worth pointing out that Tesla’s charging network is surely their most valuable asset. Anything that hobbles other charging standards is a boon to Musk even if it appears “anti EV”

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"Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putin's team to buy in on this." -- email from Felix Sater to Michael Cohen about Donald Trump in 2015 -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) hidinginplainsightbook.com

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You can really feel the anti-Trump sentiment building, and it's not Kitchen-Table Americans complaining about egg prices, it's about the contempt for the rule of law, the reckless cuts, the abandonment of allies, the mistreatment of other Americans

submitted 2 days ago • 63 comments

Flavors of the Keystone Cops...

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This is the new "meritocracy", eh? Unqualified Shitbags First.

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this kind of shit made sense back when musk was still widely admired and seen as non-political but the most recent polling shows he's hilariously unpopular, like 10-15 points lower than Trump's own low approval ratings. People hate this motherfucker! You don't need to clear your throat first

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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This is key to understanding the building outrage & backlash that extends way beyond the hurt of those fired. Firing people for no reason is brutal & loathsome but the even larger overall offense is wiping out all the fired people’s jobs with them, all the purposes & needs & value those jobs serve.

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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It is honestly almost impressive that Trump has gotten so many people to just go along with pretending m tariffs work in this made-up way. It’s not like it’s some obscure technical point. It’s as if he had a bunch of people saying yeah, of COURSE dogs lay eggs.

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US military personnel killed in the Europe/Atlantic theatre of war 1942-1945, that is, fighting the Nazis so they wouldn't salute a dictator like this anymore: About 250,000 (US Department of Defense, January 2025)

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There are many mysteries and ambiguities in life but the nature of this gesture is not among them. It's a Nazi salute.

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#GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🇺🇸

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Once upon a time (let's say 2012) even a minor pundit using the r-word generated a week of critical stories, bipartisan pushback, Special Olympics using its undeniable oomph to push back in public fora, adults with Down syndrome on NPR, and more.

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Get this clown away from any levers of power. And if you're still driving a Tesla, isn't it time you sold your #naziwagon?

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Is now the right time to be "rude" to power? Yes.

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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Quite the gall to stand there and compare people sitting down at a town hall meeting to January 6th insurrectionists, too.

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Making Nazis Great Again

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Start showing up, people. Call your congresscritters with apps like 5 calls, and show up at town hall and blast them. It's the most effective thing you can do right now, and anyone can do it.

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"At best, Musk treats Trump like an equal. At worst, he acts as though Trump is a doddering old man who must, for the moment, be humored. And he wears the black hat which proclaims, I am not a foot soldier in the red-hat army. I am the commander of my own forces." www.thebulwark.com/p/what-elon-...

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I love this

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Musk totally humiliated Trump during their joint Oval Office press conference. Musk brought along his 4-year-old son — making Trump look like the kid’s babysitter — disrespectfully wore a T-shirt and baseball cap, and even interrupted Trump. It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.

submitted 11 days ago • 1025 comments

“The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is stealing money from you to put in his pocket” has to be the easiest political argument ever www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 121 comments

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

submitted 10 days ago • 230 comments

Don't buy a #naziwagon, don't drive a #naziwagon. There are plenty of other strong options on the market now.

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The best messaging is to state what everyone knows to be the truth in the simplest and clearest way possible. So it’s hard to imagine more effective messaging than this.

submitted 11 days ago • 587 comments

There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.

submitted 11 days ago • 247 comments

Why simply defend your client when you can also represent the opposition and corruptly dismiss the case? They aren't even hiding it anymore, folks. They're breaking more laws than anyone can keep up with, and daring people to do anything.

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Krugman: What comes next? As far as I know, there are no examples of modern nations turning their backs on medical science. But there’s every reason to expect the consequences to be ghastly. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

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Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

submitted 21 days ago • 155 comments

My ol' college rhetoric professor used to say the difference in interpretations of Americans freedoms is liberals believe in "freedom from...", but conservatives believe in the "freedom to.." It's certainly supported below as some of the main drivers of the MAGA incel cult.

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And so it begins for all of us... Caught in this maelstrom of the malevolently incompetent.

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1/4 This from Emma's Revolution on FB Clear and simple directions for what you CAN do and how: www.facebook.com/share/p/1A2A...

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And this is like just the bare minimum they could be doing.

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The money guys are betting on a Trump crash.

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President Musk's AI engine thinks MAGA is on the right path to wrecking the country...

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