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Amid so many outrages, the shocking arrest of grad student Rumaysa Ozturk by masked ICE agents for the thought crime of expressing a political opinion in an op-ed felt like a crossing of the Rubicon It's a time for choosing: Comply or resist? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/rume...

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THE SHIRTS ARE BACK IN STOCK worldwithoutcaesars.com

submitted 14 days ago • 695 comments

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

submitted 37 days ago • 243 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 45 days ago • 5619 comments

An unelected South African has taken control of the US Treasury and is deciding to stop payments on American obligations, in violation of numerous court orders, and admits in the Oval Office that he has done so upon incorrect information, while the President sits impotently behind the Resolute Desk.

submitted 49 days ago • 104 comments

When protestors uttered the slogan “defund the police” the national media had a massive freak out. But now that Trump wants to actually gut the FBI and (it would seem) illegally fire 1000s of people who work there, the same media sees it as a curiosity, a dull bureaucratic matter.

submitted 55 days ago • 125 comments

Not one American voted for the person who is laying waste to the federal government and hijacking the secure data of US citizens. I just wanted to lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 57 days ago • 49 comments

Rest of the country forced to be Eagles fans

submitted 64 days ago • 59 comments

Trying to find a happy medium between not knowing anything that's happening in the world and being pissed off all the time

submitted 135 days ago • 198 comments

Welcome, teens coming here from tiktok. I think you’ll find that through the magic of the written word I am able to craft sentences that are as vivid and compelling as any short-form video!

submitted 72 days ago • 467 comments

It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

submitted 75 days ago • 1728 comments

FINALLY deleted Facebook (after being largely inactive since 2016). Feels good. Get lost Zuck.

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

In this house we say GO BIRDS end of story!

submitted 79 days ago • 11 comments

“The only institutions that will try to hold Trump accountable are powerless to do so, while the only ones with the power to punish him will never do it.” newrepublic.com/post/190086/...

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Maybe read the whole thread or here’s the tldr

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Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

submitted 81 days ago • 461 comments

how can platforms prioritize rapid info distribution, especially in times of disaster response? one possibility: Bluesky trending topics are implemented as custom feeds — each topic is a feed. to stay updated with the LA fires, you can pin the "trending topic" just like any other custom feed

submitted 82 days ago • 30 comments

Knee deep in the passenger seat And I'm reading this graph Is it causal now?

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Let’s be clear—the fact checkers have not “been” politically biased as Zuck suggests, but have been perceived as such because of politically motivated efforts to smear them, one that Zuck is now participating in and capitulating to. 1/

submitted 84 days ago • 92 comments

Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)

submitted 87 days ago • 37 comments

Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper

submitted 87 days ago • 91 comments

Watching #Silo feels like looking into the near future: an authoritarian world suffocating under secrecy and fear. Anyways...fun video about how the sets are designed!! youtu.be/LTn-KUxAJEA?...

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Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

submitted 103 days ago • 158 comments

Switching to Qobuz made me realize how Spotify made music not matter. It became background noise instead of something that brought me joy. No wonder: harpers.org/archive/2025...

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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

submitted 106 days ago • 627 comments

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

submitted 106 days ago • 1113 comments

Doechii is here for bisexual representation. Love it. 🩷💜💙 www.them.us/story/doechi...

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Call me a hater but this song sucks

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Just got blocked for politely disagreeing.

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My money’s on Brandi’s The Joke as #1 #xpncountdown

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according to a witness, cace "came to a national foster youth event, told participating youth that it was a safe space — and literally had one of them arrested by Capital police for simply shaking her hand and asking about trans rights." she's such an evil asshole.

submitted 111 days ago • 16 comments