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1. Ukraine is pounding Russia “on the battlefield.” 2. Russia is pounding civilian targets and infrastructure indiscriminately. 3. Trump has made it easier for Russia to do that because of actions he has taken. 4. He promised to end the war in 24 hours, but this is all he has.

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How DOGE will *add* to the federal budget: It will fire government workers who will be replaced by private contractors at higher rates. It will cancel contracts that will be renegotiated at higher rates.

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It's now major news when the president says that he'll this one time honor his signature on a treaty

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

submitted 3 days ago • 1570 comments

one small schadenfreude joy is that donald trump correctly understands that john roberts is a trusted subordinate who is willing to perform acts of corruption on his behalf and treats him that way in public, not understanding that this is humiliating

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

The #tradewar is on. Real-time electricity prices doubled few minutes after midnight EST in New England. 🔌💡

submitted 5 days ago • 128 comments

In addition to being wrong, this is against our own self-interest. If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, they will simply continue to advance. Increasingly, that seems to be the point: Trump/Musk/Vance are aligned with Putin's interests & not ours.

submitted 5 days ago • 235 comments

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four Freedoms Speech, January 1941

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This is the most right wing newspaper in the UK. Extraordinary.

submitted 7 days ago • 253 comments

The same party that shouted that Obama was a liar and booed Biden during their formal addresses to Congress is now worried about people disrespecting the president with crossed arms.

submitted 6 days ago • 336 comments

Breaking NYT: Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive operations against Russia. The instructions have not been publicly explained. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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And there it is. Putin’s lifelong dream. After years of relentless Russian propaganda, now fully embraced by the American president and the world’s richest oligarch, millions of Americans are convinced that this is a good plan because Europe is an enemy and Putin is our friend.

submitted 6 days ago • 1323 comments

‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.

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what kind of shithole party boos Zelensky and cheers the Tate brothers

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If George Dale in Muncie, Indiana could risk his life - and spend regular time in jail - to constantly make fun of the KKK in his newspaper in the 1920s, we can take no shit from MAGAs today. dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

We are barreling toward a full blown constitutional crisis. Trump's announcement that he's ending thousands of aid contracts FUNDED BY CONGRESS is unconstitutional and illegal - and horrible for our security. 1/ A quick🧵on what's going on. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 8 days ago • 169 comments

Former French President François Hollande said the US government under President Donald Trump is "no longer an ally."

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OK, so what is the date that Trump and senior officials in his Admin are responsible for what they are doing? How long are they always going to blame the Deep State for their own screw ups and incompetence? Another month? Six? When do they accept accountability? Ever?

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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

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former nato sec gen rasmussen: “the security architecture that europe has relied on for generations is gone and is not coming back...we no longer know where america stands. if the mission of defending freedom and democracy in europe falls solely on us, we must finally be ready to take it on.”

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

So Trump never really had an issue with criminals entering the country; he just wanted to skim a little off the top when they did. bsky.app/profile/atru...

submitted 11 days ago • 195 comments

President Trump announces kleptocracy is here.

submitted 11 days ago • 393 comments

Congrats to the WHCA, now officially less courageous than the French

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You know what type of people a $5 million "Gold Card" for US citizenship will attract? Successful criminals and state-sponsored spies. Well done, Donald, after years of accusing Democrats of using immigration to bring unsavory people to the US, you prove that you were, once again, just projecting.

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How it started (Obama) How it’s going (Trump)

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Tonight in her newsletter, @hcrichardson.bsky.social quoting Maine Senator Angus King telling the Senate to wake up. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 13 days ago • 142 comments

“We fired all the guards at the bank so they’re not roadblocks to anything that happens.”

submitted 13 days ago • 279 comments

“Admitting that our president is a gullible fool who repeats obvious Russian propaganda isn’t helpful,” the bootlicker said.

submitted 13 days ago • 76 comments

Has anyone called Bitcoin “Dunning-Krugerrand” yet?

submitted 13 days ago • 77 comments

They should put his face on a confederate statue instead

submitted 37 days ago • 75 comments

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

submitted 17 days ago • 831 comments

Trump dominates the news. Who will be the ever-present public face of the opposition, Democrats? wapo.st/4hJAOcD

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BREAKING: Elon Musk is now trying to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court majority. Election is on April 1—the first statewide election of the new Trump/Musk era. Musk wants to own state-level courts to thwart any possible check on their coup. Help us fight back. secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...

submitted 19 days ago • 229 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Ooops, sorry, didn’t mean to drop this. 😏

submitted 20 days ago • 117 comments

No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.

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So Emil Bove filing his appearance may mean he plans to answer any challenge from Judge Ho. It'll certainly make it easier to ask for those notes he took.

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See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...

submitted 23 days ago • 246 comments

Trump's latest is the creation of a "task force" to investigate "Christian persecution" There has never been a group of people in American LESS persecuted than Christians, and there has never been a group of people who wanted to be persecuted MORE.

submitted 26 days ago • 71 comments

Okay, this is way better than I expected it to be. Times are dark, so I'm here for a billionaire governor trolling our President.

submitted 29 days ago • 13 comments

Girl Scout Troop 6000 is for scouts in temporary housing in New York City shelters. Throw them some love and order some Girl Scout cookies from them online, shipped to your door via UPS. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/sixk34...

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