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Republicans at a GOP town hall in Spokane, Washington, raised the Canadian flag and called on Trump to be impeached. #3E

submitted 3 days ago • 354 comments

New, from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern: NIH grants are being screened for forbidden words. Breakthrough techniques (like mRNA) are now off the table. Do you want scientific funding awards to be determined by political appointees or scientists? donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

I’m so tired of hearing Rubio & other rightwingers now claiming that if you’re on a green card you’re a ‘guest’ in this country. BS. You’re a lawful permanent resident. The clue is in the name. If someone is a permanent resident in your home, are they the same as the guests who come and go? Come on.

submitted 6 days ago • 828 comments

Auchincloss on Fox News Sunday: "This economy is inflationary right now...you know what the GOP response is? Their response is, 'Well, get ready for a rocky ride & by the way, we're gonna give tax cuts to the top 20% of earners & pay for it by taking away healthcare from people who need healthcare'"

submitted 6 days ago • 783 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 7 days ago • 751 comments

“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.” Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.

submitted 7 days ago • 990 comments

Of course, having to stay in DC past today would have interfered with Schumer’s book tour which begins Monday.

submitted 7 days ago • 2501 comments

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

submitted 7 days ago • 779 comments

Science, folks. Science. This is wonderful news.

submitted 7 days ago • 258 comments

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

submitted 8 days ago • 791 comments

I cannot emphasize this enough: no one will remember the shutdown even happened when it’s time to vote next year. One way or the other!

submitted 9 days ago • 1608 comments

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

submitted 11 days ago • 1091 comments

Everyone should be screaming like this! More of this, now please!

submitted 10 days ago • 1603 comments

Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.

submitted 20 days ago • 2535 comments

I went to the tesla protest for a thing I'm working on and I talked to several onlookers - not protesters - and asked them what they knew about Elon and Doge and I'm telling you people don't know

submitted 21 days ago • 199 comments

NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

submitted 21 days ago • 125 comments

NOAA returns/produces so much more money to the American economy than it costs, no stories about any of this should allow them the absolutely bullshit "savings" framing

submitted 21 days ago • 98 comments

If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.

submitted 20 days ago • 177 comments

I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government out of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself. Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture: www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...

submitted 20 days ago • 72 comments

Corrupt? Sure. But also directly dangerous? And how! FAA has done careful, long testing /study of new tower-communication system. Now a rush to switch to system that just happens to be owned by Mr. Efficiency himself, Elon. (Has he even been to an ATC facility? Probably like Vance re Ukraine)

submitted 20 days ago • 91 comments

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

submitted 20 days ago • 271 comments

Approaching majority opposition to basic 20th century second wave feminism among Republican men

submitted 23 days ago • 134 comments

The leading cause of death for pregnant women in the US is homicide. (This jaw-dropping fact is frequently cited by @lyz.bsky.social, from whence I got it.)

submitted 22 days ago • 11 comments

Hi, broken record here. The same degraded information environment that led to Trump being elected is still in place. Most people still aren't being told what's happening, who's at fault, or what the effects will be. And there's zero reason to think traumatic events will "wake people up."

submitted 21 days ago • 62 comments

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” It’s who our government is for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?

submitted 22 days ago • 75 comments

The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 21 days ago • 153 comments

Republicans have been out to gut Social Security for years because it’s one of the most popular and successful programs ever created. Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt. Hello?

submitted 21 days ago • 217 comments

Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

submitted 21 days ago • 284 comments

The GOP's tax cuts for their billionaire donors ballooned the deficit, so they're blaming the problem on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — demanding cuts to programs that millions of Americans rely on. It's socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

submitted 20 days ago • 138 comments

This is what ardent NYT _conservative_ Bret Stephens is saying. Anyone with any sense knows that today was an absolute disaster and disgrace for the United States.

submitted 21 days ago • 139 comments

Three years ago this week. 🇺🇦

submitted 21 days ago • 112 comments

On White House seizing control of press pool: After AP was banned, a press corps boycott was considered but not supported by TV networks Some correspondents want annual dinner cancelled Chairman of NewsMax pushed White House to reconsider www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 21 days ago • 83 comments

The top 10% of earners now account for 50% of spending in the US, up from 40% in 1990. That means affordability problems will be slower to show up in spending numbers. It’s also, of course, evidence that American prosperity is increasingly unequally shared.

submitted 22 days ago • 13 comments

Maryland & Hawaii stand to suffer the largest drops in employment from mass federal layoffs. But high on the list are also red states like Alaska & West Virginia. Mass layoffs won’t just interrupt crucial government services; they’ll increase unemployment & slow local economies across the country.

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Republicans could nearly halve the cost of their tax cuts if they just dropped cuts for the top 5%. Cc: @centeronbudget.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...

submitted 21 days ago • 675 comments

In order to actually cut $1 trillion from the budget you are going to need massive cuts to programs like Social Security. Musk is not hiding his intentions

submitted 21 days ago • 202 comments

Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’ www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

submitted 22 days ago • 46 comments

“DO YOUR JOB!” TEXAS: @RepKeithSelf’s turn

submitted 21 days ago • 770 comments

The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding 👇 #TraitorTrump

submitted 21 days ago • 1526 comments

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: We stand with #Ukraine for as long as it may take, and I hope you heard that cheering in the street - the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you and Ukraine,and our absolute,unwavering determination to stand with you ⤵️ 1/2

submitted 21 days ago • 118 comments

I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

submitted 21 days ago • 437 comments

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

submitted 23 days ago • 303 comments