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submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

here's today's post: "bizarros, freaks and incels gather at buffoonpalooza" — the CPAC circus is in town. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

submitted 1 day ago • 388 comments

Can we just seize the Russian assets already and give them to Ukraine? Good lord just do it

submitted 1 day ago • 606 comments

BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face.

submitted 1 day ago • 2546 comments

Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

submitted 1 day ago • 1712 comments

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

submitted 80 days ago • 4654 comments

President Musk reassures the American people that he’s going to lie sometimes and it’s ok. Thanks for clearing things up Elon.

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TRUMP DOES IT AGAIN After George Floyd was murdered in 2020, Donald Trump recommended creating a database of police misconduct— which Biden later created. It tracked the misconduct of all federal police officers and agents... DONALD TRUMP JUST DELETED IT ENTIRELY 🤬 www.axios.com/2025/02/21/d...

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He should be our messenger.

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Canada is pissed... Can you blame them?

submitted 6 days ago • 317 comments

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said. Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

submitted 7 days ago • 291 comments

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

submitted 2 days ago • 513 comments

I picked up an old Navaho woman who needed a ride. She saw a brown bag on the seat and asked what was in it. I answered, “a bottle of wine for my husband.” She replied, “Nice trade.”

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

submitted 2 days ago • 556 comments

“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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Dark Pence is back.

submitted 3 days ago • 4564 comments

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

submitted 2 days ago • 1347 comments

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

submitted 2 days ago • 966 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 6 days ago • 2767 comments

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

submitted 7 days ago • 2402 comments

Carbon capture and direct air capture are more costly than (and increases CO2 and deaths relative to) switching to clean, renewables techxplore.com/news/2025-02... The paper: web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Your regular reminder that measles has a r0 (basic reproduction number) of 12-18, which means that in an immune-naive environment every infected person will infect 12 to 18 people around them: it's one of the most infectious diseases out there. Get a MMR booster or get your titers checked, ASAP.

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ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

submitted 7 days ago • 452 comments

Do you understand how badly you have to fuck up to make Quebec sing the anthem with this much pride

submitted 8 days ago • 51 comments

www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

submitted 7 days ago • 505 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 7 days ago • 1910 comments

I thought they were all self-made rugged individualists who didn’t rely on socialism.

submitted 8 days ago • 2125 comments

The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.

submitted 11 days ago • 216 comments

Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID! Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…

submitted 12 days ago • 384 comments

"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"

submitted 10 days ago • 2377 comments

NEW: DOJ files a notice of correction indicating that (1) it underestimated the number of USAID employees placed on leave; and (2) misstated that only future contracts were being frozen, when existing contracts were frozen as well. I suspect the judge will not be happy. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 11 days ago • 465 comments

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 11 days ago • 1573 comments

A quick search of Cotton’s accounts show that the first time he posted a single word critical of USAID was 5 days ago, despite serving in the Senate for 10 years and the House before that.

submitted 11 days ago • 1907 comments

Truth #transmemes #transnews

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"Man dies of asthma attack after inhaler cost skyrockets to more than $500. United Health Group's pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, stopped covering Cole Schmidtknecht's 'life-changing' inhaler, suit alleges." wapo.st/3CL55Zp

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