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America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump did we have a president who combined all these nefarious qualities.

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Pete Hegseth is treating the Pentagon like it’s a Fox News set—ordering a makeup studio while leaking sensitive information in Signal chats. This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.

submitted 5 hours ago • 804 comments

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

submitted 7 hours ago • 1027 comments

Let’s be real: the cost of living is out of control. People are living paycheck to paycheck. Rent is sky high. And folks are choosing between medication and meals—just trying to survive. Meanwhile, billionaires aren’t paying taxes and are getting richer by the day.

submitted 8 hours ago • 152 comments

Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar

submitted 2 days ago • 156 comments

The House & Senate majorities have immense responsibility for enabling this administration. Every day. Every decision. They permit it. They enable it. They own it.

submitted 3 days ago • 71 comments

Poorly photoshopped tattoo pictures. Fake margaritas added to a photo op. A demand letter accidentally sent to Harvard. Nonsensical tariff stats and formulas. We’re losing our democracy to the dumbest mother fuckers ever.

submitted 4 days ago • 326 comments

It’s weird how you can accomplish things by simply trying to do them

submitted 5 days ago • 132 comments

✌️✊🤘 youtu.be/iVjX77W3tgc?...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The President of the United States is utterly out of control and possibly out of his mind, and only the Supreme Court of the United States can deliver the absolutely vicious permanent slapdown this moment requires. If that does not happen, the options for Americans appear to dwindle precipitously.

submitted 6 days ago • 1107 comments

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

submitted 6 days ago • 1400 comments

Every now and then it hits me that this isn’t just about 1 inhuman act or another, but a bigger picture. That the entire democratic experiment in America is falling apart in front of our eyes. It’s historic in that sense. Which then makes me wonder why all media stories aren’t framed this way.

submitted 6 days ago • 364 comments

Yep. Perfectly put. In essence, tyranny.👇

submitted 6 days ago • 41 comments

When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this: Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget. None of their destruction is actually about saving money.

submitted 8 days ago • 221 comments

Unforgivable. No amount of apologies from this man will suffice. He cannot be allowed to stay in office. He is an unqualified eugenicist. Also an idiot.

submitted 7 days ago • 251 comments

NOTE: There are more people in this frame of television than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine All of this is theater for stupid people

submitted 7 days ago • 644 comments

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

submitted 7 days ago • 1871 comments

By @hcrichardson.bsky.social:

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

What if I told you the real driver of MAGA’s plot to rig future elections isn’t Trump? It’s a fringe lawyer you’ve never heard of. But her blueprint is taking shape – and it could block millions of Americans from voting. BIG story you may have missed this week. ⬇️

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.

submitted 7 days ago • 831 comments

African Elephants are my favorite land animal species, by far. During yesterday’s earthquake, my babies at the San Diego Zoo reacted to the quake, immediately protective of their most-vulnerable Community members. Humans could learn SO much from these beauties, if we’d just humble ourselves. 🐘🐘

submitted 8 days ago • 318 comments

pretty crazy watching the american president on live tv in the oval office planning the construction of concentration camps in a foreign country to house americans

submitted 9 days ago • 586 comments

Christians are not persecuted in the United States

submitted 8 days ago • 714 comments

Karoline Leavitt is a liar, propagandist & accomplice to a criminal regime. “There is never going to be a world in which [Kilmar Abrego Garcia] is going to live a peaceful life in MD because he is a foreign terrorist & MS-13 gang member,” she said w/o evidence about a man who's committed no crime.

submitted 8 days ago • 912 comments

Fascism is when a leader uses the power of the state to control or coerce private institutions—like Trump has tried to do with universities and private companies such as Apple. His attempts to dictate what schools can teach or how businesses should operate are textbook authoritarianism. Harvard

submitted 8 days ago • 57 comments

It’s Tax Day. While working folks are doing everything right to file on time, Republicans are out here pushing a $7 trillion tax cut for billionaires like Trump and Elon. Let’s be clear: their tax plan isn’t about helping you—it’s about keeping the rich rich while the rest of us foot the bill.

submitted 8 days ago • 87 comments

If you love your library, listen up…

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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?

submitted 9 days ago • 1990 comments

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