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Elon Musk is pushing to end phone services at Social Security, which 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned government benefits.

submitted 16 hours ago • 433 comments

Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling a) a single weapons contract or b) a single Elon Musk contract?

submitted 15 hours ago • 422 comments

Ouch. Republican Representative Tom Barrett held a tele-town hall with his constituents in his swing district in Michigan on Monday and ran a survey asking if they support DOGE. 70% of the participants said they do not.

submitted 15 hours ago • 490 comments

Arresting someone without charge, explanation, or due process to silence dissent is unconstitutional. This type of thing happens in dictatorships, not America. You don’t have to agree with Mahmoud Khalil to defend his rights—if his freedoms can be taken by the Trump administration, so can yours.

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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

submitted 1 day ago • 153 comments

N.Y. Times, June 8, 1939.

submitted 1 day ago • 299 comments

Post Card #3 in my mail in post cards campaign, short and easy to understand.

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"In a town with just over 1,000 residents, hundreds of people packed Belmont's Community Building Saturday for a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. The building was filled to capacity with people even waiting outside and peeking through the windows..." www.wkow.com/news/politic...

submitted 3 days ago • 1068 comments

"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..." www.advocate.com/politics/hug...

submitted 3 days ago • 334 comments

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Some of us have been saying this since 2020 and even before: Dems should make corruption the central issue in US politics and public life and go on the offensive against GOP/MAGA/Trump transparent and hypocritical corruption and grifting. Most voters hate corruption.

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Today, tons of Marylanders rallied at the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Francis Collins, Bill Nye the Science Guy and thousands of others to tell MAGA to let our expert civil servant scientists get back to work, pursuing facts and conducting critical research for the common good.

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Got any plans for next Friday? Cancel them and do this instead, we need you. ❤️🇺🇸

submitted 5 days ago • 110 comments

youtu.be/Egay_m5vC3I?...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

To quote FDR: "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

submitted 6 days ago • 273 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey. Defiantly, ME

submitted 6 days ago • 476 comments

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

submitted 6 days ago • 167 comments

The U.S. Capitol Police said the chief of staff to Speaker Mike Johnson was arrested for drunken driving on Tuesday night after the top aide backed his car into a parked Capitol Police vehicle.

submitted 7 days ago • 212 comments

Well played.

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Well said!

submitted 7 days ago • 1290 comments

America is getting pretty bored. Lowest viewership of any of his addresses to congress

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submitted 7 days ago • 1054 comments

I don't know who this guy is but he's absolute right.

submitted 8 days ago • 1211 comments

“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”

submitted 8 days ago • 765 comments

Trump’s tariffs aren’t just crippling our trade relationships, they’re hurting real farmers on the ground in Minnesota. I’ll keep standing up for the farmers who feed, fuel, and grow our country.

submitted 8 days ago • 209 comments

Thanks to the United States Supreme Court for convincing Donald Trump that he could pursue every dangerous, terrible idea and never face consequences.

submitted 8 days ago • 79 comments

Is this what they meant by a Red Wave?

submitted 8 days ago • 956 comments

In the last election, people didn't want to believe that corporations could buy our government. They were in denial. Corporations already owned our government. This election was only about oligarchs taking control away from corporations. The people were never a consideration.

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Brilliant! SOTU STFU: How the Opposition Party Should Protest Tonight's State of the Union Address open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

submitted 8 days ago • 25 comments

Lay down your law books now; they’re no damn good

submitted 8 days ago • 325 comments

We knew he would try to silence dissent. We need bravery, strong courts, and refusal to allow this fascist to trample the 1st Amendment.

submitted 8 days ago • 92 comments

That’s right. 🇺🇦

submitted 9 days ago • 330 comments

The Social Security Administration is cutting 7,000 jobs and closing half of its regional offices. It's no coincidence that Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." They're gutting the program YOU'VE PAID INTO to make room for more billionaire tax cuts. Now is the time to speak up.

submitted 9 days ago • 321 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

submitted 11 days ago • 732 comments

Bernie is coming to Kenosha next Friday!! act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...

submitted 11 days ago • 34 comments

Quick reminder: @elonmusk isn’t the leader of a country at war, and didn’t wear a tie in the White House and wore a stupid cap

submitted 11 days ago • 778 comments

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

submitted 11 days ago • 3520 comments

Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!

submitted 11 days ago • 352 comments

That Oval Office debacle today solidified two things: 1. The US is not a trusted ally 2. Zelensky is a hero

submitted 12 days ago • 836 comments

someone just texted me this and it’s the best description yet

submitted 11 days ago • 885 comments

Leader Jeffries... I need you to call Trump a "bitch" on national tv... it's literally the only way you'll get Democrats back... diplomacy isn't the way. These are unprecedented times.

submitted 12 days ago • 292 comments

No Senator was elected to let the President or some unaccountable billionaire decide how YOUR tax dollars get spent. Let me be clear: CONGRESS holds the power of the purse, and NO President can unilaterally abolish an entire agency or ignore our appropriations laws.