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BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

submitted 15 hours ago • 316 comments

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

submitted 1 day ago • 305 comments

I'm normally cynical about politicians but this is statesmanship. It is affirming republican civic virtue. Not irony-poisoned snark, not focus-grouped talking points. The oath to the Constitution matters, and it's time to speak plainly and earnestly about how our fundamental principles are at stake.

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

More of this. The fuck are you doing promoting a book when the country is falling apart?

submitted 3 days ago • 418 comments

THR: “.. Paramount now signaling that it’s prepared to go on the offensive .. leveraging the threat of uncovering information about Trump’s financials, including with respect to his social media company .. and the cryptocurrency he launched, in discovery.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

submitted 3 days ago • 289 comments

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

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Memo to Democrats: If EVERY ONE of you would do what Janet Mills did yesterday EVERY TIME, Trump would unravel entirely. He relies on you being bullied. Refuse to be.

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Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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Trump's KGB Codename: Krasnov

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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“Zelensky survived a dozen Russian assassination attempts including a special forces assault on his presidential complex.He stood up to Trump. I’m sure he’ll be deeply impressed to learn our Congressional Republicans live as terrified hostages of their own party leader.” ~ @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 801 comments

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s response: “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We’ll see you in court.”

submitted 4 days ago • 528 comments

The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

submitted 3 days ago • 841 comments

PLEASE REPOST - While doing consumer protests & also change ad preferences to minimize how big corporations monetize your data.That’s what really rakes in the $. Here are some ways: Google: support.google.com/My-Ad-Center... Amazon: www.wired.com/story/amazon... Meta: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

submitted 4 days ago • 296 comments

LA Showing Up & Showing out Protesting Trump & Musk's Facist Administration #resist #Resistance #protests

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

Massive protests in the US as the country faces an ongoing coup d’état by the Trump regime and his oligarch cabal headed by Musk. Countless people are standing up to fascism proving the US will not go quietly. #3E #USprotests #fiftyfiftyone #Feb17 (🎥 @vuralelibol.bsky.social )

submitted 5 days ago • 348 comments

#SNL50 🤣

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

Boy Sir Paul McCartney on #SNL50 is really making me smile #sirpaul

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

submitted 8 days ago • 921 comments

NPR, we know why

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It is important to celebrate the wins when we get them.🥳 President Donald Trump’s administration halted defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, after Democracy Forward, on behalf of the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit, filed a lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 8 days ago • 226 comments

Two coders have already infiltrated the DOGE website and left their own messages on it at the time of 404’s reporting on Thursday evening: “THis is a joke of a .gov site,” said one, and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro” said another.

submitted 8 days ago • 47 comments

They had to bring out the receipts for CP3

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Every. Single. Word. Of. This. I couldn't be prouder of my fellow Floridian @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and the new generation of Dems fighting fire with fire. More of this, please!

submitted 15 days ago • 87 comments

yes! the idea that the executive can simply make spending decisions independent of a legislature or parliament is basically antithetical to the entire anglo-american political tradition

submitted 9 days ago • 112 comments

Luigi Mangione has accepted over $400,000 that’s been contributed to his legal defense fund and released a statement:

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

These are the people who pretended to care about the potential that classified information could have possibly been sent over Hillary Clinton's email server and destroyed her 2016 candidacy based on that, mind you.

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Reminder: Black history offers many examples of fighting authoritarianism, so one doesn't always have to look to Europe. Nazi lawyers looked to Jim Crow for inspiration for their racist laws. Read as much about struggles against Jim Crow as you do about other examples of resisting authoritarianism

submitted 9 days ago • 11 comments

No one could’ve predicted that Trump would so many of the things that he said he would do.

submitted 8 days ago • 37 comments

Stuart worked on 5 Republican presidential campaigns.

submitted 9 days ago • 776 comments

Residents of New York City and state, tell Governor Hochul whether you would like her to use her power to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams immediately. The telephone number is here, and it’s on 24/7: 518-474-8390.

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: We are suing Musk & DOGE for violating the constitution They have no right to your personal data & no authority to dismantle entire agencies We’re calling their bluff & taking them to court statedemocracydefenders.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 546 comments

I trust the smart people. 🤷🏻‍♀️ “Scientists have discovered a molecular switch that can reverse cancer—turning cancer cells back into their healthy counterparts.” www.newsweek.com/scientists-d...

submitted 10 days ago • 38 comments

There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.

submitted 10 days ago • 247 comments