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Sure would be nice if the U.S. continued funding stuff like “vaccines for pancreatic cancer.”

submitted 18 hours ago • 17 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 16 hours ago • 418 comments

Every so often I remember that Oprah brought us Dr Phil, Dr Oz and The Secret but the only person she brought back to destroy on her show was the guy who pretended to be a worse drug addict than he actually was in a book

submitted 6 hours ago • 121 comments

I know I read a lot of hist-fic but come on @nytimes.com, hoyden IS a word! Last month it rejected Hied. Evidently my lexicon is “archaic” 😂 #SpellingBee

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

In 2010, the Supreme Court paved the way for unlimited spending in U.S. elections. In a possibly related story, the richest man in the world is basically the president now ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

submitted 1 day ago • 246 comments

Mitch is one of the singular villains of American history, personally responsible for the destruction of our democracy and our government at a level above anyone save Trump himself he is a vile man on the level of John Calhoun and should be remembered as such

submitted 1 day ago • 94 comments

Well this seems bad

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 274 comments

Whoever said Elon was like Schroedinger’s government employee was spot on 😡

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

submitted 2 days ago • 394 comments

This is a concentration camp. If that term makes you uncomfortable, it should. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 573 comments

Never more clear that we’re the bad guys (and not the fun anti hero kind) in this flick.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Schrödinger's DOGE Musk both is and is not in charge, depending on who’s asking.

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

😂

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

Sucks for you who have to eat

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

BuT wHAt CoUld DemOCRats do???

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Mass firings of FAA workers - at a time when they already have serious staffing problems - would be dangerous at any time. Musk and Trump doing this weeks after the deadliest crash in years is stupid beyond belief. www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

Nursing a take that the major Silicon Valley firms can be understood as organized crime syndicates and perform some of the same functions as the old ones used to — money laundering, feeding addictions, skirting regulations, political influence.

submitted 6 days ago • 71 comments

again, this is the easiest political slam dunk in the world find a veteran with a lifetime of public service who has been fired for no reason and bring him on television with you do it again tomorrow with a different veteran, and again, and again show the human cost

submitted 6 days ago • 147 comments

I am really outdone. The Maryland National Guard cannot celebrate Frederick Douglass, the state’s native son and perhaps the greatest American this nation ever produced, because he’s Black and his chosen birthday happened to fall during Black History Month. (Ask me why he had to choose is b-day)

submitted 7 days ago • 77 comments

If any good does come out of this, perhaps it will be dispelling the notion that most government money was going to poor brown people and not, you know… mostly to Trump voters already. Sadly, I doubt they’ll connect the dots even as their lives and personal economies get significantly worse.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

"American face-havers did not vote for the Facing-Eating Leopard Party only to have their faces eaten by leopards!" cries face-eating leopard

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt. Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires? We have our answer. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

submitted 7 days ago • 136 comments

🚨BREAKING: Two attorneys with DOJ Public Integrity Section have entered appearances, and moved to dismiss the criminal indictment against Eric Adams. This stain on this once proud part of DOJ will not easily be erased.

submitted 7 days ago • 1130 comments

I often don’t understand cultural context but even I — missing at least 50% of the symbolism (I had totally forgotten VW crip walk “controversy”) and only mildly appreciative of the genre — was both enthralled by it and in awe of his bravery in making the most of the platform.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This bombshell investigation from yesterday with six bylines is already off the NYT homepage. Behind the scenes on how Senator Tillis flipped to support Hegseth amid threats of retaliation from Trump. Give it a read. 🎁 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 96 comments

The Valentine's Eve Massacre should have been screaming banner front-page headline and top-of-the-homepage for WaPo; instead it was A20 and buried. Something is seriously wrong over there.

submitted 8 days ago • 18 comments

Hey everyone, here is some information that I am posting. If it seems like I’m encouraging something here, well maybe I’m not. It’s a mystery!

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments