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"Trump thinks that Putin is his friend. Putin sees Trump as an easy mark, pliable and manipulable."--Trump's first-term national security advisor. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Hampton Dellinger explains why the Trump administration's assault on independent agencies will make the government LESS efficient: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/87FfKC8B

submitted 22 hours ago • 26 comments

"Elon will do the cutting" is going to end up in a lot of legal briefs. Thank you for that one, Donnie

submitted 5 days ago • 111 comments

I was right. The question now, is what will the "good people" do? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

submitted 5 days ago • 90 comments

Wait till the White House starts directing the Marshals Service not to protect judges who rule against the Administration. I’d bet good money that’ll happen at some point.

submitted 7 days ago • 512 comments

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

submitted 7 days ago • 1750 comments

NEW: A foundation dedicated to developing democratic institutions around the world sued the Trump administration Wednesday for withholding $200 million in funding that was approved by congress. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 6 days ago • 113 comments

NEW: The National Endowment of Democracy, a congressionally created foundation dedicated to developing democratic institutions around the world, sues Trump for withholding $200 million in federal funding that had been allocated to it by Congress.

submitted 6 days ago • 24 comments

As a candidate, Trump promised to end surprise medical billing. Just weeks into his second term, DOGE has slashed the federal office charged with implementing a bipartisan law cracking down on surprise medical bills. Yet another Trump lie.

submitted 6 days ago • 121 comments

87% of jobs at Amazon pay less than $20 an hour while half of its warehouse workers struggle to cover food and housing costs. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023. Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?

submitted 12 days ago • 283 comments

🚨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 12 days ago • 498 comments

Can't imagine where they got the idea, but earlier in the week, the White House comms director posted (and then reposted) this.

submitted 17 days ago • 206 comments

The TLDR here is that many of the critics of foreign aid really have no idea what it consists of or what its practitioners do. But, of course, read the whole thing:

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

DA Alvin Bragg should launch an investigation into this immediately.

submitted 26 days ago • 221 comments

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 30 days ago • 1164 comments

You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.

submitted 30 days ago • 697 comments

Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia. Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.

submitted 31 days ago • 417 comments

"Federal workers said they believed that Trump and Musk were trying deliberately not just to sever foreign aid and parts of the domestic social safety net, but also to create a climate in which the government itself fell apart." New from @samsteindc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...

submitted 34 days ago • 48 comments

Add this development to Pam Bondi’s 1st day memo killing off most FARA cases (FARA prohibits in essence foreign interference unless disclosed to DOJ) .

submitted 34 days ago • 97 comments

“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 35 days ago • 1308 comments

I’m going to keep hitting this until they figure it out, because they are it…the Democrats are THE ONLY political opposition. They had three months to prepare for these acts. And they seem surprised and flat footed.

submitted 35 days ago • 997 comments

We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis. The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup. At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues. Nothing should be "business as usual."

submitted 35 days ago • 301 comments

“So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once...” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 35 days ago • 645 comments

www.threads.net/@mamasitte/p...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

submitted 36 days ago • 2647 comments

Questions for the Canadians out there. There seemed to be a pro Trump conservative movement that dragged down Trudeau. Is that movement getting stronger or weaker ?

submitted 37 days ago • 5550 comments

www.instagram.com/reel/DFny4tz...

submitted 37 days ago • 372 comments

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

submitted 37 days ago • 2483 comments

Project 2025 is here www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...

submitted 36 days ago • 113 comments

Meanwhile, RFK refuses to say whether vaccines cause autism and is tap dancing around his previous statements about the HPV vaccine

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submitted 41 days ago • 260 comments

RFK doesn't remember a lot. The internet does.

submitted 41 days ago • 561 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 41 days ago • 2918 comments

This happened a week ago.

submitted 41 days ago • 66 comments

Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide

submitted 48 days ago • 1289 comments

A U.S. military veteran was reportedly among those detained

submitted 47 days ago • 333 comments

If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy. Or in prison. Not the Secretary of Defense.

submitted 47 days ago • 492 comments

www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

submitted 46 days ago • 32 comments