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Late last night, Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies. Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption. Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025. Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg

submitted 34 days ago • 293 comments

The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.

submitted 34 days ago • 520 comments

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submitted 137 days ago • 27 comments

The “free speech defenders,” ladies and gentlemen.

submitted 37 days ago • 1737 comments

People willing to give so much grace to a man doing a nazi salute twice who has been retweeting Holocaust deniers and agreed with an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory publicly. But they'll instantly call you a communist if you say that everyone should have free healthcare

submitted 37 days ago • 36 comments

And so it begins. Sam Kuffel, a meteorologist for CBS58, has reportedly been fired for criticizing Elon Musk’s arm gesture on her personal social media account.

submitted 36 days ago • 776 comments

Psh, how could you possibly call Elon a Nazi? He only: - Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration - Obsesses over Western birth rates - Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party - Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD - Replatformed avowed white nationalists You triggered libs.

submitted 35 days ago • 56 comments

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

submitted 42 days ago • 787 comments

Nixon, 1968: Conspired with the South Vietnamese to sabotage LBJ's peace talks. Nixon wins. Reagan, 1980: Asked Iran not to agree to Carter's hostage deal. Reagan wins and sends Iran arms. Trump, 2024: Met with Bibi in July. Trump wins. Ceasefire allegedly reached in January.

submitted 45 days ago • 25 comments

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

submitted 51 days ago • 339 comments

“Here is what is true: There are far, far fewer transgender Americans than the far right wants you to think there are,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

submitted 50 days ago • 82 comments

Jimmy Carter in 2015 on the role of money in American politics. Spot on.

submitted 50 days ago • 82 comments

Tarlov is correct. I find this story particularly annoying because of how (perhaps deliberately) unfocused it is. These horrific fires aren't the result of LA city budgetary policy, even if $17M was truly cut. It's the fault of the capitalist climate criminals who are killing us all as they profit.

submitted 49 days ago • 24 comments

Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 charges but won't face any punishment — and will be back in the White House this month. Nearly 800 prisoners are now helping to battle Los Angeles fires, making as little as $5.80 per day. A tale of two justice systems.

submitted 49 days ago • 259 comments

So Facebook's new policies boil down to you can say LGBTQ+ people have mental illness and should be rounded up but you can't say Free Palestine

submitted 48 days ago • 24 comments

Reminder that the estimated cost of extending the Trump tax cuts is at least $5 trillion — more than twice the amount DOGE originally stated it would cut in “wasteful” government spending.

submitted 48 days ago • 134 comments

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

submitted 61 days ago • 47 comments

Republicans say they will cut $2.5 trillion in federal spending. The only place to get such an amount is from mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare. Make no mistake: the GOP will pay for their next round of tax cuts for the rich by gutting your earned benefits.

submitted 67 days ago • 161 comments

The new government funding bill does NOT include: -Reimbursements for victims of food stamp theft -Restrictions on prescription drug price-gouging by middlemen -Protections against hidden fees in ticketing and hotels All thanks to the richest man in the world.

submitted 67 days ago • 53 comments

AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸

submitted 68 days ago • 1708 comments

The House Ethics Committee report just alleged that Gaetz paid a 17-year-old girl, a minor, to engage in sexual activity with him. But sure, Hammer of Justice. Got it.

submitted 67 days ago • 395 comments

If the government shuts down Saturday, the richest man in the world will be largely to blame. You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way. If this isn’t oligarchy, I don’t know what is.

submitted 71 days ago • 945 comments

NYPD perfectly illustrates in a single day that they only exist to protect the oligarchy.

submitted 71 days ago • 194 comments

Police are locking arms to protect Amazon and Jeff Bezos fortunes

submitted 71 days ago • 15 comments

It is not the Democrats’ responsibility to bail out the Republicans, who are in the majority. They wanted the gavel, they should learn how to govern with it.

submitted 70 days ago • 450 comments

“Progressives don’t seem to have much of a deep bench. Zeteo was hard-pressed to find who on the left could mount a potential 2028 presidential candidacy.” @premthakker.bsky.social reports on the pros and cons of the top 5 Democrats who could run for president in 2028: zeteo.com/p/who-will-b...

submitted 77 days ago • 16 comments

My solution to solve the problem of people who have no money is to charge them $10,000

submitted 76 days ago • 54 comments

Now THIS is a real manifesto against the evil for-profit health"care" industry. EVERY American should read this and watch Moore's FREE documentary. It's still incredibly salient almost 2 decades later open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Pelosi (84), who is worth over $250 million, is trying to block AOC (35) from taking over the oversight committee. Instead, she’s lobbying for Gerry Connelly (72) to get the position. Democrats need a new generation of leadership.

submitted 78 days ago • 72 comments

Manchin and Sinema consistently acted on behalf of their corporate donors during their time in the Senate. They stood in the way of protecting labor rights, voting rights, child welfare, Medicare expansion, and more. They represent everything Democrats ought not to represent.

submitted 77 days ago • 190 comments

The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight. The class wars.

submitted 84 days ago • 1257 comments

@sanders.senate.gov calls out the absurdity of big money's role in politics.

submitted 80 days ago • 29 comments

call me crazy but being a absurdly wealthy shouldn’t give you VIP access to the government

submitted 79 days ago • 86 comments

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

submitted 78 days ago • 159 comments

Short answer: yes Longer answer: yes because you can't become a billionaire without exploiting thousands of people to accumulate that wealth (unless you inherit it) and in either case needing more than 999 million dollars while billions of humans suffer globally is profoundly sick

submitted 84 days ago • 20 comments

Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support

submitted 84 days ago • 20 comments

This is still hilarious, and outrageous

submitted 90 days ago • 161 comments

"Not giving our workers a day off since 1955“

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Are allegations of sexual violence a requirement for Trump's new cabinet, or just a preference?

submitted 99 days ago • 249 comments