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I can't stop laughing at this man I'm sorry. This is the kind of shit the biggest loser in the world would say to their girlfriend about buying her flowers on Valentine's Day once, and he's doing so in an argument that started because he called her a bitch

submitted 14 days ago • 920 comments

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world. “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

submitted 15 days ago • 287 comments

Why haven't we seen more backlash against the GOP's proposed cuts to Medicaid? One reason is that people may not know they're on Medicaid, because Medicaid has different names in different states (see 🧵). Another is that some people may not realize that they (or their kids) could qualify.

submitted 16 days ago • 41 comments

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?

submitted 17 days ago • 990 comments

JUDGE COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY: Is there an administrator of DOGE at the present time? GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I don’t know the answer to that

submitted 19 days ago • 207 comments

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

submitted 20 days ago • 3892 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 27 days ago • 473 comments

BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.

submitted 31 days ago • 535 comments

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

submitted 33 days ago • 406 comments

After curtailing trans rights in order to "protect women," the Trump administration announces it will also "protect women" by checks notes eliminating funding to prevent violence against women. 19thnews.org/2025/02/offi...

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

and this is really happening....

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

Young enough to do a little racism on social media, old enough to access the Treasury system routing $5 trillion in annual funds

submitted 36 days ago • 95 comments

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submitted 38 days ago • 1574 comments

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 38 days ago • 2831 comments

We could have had Kamala Harris. Instead, we have the most immature, petulant, stupid, needy, incompetent dipshit to ever enter American politics. What a tragically stupid country we are.

submitted 39 days ago • 1659 comments

This evening, every Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee backed the nomination of MAGA wingnut climate denier Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture, who admitted to a lack of basic knowledge of the department's workings. Every. Single. One. Led by @amyklobuchar.com. #Assistance

submitted 39 days ago • 168 comments

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

submitted 39 days ago • 925 comments

Collins: He said that Canada is going to be implementing a $1.3 billion border plan, where they talk about reinforcing the border. I should note that's actually something that was announced back in December

submitted 40 days ago • 596 comments

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

submitted 41 days ago • 1114 comments

The dietitian who sent this is afraid of retaliation. 🙏👐 "There are >3k dietitians within the VA,& we're included in this harassment from Musk’s takeover of OPM. Congress & Senate are doing & saying NOTHING. We need the American people to back federal workers..." www.change.org/p/protect-fe...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Summary of Trump’s first two weeks: Trump has thrown the federal government into chaos thus endangering your services and benefits; he’s pardoned violent criminals; he’s announced tariffs that will raise your prices; and he’s done nothing to help you and your family.

submitted 43 days ago • 117 comments

My brother in Christ, one of us is in the Senate confirming his nominees. And it is not me.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

If I may, the press: Do not write "Trump blamed DEI." Spell out what he's saying. "Trump blamed women, black people, and other minorities for the mid-air collision." Follow that up with: "He did not specify which black people or women."

submitted 44 days ago • 19 comments

Can we get some goddamned leadership from anyone???? Why isn’t any elected official mirroring even a tiny portion of the rage I feel right now??

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

"Jesus take the wheel" was not the political strategy I was looking for from the Democratic leader in the House.

submitted 48 days ago • 174 comments

The picture that perfectly sums up what’s happened thus far in America in 2025 doesn’t exi- 〰️AdminJenn

submitted 48 days ago • 52 comments

This is not an empty threat. Just 35 people/couples donated $1.6 billion to Trump's campaign in 2024. Just SEVEN of them accounted for $1 billion. It took a decade, but the country's billionaires finally figured out the full meaning of Citizen's United. And they're taking advantage.

submitted 48 days ago • 29 comments

Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time. To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.

submitted 49 days ago • 1414 comments

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submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Congrats. You played yourself.

submitted 49 days ago • 490 comments

That’s the plan, folks…👇 You know it’s true, right?!

submitted 50 days ago • 874 comments

Of course ending birthright citizenship is blatantly unconstitutional. So is a third term in office. But I thought the same thing about presidential criminal immunity and holding office after inciting an insurrection. The obvious is not so obvious anymore.

submitted 50 days ago • 1000 comments

The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...

submitted 50 days ago • 1035 comments

Every fucking MAGA cultist who fucking assured me that Trump had no fucking plans whatsoever to implement fucking Project 2025 can go fuck themselves.

submitted 50 days ago • 827 comments

Since Monday, Trump has: -Halted civil rights investigations -Suspended public health advisories -Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges -Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors How does this help working people?

submitted 51 days ago • 211 comments

We’re going to see any expression of virtue in the face of vice depicted by legacy media as a vicious attack on an innocent victim

submitted 52 days ago • 262 comments

15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.

submitted 53 days ago • 312 comments

LEAK: Confidential document reveals Germany's ambassador to the United States is warning that the incoming Trump administration will strip U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence, and assign “co-governing power” to big tech companies. According to the briefing document,…

submitted 55 days ago • 186 comments

Trump's fascist anti-immigrant raids are reportedly beginning in Chicago this Tuesday. If you want to be an ally to immigrant communities, I list 7 action items you can start to take now, as well as debunk common anti-immigrant myths that MAGAs often cite: www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

submitted 55 days ago • 31 comments