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submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Please read and share. Musk is attempting to blame Ukraine for the X cyberattack, but word has already spread that it was a false flag. What is a false flag? A false flag operation is an act committed to disguise the actual source of responsibility and shift blame onto another party.

submitted 1 day ago • 323 comments

NEWS: Judge Amir Ali finds that the Trump administration is likely violating separation of powers in partially granting a preliminary injunction in the State Department/USAID foreign aid case. As with the TRO, he also finds the government is likely violating the APA with the non-payment issues.

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

The President of the United States is vowing to disappear students from college campuses who say things the government doesn't like. There are not enough alarms for this.

submitted 1 day ago • 135 comments

Just a reminder that Gary Trudeau warned us long, long ago.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.

submitted 2 days ago • 171 comments

Stranded students should be a bigger story - gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I have perspective. This is not devastating in a way rolling up vaccine and cancer research is. Or ending foreign aid programs. Or tanking the world economy. But it was a small, beautiful thing in the world. A testament to a forgotten age of building and cooperation.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Reminder that instead of attending Donald Trump's first address to Congress tonight I'll be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live at 6 PM PT. You don't need a Facebook account – or to be an Oregonian – to tune in. Look forward to seeing you all soon.

submitted 7 days ago • 333 comments

One thing I am puzzled about is AARP’s weak response to this. In addition to your reps, I’d suggest registering your displeasure with AARP. They have the capacity to mobilize millions of older adults to prevent this. It’s why they’re there! www.aarp.org/social-secur...

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow. snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...

submitted 10 days ago • 138 comments

#SlavaUkraini

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

We just received word that the DOJ has begun removing data detailing criminal charges and convictions related to Trump loyalists. This started with records from the January 6th insurrection, but additional records are now being erased. We will keep you updated once we have more info.

submitted 11 days ago • 293 comments

An accurate and horribly sad statement.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL) uncorks quite a reaction: “Former President Ronald Reagan and the late Senator John McCain are rolling over in their graves at the thought of an American president sullying America’s image by siding at the UN with dictators in Russia…”

submitted 11 days ago • 92 comments

Just one more piece of insanity.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

submitted 12 days ago • 649 comments

This is happening. Make it big. Stand up for Science marches in Washington and nationwide on March 7th. Some local information here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

This is frightening.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

1/ “There was no legitimate reason for the Friday Night Massacre in the military. It was the slaughter of our integrity, our values, and our security.” joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-nig...

submitted 16 days ago • 472 comments

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

submitted 17 days ago • 108 comments

These people all have actual conflicts of interest that should keep them from working on any investigations like this. It's a measure of how tainted and corrupt this Justice Department is becoming and it breaks my heart. I hope it doesn't break our country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 17 days ago • 125 comments

I'm gifting this article so everyone can see the sloppiness and inaccuracies in DOGE's work. This is what happens when a chainsaw is used to perform delicate surgery - and when people inexperienced in the workings of government get their hands on it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

GOV. MILLS: “.. Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. .. “.. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you?” www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...

submitted 17 days ago • 26 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 17 days ago • 1301 comments

29 scientists urge the SBTi to remain science-based and not allow carbon offsetting for Scope 3 emissions: "As decades of research has demonstrated the flaws of carbon offsets, embracing them would be a clear departure from the commitment to science-based approaches by the SBTi."

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

SCOOP @bloomberg.com: Top officials at the US Department of Homeland Security received a memo from Sec. Kristi Noem on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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submitted 26 days ago • 783 comments

Today is the 100th anniversary of the “Judges’ Bill”—a statute that radically transformed #SCOTUS’s docket, and, through it, the Supreme Court’s role in our constitutional system. Today’s bonus “One First” takes a deep dive into the law’s continuing effects: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-123-...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Rule of Law: @markzaidesq.bsky.social talks about how he plans to protect FBI agents who worked on the J6 investigations.

submitted 31 days ago • 17 comments

With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on Judge Coughenour showing how every court should respond to the Trump administration’s sadistic and lawless rampage (including full audio of his extraordinary statement from the bench): slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 31 days ago • 31 comments

A lot of folks asked why I through this January's record global temperatures were so unexpected. I think this graph shows it pretty clearly: pretty much every other January with La Nina conditions has been a cooler than the surrounding years.

submitted 36 days ago • 26 comments

[email protected] and I are demanding answers from the Trump administration about what exactly is happening at the Department of Education. This former preschool teacher is not about to roll over and let Elon Musk destroy public education in America. thehill.com/homenews/edu...

submitted 32 days ago • 48 comments

This, in a nutshell.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Conservative budget wonks (Manhattan Instiutte, Tax Foundation) confirming that this is a consittutional crisis. Not liberal hysteria. Happening right now.

submitted 36 days ago • 143 comments

We desperately, urgently need a media that isn’t afraid to name this as the evisceration of the federal government. That is what is going on. We cannot only be comfortable using such language when the situation is far away in time or space. It’s happening here. We need to be clear.

submitted 35 days ago • 38 comments

This is not good.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Today at 2:30 pm ET, @sranderson.bsky.social, George Ingram, Tony Pipa, and Jonathan Katz will discuss the changes occuring at USAID as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk consider shutting down the agency.

submitted 36 days ago • 5 comments

Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 37 days ago • 536 comments