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I don't think it's fully appreciated just how much Trumpism is a celebration of ignorance. Trump not only never learns but proactively avoids it. It's a braindead movement from the top down.

submitted 4 days ago • 381 comments

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submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Jon, a local Marine veteran, is sounding the alarm on one of Trump’s dangerous new executive orders. Listen to what Jon has to say, and please spread the word.

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

MSNBC just said Trump "rode a wave of economic uncertainty into office." Bullshit. There wasn't any more economic uncertainty than there normally is in a capitalist society. But there was a lot more economic disinformation. And the so-called legitimate media didn't do enough to dispel it

submitted 10 days ago • 49 comments

Our neighbor to the North is lead by a brilliant economist, who is tough, but fair and decent. Our neighbor to the South is lead by a brilliant engineer, who is tough, but fair and decent. We are run by a total ignoramus who is flawed in every way a human being can be & is destroying our country.

submitted 10 days ago • 380 comments

“And then I grew up … and I read books.” As someone else who’s proud of his NC ties, I respect the hell out of @davidjoy.bsky.social for speaking out like this.

submitted 11 days ago • 39 comments

To every elected leader in this country: be more like @govpritzker.illinois.gov.

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

Pete Hegseth is a pretty despicable human being, on top of the other, many deficits he brought to the Pentagon But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway

submitted 17 days ago • 419 comments

Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.

submitted 21 days ago • 1911 comments

They other day I met with an old friend who witnessed firsthand how Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, took over the country's democracy and turned it into an authoritarian state. Here are some lessons that I took away from our conversation. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-pla...

submitted 23 days ago • 52 comments

GO BIRDS!!

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Emmitt Smith is sick of hearing "Go Birds" and has some thoughts for Eagles fans 🤣⁠ 🔗 www.inquirer.com/eagles/cowbo...

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

I wish more people understood this:

submitted 24 days ago • 24 comments

This is absurd and atrocious. Imagine sending someone to a brutal jail by mistake and officially acknowledging that, and then doing nothing to redress the matter. How cruel is that? How depraved is your soul? How uncaring and mean-spirited must you be? These are broken people who feast on hate.

submitted 25 days ago • 60 comments

There's a reason ICE agents wear masks in the street. From Kristi Noem's war-crime propaganda to the airport officers harassing innocent tourists, the MAGA deportation regime is not just immoral but increasingly criminal Someday, there must be justice. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

submitted 26 days ago • 181 comments

Several of you have asked me how to live in a nation whose leader has embraced cruelty as public policy. How do we inhabit Trump’s America without becoming complicit in this cruelty? Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...

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If you have ever wondered how the leaders of America’s most powerful institutions would react if a despot sought to seize power in the US and strip away our most basic freedoms while destroying our economy, national security and institutions…now you know. They’ll roll over and play dead.

submitted 28 days ago • 20 comments

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

submitted 31 days ago • 660 comments

I check out the Fox News website almost every day to see what they're up to. I don't encourage you to do the same. Fox is a nonstop pack of lies and distortions designed to make Americans mean, paranoid and traitorous. If this country becomes a dictatorship, Fox will be a primary reason why.

submitted 32 days ago • 178 comments

I’ve gone out of my way for years to buy Tshirts that are made in US. Do you know where you most often find them? Festivals, fairs, concerts and events run by progressives. You know where you rarely find them? Being sold by ‘America First’ influencers & companies.

submitted 33 days ago • 233 comments

Lesson 13: "Practice corporeal politics... Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them." There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th. Find yours here: handsoff2025.com

submitted 36 days ago • 67 comments

Wondering how you can fight the Trump-Musk destruction of our country? For starters, attend a protest this Saturday, April 5. At this link, you can find a protest near you. We need big crowds so everyone knows we won't lay down and accept a dictatorship. Be a patriot. Bring your family and friends.

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

JD Vance should be forced to resign over this. Just shameful, demonstrable open lying by the vice president right out in the open.

submitted 38 days ago • 97 comments

I wish more Americans had enough self-respect to be offended when a politician constantly lied to them for an entire decade.

submitted 39 days ago • 149 comments

A must read from the incomparable @tribelaw www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 40 days ago • 27 comments

Go Kat

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Just know that when you are a real leader, the thing that you hate most to say when someone on your team screws up is “I don’t know anything about it.” Cause you should be all over it by now and announcing the steps you’ve taken to protect our military & to see that this can’t happen again.

submitted 45 days ago • 152 comments

We must only learn from history, we must not repeat its mistakes.

submitted 46 days ago • 37 comments

When you demonize and harm the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized with oppressive laws, you don’t need to tell me about your religious beliefs. You've already shown me what they are by how you're mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized.

submitted 47 days ago • 8 comments

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

submitted 48 days ago • 1235 comments

If you want to erase the contributions black, brown, Native American, Women, Asian and LGBTQ people made to America, you’re a fragile, cowardly, obviously inept white man. And ending your reign will be much easier than you think it will be.

submitted 50 days ago • 28 comments

Gary Oldman crying at farts being dubbed into some of his his movie roles. Farts are always funny…

submitted 51 days ago • 93 comments

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 55 days ago • 46 comments

The best

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Right on

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

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 56 days ago • 8 comments