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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...

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FEMA denies disaster aid for tornadoes in AK, flooding in WV and a windstorm in WA. It also has refused NC’s request for extended relief funding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, urging states to have an "appetite to own the problem." minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/30/t...

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

submitted 30 days ago • 160 comments

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 30 days ago • 1336 comments

You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u... “However, it is clear that the F.B.I. is politicizing this situation to make an example of her and others across the country who oppose their attack on the judicial system and our nation’s immigration laws” #Fascists

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Strong statement from a very alarmed @judgeluttig.bsky.social.

submitted 33 days ago • 14 comments

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.

submitted 34 days ago • 1069 comments

Approval of Donald Trump's handling of top issues, from YouGov/The Economist

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

60 Minutes boss Bill Owens resigns: "Over the past months, it has also become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it. To make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience."

submitted 37 days ago • 13 comments

There are not many jobs like this in journalism, so when somebody quits one for this reason, it is worth listening to.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

NEW damning details on Pete Hegseth: Minutes before U.S. jets hit Yemen, Gen. Kurilla sent strike intel through a secure gov system. Hegseth turned around and dropped it in at least two Signal chats—on his personal phone. Jet timing. Target locations. And he still has the job.

submitted 37 days ago • 896 comments

Gift read: If the was any doubt as to the direction of this administration, this should put it to rest. It’s pure fascism 👎https://wapo.st/4cEF8rU

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Venezuelan Immigrant Deported by Trump Administration Has Disappeared (Gift Article) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

When troops get killed because of Hegseth, no one will know since they will bury the story. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...?

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

“Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a playbook. Step 1: Induce fear by suggesting that crime is at historic highs. Step 2: Blame the Liberals. Step 3: Promise solutions that ignore what the law already does.” Great fact-check and commentary on Pierre’s crime plans. 🎁

submitted 40 days ago • 5 comments

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

submitted 44 days ago • 364 comments

Included in this funding cut is a stop work order for a project going on in my lab to develop better prosthetic devices for veterans. Make no mistake, this is not unfortunate collateral damage, this a clear communication of the values of the current administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam

submitted 46 days ago • 942 comments

Stipulating that this math is going to be wrong, we have upended the government's ability to function for... at most... and probably much less than... 2.2% of the overall federal budget.

submitted 48 days ago • 31 comments

The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

submitted 48 days ago • 485 comments

Oh my God! The cruel, evil stupidity.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

⭐️⭐️ REMINDER Congress is voting on the SAVE Act today. If this passes, it will make voting much harder for women who have taken their spouse’s last name. Your last name on your drivers license would have to match the last name on your birth certificate in order to vote… +

submitted 49 days ago • 5 comments

TARIFFS HAVE NOT PAUSED, the other countries are still at 10% and there is confusion around what is the current total rate for Canada and Mexico

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

1/2 Keeping track of Trump unhinged behavior is hopeless: new EO’s target former US officials & law firm in election fraud case. But forget madman: WTH is Congress doing? The man is obviously deranged: how long will Congress indulge him? (No paywall.) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

He just testified all morning about the reasons why the tariff policy was going to make America great. Then he checked his phone and realized everything he just said was canceled on Truth Social.

submitted 50 days ago • 1406 comments

The closest historical comparison is not Hitler, it's Mao. Destroying the national economy through ideologically driven policy that he alone believes will make the country great through manufacturing, with crowds of his cult followers cheering...we're living through our very own Cultural Revolution

submitted 50 days ago • 11 comments

Highly alarming: "1/No precedent to changing election rules after election 2/Griffin hasn’t found single example of ineligible voting 3/Only challenging absentee/early votes + ballots in D counties 4/Only challenging votes in his race (not Trump's) 5/ Two recounts already affirmed Riggs victory"

submitted 51 days ago • 5 comments

CBO finds that DOGE failed to achieve measurable savings in March. At first glance, spending fell $38B (7%) compared to last year. But March began on a Saturday so payments that normally go out in March went out in Feb After adjusting, spending rose $45B (8%) compared to March 24.

submitted 51 days ago • 43 comments

🚨 Hey, North Carolina! Please search this list to see if you - or others you know - have been singled out by Jefferson Griffin. If you're one of the 60,000+ voters on this list, please TAKE ACTION. Call your county BOE ASAP! Then tell Griffin to shove it! #RiggsWon thegriffinlist.com#search-line

submitted 53 days ago • 17 comments

If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so. thegriffinlist.com

submitted 53 days ago • 51 comments

Putting out an APB: Is there an immigration attorney who is currently awake and can speak for a few minutes? A student of mine has an emergency situation. DMs are open. cc @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social

submitted 52 days ago • 14 comments

Let the record reflect Donald Trump did not spend the weekend in the office working to mitigate the deepening global crisis he gratuitously caused last Thursday. He spent it playing in the seniors club championship at some golf club he owns in Florida.

submitted 52 days ago • 104 comments

I like it when my colleagues get angry and decide to make short, cathartic videos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCQ...

submitted 53 days ago • 6 comments

So many of us who are a bit older think that measles is a relatively mild disease because we ourselves had it as children. It's horrifying to see what it can actually do to unvaccinated children. 😢

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For anyone who hasn't seen this article from 2022, I'm sharing it again - beware of commenters trying to divide us after the successful marches today. Because I'm sure the disruptor trolls will be out in force. Ignore and block them! www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/u...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing. Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina

submitted 55 days ago • 24 comments

Riggs Will ‘Promptly’ Appeal Ruling That Helps GOP Opponent In His Effort To Steal The Election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/riggs-w...

submitted 54 days ago • 14 comments

Senator Jim Banks (R) isn’t sorry he told a fired federal worker “he probably deserved it”. He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”. The job was helping people with disabilities.

submitted 55 days ago • 1438 comments

NEW: The Trump Admin has been "covertly" withholding FEMA funds from Democratic states, seemingly as retaliation for sanctuary laws, a judge ruled. Hawaii is missing $6 million for widlfire aid. Oregon is waiting on $129 million for disaster prevention.

submitted 55 days ago • 67 comments

Mr. Brad Karp, Managing Partner at Paul Weis, well deserves this remarkable, scornful rebuke and public shaming from the great Judge Simon Rifkind’s granddaughters, Amy Rifkind and Nina Rifkind, both of whom are practicing lawyers.

submitted 57 days ago • 32 comments

I've finished my extremely basic normie tariff discussion. Here's what it looks like.

submitted 55 days ago • 32 comments

Trump mistakenly deported at least 2 innocent legal immigrants to El Salvador without any due process. After acknowledging their error, the admin says they have no obligation to return these lawful residents. Even Newt Gingrich agrees this admin must fix their awful error.

submitted 56 days ago • 24 comments

Hey look, it's the move Mitch McConnell used to change the size of the Supreme Court to 8 seats, now used to change the size of the House to 434 and deny some Texans representation.

submitted 56 days ago • 4 comments

If you're still not sure about attending a #HANDSOFF event this weekend, I hope you'll watch this brand-new NEXT COMES WHAT and join us in telling Donald and Elon to get their filthy hands off everything we've worked for.

submitted 56 days ago • 3 comments