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Reminder that this country had an insurrection on Jan 6 and Trump refused to send in the National Guard.

submitted 2 days ago • 27 comments

The problem is not that there are too many Americans protesting in the streets. The problem is that there are not enough. Not by a long shot.

submitted 2 days ago • 153 comments

"Joe Biden’s fitness for office is not the most pressing issue facing the country now, in 2026, or in 2028. This is trivially obvious. But the fact that the media, and some Democrats, continue to be obsessed with the last election points to some real problems going forward." — @nberlat.bsky.social

submitted 21 days ago • 130 comments

Amen to that!❤️❤️❤️

submitted 25 days ago • 17 comments

"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin' We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drummin' Four dead in Ohio." Neil Young Remembering: Allison Krause, 19 Jeffrey Miller, 20 Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20 William Schroeder, 19 4 May 1970

submitted 36 days ago • 592 comments

If you don't think we're in a constitutional crisis i need you to stop thinking like a straight white man for a minute.

submitted 57 days ago • 20 comments

Reading, PA

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Folks let’s do this today! There are protests everywhere — find yours at handsoff2025.com Spread the word!

submitted 66 days ago • 6 comments

Reminder that Congress can stop this shitshow anytime they want.

submitted 68 days ago • 315 comments

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.

submitted 68 days ago • 299 comments

"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough." Corey Booker, just now.

submitted 70 days ago • 186 comments

Someone I know cancelled their trip to the US because, according to them, "it looks too crazy over there." He lives in Pakistan, folks.

submitted 71 days ago • 245 comments

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 73 days ago • 6 comments

So whatever you do, don’t follow our example

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸

submitted 91 days ago • 303 comments

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 101 days ago • 1089 comments

Where are the Democrats but also Where are the churches Where are the celebrities Where are the NGOs Where are the Universities Where are professional groups like AMA Where are the athletes Where are the unions What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future

submitted 107 days ago • 108 comments

I hope Prof. Snyder is right.

submitted 107 days ago • 35 comments

#MasculineMaximalism 🇺🇸

submitted 110 days ago • 10 comments

Not that anyone cares but a bunch of senior doj officials resigning over a corrupt instruction to drop a case was what triggered the Nixon impeachment, and in the Trump era it's just the 2pm scandal of a random Thursday and every day now has ~3 such scandals that would have ended any prior admin

submitted 116 days ago • 147 comments

This is from a 2020 presentation. Now it's just the chaos we live in, and no such description is needed.

submitted 118 days ago • 74 comments

"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

submitted 118 days ago • 110 comments

One way to think about the DOGE effort is it's an outgrowth of 20 years of hardliner conservatives frustrated by their inability to get the votes in Congress to do what they want to do. 1/

submitted 122 days ago • 118 comments

Elon Musk is bashing any & all investigative reporters & news organizations who ever had a scintilla of association or funding from USAID. As we reported here- Tesla & SpaceX both had deals with USAID worth millions altogether. His hypocrisy knows no bounds. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 121 days ago • 37 comments

Trump's "goal has always been clear: destroy functioning government, cripple the nonprofit sector and obliterate the hard-earned bonds and benefits of 80 years of post-war American progress."

submitted 121 days ago • 38 comments

The book “The Burning Earth” covers 800 years of history to explain how we arrived at the current environmental crisis.

submitted 125 days ago • 26 comments

This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

submitted 126 days ago • 2755 comments