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The firing of JCS Chmn GEN CQ Brown, USAF combat pilot and combat commander, may be the most openly racist thing the new regime has done. (Stressing "openly" because there are not even any purported grounds for removing him.)

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Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 17 hours ago • 541 comments

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submitted 14 hours ago • 804 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

submitted 2 days ago • 382 comments

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

submitted 2 days ago • 254 comments

I have solved Bird Flu. Give the chickens ivermectin. Have the chickens practice Earthing. The problem with their immune systems is they are not touching the soil enough. Coffee enemas for all chickens. Also we must stop reading them Ibram X. Kendi. Eggs will be back and most importantly not gay.

submitted 2 days ago • 1335 comments

Genuinely excellent piece by @mckaycoppins.bsky.social about (odious) Murdoch clan. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... I reported a limited version on similar theme 20+ years ago. So am all the more impressed by this. Still not sure whether R Murdoch or Mitch M has done more damage overall.

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

More of this. Do not give in.

submitted 2 days ago • 101 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 858 comments

If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

submitted 4 days ago • 1382 comments

Indiscriminate mass layoffs by Elon Musk are ravaging key programs, depriving our people of nuclear safety inspectors, air traffic controllers and food safety inspectors. These cuts crush democracy and devastate the livelihood of tens of thousands of public servants.

submitted 4 days ago • 310 comments

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

submitted 4 days ago • 955 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 6 days ago • 2403 comments

A good moment to remember the Russia thing was always real. Trump's goal is to help Russia and Putin, always has been. He's trying to throw our democratic allies under the bus and America as well. Again, the Russia thing was always real.

submitted 5 days ago • 233 comments

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post didn’t want you to see our ad questioning who’s in charge at the White House. We won't stop holding power accountable. thehill.com/media/514849...

submitted 6 days ago • 53 comments

Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk. Support pro-democracy media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 6 days ago • 637 comments

The ship "California" arrived at Ellis Island from Naples in May, 1900. You had to give the name and address of the person you were meeting. Look how many immigrants said "Nobody." They just showed up. How many of their descendants are currently lecturing immigrants about doing it "the right way?"

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

a drunk, a junkie, a kremlin asset, and a bunch of thieves and sex criminals crowd into a bar — bartender says, what is this, a cabinet meeting?

submitted 7 days ago • 46 comments

It was

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Most Americans still have no idea about how F'd this country is about to get. I think if they knew it would be too overwhelming to process so they prefer maintaining the delusion, "It won't be that bad." It'll be very bad, folks. Hold on to your butts.

submitted 9 days ago • 388 comments

"It's f---ing racist," one active-duty Army general told Military.com on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation. "For the Army now, it's 'Blacks need not apply' and it breaks my heart."

submitted 12 days ago • 23 comments

This right here:

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge issues blistering order saying that Trump administration has violated his prior order re funding freeze. If admin. continues to disobey, next logical step would be contempt and a potential constitutional crisis. Visit Democracy Docket for updates. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 13 days ago • 807 comments

BREAKING: Trump just signed a sweeping executive order calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate “ongoing infringements” of the Second Amendment.

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

I hope someone makes a YouTube video analyzing that halftime show, because there was a lot going on there and almost all of it went over my head.

submitted 13 days ago • 102 comments

🚨 WATCH, SHARE: “I did vote for Trump. We are possibly going to lose our farm.” Farmers all across 🇺🇸 face bankruptcy because of what Trump and Musk are doing to the federal government, defunding Biden programs they count on to survive.

submitted 13 days ago • 992 comments

In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state

submitted 15 days ago • 197 comments

To be clear: the Judge ordered Elon and the DOGE bros to delete any data they illegally acquired since Trump took office. We are going to make sure they comply. Billionaires don't get to write their own rules.

submitted 15 days ago • 47 comments

Trust me, bro.

submitted 14 days ago • 3256 comments

This is insane. krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...

submitted 15 days ago • 42 comments

UPDATE: My colleagues and I were locked out of the Dept. of Education and denied a meeting with Acting Secretary Carter.

submitted 16 days ago • 1204 comments

It would be interesting for someone to review the hiring classification of all of the people identified in this @propublica.org article, their credentials, clearance status if required for their position. How could they be brought on so quickly? projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The DOGE twenty somethings are the interns nobody wanted.

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“Citizenship by birth is an unequivocal Constitutional right. It is one of the precious principles that makes the Inited States the great nation that it is. The President cannot change, limit, or qualify this Constitutional right via an executive order.” - Judge John Coughenour today.

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Little Marco wants to “Make Gaza Beautiful Again.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

submitted 17 days ago • 1765 comments