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America held hostage

submitted 3 hours ago • 35 comments

"However grievous the other depredations, they are, at least in theory, reversible. Abandoning world leadership is not." ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social on America's heel turn: www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Pretty worried this is going to result in assaults and deaths — how are a few women in a class being targeted for persecution by the GOP going to fare in a men’s prison??

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 1 day ago • 1570 comments

"Surely all those hawkish Republicans on the Hill, many of whom criticized the Biden administration for not doing enough to help Ukraine, would be moved to speak out in protest? Surely you jest."

submitted 22 hours ago • 30 comments

Five things I accomplished last week: 1. Sued Musk & DOGE (repeatedly) 2. Got Musk blocked out of Treasury 3. Sued Trump (repeatedly) 4. Helped persuade SCOTUS to leave anti-Trump injunction in place 5. Got booked @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social Join us at 9 AM ET Sunday morning to discuss!

submitted 1 day ago • 370 comments

Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republican members on the Jan. 6 Committee, isn't afraid of Trump—and neither are we.

submitted 3 days ago • 54 comments

This is how it’s done.

submitted 2 days ago • 2873 comments

What a crowd at @principlesfirst.bsky.social!

submitted 14 hours ago • 39 comments

There is nothing cooler than preventing a democracy from turning into a dictatorship

submitted 13 hours ago • 92 comments

That’s the truth! 🧡 #cats #catpeople #catsofbluesky

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

Dear Manager: 1. I was a highwayman 2. Along the coach roads I did ride 3. Sword and pistol by my side 4. Maidens lost their baubles 5. Soldiers shed their lifeblood 6. The bastards hung me 7. I’ll be back again and again and again

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

submitted 3 days ago • 556 comments

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 21 hours ago • 127 comments

“We cannot be made to be afraid of these f**king people. I know these people. They are cowards" - Tim Miller

submitted 11 hours ago • 212 comments

Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

submitted 1 day ago • 320 comments

Easy! 😻📦 #cattrap #cats #catsinboxes

submitted 10 hours ago • 5 comments

You can watch today’s Summit speakers here: rumble.com/v6oax06-live...

submitted 12 hours ago • 19 comments

Principles First conference on hold while security searches after bomb threat. We are dangerous defenders of democracy.

submitted 10 hours ago • 8 comments

Kudos to Gov. Janet Mills of Maine for standing up to Trump. He threatened loss of federal funds for her state simply because it allows trans girls to play in sports. She said, “See you in court.” Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot

submitted 15 hours ago • 376 comments

The @principlesfirst.bsky.social conference was just evacuated due to a bomb threat. This is after Enrique Tarrio and members of the Proud Boys showed up and tried to disrupt the conference yesterday.

submitted 10 hours ago • 471 comments

United States support for Ukraine was never about securing mineral rights. Or providing security for money. It was about democracy and sovereignty. And a willingness to defend our allies and oppose our enemies. Trump is betraying Ukraine, but also our values. Our history and our legacy.

submitted 10 hours ago • 316 comments

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 10 hours ago • 397 comments

Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader

submitted 8 hours ago • 37 comments

submitted 8 hours ago • 735 comments

I posted this longer version on X #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

submitted 1 day ago • 1111 comments

"These folks don’t need to put on a dunce cap and write 'I was wrong about Trump' a hundred times on the blackboard. But they should feel some solidarity with all of the people having their lives wrecked in similar ways." This is an important piece.

submitted 8 hours ago • 21 comments

This is indeed brilliant

submitted 8 hours ago • 174 comments

Can't imagine where they got the idea, but earlier in the week, the White House comms director posted (and then reposted) this.

submitted 9 hours ago • 193 comments

'It's morally disgusting': Trump torched for lying Ukraine 'should have never started' Putin's war

submitted 5 days ago • 83 comments

🔴 Trump’s proposed deal imposes harsher economic terms on Ukraine than those faced by defeated aggressor states like Germany and Japan after 1945, The Telegraph reports. 1/3

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

Current American foreign policy is about draining power from the US and its allies, thereby creating atmospherics in which Donald Trump feels good and Elon Musk converts lost state capacity into personal profit. The weakness, in other words, is the point. snyder.substack.com/p/affirmativ...

submitted 4 days ago • 54 comments

Trump likes being #2, he likes doing the PR work, being in front of the camera, getting the adulation, but serving the boss. Musk will dominate him at home and Putin will dominate him abroad. He will deliver their lines, as he has just done for Putin in shocking fashion, and does for Musk every day.

submitted 4 days ago • 70 comments

Republicans have made clear they won’t hesitate to bleed health programs dry if it means they can shower more tax cuts on billionaires and big corporations. I will fight tooth and nail to stop them & protect the health care families rely on. Repost if you're with me.

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

i do not know how some people in this country live with themselves

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

National Park ranger fired from "dream job" on Valentine's Day pens emotional viral letter: "Things are not ok" www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

submitted 4 days ago • 110 comments

What truly fills me with despair is how Americans are fine with this — even happy about it, enthused at any degradation of immigrants. Is a Republic made up of such people worth preserving?

submitted 4 days ago • 159 comments

Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration. This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment. Hello?

submitted 4 days ago • 222 comments

BREAKING: With two more planes falling out of the sky in Arizona, Medicaid in danger, and prices for eggs skyrocketing, Trump is enjoying his third weekday in a row playing golf with the country in chaos. Imagine the outrage if President Biden did this.

submitted 4 days ago • 131 comments

An unelected, part-time ‘special government employee’ cannot legally circumvent Constitutional authority We can & WILL achieve accountability 👇 - TN

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

The Air Alert map of warnings of Russian air attacks on Ukraine just now, as #Putin is supposedly talking peace with #Trump

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

“Trump’s zeal to open the floodgates to bribery in the name of national security is a troubling development in a country that has traditionally adhered to the rule of law.” @barbmcquade.bsky.social discusses Trump’s new EO to halt enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

Trump’s exec orders have blocked entrance to the country for thousands of Afghans, including those who worked with the U.S. military and their relatives. Two brothers hope answers come quickly for their sister and her husband, who they say are in danger. @lomikriel.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

I hate to ask this but i have to, are we now the bad guys? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/are-we-now...

submitted 4 days ago • 5045 comments

Putting the “doh!” in #DOGE. 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

submitted 4 days ago • 66 comments

Pritzker: “It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. All I’m saying is when the 5-alarm fire starts...every good person better be ready to man a post w/a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control"

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

It’s not just about the economy. It’s also about the data, especially the personal data. Dr. @hcrichardson.bsky.social does a great job explaining the troubling access DOGE has to all kinds of personal data as they rampage through the government. People need to be arrested!

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

What a shame. Teamsters deserve better than this.

submitted 4 days ago • 1958 comments

"With every meter of territory they liberate, Ukrainian soldiers win the war NATO was created to fight. Ukrainian heroes fight and die daily to defend NATO’s peace. Ukraine offers NATO the greatest deal ever presented in military history."

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments