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Former journalist, then journalism prof, now fiction writer — political thrillers, mysteries, and werewolves. Do you know how hard it is to write political thrillers right now? http://www.ljbreedlove.com OG KHive. liberal, PNW.
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90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 3 days ago • 235 comments

Republicans just passed a budget that guts Medicaid, SNAP, veterans’ benefits, and free school lunches. They swore they'd fix the economy—but this sure as hell ain’t it.

submitted 2 days ago • 344 comments

Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.

submitted 2 days ago • 397 comments

#MomSky Millions of women could lose the right to vote HANDS Off our Constitution. HANDS OFF our Democracy. Say NO TO THE SAVE ACT Call Your Senators 202 224-3121 #HandsOffHerVote

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

SEIU has launched a $100,000 ad buy to demand the release of Tuft graduate employees & held rallies in 18 cities. In an unprecedented fashion, unions are responding to defend their members. paydayreport.com/seiu-launche...

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too. “Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris Man, I miss her.

submitted 9 days ago • 1065 comments

AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Why did the FBI & DHS search former Indiana University CS professor #XiaofengWang 's homes last week? Nobody knows. It's all rumors and speculation. So I filed a motion to unseal the search warrant(s) in Indianapolis federal court. It's case no. 25-mc-22 (S.D. Ind.) www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports. A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.

submitted 16 days ago • 451 comments

The Heritage Foundation created a database of voter fraud convictions, and tried to lie with numbers by not providing any context. Brookings put those numbers in context (hundreds of millions of ballots b/n 1982-2024) and easily showed that fraud was nearly non-existent.

submitted 71 days ago • 13 comments

How much worse can the Signal chat fiasco get? Chat member, Steve Witkoff, was not only in Moscow, he may have been inside the Kremlin meeting with Putin while war plans and fist emojis were flying around on his phone. Nothing to see here… except everything. +… www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...

submitted 18 days ago • 71 comments

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

submitted 19 days ago • 1233 comments

We are being governed by the dumbest, most reckless people Trump could find. Read more here: bit.ly/4hR8zs4 #MoronPresident

submitted 19 days ago • 13 comments

"A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration bought Vice President JD Vance’s Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market." $170,000 ABOVE ASKING PRICE

submitted 19 days ago • 177 comments

They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.

submitted 33 days ago • 1098 comments

Today, around ten thousand people gathered at Tesla showrooms across 50 states and internationally to protest Elon Musk (DOGE). We encourage everyone to join again next Saturday, March 8th, with more events planned.

submitted 42 days ago • 105 comments

Our schools are not your churches. No taxpayer vouchers for private religious schools.

submitted 43 days ago • 186 comments

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

submitted 43 days ago • 383 comments

For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:

submitted 43 days ago • 742 comments

Hey! Don't forget *NOT* to use the iOS Patreon app to buy things or subscribe to memberships because the app store now has a 30% fee which either the creator is covering themselves or is increasing the price on whatever you're buying (patreon emailed me today to tell me I could choose which)

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

Petulant man-baby said what? Trump was a disgrace today, and he’s trying to rewrite what happened in the Oval Office.

submitted 43 days ago • 398 comments

We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.

submitted 43 days ago • 536 comments

Donald Trump is embarrassing the United States on the world stage. We are a country that stands up to dictators and fights for democracy. Minnesota stands firmly with our allies in Ukraine.

submitted 43 days ago • 1023 comments

One man should not have this power. Which is why the United States wasn't supposed to have a King. Remember?

submitted 43 days ago • 36 comments

Disgusting. Immoral. Betrayal. Traitorous. Trump and his fascist henchmen planned to humiliate Zelenskyy. They humiliated themselves and our nation. Trump serves Putin, not the United States. He is the enemy of democracy. Will our institutional press cover fascism now?

submitted 43 days ago • 98 comments

The behaviors of Trump & Vance against President Zelenskyy were embarrassing, playing up to the dictator of Russia against a European ally. This on the ground documentary shows what Ukraine has been up against since day one 3 years ago. I challenge you to watch it. ❤️🇺🇦

submitted 43 days ago • 14 comments

Today, I watched in horror as Trump and Vance shamefully echoed Kremlin propaganda to the leader of our ally, Ukraine. Their disgraceful attacks on Zelenskyy directly advanced Putin’s dangerous agenda and greatly harmed America's credibility on the world stage.

submitted 43 days ago • 25 comments

ALERT: Trump and Vance berate Zelensky, kick him out of White House open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 43 days ago • 89 comments

Macron reacts the Zelensky, Trump and Vance meeting. “You must respect those who fight,” adding that Trump must remember who is the “aggressor and victim.”

submitted 43 days ago • 14 comments

We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.

submitted 43 days ago • 849 comments