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NEW: The importance of being litigious. Lawsuits matter — even when they might not "win." This afternoon, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-import...

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Guy who doesn’t even respond to the mothers of his children: reply to my email or you’re fired

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“A Tesla driver was killed in a fiery crash after going triple-digit speeds in Pierce County,”prompting a “warning about the danger of electric vehicles catching fire in similar incidents…’We usually only have seconds to help these victims when vehicles do catch fire,’” a deputy said. 1/

submitted 3 hours ago • 5 comments

Trump's crusade against "wokeness" is co-opting the language of the civil rights movement to undo its legacy.

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Judge Abelson of the USDC MD issued a preliminary injunction against the anti-DEI executive orders on Feb 21. His compelling opinion outlines numerous grounds for deeming the EOs unconstitutional, including 1st A freedom of speech. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 6 hours ago • 26 comments

At this point you have to assume they’re trying to end women’s sports entirely by making the price of entry so invasive and repulsive.

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

House Bill 1208 would lower tipped-worker pay by as much as $4 an hour in Denver

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Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

submitted 6 hours ago • 65 comments

This is resistance.

submitted 7 hours ago • 138 comments

@billbramhall.bsky.social

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Firing career military officers for obeying the orders of the previous President sets up chaotic and dangerous incentives for senior commanders to shirk and scheme. Trump should wonder, will his generals resist following his orders on fear of what the next POTUS will do?

submitted 9 hours ago • 6 comments

So uh, update to this story. Her wife is currently the prime suspect and also that wife had previously served 13 years on prison for stabbing her first spouse to death in 2000.

submitted 16 hours ago • 18 comments

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 7 hours ago • 792 comments

🚨🚨 A HUGE WIN in my #FOIA case against FBI for records revolving around the Trump classified documents case. Thank you to my killer FOIA legal team Stephen Stich Match, Merrick Wayne and Matt Topic @loevy.com www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 12 days ago • 23 comments

Wait. It gets worse: "The new document states that the revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States holds 100 percent financial interest, and that Ukraine should contribute to the fund until it reaches $500 billion....The US has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine."

submitted 8 hours ago • 238 comments

Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

submitted 1 day ago • 291 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 11 hours ago • 225 comments

Neither Musk nor Trump care whether what they say is true. They don't care about rooting out fraud or saving taxpayer money. The administration is just “flooding the zone,” knowing that the people cannot keep up.

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.

submitted 10 hours ago • 90 comments

Since Inauguration Day, of all the G7 stock market ETF’s, the US $SPY is the worst performer. The best? China $MCHI +19.7%. (via Bespoke)

submitted 9 hours ago • 16 comments

“It’s a population that’s already, in many cases, carried a significant burden on behalf of our country and also at the hands of political decision-makers,” Jaslow said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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NEW | China-Taiwan Weekly Update, February 21, 2025: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwan0... Key Takeaways 🧵(1/7) 1/ Russian and PRC military and surveillance assets operated in southern Japanese waters and airspace in February, according to the Japanese government.

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

All politics is economics. If the Supreme Court Citizens United decision grants more political power to those with more money, then to defeat them, it is essential that we target the sources of their wealth. Yes, that means you should sell your Tesla and get off X. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 10 hours ago • 20 comments

One aspect of doing a political purge of the military and civil service is you can't come back in afterwards and just revert to status quo ante policies. A counter-purge becomes a necessity before you can then restore usual norms and protections. The people he's installing can't be left in place.

submitted 10 hours ago • 30 comments

Whether or not the J6 choir ends performing there or not, it is time to boycott the Kennedy Center. It is now a purely political enterprise having been hijacked to support an anti-democracy, white supremacist, anti-American agenda. Attending and supporting the institution is aiding that agenda.

submitted 10 hours ago • 15 comments

No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.

submitted 21 hours ago • 96 comments

Here's another rare story/topic that you don't often get to read about if you live in the West. "The Pentagon ran a secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during a pandemic." #ICYMI www.reuters.com/investigates...

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021... #krasnov

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Let's be clear: CQ Brown was fired because Trump and Hegseth couldn't see past his skin color. General Brown has 40 years of distinguished service. Trump and Hegseth just want yes men who look like them. This is destabilizing for our nation.

submitted 20 hours ago • 46 comments

Overflow angry crowd for town hall with Glenn Grothman in Oshkosh this morning ... www.wpr.org/news/glenn-g...

submitted 19 hours ago • 201 comments

White supremacist patriarchy in practice

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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

submitted 20 hours ago • 133 comments