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Looking like a dork aside, hurting grandma, the economy, and the military without much thought is definitely peak MAGA.

submitted 9 hours ago • 363 comments

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 9 hours ago • 77 comments

Very good to talk to Brent Goff on Deutsche Well lon key issues in European security - of which there a lot right now. - not least understanding how we can actually act together to step up now we can’t rely on the US. And there is so much we CAN do youtu.be/6jlifcY4U8A?...

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

UPDATE: Meta is continuing to censor anti-Musk ads. It has removed a Facebook ad calling for a boycott of Tesla, saying that it violates the company's policy on "unacceptable business practices" muskwatch.com/subscribe

submitted 10 hours ago • 200 comments

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

submitted 1 day ago • 1226 comments

If this is the level of reckless sloppiness and shoddy work that is now taking over our government, do you trust them to keep our food safe, our airplanes from crashing, and our towns warned in advance and protected when tornadoes are coming? www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 9 hours ago • 15 comments

US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.

submitted 9 hours ago • 249 comments

#DemocracyMatters @congressmin.bsky.social showing up for protests in #Irvine yesterday!

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

There are 3 special elections coming up and those 3 seats are the keys to stopping the Congressional Republicans doing Trump & Musk’s evil bidding. We need just 1 seat to block them, 2 seats to stop them, and with all 3 we can FLIP THE HOUSE. Join us!! Monday 2/24 @7:30 EST. 👇👇 mobilize.us/s/Y9NrBb

submitted 9 hours ago • 267 comments

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 2 days ago • 5075 comments

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

submitted 2 days ago • 853 comments

This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

submitted 1 day ago • 262 comments

John Fetterman’s staff are leaving him in droves and there are awful rumors about how he treats them. Are we sure he’s not just three Kyrsten Sinemas sitting on each other’s shoulders in a hoodie? Our latest:

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Talk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media.

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Get Ready For Delayed Tax Refunds, Long Hold Times After Mass IRS Firings But wealthy tax evaders will enjoy “a feast” as the strained federal agency lacks the resources to hold them accountable, said one tax policy expert.

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A truly generous and courageous move by this 18-y-o and his mom to participate in this story—for all those who aren’t able to be on the record about what care for trans kids means to them and their families

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Read the full newsletter here: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/trumps-app...

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

Target's shareholders lost $15 billion of net worth in their holdings of Target common stock when Target announced they were dropping DEI initiatives.

submitted 6 days ago • 812 comments

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

submitted 5 days ago • 2642 comments

This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.

submitted 6 days ago • 716 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 6 days ago • 481 comments

Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.

submitted 6 days ago • 266 comments

Between this, Epstein and nominating Linda McMahon a functional political party could be like “huh lots of weird sex trafficking stuff going on with the Trump administration” but they could also have a sign about how much the average price of pancakes has gone-oh wait they’ve already made the sign

submitted 5 days ago • 18 comments

“Because the career incentives of elite opinion journalism are such that there will always be upwards mobility for someone like me who criticizes Democrats more than Trump”

submitted 5 days ago • 130 comments

Gavin Kliger posted on substack two days ago that he joined DOGE because he was inspired by a nazi. Now he has access to some of the most sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS.

submitted 5 days ago • 107 comments

Protests today! To find one close to you, go to mobilize.us - search on Not My President And/or No Kings

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

Trump posted 14 times about his Daytona 500 trip—but not once about the deadly flooding in multiple states.

submitted 5 days ago • 978 comments

i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season

submitted 6 days ago • 668 comments

One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 5 days ago • 200 comments

Trafficking is a central theme of the QAnon worldview, with the idea that Trump would act to stop it when in office. Instead...

submitted 5 days ago • 163 comments

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

submitted 5 days ago • 1251 comments

Economist @justinwolfers.bsky.social quickly debunks Elon’s latest lie about dead people still receiving Social Security Again: AOIDH (Arrests or It Didn’t Happen)

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The fact that Republicans in Congress aren’t willing to risk their careers to stop this is among the most profoundly selfish collective action failures of all time

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NEW: Trump’s FEMA administrator just sent out an email ordering all employees to stop sending things to the media without prior authorization. It was immediately sent to me by a FEMA employee without prior authorization to share with you.

submitted 5 days ago • 386 comments

"It Was Never Going To Be Me." Courage is contagious. Charlie Sykes 15 February 2025 open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk's DOGE team of misfits have fired everybody at the Federal Aviation Administration ✈️ who is a probationary employee Thinking they have got rid of all the new hires It turns out many of these were experienced technicians, recently promoted and were on probation for their new senior role

submitted 6 days ago • 90 comments

you don’t need the press corps anymore — just pull out your phone. AOC did a livestream that spurred THOUSANDS of calls to congress. the msm wants drama? give it to them. like right now dems should have a fucking PARADE of fired federal workers out there putting a face on all this.

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

We are months away from a North Korea-like spectacle where Republicans keep clapping for Dear Leader until their hands are raw because they're all too terrified to stop.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 7 days ago • 5665 comments

Since I don't want to fall into the trap of presenting media criticism without solutions, let me offer one key idea. Your voice and attention are resources. As much as you use them to address media you don't like, perhaps consider making a concerted effort to amplify and support media you do like

submitted 7 days ago • 27 comments

Yesterday — YESTERDAY — JD Vance visited Dachau and said it drove home “what unspeakable evil was committed and why we should be committed to ensuring it never happens again.” Today he met with AfD?? He made a mockery of his visit to Dachau. Disgusting. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 8 days ago • 115 comments

The New Mexico Department of Health has declared a measles outbreak in Lea County. The decision came after two adults in the county tested positive for the disease, bringing this week’s total of unrelated cases up to three. The cases border Texas’s Gaines County, where measles is spreading…

submitted 7 days ago • 328 comments

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

submitted 7 days ago • 916 comments

The memes are still coming many days later.

submitted 7 days ago • 74 comments

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

submitted 8 days ago • 600 comments

You dumbfucks said Biden wasn’t “really in charge” and then you handed Trump’s presidency to Elon fucking Musk?

submitted 9 days ago • 571 comments