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Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

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The fundamental weakness of Elon Musk is lack of it.

submitted 1 day ago • 392 comments

The White House is chock-full of people who should be institutionalized in some public facilities other than the White House.

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Democracy dies in decorum.

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WSJ: “.. Fully unwinding the department would require a filibuster-proof, 60-vote majority in the Senate, legal experts have said. .. The draft order doesn't mention Congress.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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NEW VIDEO: President Trump is threatening to dissolve the leadership of the United States Postal Service and absorb the independent agency into his administration. Paige and I explain why this would be a major threat to mail-in voting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Xn...

submitted 18 hours ago • 327 comments

Spotted in Canada…

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Indeed. It’s worth noting also that Bezos’s post-election behavior confirms that his claim about his refusal to allow the Post to endorse—that it was an apolitical act intended to preserve the paper’s reputation for objectivity—was precisely the brazen, ludicrous lie we thought it was then.

submitted 17 hours ago • 287 comments

It’s less of an abdication of the First Amendment than it is a direct abrogation of it.

submitted 15 hours ago • 135 comments

1. Some #flu news: This has been a big flu year. #CDC reported a couple of weeks ago that this has been a high severity season for all age groups & has been one of the worst seasons in years. Eg: the cumulative hospitalization rate for the week ending 2/22 is the highest seen since the 2010-11.

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Kennedy’s op ed looks like it’s going to be the call for parents to vaccinate their kids that public health leaders issue during measles outbreaks. But the text — which is full of coded messages — doesn’t match the headline. www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/r...

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Waiting for their “We’re Sorry We Forgot to Tell You That Trump Is a Psycho Criminal Russian Puppet” masthead piece

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This is the Dems secret weapon. Funny !!!

submitted 3 days ago • 1795 comments

love this @rokhanna.bsky.social We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos Please share off line as well !!!

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Per senior USAID official, Trump Adm actions likely to cause * up to 18m additional cases of malaria; 166k additional deaths * 200k children paralyzed with polio * 1m children not treated for malnutrition * 28k new cases of infectious disease www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...

submitted 3 days ago • 77 comments

“Hey, I’m all for cutting waste. But Elon’s approach is as smart as having WWII bombers randomly carpet-bomb the country. He’s missing his targets, and to the extent he’s hitting stuff, he’s destroying things that help the country. Not to mention it’s all illegal, he’s nuts—and no one elected him.”

submitted 3 days ago • 110 comments

If this is true, then Elon is taking the third rail of American politics and shoving it down Trump’s throat.

submitted 3 days ago • 336 comments

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.

submitted 6 days ago • 958 comments

Some have disappointed, some have bad policy, some made big mistakes. But I’ve never in my life been ashamed of American leaders. Until today.

submitted 6 days ago • 231 comments

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

submitted 6 days ago • 1670 comments

Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist. He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.

submitted 6 days ago • 1958 comments

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

submitted 6 days ago • 2266 comments

From the Daily Dispatch: Texas Republican leaders are now forced to counter the anti-vax sentiments they've allowed to develop in Texas as they send out teams to try to contain the measles outbreak. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x Story: tinyurl.com/mdz77vfd

submitted 7 days ago • 53 comments

Sharp as a tack. Thank goodness we sent that old guy back to Delaware

submitted 6 days ago • 349 comments

Vraiment.

submitted 6 days ago • 75 comments

what the actual

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Top DOJ Spokesperson Resigns, Citing 'Toxic Work Environment': Report www.newsweek.com/top-doj-spok...

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The FBI’s new headquarters

submitted 6 days ago • 753 comments

The government’s application was obfuscatory. This opposition brief is clear and compelling.

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This is absolute perfection. (Although I must say even I could draw the fiancée!)

submitted 6 days ago • 79 comments

Wouldn’t it just be easier to dial +1 (202) 456–1414?

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whoa sounds like this timeshare guy should be investigated for possible federal wire fraud by the … {checks notes} … FBI

submitted 6 days ago • 139 comments

The USA: hold my beer

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Gotta love Betty, because she tells it like it is! ❤️✨

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Republicans like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are trying to dismantle the Voting Rights Act. Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...

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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge ordered Trump officials with knowledge of the workings of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to testify under oath in a lawsuit challenging the faux agency’s access to sensitive governmental databases. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 7 days ago • 499 comments

I'm Mar🐫 & I approve this message. 👍 #EcomomicBlackout (image by @donkoclock.bsky.social) 🙏

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NEW: "The Democratic Party is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that could make it easier for him to tilt elections in the GOP’s favor." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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submitted 8 days ago • 188 comments

THIS is how you write about the absurdity of this administration. It’s brilliant prose, full of irony and subtle humor, with a meticulous eye for the farcical details. No other approach could have adequately captured what happened in that room. All who chronicle this era should take note.

submitted 7 days ago • 334 comments