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NYC, Gen X, frittering away my time reading about politics and watching clever videos made by zoomers
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Crockett: "If we are gonna talk about efficiency, let's talk about the fact that as of March 30, Trump's golfing has cost us approximately $26 million. And the last time I checked, we're not getting anything in return for that ... he decided he was going to golf instead of receiving four heroes."

submitted 18 days ago • 349 comments

Anyone remember the good ol’ days?

submitted 19 days ago • 126 comments

can we move the 2026 midterms to next week?

submitted 22 days ago • 7 comments

Every so often, it just comes back to me in full force. The political and economic order that allowed this man to come to power is obviously no longer tenable. The leaders who let it happen obviously have to be replaced. This is an epoch defining failure and we have to turn the page completely.

submitted 23 days ago • 422 comments

submitted 24 days ago • 30 comments

In WI yesterday, Schimel got 232k more votes than Dan Kelly, the 2023 GOP-backed nominee for the court. That was in line with what Rs wanted. In 2023, it would have been a win. It wasn’t bc Dems added 265k votes.

submitted 24 days ago • 29 comments

www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, Senator Cassidy, what do you think of your vote for Kennedy now?

submitted 44 days ago • 145 comments

A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.

submitted 46 days ago • 367 comments

one of the stories Kevin Drum championed over his career was the causative link between environmental lead poisoning and other societal ills. I think it's one of the most important stories of the last 20 years and Drum was one of the main reasons people knew about it. RIP

submitted 47 days ago • 26 comments

🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacation—only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters. Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!

submitted 56 days ago • 696 comments

We have reached North Korean levels of sycophantry. From NY-24’s Claudia Tenney 👇 tenney.house.gov/media/press-...

submitted 69 days ago • 423 comments