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Porter: I think what we should be asking Elon Musk and pressing him on is: what makes this change efficient? Imagine a clinical trial that is near completion, only to unravel and lose all that progress—just because Elon Musk decides to pull the plug. That’s not efficient. It’s just destructive.

submitted 6 hours ago • 158 comments

Every day and in every way, Trump and his cohorts take another shit on the Constitution they have promised to revere and defend.

submitted 8 hours ago • 536 comments

A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

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submitted 9 hours ago • 882 comments

Why have Musk-backed PACs spent $10M on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race? It's not just to uphold WI's abortion ban and gerrymandered maps. Tesla is suing WI over a state law that hurts its bottom line — a case that could be decided by its Supreme Court. Follow the money.

submitted 9 hours ago • 101 comments

Now that Trump has proven to be a ruthless autocrat, too many have grown timid and silent. That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do. Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...

submitted 9 hours ago • 189 comments

They have so few artists willing to allow their music to be used. Really says something.

submitted 9 hours ago • 117 comments

Trump telling Muslim voters in Michigan the day before the election that he loves Muslims and he just wants peace in Gaza.

submitted 19 hours ago • 419 comments

Unless you wear a red hat.

submitted 17 hours ago • 936 comments

These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.

submitted 2 days ago • 1873 comments

Gonna miss seeing you around, Prime Minister. Sorry about our 47th. That’s on us.

submitted 2 days ago • 520 comments

I'm leading the charge demanding USDA reverse its cancellation of $1 billion in food purchases for local schools, food banks, & child care centers. As people struggle with rising grocery prices, these purchases help them keep food on the table – & support the California farmers who feed our nation.

submitted 3 days ago • 698 comments

The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA. Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people. This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become. It's targeted harassment.

submitted 3 days ago • 393 comments

This should tell you all you need to know.

submitted 4 days ago • 531 comments

Why did Trump repeat Russian propaganda and lie about this? Why would he claim that a Ukrainian army in Kursk could only be saved from annihilation if Putin benevolently agreed to Trump’s request not to do so? Why is the US President deceiving Americans with Russian lies?

submitted 3 days ago • 559 comments

I’d love a federal government that cares much about protecting people as it does about protecting Teslas

submitted 3 days ago • 443 comments

This guy, who became rich off tax money, is fine now, but thinks other peoples pain is funny and cool. Tax elon

submitted 3 days ago • 637 comments

Real Associated Press headline: Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours

submitted 3 days ago • 172 comments

We need a new free speech movement. And universities should sue the Trump regime for abridging the First Amendment rights of their institutions and their students. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-need-a-new-free-speech-movement

submitted 3 days ago • 121 comments

@schumer.senate.gov This is not business as normal! Wake up and stand up for us! You are to be the opposition not another puppet!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?

submitted 4 days ago • 794 comments

Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.

submitted 4 days ago • 491 comments

Merkley: "I am even more hell no. You don't stop a bully by handing over your lunch money, and you don't stop a tyrant by giving him more power. That is exactly what this House Republican spending bill does."

submitted 4 days ago • 121 comments

Kaine: "No Virginian when I was on the campaign trail was talking to me about Greenland or the Panama Canal or trying to make Canada the 51st state. They were talking about bringing inflation down, and that's what Donald Trump said he would do."

submitted 4 days ago • 74 comments

The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown. Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down. Why vote to legitimize Trump's coup?

submitted 4 days ago • 264 comments

HASSAN: If directed by the president to take action that would break the law, would you follow the last or follow the president's directive? DR OZ: The president would never do that HASSAN: That's absurd. And a disappointing answer.

submitted 4 days ago • 177 comments

One Democratic lawmaker in the House described Schumer’s strategy on the CR as “caving.” My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

submitted 4 days ago • 62 comments

Yes a shutdown would have consequences. And a Republican President, Republican House, and Republican Senate would be responsible. They have acted in a unilateral and unprecedented way. Democrats cannot cave. They must fight back.

submitted 4 days ago • 466 comments

The British are devilishly good at this.

submitted 4 days ago • 133 comments

I knew immediately

submitted 4 days ago • 209 comments

So much for the “Free Speech” champions.

submitted 4 days ago • 423 comments

We are supposed to be a democracy. Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say: NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy NO cuts to Medicaid NO more billionaires buying elections

submitted 6 days ago • 197 comments

Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security. 30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits. Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket. We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.

submitted 6 days ago • 265 comments

No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions. In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment. Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.

submitted 6 days ago • 412 comments

Please like this post if you're as tired of "winning" as I am. #IncompetentKrasnov

submitted 6 days ago • 1739 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 6 days ago • 2728 comments

Lincoln talked about a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Today, with Trump as our president, we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.

submitted 7 days ago • 151 comments

Your wallet shrinks, your 401(k) tanks, but Trump's first thought is to help Elon.

submitted 7 days ago • 916 comments

Working Americans should retire with dignity. You pay taxes on Social Security so you can retire with guaranteed benefits. That's what Social Security does. The richest man in the world wants to get rid of it — which 69 million Americans rely on.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 10 days ago • 1606 comments

Trump is not on the side of the good guys www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...

submitted 10 days ago • 903 comments

Today, tons of Marylanders rallied at the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Francis Collins, Bill Nye the Science Guy and thousands of others to tell MAGA to let our expert civil servant scientists get back to work, pursuing facts and conducting critical research for the common good.

submitted 11 days ago • 72 comments

Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...

submitted 11 days ago • 459 comments

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster. Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

submitted 11 days ago • 2549 comments

Every. Single. Word. 🎯 🎯 🎯 shorturl.at/SKwi7

submitted 11 days ago • 444 comments

Let’s call it what it is: Trump and congressional Republicans are trying to cut health care, food assistance, and education for working Americans to pay for tax cuts to their billionaire donors.

submitted 21 days ago • 47 comments