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Investigative journalist and author of The Map Thief (NYT bestseller) and In Shakespeare’s Shadow. Upcoming book, Divine Right, explores Hobby Lobby, looted antiquities, and the rise of Christian Nationalism (PublicAffairs, 2026). www.michaelblanding.com
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Eggs are now so expensive they’re smuggling them like fentanyl.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

submitted 1 day ago • 2244 comments

gritting my teeth so hard they crack: Coca-Cola... welcome... to the resistance...

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They blink a lot. They lose in court too. They are even feeling some pressure from within the party. Things are bad, but not hopeless.

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Look people. Democrat? Republican? It doesn't matter. No one wants their wealth plundered by nazis. Push your members of Congress to impeach these motherfuckers and throw them prison.

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The people who voted for cheaper eggs got their government destroyed by a neutron bomb instead. The buildings remain intact, but the people were decimated Space Caligula’s kindercoup teens.

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Biggest concerns for public right now: healthcare costs, inflation, budget deficit. Good thing Trump/Congress plan to: -slash Medicaid, let enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies lapse; -increase tariffs; -expand deficits by trillions of dollars through tax cuts www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

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I figured that I make these as chaotically as I did when I was young

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Opinion | The last 80 years have brought unprecedented peace and prosperity to the US, Canada, and Western Europe. It's time that we ended it.

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My god

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AOC speaking to a thousand NYC federal workers and allies about the urgency of resisting Musk 🔥🔥🔥

submitted 3 days ago • 123 comments

incredible exchange, @marisakabas.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 334 comments

This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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They're going after the LGB too. We told you so. www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/18/k...

submitted 3 days ago • 70 comments

That’s how you write a headline, people.

submitted 3 days ago • 568 comments

Russia has the same favorables as Hamas. But Democrats are convinced talking about anything but cost of living is a dead end

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

Should I get these for someone whose life I want to ruin

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Millions more Americans signed up for taxpayer-funded health care coverage like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace during the Biden administration, but Republicans want to slash the $880 billion in funding first while they give tax breaks to the rich. apnews.com/article/medi...

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Just did this. Pass it on!

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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS. Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 4 days ago • 1013 comments

Facts

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Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle. One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”

submitted 4 days ago • 117 comments

Note to scriptwriters: the symbolism is getting too heavy-handed this season.

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Man, I don’t know that anything can stop this train other than a bonus army type situation.

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Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more. Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.

submitted 4 days ago • 80 comments

Seems clear to me that the Democrats' corporate donor class is DOGE curious. There's not much else that explains it.* (*The lack of institutional backbone or moral compass when faced with actual fascists)

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

Thank god we’re cutting waste and abuse

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Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Panama, and Gaza could not immediately be reached for comment

submitted 5 days ago • 1109 comments