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The scale of corruption being perpetrated right now is almost beyond the limits of imagination. This is just one example, almost certainly not the greatest.

submitted 5 hours ago • 65 comments

"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..." www.advocate.com/politics/hug...

submitted 5 hours ago • 201 comments

"In a town with just over 1,000 residents, hundreds of people packed Belmont's Community Building Saturday for a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. The building was filled to capacity with people even waiting outside and peeking through the windows..." www.wkow.com/news/politic...

submitted 5 hours ago • 653 comments

March 8, 2025

submitted 23 hours ago • 61 comments

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

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submitted 2 days ago • 293 comments

Today, tons of Marylanders rallied at the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Francis Collins, Bill Nye the Science Guy and thousands of others to tell MAGA to let our expert civil servant scientists get back to work, pursuing facts and conducting critical research for the common good.

submitted 2 days ago • 70 comments

National Parks cuts makes absolutely no friggin sense 💥😡

submitted 2 days ago • 96 comments

At 5 pm Fri, the Social Security Admin announced that it will withhold the entire Social Security benefits of overpaid seniors & people w/disabilities, even if not their fault—reversing a Biden-era reform that limited repayment to 10% of the monthly benefit. This will cause needless suffering.

submitted 2 days ago • 75 comments

The Stand Up For Science protests have kicked off worldwide. Thousands of scientists demonstrated in solidarity with their US counterparts across France to defend the scientific community. (📹 @Margot_Brunet_) #3E #FranceProtests #USprotests #March7Science #StandUpForScience #Mar7

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

submitted 1 day ago • 1297 comments

Federal prosecutors who investigated Eric Adams put on leave by Justice Department Also put on leave were the prosecutors who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and former crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried. abcnews.go.com/US/federal-p...

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

submitted 2 days ago • 222 comments

Bernie out there working.

submitted 2 days ago • 510 comments

Which is to say: putting the future of NASA and American space exploration/science in the hands of poorly led startups and sociopathic billionaires is not a strategy for lasting success. NASA has always relied on public-private partnerships but adults are not running these companies anymore.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

just inane. "For the farmers in the Central Valley, it was not irrigation season, and this was their precious summer supply..." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

submitted 2 days ago • 575 comments

"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night: oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...

submitted 2 days ago • 546 comments

An Executive Order targeting a particular law firm? Because they represented Hillary Clinton at one time? Yep, we live in the dumbest timeline possible. #DemVoice1

submitted 2 days ago • 663 comments

I am truly honored to be joining this fantastic group of individuals tomorrow, all of whom will join me at the Lincoln Memorial* in Washington DC to #StandUpForScience! standupforscience2025.org/dc-rally/ ____ *Lincoln--the very first Republican President--created the National Academy of Sciences

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Republicans would rather let DOGE mess with your hard-earned Social Security checks than grow a spine and stand up to Elon.

submitted 3 days ago • 347 comments

NEW: A federal judge ordered the reinstatement of NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox and warned that the nation may be on a slippery slope to a presidency that is above the law. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 3 days ago • 73 comments

An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death in a growing measles outbreak centered along the West Texas-New Mexico border. The individual did not seek medical care before death.

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

Good lord. WE WANT DISRUPTIONS.

submitted 3 days ago • 1080 comments

“…if you really want to proceed to censure the gentleman from TX for talking about no mandate to cut Medicaid, then certainly we're going to have to move to censure the President for using a racial & ethnic slur against a sitting US Senator." 💥⁦‪ @raskin.house.gov

submitted 3 days ago • 270 comments

Bribes. They’re known as bribes.

submitted 3 days ago • 494 comments

Goddamit. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 3 days ago • 1873 comments

What?!?!! WHY?

submitted 3 days ago • 1045 comments

Several others have aptly summarized this. Republicans now get a number where they can call Elon and ask for the law to be followed for things that were cut but which they want back. So Elon is in charge of federal spending. And you can go to him hat in hand.

submitted 4 days ago • 122 comments

BREAKING: A draft executive order set for release tomorrow calls for the closure of the Department of Education. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

submitted 4 days ago • 433 comments

Letter: We will Stand Up for Science at noon Friday, March 7, at the Utah Capitol south steps to voice our belief that science is for everyone. Please join us.

submitted 4 days ago • 38 comments

No president has done more to harm our economy and standing in the world. Donald Trump is making China and Russia great again. The U.S., on his watch, is the loser. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 4 days ago • 28 comments

Can’t stress this enough! And obviously neither the SEC or the DOJ (at least at the highest levels) is going to seriously investigate and prosecute insider trading.

submitted 5 days ago • 284 comments

I’m telling you Trump is going to cut Social Security Severely And claim the reduction is all “fraud, waste and abuse” While seniors wind up eating dog food because they can’t afford to buy eggs

submitted 5 days ago • 210 comments

The Dow has dropped 1300 points over the last two days as Trump defiantly plows forward with tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China — America's most prominent trading partners.

submitted 4 days ago • 90 comments

Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy. All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.

submitted 4 days ago • 426 comments

Donald Trump is lying to you.

submitted 5 days ago • 519 comments

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

submitted 5 days ago • 3347 comments

arguing about what sort of reaction Ds had to speech is stupid, irrelevant and counterproductive. the message is clear: Ds are only ones against Mr. Crazy Pants. Now get out and organize, demand town halls (even if Rs don't show), keep on Rs case (espec Collins, Tillis in Sen)

submitted 5 days ago • 192 comments

This is what @hcrichardson.bsky.social suggested today: Ask another politician to run a town hall if your “elected” scaredy cat GOP Reps are too afraid to.

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

submitted 6 days ago • 337 comments

British troops have fought and died alongside the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq, just to be written off as non-existent people from "some random country". We have to maintain tolerable relations with this administration to try and minimise damage, but my god it's not easy.

submitted 5 days ago • 219 comments

Wow. Insanity. This was a state court prosecution.

submitted 6 days ago • 293 comments

For everyone wondering why everything is tanking. This was always the plan.

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March 3, 2025

submitted 5 days ago • 55 comments

Dear maga, The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia. The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK You suck

submitted 5 days ago • 507 comments

How much of an absolute toddler is Trump to demand an apology. Just so small

submitted 6 days ago • 649 comments