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It’s been lost in the tariff news but the fact that the U.S. government can accuse you of a crime and send you to an El Salvadoran prison without trial, is legitimately scarier than the most hyperbolic claims of fascism made by the left during the election.

submitted 64 days ago • 202 comments

Yeah, I’m 😵

submitted 66 days ago • 6 comments

Imagine you’re Timothy Haugh, a decorated general, confirmed unanimously by the Senate to head the NSA. And while you’re traveling abroad, you find out the President just fired you on the advice of a 9/11 truther whose bigotry once got her banned by Uber.

submitted 73 days ago • 219 comments

Stock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business live

submitted 73 days ago • 47 comments

Goldman devotes a report to foreign boycotts of US goods. 🇺🇸 “.. this headwind provides an additional reason why US GDP growth will likely underperform consensus expectations in 2025. “.. Foreign Sentiment Towards the US Has Declined Sharply”

submitted 76 days ago • 103 comments

If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.

submitted 81 days ago • 101 comments

So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth. This is why journalism matters.

submitted 82 days ago • 376 comments

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

submitted 82 days ago • 5449 comments

Sen. Ossoff: "Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?" Director Ratcliffe: "No."

submitted 82 days ago • 104 comments

BENNET: Did you know that the president's Middle East adviser was in Moscow on this thread while you were as director of the CIA participating in this thread? Were you aware of that?! RATCLIFFE: I'm not aware of that BENNET: It's am embarrassment

submitted 83 days ago • 1213 comments

This should be our album cover.

submitted 95 days ago • 10 comments

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

submitted 103 days ago • 1290 comments

Tariffs, trade wars, and real wars ...

submitted 104 days ago • 18 comments

Oh my God, Eric Spoelstra called the challenge! #miamiheat

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning

submitted 112 days ago • 2506 comments

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

submitted 115 days ago • 1103 comments