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just taking tonight to really appreciate all these years of journalistic tut-tut-tutting about how over-the-top it was for anyone to focus on trump's affinity for russia and putin.

submitted 13 hours ago • 723 comments

“Musk's starlink satellites are raining out of orbit at a rate of 120 per month.” Each one produces “30 kilograms of aluminum oxide which eats away at the ozone layer and these oxides have increased 8 fold in the atmosphere since 2016.” #OpCanary #EndAutogenocide

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Schiff: Those are the comments of an ignoramus. Article Five has been invoked just once. It’s been invoked over Afghanistan—when we were attacked, and our NATO allies came to help defend us.

submitted 2 days ago • 401 comments

"It’s called neighborhood watch for a reason, Mom" 🤭 📽️ pupps.ig

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Trump on NATO: "If the United States was in trouble and we called them. We said, 'We got a problem, France.' Do you think they're gonna come and protect us? Hmm. They're supposed to. I'm not so sure." (Literally the only time NATO Article 5 was invoked was after 9/11 on behalf of the US.)

submitted 2 days ago • 1649 comments

An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

submitted 5 days ago • 880 comments

Who else needed this today? 🖤 🔊 sound up 🎥dindin.inparis

submitted 5 days ago • 109 comments

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

submitted 7 days ago • 3510 comments

Senator Marshall (R-KS) flees his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

Of course Speaker Mike Johnson is living in the $3.7 million DC home of an election-denying, policy-driving “evangelical pastor who has attacked the separation of church and state as ‘a delusional lie’ and called multinational institutions ‘demonic’”… www.propublica.org/article/mike...

submitted 7 days ago • 395 comments

As they grow more and more AI dependent, these people reveal how little they read. See also Bill Ackman, who is constantly demanding “investigations” over stuff that would be solved by reading to the seventh graf. Arrogant, lazy, stupid.

submitted 7 days ago • 82 comments

Here in Del Mar, one of our nation’s top passenger rail corridors is at risk. Beach erosion is eating away at the ground under the tracks. And it’s going to take support from every level of government to address it.

submitted 7 days ago • 161 comments

the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed on December 5, 1994, by Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Ukraine agreed to eliminate all nuclear weapons on its territory. In return, the signatories provided Ukraine with security assurances, including:

submitted 8 days ago • 33 comments

We have lost one of my favorite writers,Joesph Wambaugh. The Onion Field, The New Centerions and my favorite since I grew up on the border in San Diego Lines and Shadows were all compelling novels. Thank you Mr. Wambaugh and condolences to his family.

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We have lost one of the true giants of the screen. Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it. He could be everyone and no one, a towering presence or an everyday Joe. That’s how powerful an actor he was. He will be missed, but his work will live on forever.

submitted 10 days ago • 572 comments

Donald Trump's America is about getting what you want… if you’ve got billions to spend: Citizenship, for a few million. A tax cut for your corporation, if you've given a few million. Even U.S. military protection, if you’ll give up mineral rights worth a few billion. Anything for a buck.

submitted 11 days ago • 167 comments

Cats, though… 😂😂 🔊🔊 🎥mypet1012

submitted 11 days ago • 60 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 13 days ago • 580 comments

It’s Mikaela Shiffrins’ world now.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Keep scrolling if you’ve already watched a baby flamingo splashing his feet in the water today 🦩

submitted 17 days ago • 149 comments

“I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. “I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.”

submitted 17 days ago • 382 comments

Max dreams of becoming a pirate 🏴‍☠️ 🐾 🎥puppies_video

submitted 17 days ago • 52 comments

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 20 days ago • 133 comments

Take a break from your timeline, and watch these baby foxes frolicking in the snow ❄️ 🎥earthtreasures

submitted 20 days ago • 126 comments

This adorable pygmy marmoset is completely fascinated by an insect... and I'm completely fascinated watching them 🖤 📽️ "Tiny World"

submitted 25 days ago • 59 comments

NY AG Letitia James is a real hero to the American People. She successfully sued and blocked DOGE from Treasury data. Drop a 💙 and share if you think she is too!

submitted 27 days ago • 160 comments

NEW: Did Elon just create a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM to avoid Congressional and public oversight? We need to get more eyes on this so please share my latest (always free): www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...

submitted 27 days ago • 147 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

submitted 27 days ago • 408 comments

In Germany over 200,000 protestors in Munich gathered against the Musk backed far-right / neo-Nazi AfD ahead of the German election. Thousands chanted "Save Democracy" and "Oppose Nazis" #3E

submitted 27 days ago • 248 comments

Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.

submitted 27 days ago • 1329 comments

Hey folks, sorry for the extra late notice, but the weekly AMA will be tomorrow - today was a day. I just got a min to sit down

submitted 29 days ago • 127 comments

Again, is this how we practice law now? Cannot be.

submitted 31 days ago • 32 comments

I’m old enough to remember when y’all lost your minds over a blow job, but a traitor and his foreign born jumping-minion take a blow torch to our government and your response is “LFG”. So, is it just that you’re fucking stupid?

submitted 32 days ago • 688 comments

Remember when Trump called for "termination" of the Constitution in 2022? The New York Times played it on Page 13. Now that Trump's "termination" is happening, I wonder if the Times' editors have any regrets for years of normalization and "both sides" framing that comforted the would-be dictator.

submitted 33 days ago • 62 comments

Thank you @saturnawards.bsky.social for selecting me in Mike Flanagan's #TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher as "Best Guest Star In A TV Series" AND Chris Sanders' #TheWildRobot as "Best Animated Feature"!! 🙏 #MuchAppreciated ❤️

submitted 33 days ago • 494 comments

As we watch Bondi and Patel move towards confirmation, take a moment to reflect on what this means. One immediate fact is that we will see the use of the DOJ and FBI for political retribution. There is much we need to do to minimize the impact and protect the innocent.

submitted 38 days ago • 143 comments

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here at Bluesky for the follows and the conversations and the constructive, substantive interaction. It's a great forum, a great resource for circulating and talking about the news, and -- most of all -- a pleasure. I'm grateful!

submitted 37 days ago • 4118 comments

Costco, $COST, is raising pay for most of its hourly US workers to more than $30 an hour

submitted 37 days ago • 91 comments

This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.

submitted 37 days ago • 3439 comments