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here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer. really, really, really worth watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...

submitted 1 day ago • 634 comments

As Martin O'Malley said on processing Social Security claims, “there is no way around people talking to people.” For millions of seniors, phone calls are the easiest way to get help with the benefits they need to survive.

submitted 8 hours ago • 67 comments

Oh man, his cronies are trying to make fetch happen.

submitted 1 day ago • 2289 comments

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

submitted 11 hours ago • 464 comments

"Let me say it slowly... you say he broke the law. The White House says he didn't. Check with the White House on talking points before you come on TV." I explained to GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw why he's wrong about the detention of Mahmoud Khalil. Full debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbDh...

submitted 8 hours ago • 510 comments

Brad Schimel has a funny way of “putting victims first.” He once told two child survivors of sexual assault that they had used “bad judgment” in allowing themselves to be alone with their attacker.

submitted 9 hours ago • 5 comments

USAID's acting executive secretary just declared to a judge that it was OK USAID cavalierly destroyed its records because they were either: 1) classified copies of other agency records; or 2) derivatively-classified information the agency no longer needs. She is wrong on both points.

submitted 11 hours ago • 39 comments

“Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” a public health advisor on infectious diseases at the CDC said. “If you want to get rid of me, you’re basically going to drag me kicking and screaming out of here.”

submitted 10 hours ago • 68 comments

Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses. Let’s not make it harder to learn.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1357 comments

The most incompetent collection of dipshits to ever enter government service.

submitted 8 hours ago • 153 comments

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submitted 13 hours ago • 152 comments

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

submitted 18 hours ago • 1105 comments

I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE. And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.” @michaelharriot.bsky.social explains

submitted 9 hours ago • 385 comments

The whole political moment - both for much of the public and for many or most of the senators - is defined by the fact that most people don't grasp what's actually being done inside the government, the faits accompli being made. Senators shld know. But I don't get the sense they fully do.

submitted 18 hours ago • 109 comments

i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.

submitted 19 hours ago • 415 comments

This is the state of the media today: If you state the simple, obvious truth—that the president of the United States is mentally unstable and engages in mentally unstable behavior injurious to the nation and the world—you have to fear for your job. Pathetic.

submitted 20 hours ago • 556 comments

Today, I voted no on the Republican continuing resolution that would cede more power to Elon Musk and his assault on hardworking Americans. Republicans are evicting people from their continuing their gleeful sprint to transfer wealth from the middle class to the richest 1%.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

One bit of news from the hearing for Mahmoud Khalil at the Southern District of New York: The government hasn’t given him a single privileged phone call with his attorneys since his arrest. Judge Jesse Furman will order that he’ll be given two calls with his lawyers—one today and one tomorrow.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

This is lunacy

submitted 17 hours ago • 309 comments

Lutnick: "The best way to actually merge the economies of Canada and the United States is for Canada to become our 51st state ... Canada is gonna have to work with us to really integrate their economy, and as the president said, they should consider the amazing advantages of being the 51st state."

submitted 20 hours ago • 1624 comments

Democrats are demanding answers about how DOGE is using AI inside the federal government. Members of the House Oversight Committee today sent dozens of requests to federal agencies about their use of AI software—and how Elon Musk could benefit. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 17 hours ago • 25 comments

Trump and Republicans are trying to gut Medicaid in secret—because they know the truth is unpopular. Millions of families, kids, and seniors rely on it for care, but they’re pushing cruel cuts to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Read my latest in @newsweek.com: www.newsweek.com/trumps-state...

submitted 18 hours ago • 4 comments

During today's brief hearing, Judge Furman made remarks and rulings that may shape Mahmoud Khalil's case over his arrest and detention. * Filings will be unsealed, with parties' consent. * Khalil can have two privileged calls with counsel. * Judge is skeptical of govt's jurisdiction args.

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

The government claims Mahmoud Khalil was already in NJ on his way to Louisiana by the time his habeas petition was filed—an argument that the NY federal court lacks jurisdiction. But Khalil's lawyer checked the ICE locator when she filed and even 4 hrs after, and he was listed as still being in NY.

submitted 17 hours ago • 18 comments

Moving a detainee around to evade judicial review is classic authoritarian behavior.

submitted 17 hours ago • 110 comments

I mean, is this not already happening? The president and his Cabinet are stripping departments for parts and refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress. And, they are promising more of it if this CR gets approved!

