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No surprise, there.

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Everything is breathtakingly stupid

submitted 67 days ago • 391 comments

Effective messaging would name the villain and propose a solution: “The problems at the DMV are the predictable result of 15 years of underfunding by Republicans. We are committed to properly staffing the DMV to eliminate wait times”

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Ashley Babbit's family is poised to recieve 30 million dollars (from tax payers) thanks to the Dept of Justice... Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.

submitted 46 days ago • 1919 comments

Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

submitted 57 days ago • 532 comments

He can't leave soon enough.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

“On Wednesday night, the Justice Department submitted a filing in district court in which it appears to openly describe steps the government took to essentially evade the court’s temporary restraining order.” open.substack.com/pub/justsecu...

submitted 57 days ago • 9 comments

Sec. Pete Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon, per CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

submitted 58 days ago • 798 comments

Another rally for Freedom in bright red Monroe, NC yesterday. #NoKings #SeeSomethingSaySomething

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

A birth certificate is required to get a social security card, and that number is used to obtain a Real ID Why do republicans claim a woman's ID is insufficient to vote? Whatever paperwork is required to vote should also be required to buy a gun.

submitted 69 days ago • 64 comments

Hmmmm...

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Too true.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

This!

submitted 75 days ago • 691 comments

At the ripe old age of 67, my first ever protest in bright red Monroe, NC. #HandsOff

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year. This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year. See what DOGE is really about?

submitted 77 days ago • 466 comments

Maybe they think our Veterans are clowns or Losers& suckers like tramp labelled them??

submitted 77 days ago • 100 comments

Remember when Elon Musk "accidentally" canceled Ebola prevention programs? That was pretty bad, but then he said those programs had been restored. Good news, right? Wrong. Turns out that was a bold-faced lie — Ebola prevention was never restored. Watch⬇️

submitted 78 days ago • 15 comments

Laura Loomer, Donald Trump's new national security advisor.

submitted 77 days ago • 71 comments

Workers told @propublica.org that an employee used cardboard from a trash bin to funnel coconut oil into a tank during production of the company’s Pure Bliss by Similac Organic brand formula. New, by @heathervogell.bsky.social

submitted 77 days ago • 8 comments

"The Trump administration has fired the head of the National Security Agency. The removal of General Timothy Haugh comes after a meeting between President Donald Trump and far-right activist Laura Loomer on Wednesday." bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 77 days ago • 34 comments

"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order" from @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

submitted 77 days ago • 168 comments

He hates the military. We are just props.

submitted 77 days ago • 2104 comments

"Rather than attend the dignified transfer of the bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers who died on a training mission in Lithuania, Trump flew to Florida to watch a Saudi-funded LIV golf tournament at his own course." www.thedailybeast.com/trump-picks-...

submitted 77 days ago • 201 comments

"Our constitutional system was never meant to be vulnerable to the whims and fantasies of one man. But due to the cowardice and cupidity of the GOP and others, we’ve lost our antibodies to strongman rule, and find ourselves bowing before a power-drunk man-child." www.thebulwark.com/p/trade-and-...

submitted 77 days ago • 40 comments

about those tariffs...

submitted 78 days ago • 56 comments

I just introduced the Delete DOGE Act, which – you guessed it – would defund DOGE.

submitted 77 days ago • 959 comments

No tariffs on Russia. Huh?

submitted 78 days ago • 660 comments

I find it outrageous as well.

submitted 78 days ago • 1123 comments

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 77 days ago • 162 comments

Haha. I didn't think I could like Tim Walz any more than I already do and then he "nominates" Maxwell Smart, my first celebrity crush, for National Security Advisor. 😊

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Wandering wonders. Within 10 feet of the house! Eastern Redbud, one of our first native trees to flower. Did you know that its blossoms are edible? Nutritious and tasty, too. The cocoon of the Promethea Moth, I think. One our huge, beautiful, native moths. A little nature break is good for the soul.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Some thoughts on the growing billionaire demographic.

submitted 96 days ago • 74 comments

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 97 days ago • 733 comments