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These takes are always framed as if they’re just trying to be reasonable but when you read the comments, you realise how intellectually dishonest they’re being. They want you to normalise their intolerance and expect coverage from a social contract they want to eradicate for anyone but themselves.

submitted 16 hours ago • 11 comments

BREAKING: A federal judge has just blocked the Department of Education and OPM from sharing sensitive data with DOGE. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 11 hours ago • 72 comments

This is so disturbing. A woman was violently attacked by Republicans at a town hall in Idaho because she had the nerve to speak up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-y1...

submitted 23 hours ago • 202 comments

BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

submitted 1 day ago • 545 comments

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left at even higher rates.

submitted 15 hours ago • 446 comments

The term for the day is public diplomacy -- what Trump and Musk are setting the DOGE wrecking ball against. Are they ignorant or coordinating to destroy our reputation overseas? I think ignorance is giving them too much credit. I see it as malice. uscpublicdiplomacy.org/page/what-is...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

There are a few places in this country that serve as testing grounds for conservative tactics, places where you can see the future before it arrives elsewhere. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone

submitted 1 day ago • 68 comments

Wow…I had to double, triple check to make sure this tweet from Senator Smith was real. Rare to see a US Senator tweet like this. Not complaining, just surprising.

submitted 1 day ago • 163 comments

New — State Department employees have been instructed not to reply to OPM’s 5 bullet email, per an email I reviewed, saying leadership “will respond on behalf of the Department.”

submitted 1 day ago • 117 comments

we are standing right next to you, Canada, booing louder and louder! thank you neighbor! 💙

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

I kid you not 🦋🇺🇦🦋🇺🇦🦋 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

submitted 1 day ago • 62 comments

Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language. The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now. Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI. This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.

submitted 2 days ago • 56 comments

Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

submitted 2 days ago • 124 comments

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

submitted 2 days ago • 301 comments

Oops

submitted 1 day ago • 111 comments

By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine

submitted 2 days ago • 289 comments

Georgia keeps fighting and it must not be overlooked: On February 21 alone, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs imposed a staggering 750,000 GEL (270,000 USD) in fines against peaceful protesters in Tbilisi. Video: Giorgi Burjanadze

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

This seems like a phisher's dream. Announcing that a government email is about to go out and that recipients are required to respond to it seems like the kind of thing cybercriminals would love to spoof in order to infect workers or trick them into revealing their login credentials.

submitted 2 days ago • 48 comments

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

submitted 2 days ago • 663 comments

If you have elected Republicans, ask them if they’ve figured out yet that Musk WANTS them to be getting screamed at by constituents every time they appear in public… he wants THEM demoralized into quitting too, so he can fund hand picked DOGE kids to run for their seats.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 3 days ago • 989 comments

NEW: A federal judge blocked Trump’s effort to stop funding grants and contracts that have DEI components, saying it is likely viewpoint discrimination and worded so vaguely that it will chill free speech. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 3 days ago • 20 comments

me rolling out of the target parking lot after my tax return hits

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

submitted 3 days ago • 1561 comments

We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

submitted 4 days ago • 589 comments

It's extra wild considering that Mogensen was a pilot on SpaceX's Crew-7 mission

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

submitted 4 days ago • 289 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 5 days ago • 2374 comments

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.

submitted 5 days ago • 3315 comments

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

submitted 4 days ago • 2877 comments

As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

submitted 4 days ago • 179 comments

Mugger (pointing gun at my friend): Give me your wallet Me (helpfully): Calm down he's just trolling

submitted 5 days ago • 55 comments

BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.

submitted 5 days ago • 534 comments

BREAKING: Nonprofits sue over Trump's anti-diversity, anti-trans executive orders, alleging they violate the First Amendment & equal protection guarantees, are void for vagueness, exceed the president's authority, & violate the Administrative Procedure Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

That Trump is now calling Pres. Zelensky a “dictator” and it talked the U.S. into spending $350 billion (a lie) for a war Ukraine started (another disgusting lie) should remind you the White House occupant is mentally deranged and must be opposed at all times.

submitted 5 days ago • 199 comments

I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

submitted 5 days ago • 521 comments

Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

submitted 7 days ago • 225 comments

Umberto Eco put together a now-famous list of 14 attributes of fascistic states. I'm going to discuss each of them in hopes this helps ppl understand that fascism is not just a buzzword. We're going to go through these by theme, so strap in. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 60 comments

Colleagues, please stop this kind of reporting. It’s as offensive as “Who would be the local governor in Russian-ruled Ukraine?”

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

🚨 SCOOP 🚨 The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.

submitted 7 days ago • 123 comments

“As trans people and experts on authoritarianism such as myself knew all along, the culture-warring attacks on our rights were not a distraction, but a key pillar of America’s fascist movement”

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Michael Steele brings it 👇👇👇👇👇

submitted 7 days ago • 27 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 8 days ago • 2239 comments

Captures it perfectly.

submitted 8 days ago • 459 comments