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Trump and the GOP understand many Americans are fed up with the status quo. The problem with many Dem leaders is that they are addicted to it. Progress requires change...which requires not just courage but imagination and the willingness to ask hard questions. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 3 days ago • 47 comments

The best

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Right on

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Americans who are pro-democracy – which is most of us – want Democrats to fight hard against Republican fascism. They don't want bewilderment and helplessness. They don't want mumbo-jumbo about how voting with the fascists now will work out in the long run. Fight hard or get the hell out of the way.

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

This is effective.

submitted 7 days ago • 21 comments

We are the midst of a war on knowledge, facts and free speech. It is not just aimed at DEI or Trump enemies. It is intended to clear the way to authoritarianism. It is broader and more dangerous than any such effort in our history. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 10 days ago • 45 comments

🔥 WATCH: “This is not some gotcha moment. You posted this on your own page.” The Speech Prof tries to help Tucker understand what it really means that he assumes Black women are bad at their jobs. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGwXw4f...

submitted 14 days ago • 40 comments

ON GUTTING MEDICAID AND SNAP IN FAVOR OF MORE FANCY PEOPLE TAX CUTS (Part 1 of 3)

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Just think about this: The United States is siding with Russia. In the single greatest attack on freedom, democracy, and sovereignty in Europe since WW II, the United States of America is opposing freedom/democracy, and is actually siding with the invader/dictator. Shameful.

submitted 22 days ago • 81 comments

Go Birds!!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

It's been amazing to watch Republicans' souls leave their bodies for the last 10 years.

submitted 23 days ago • 18 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 25 days ago • 1340 comments

Trump confuses sycophancy with loyalty among his aides and of course loyalty to him above loyalty to the country. It is a sign of weakness and of terrible leadership. Tonight it is weakening our military and our national defense. All to soothe the fragile ego of a small, small man.

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

Pay the taxes of life gladly. Not just from the government. Annoying people are a tax on being outside your house. Delays are a tax on travel. Haters are a tax on having a YouTube channel. There’s a tax on everything in life. You can whine. Or you can pay them gladly.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

submitted 28 days ago • 157 comments

"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.

submitted 28 days ago • 513 comments

“Imagine whining about affirmative action, DEI and CRT when you have a $23 billion advantage.”

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Said every tyrant and dictator in human history to justify his actions.

submitted 31 days ago • 1297 comments

One of the truly great resignation letters of all time. Emil Bove is engaging in unethical and likely even criminal conduct at the highest levels of DOJ. This is a time for all men and women of principle to stand up while so many in the GOP remain silent. AUSA Scotten is a hero.

submitted 32 days ago • 224 comments

I fully expect criminal case-fixing like the Eric Adams scandal to happen thousands of times under Trump. He's a criminal. It's what he does. But it's good to see a few people stand up and refuse to go along. We desperately need people of integrity to defeat the go-alongers.

submitted 33 days ago • 9 comments

No words. But, I’m not surprised. I am a military veteran. I’m a former congressman. I cannot in good conscience follow or support this administration. Anyone voting for her is complicit in the downfall of this country. Tulsi Gabbard is an abomination. apple.news/A01S4jqQSSK-...

submitted 34 days ago • 1106 comments

Donald Trump is neither a savvy negotiator nor a brilliant dealmaker. He is a craven bully who telegraphs not only his final goal but his next move in achieving it. He is the kind of mark every poker player dreams of having at the table — rich, cocky and dumb. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

submitted 39 days ago • 136 comments

Exactly.

submitted 41 days ago • 47 comments

Snap out of it, America. The warning lights are flashing red. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/yes-its-a-co...

submitted 42 days ago • 250 comments

Racism is no longer just an engine of the MAGA movement. It is now the official domestic and foreign policy of the United States of America. Not for the first time. But in new and ugly forms.

submitted 43 days ago • 14 comments

#FYI: ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. (Published 2021)

submitted 44 days ago • 61 comments

ON TRUMP’S TRULY INSANE (SECOND) FIRST WEEK AS PRESIDENT (Part 1 of 3)

submitted 49 days ago • 44 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 50 days ago • 1094 comments

Go Birds!!

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Just incredible the lack of shame in which a human being can operate. It really is a superpower and an advantage when you have no core.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

JD Vance: "Violence against a police officer is not justified, but ... "

submitted 51 days ago • 452 comments

Six days into Trump's monarchical reign of terror, the Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board refuses to cower or bend its knee Today, a powerful condemnation of Trump's pardon of violent Jan. 6 domestic terrorists as a gross abuse of presidential power www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

submitted 51 days ago • 52 comments

Will Bunch is a must read for me in this new America. He's not pulling any punches unlike much of legacy media today. The Inquirer, at large, is one of the last remaining bastions - give this a read.

submitted 53 days ago • 6 comments

“I should have been better informed”

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Wow. If @davidmaraniss.bsky.social says it, the Post is wheels off & in the ditch. For independent smart coverage of the sort that used to draw readers, can follow @jenrubin.bsky.social's move to the @contrariannews.org. Or check out our ever-independent podcast & substack: @talkingfeds.bsky.social

submitted 54 days ago • 24 comments

If she can do it, we can all do it.

submitted 55 days ago • 1749 comments

We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.

submitted 56 days ago • 534 comments

“While billionaire oligarchs who collect politicians like Pokémon”

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Odds are high

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Biden preemptively pardoned J6 police officers who were beaten and injured, to protect them against retribution from the insurrection leader because they dared to testify truthfully before Congress. Trump pardoned the thugs who beat them.

submitted 56 days ago • 387 comments

Have you ever wondered why Germans didn’t do anything about Hitler? Well, the rest of the world is wondering exactly that about Americans and Trump.

submitted 57 days ago • 130 comments