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"So don’t make any long-term bets on getting your checks on time, keeping your lights on, buying a home for the first time, or enjoying Yosemite. Don’t assume all the things that work now will still work tomorrow." www.wired.com/story/doge-w... thank you @wired.com for staying on top of it all

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Don’t fight. Unite. Fuck the rich. #trump #musk #doge

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 273 comments

"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

Trump just signed an executive order saying small dicks count as big now

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Hey! Wanna hear something I just learned? Most of the government jobs that Trump & Musk are eliminating are staffed by veterans, so they're currently in the process of MASS FIRING VETERANS. Which is a double fuck you cuz they've also defunded suicide prevention for veterans. Cool, right?? 😎

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Hey! Wanna hear something I just learned? Because of Musk and Trump, USAID can no longer screen people for Ebola who are coming into America from Uganda, even though there's an Ebola outbreak there! Cool, right?? 😎

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 19 days ago • 3903 comments

Murphy: "This isn't hyperbole to say we are staying the death of democracy in the eyes right now. The centerpiece of our democracy is we observe court rulings."

submitted 18 days ago • 217 comments

AOC: The House is governed by a Republican majority. The Senate is governed by a Republican majority, and The White House has a Republican president. And if they want to pass their agenda, Republicans need to conjure up the votes to pass their own bills.

submitted 18 days ago • 186 comments

There are a lot of right wingers who falsely accuse drag queens of being child molesters AND THEN it turns out the right wingers were actually child molesters themselves. So it's not that they don't like child molesters, they just didn't want any competition.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

We have a small number of rogue tech billionaires aligned with the old line billionaires who underwrite the Heritage Foundation and they are seizing political control of America.

submitted 23 days ago • 66 comments

Trump used the last four years to turn the GOP into an anti-democratic war machine. And he is not done wreaking havoc. That is the stark reality we face. If we truly care about the future of free and fair elections, we must take the threat Trump poses to our elections literally and seriously.

submitted 25 days ago • 172 comments

@thewarningses.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

If people whose judgement I trust and aren't prone to freaking out are saying this is dangerous re: the Treasury, I believe them.

submitted 26 days ago • 23 comments

Worth noting that McConnell refusing to whip votes to convict Trump at his impeachment trial (or vote himself to convict) is why we’re now in a position where a trade war with our allies could happen. If McConnell is looking for the person at fault, he might want to consult a mirror.

submitted 26 days ago • 483 comments

I was always told that the USA has a low tolerance for sacrifice, even for long term gain. ie Climate change. People weren’t going to sacrifice to fix it. Now Trump is saying his tariffs will hurt but for long term gain. Can’t wait to see if we are cool w sacrifice now.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk is perpetrating a digital and financial coup. This is not hyperbole. This is not euphemism. This is what has happened. 🧵

submitted 27 days ago • 31 comments

These look like fake headlines in a dystopian themed oppo ad.

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submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The insurrectionists have seized power. They are purging their enemies. Does the broader public have a sense of how extraordinary this moment is?

submitted 28 days ago • 125 comments

I think the big disconnect with the “let’s find common ground” pablum is we’re not seeing conservatives doing conservative things, we’re seeing literal Nazis doing literal Nazi things.

submitted 28 days ago • 18 comments

On the other hand, if you want to fight like the future of the country is on the line, join us tomorrow night: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

submitted 28 days ago • 31 comments

It's actually theft of taxpayers money when websites go dark. We paid for that data

submitted 28 days ago • 231 comments

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 28 days ago • 1824 comments

Fascist incompetency in 5 easy steps. 1) Trump freezes hiring of Air Traffic Controllers 2) Trump fires director of FAA. 3) Trump cuts $16 billion from transportation budget. 4) 1st US plane crash in 16 years occurs. 5) Trump: "I blame my predecessor!"

submitted 29 days ago • 203 comments

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

submitted 30 days ago • 2440 comments

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

submitted 30 days ago • 2921 comments

After claiming he doesn't know who Laura Loomer is and merely took a photo with her at a book event, Kash Patel is asked if he's familiar with Stew Peters, an antisemitic podcast host. Patel: "Not off the top of my head." Durbin: "You made eight separate appearances on his podcast..."

submitted 30 days ago • 370 comments

Sen. Dick Durbin torches Kash Patel in his opening remarks, calling Patel "a staunch Trump loyalist who has repeatedly peddled false conspiracy theories and threatened to go after President Trump's enemies."

submitted 30 days ago • 38 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 30 days ago • 3791 comments

Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.

submitted 30 days ago • 1311 comments

Not the banner you want seeing over this article from … checks notes … 8 days ago

submitted 30 days ago • 122 comments

Should we all stop asking? #trump #gop

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Like 8000 different groups are doing a shitton of small but important work to resist right now and it is far more useful for you to get plugged in with one of them than it is to wonder aloud where the protests are

submitted 33 days ago • 37 comments

“The Democrats didn’t do enough on Gaza, so I withheld my vote to make a statement.” “Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.” “Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.” “‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us” Pause. “I needed to make a statement.”

submitted 34 days ago • 3373 comments

Just watched Conclave. It's fucking hysterical that there's a hierarchy in the church. Like, how tf do you decide who to promote? BISHOP: Okay kid, you've got my attention, let's see what you got. PRIEST: (prays) BISHOP: ...whoa.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

This is a textbook authoritarian move. They are systematically removing all checks and balances so that they can get away with their corrupt and illegal plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

if you wanted to crash the economy, embolden criminals, aid our enemies and hurt people, these are the exact policies you’d enact

submitted 35 days ago • 114 comments

"In February 1933, Germany’s wealthiest industrialists, financiers, and CEOs were very explicitly promised by Hitler and Göring that these would be the last elections held for the next 10-100 years. They had no qualms getting out their checkbooks and signing over German democracy."

submitted 35 days ago • 22 comments

In his first week as President, Trump has made it impossible for most migrants to become citizens legally. Which means that Trump just increased illegal immigration. And gave more power to the cartels.

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submitted 36 days ago • 16 comments

Republican politicians will have you believe that trans women are going to prey on girls in public bathrooms, and yet they pledge fealty a guy who admitted to preying on girls in public dressing rooms.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Fitting.

submitted 38 days ago • 23 comments

If it steps like a goose, it’s probably a nazi.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Annual reminder that forcing a pregnant woman to sleep/give birth in a barn is real Republican shit. Happy birthday, Jesus!

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"The Wall Street Journal has identified at least 11 companies and trade associations that are backing the inauguration ... after pledging to suspend or reconsider political-action committee donations after Jan. 6."

submitted 66 days ago • 113 comments

“Tell me the nazis are outside w/o TELLING me the nazis are outside.” - Anne Frank

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