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submitted 1 hour ago • 4 comments

Would be nice if congress could remember it is illegal for the president to unilaterally impose tariffs

submitted 7 hours ago • 150 comments

So the basic proposal, if I’m following correctly, is to wrench the whole American consumer economy back to Gilded Age protectionism by means of Executive fiat, right now, tonight, while Congress tries to relieve the tax burden on some rich people but everyone else goes on paying income taxes too.

submitted 7 hours ago • 232 comments

Reminder that Congress can stop this shitshow anytime they want.

submitted 6 hours ago • 232 comments

“This is what happens when you put a bankrupt con man in charge of a global economy. The same guy who couldn’t run a casino without losing money is now trying to run the country like a reality show—and we’re all footing the bill.” — Ben Meiselas #MeidasTouch

submitted 3 hours ago • 41 comments

pro tip: if you can afford to blow $250 million on a losing campaign in Wisconsin, you can afford to pay a 90% top tax margin

submitted 8 hours ago • 222 comments

🖕🏻🐘🍊🇺🇸

submitted 29 minutes ago • 0 comments

www.propublica.org/article/vide...

submitted 45 minutes ago • 0 comments

love how everybody's like "why would a Russian asset crash the US economy?"

submitted 4 hours ago • 120 comments

Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.

submitted 6 hours ago • 345 comments

The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

submitted 11 hours ago • 982 comments

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

submitted 6 hours ago • 913 comments

youtu.be/b3ciOdLCW5k?...

submitted 1 hour ago • 0 comments

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

submitted 2 days ago • 589 comments

Thank you Mark Kelly for being a voice for your constituents. youtu.be/fgfWKAJtAig?...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

open.spotify.com/track/4dHzBE...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

A reminder that Bill Maher has long been an antivaxxer and AIDS denier and helped mainstream the “do your own research” culture now dismantling public health. He is also a good friend of RFK Jr. It’s time for the media to stop giving him a platform. You are not entitled to your own facts.

submitted 3 days ago • 450 comments

If we can win these elections in Florida. We can put a stop to most of this tragedy pretty damn quick. Call all your friends in these districts and then call again and find out what you can do to help. apnews.com/article/flor...

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

The fact that the legacy media still holds this event is the single best advertising for pro-democracy independent media. Next time you hear them puzzle about declining ratings or readership, send them this post.

submitted 4 days ago • 139 comments

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

submitted 4 days ago • 678 comments

Day 68 into the GOP takeover: Prices are going up. Consumer confidence is plummeting. Classified info is being leaked. Social Security is being dismantled. Residents are being arrested for their political views.

submitted 4 days ago • 808 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

submitted 5 days ago • 3226 comments

submitted 5 days ago • 399 comments

The top vaccine official at FDA was told to resign or be fired. He resigned today. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr.], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

submitted 5 days ago • 34 comments

🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!!

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

Support local news

submitted 5 days ago • 49 comments

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) joined me to discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting elections. Fontes explained how the action, if allowed to go forward, would disenfranchise voters, cause chaos and make it impossible for states to run free and fair elections.

submitted 5 days ago • 68 comments

Chris Murphy: "There has to be criminal investigations as well here. If the criminal code doesn't apply to powerful people, if it only applies to people without power, then we don't have rule of law in this country."

submitted 6 days ago • 525 comments

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

submitted 6 days ago • 207 comments

Early voting is under way in the Florida special election! Time to cast your votes: ☑️Josh Weil in Florida's 6th Congressional District ☑️Gay Valimont in Florida's 1st Congressional District These candidates will bring sanity back to Congress and fight Help flip the House!

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Bob Fuchigami, a survivor of Colorado’s Amache internment camp who spent his life working to make sure its injustices were never forgotten or repeated, has died // by @katielang.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

SCOOP: WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

This is how it's done. A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. This is how to guard the rule of law.

submitted 6 days ago • 462 comments

Goodnight friends ♥️ Our hearts are with all of us at HHS who receive bad news tomorrow. And all those at health departments across the country who received bad news this week. Call us cheesy, but Lord of the Rings is on our minds.

submitted 6 days ago • 76 comments

Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121

submitted 6 days ago • 444 comments

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

submitted 6 days ago • 805 comments