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The first American Pope, Leo XIV, has just been elected. Prevost, from Chicago, is deemed to be in the mold of Pope Francis—a progressive. Yes, this is real.

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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

submitted 10 days ago • 782 comments

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 11 days ago • 609 comments

I have waited my whole life, for this moment....

submitted 12 days ago • 743 comments

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

submitted 12 days ago • 1014 comments

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

submitted 15 days ago • 2573 comments

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

submitted 16 days ago • 922 comments

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

submitted 24 days ago • 666 comments

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

submitted 24 days ago • 1288 comments

We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower

submitted 24 days ago • 871 comments

“.. ‘This is their M.O.,’ Mr. Mahdawi’s lawyer, Luna Droubi, said. ‘They just continue to hide the individual to the point where their attorneys can’t quite understand or identify where to file.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/n...

submitted 25 days ago • 75 comments

Who is going to do something? This is Kim Jong-Un shit.

submitted 25 days ago • 925 comments

submitted 27 days ago • 384 comments

It’s a national celebration.

submitted 29 days ago • 158 comments

I agree. In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.

submitted 29 days ago • 1064 comments

Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

submitted 30 days ago • 1983 comments

if you want to bring back the prosperity* and security of mid-century american life then you need high rates of unionization, a generous social insurance state, and widespread, freely available education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 32 days ago • 207 comments

I would like to complain about the status of my 401k

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...