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Thank you to all of the activists, advocates, friends, and neighbors who came out to Boston City Hall today to rally for our immigrant communities during today’s House Oversight Committee hearing. I am deeply grateful for each and every one of you and look forward to being back home with you soon.

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WOW. Doug Collins says Veterans shouldn't just "sit there" and "feel alone," and that it's their responsibility to take care of themselves. He also accuses veterans of being incapable of understanding what's happening to their care. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

submitted 7 hours ago • 345 comments

fucking freak show lunatic liar.

submitted 11 hours ago • 97 comments

In general, Democrats might be better off moving beyond the campaign strategists, speech-writers and consultants who worked for Obama. Never any evidence of these folks outperforming the fundamentals, and a really mixed record since 2012. No reason to keep out new blood.

submitted 10 hours ago • 9 comments

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

submitted 19 hours ago • 1109 comments

reporters stop writing entire articles premised on the idea that musk is in charge of DOGE without also mentioning that the government has claimed in court that he’s not in charge of DOGE and that he’s not even an employee of DOGE and that he doesn’t have any decision-making authority challenge

submitted 10 hours ago • 36 comments

Pentagon Watchdog Halts Review of Military Efforts to Root Out Extremism buff.ly/0zQw753

submitted 10 hours ago • 13 comments

Mayor Wu doing an incredible job testifying yesterday

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The new head of the FDA division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies.

submitted 10 hours ago • 49 comments

Please.

submitted 9 hours ago • 12 comments

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from firing Cathy Harris, the chair of an independent board that protects government workers from political discrimination and unfair labor practices, including wrongful termination.

submitted 10 hours ago • 30 comments

Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid

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Trying to choke off every channel of potential accountability for Trump. www.wral.com/story/nc-sen...

submitted 8 hours ago • 42 comments

A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the US as soon as next week based on a government review of countries' security and vetting risks, three sources familiar with the matter said reut.rs/4bqBkKt

submitted 8 hours ago • 30 comments

The Trump Tax Scam sells out everyday Americans to help billionaires get even richer.

submitted 8 hours ago • 25 comments

“But what’s happening in the US is some sort of weird hybrid of the kind of power grabs we’ve seen in the tech industry, combined with a more traditional collapse of democratic institutions. The destruction is far more systematic and dangerous than many realize.” www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

submitted 8 hours ago • 15 comments

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submitted 7 hours ago • 65 comments

I so appreciate @maxinefororegon.bsky.social with @maddow.msnbc.com talking about how the big town hall in her district moved her and convinced her to take stronger action in DC, walking out of the speech last night. Show up! Your reps are listening.

submitted 7 hours ago • 21 comments

BREAKING: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office just confirmed Republicans who say their budget doesn't cut Medicaid are lying. Their budget requires the largest Medicaid cuts in American history - all while delivering a $4.5 TRILLION giveaway to billionaire donors.

submitted 12 hours ago • 5 comments

Trying to explain this story as if one is speaking to a small child. Members of congress, whose job it is to set federal spending, now get to call Elon, who is for some reason controlling federal spending, to plead for changes to federal spending????? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 7 hours ago • 110 comments

America is precious and worth saving, here is how you can help: 1. Don’t tune out 2. Hold your elected officials accountable 3. Pick one issue you’re passionate about and organize youtube.com/shorts/-ZyDB...

submitted 14 hours ago • 33 comments

no one is a nobody

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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

submitted 17 hours ago • 675 comments

Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an online platform where drug dealers conducted more than $200 million in illegal drug sales. He doesn't care about Fentanyl.

submitted 14 hours ago • 105 comments

Ok Lawyers, start opinion shaming en masse

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NEW from @samsteindc.bsky.social: More than 700 U.S. foreign service officers and civil servants have signed a letter to Marco Rubio arguing that the hollowing out of USAID is both strategically and morally wrong: www.thebulwark.com/p/hundreds-s...

submitted 20 hours ago • 77 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are happy to make you wait for your tax refund — just so the wealthy can cheat on their taxes. How is that efficient?

submitted 20 hours ago • 90 comments

NEW: Beware any inexpensive Android devices—researchers have found more than a million of them contain a backdoor that allows scammers to hijack your internet connection to commit fraud. @lhn.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/1-mill...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Alito and his clerks—and the other three dissenting Justices and their clerks—were in too much of a hurry to find any authority beyond a hornbook and a 6th Circuit voter ID case for the proposition that a TRO can’t order the govt to pay appropriated funds for work already completed and invoiced.

submitted 20 hours ago • 20 comments

Breaking News: The U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine to pressure its government to cooperate with President Trump, the CIA director said.

submitted 20 hours ago • 129 comments

Important letter from @aclu.org to public and private universities nationwide, reminding them of their constitutional, statutory, and ethical obligations to students and faculty, including the protection of dissent and protest. Lots of good stuff here. www.aclu.org/documents/op...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

we added some new polls late this evening. trump's job approval rating average at 538 is now net negative. what timing... projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

This administration is corporate corruption. Corporate corruption is its reason for being.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

There's this conventional wisdom that despite the insanity Trump's numbers have shown little impact. Not really. In six weeks he's gone from +8.2 approval to net negative (-.3) as of last night. By any standard that's a sharp drop.

submitted 20 hours ago • 25 comments

This is, in fact, the lesson from the Civil Rights Movement. There were parts of it that were very meticulously planned, long-term strategies (the attack on segregated schools, for example). Other things were very ad hoc, experimental, and opportunistic.

submitted 20 hours ago • 7 comments

Repeat after me: DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government. DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government. DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government. Keep that in mind as Democrats "debate" a continuing resolution "strategy." #ItsAlreadyShutdown

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

If you use Venmo or CashApp and don't want to get scammed, listen up.

submitted 20 hours ago • 306 comments

Interesting part of new weak jobs numbers - small business taking a hit. “Employment growth tilted towards large firms in February, with companies employing 500 or more workers reporting a gain of 37,000 while those with fewer than 50 employees saw a loss of 12,000.” www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/a...

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Democrats wasted no time in venting their animus for President Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. As Trump entered the House chamber, one representative, Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, held up a sign reading "This is not normal." Read more: nyti.ms/4irkqh6

submitted 22 hours ago • 170 comments

ABC News is killing off 538, which is incredibly stupid but means there will be a lot of really exceptional people on the job market.

submitted 1 day ago • 58 comments

This got buried in the middle of the night but it's really awful. 538 was one of the best teaching resources for American politics. Lots of alternatives but none as terrific as 538. Ugh.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

OMFG

submitted 21 hours ago • 124 comments

John Roberts’ legacy in one sentence!

submitted 21 hours ago • 27 comments

Free law review title: "Thank You, I Won't Forget: The Roberts Court and Democracy"

submitted 21 hours ago • 20 comments

Johnson is about to do ANOTHER CR to keep govt open until Sept, since he has been unable to pass his own budget. This was Johnson in NOV 2023: “I’m done with CRs. We are. We’re resolved.” He has repeatedly broken every promise he made in this clip, & is about to do it again.

submitted 22 hours ago • 659 comments