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The provision of the 14th amendment that the Supreme Court unanimously wrote out of the constitution existed for a reason. Its drafters knew what would happen if you allowed insurrectionists back into power.

submitted 7 hours ago • 495 comments

Really glad Democrats saved the fucking filibuster so they could NOT USE IT. Fucking cowards

submitted 7 hours ago • 119 comments

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1190 comments

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

submitted 5 hours ago • 4201 comments

Dude, they’ve already been shutting down the government by shuttering agencies and mass layoffs. Stand up to them, please.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

submitted 1 day ago • 712 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 1 day ago • 5269 comments

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

submitted 1 day ago • 2365 comments

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

submitted 1 day ago • 736 comments

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”

submitted 1 day ago • 374 comments

I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.

submitted 1 day ago • 499 comments

Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight

submitted 1 day ago • 181 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 2 days ago • 2750 comments

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

submitted 2 days ago • 153 comments

Wow, passing a bill declaring that "the remainder of days in the first session of the 119th Congress do not qualify as calendar days" is one way to taunt the Senate before flying home from DC to hear from your constituents at town halls—whoops, those were cancelled. www.politico.com/live-updates...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

For Donald Trump and Elon Musk, if you don’t bend the knee, you’re a traitor. Senator Kelly served in combat as a Navy fighter pilot. He commanded NASA missions into space. He’s a patriot. Like many of us, he believes in freedom and democracy — including for Ukraine.

submitted 4 days ago • 276 comments

Guardian [Mar 7] -- Bureau of Prisons continues to transfer trans women to male prisons even after fed courts blocked moving 17 who are plaintiffs in 3 lawsuits. One judge even declared they had "straightforwardly demonstrated that irreparable harm will follow”. [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

Democrats even thinking about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.

submitted 9 days ago • 384 comments

Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

submitted 10 days ago • 1194 comments

One of my long-term viewers mentioned having a missing family member in St. Petersburg, Florida. If you’re in that area, please take a look at this, thanks. www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/sout...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 13 days ago • 6049 comments

So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”? But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"? Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.

submitted 16 days ago • 1033 comments

You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.

submitted 15 days ago • 717 comments

Democrats should make Musk the face of it all. Just steal from the rights own playbook re Soros and Pelosi. But start it now, don’t wait for the midterms

submitted 15 days ago • 12 comments

Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 15 days ago • 197 comments

The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion... The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

submitted 16 days ago • 411 comments

The President who was doing flyovers at Daytona and golfing through his presidency wants an accounting of every federal employee’s work week or they will be fired. This while Elon Musk won’t account for any of his time to Congress.

submitted 20 days ago • 121 comments

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

submitted 20 days ago • 1301 comments

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

submitted 20 days ago • 2867 comments

The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

submitted 21 days ago • 504 comments

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

submitted 21 days ago • 145 comments

Elon’s money is all in Over-valued, over-leveraged stock in a declining car company. All his liquid wealth and personal property is bought with bank loans collateralized with that stock. Make the brand toxic and Elon will crumble. #TeslaTakedown

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 22 days ago • 859 comments

Elon Musk and his aides now have access to many federal agencies’ systems and unknown amounts of data. And when people tinker with vital systems, things can go wrong. Here is our guide to backing up all of your documents.

submitted 28 days ago • 39 comments

And for the third straight day, the rest of the legacy media did nothing to stand up for the First Amendment. No boycott, no walkout, nothing but business as usual. Then, they wonder why people are canceling subscriptions and turning off their TV's while independent news outlets are thriving.

submitted 29 days ago • 492 comments

"Do I need to call Elon?” one DOGE member barked at a federal security official while demanding access to sensitive information at one agency this month, a source familiar with the exchange tells Rolling Stone." Come on, man, you’re being bullied by twerps.

submitted 28 days ago • 211 comments

The leaders of the anti-vax movement profit from spreading misinformation. Check out the new Factually! episode with Dr. Adam Ratner wherever you get podcasts. » Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... » Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7iba... » YouTube: youtu.be/7ZaPkKEb9u8

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

So everybody saying we don’t need to worry about any of this stuff because it’s not legal. When do those legal folks step in and turn everything back to normal? Is that happening Monday? Tuesday?

submitted 35 days ago • 1159 comments

NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned. The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.

submitted 37 days ago • 287 comments

Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees. NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives. My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.

submitted 38 days ago • 218 comments

Historically, members of Congress have jealously guarded their own power and prerogatives, standing the line even against presidents of their own party. But this Republican Congress just bent the knee immediately, without even a word of protest. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

submitted 37 days ago • 160 comments