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

Trump campaigned on delivering economic relief to working Americans, but his plan to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opens the door to unchecked financial abuse.

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

Trump's bizarre new tirade over Elon Musk, Tesla, and the "radical left" actually shows weakness. Trump now sees that his political fortunes are tightly tied to Musk's DOGE disasters, and he sees Tesla's tanking stock as a very bad omen. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1926...

submitted 1 day ago • 82 comments

The thing I find extraordinary about the bizarre dynamics Greg describes here is that politicians watching them seem to think that politics as normal is the appropriate response.

submitted 23 hours ago • 11 comments

This is a big part of why I keep repeating that there are NO ALLEGATIONS of antisemitism, harassment of students, or other bad acts floating around about Mahmoud Khalil. Nothing from the Trump admin, nothing in the pro-Trump press, nothing in anti-protest social media. Nothing anywhere.

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

One of the disturbing reactions to the Mahmoud Khalil arrest is people making things up that he did to justify it that even the Trump admin doesn't claim he did. People just see him as the type of person who did the things they're mad about, so punishing him for it is acceptable. Lynching logic.

submitted 19 hours ago • 84 comments

Senate Democrats are in a tough spot, but with a government shutdown looming, they only have one option ... Shut It Down! open.substack.com/pub/truthand...

submitted 19 hours ago • 20 comments

📌BREAKING: Bill Gates is the latest despicable billionaire to surrender to Traitor Trump. We are on our own, people.

submitted 17 hours ago • 61 comments

Per @pattymurray.bsky.social: “I will not vote to weaken my power to fight for WA state. I will not vote to turn YOUR taxpayer dollars into Trump & Elon's personal slush funds. I will vote NO. We should pass my short term CR, avoid a shutdown, and do our jobs.”

submitted 16 hours ago • 42 comments

“We are horrified by the illegal abduction and now indefinite detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a U.S. legal permanent resident—by Department of Homeland Security agents. We unequivocally demand his immediate release from DHS custody.” — 14 House Dems in letter to DHS EVERY House member should say this!

submitted 21 hours ago • 98 comments

Musk blamed hackers in Ukraine for X's platform snafus on Monday. But, of course, it was due to security mismanagement at X and "servers that were insufficiently protected from malicious traffic." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 17 hours ago • 29 comments

VERY IMPORTANT: This is just a trick. It's a way for Democratic senator to say they oppose the bill while letting it pass. It's not much of a trick. I mean, everyone will see it. But still this is simply a way of hoodwinking constituents. If they want to vote for it just vote for it.

submitted 17 hours ago • 123 comments

Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social: It is not possible to leave a message with your office, so please consider this post by an Arlington constituent as my request you oppose the CR. Pres. Trump already has effectively shut down the government, the only question is the terms under which it will reopen.

submitted 19 hours ago • 20 comments

JPMORGAN slashes $TSLA Q1 delivery estimates “to just ~355K, which is -8% y/y .. and -28% q/q from 495K in 4Q24 .. “.. We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly ..” Cuts target price to $120 (prior $135

submitted 17 hours ago • 138 comments

ICE Acting Director Tom Homan comments on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, saying "free speech has limitations"

submitted 16 hours ago • 214 comments

“As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.” www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...

submitted 16 hours ago • 37 comments

(Reuters) - There is about a 40% chance of a U.S. recession this year and a risk of lasting damage to the country's standing as an investment destination if the administration undermines trust in U.S. governance, according to J.P. Morgan's chief economist. @usatoday.com 🇺🇸

submitted 16 hours ago • 36 comments

"The drastic action is a departure from the way Congress has handled D.C.'s budget for two decades... "The situation appears to have no modern precedent, and House leadership has provided little explanation for why it is happening..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 16 hours ago • 235 comments

Insanity as a strategy?Can even the braindead investor class accept that?

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

If you "avoid a shutdown" and thereby allow the government to be put on life support, what are you winning? Nothing.

submitted 17 hours ago • 12 comments

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

submitted 18 hours ago • 139 comments

Former Republican Tennessee state Senator Brian Kelsey says Donald Trump pardoned him two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme that he pleaded guilty to in 2022. MaKE gRiftErS GrEAt AgAin. 🙄

submitted 16 hours ago • 22 comments

Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling a) a single weapons contract or b) a single Elon Musk contract?

submitted 16 hours ago • 424 comments