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submitted 11 hours ago • 27 comments

Yes! Talk to somebody! Treat depression and suicidal thoughts and tendencies as medical emergencies. Also in the USA call 988, or Text HOME to 741741

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

submitted 1 day ago • 827 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 1 day ago • 579 comments

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

submitted 1 day ago • 1930 comments

HELL YEAH: In a masterful speech, the Democratic governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker announces not ONLY a balanced budget in his state but alludes to Donald Trump and Elon Musk as being “IDIOTS.” Let me know if you agree with him.

submitted 2 days ago • 316 comments

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

submitted 2 days ago • 537 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

I’m sure “DOGE” will be all over this.. truthout.org/articles/tes...

submitted 12 days ago • 510 comments

I found his on YouTube...though it's Post WWII...the message is eerily important in 2025.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

On this 1st day of #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s honor & remember all Black service members, from the Harlem Hellfighters of WWI, to the Tuskegee Airmen & the "6888th women" of WWII, & all those who fought and served before and after them.

submitted 20 days ago • 17 comments

Governor JB Pritzker signs order banning January 6 convicts from State Government Employment.

submitted 21 days ago • 622 comments

🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower

submitted 21 days ago • 1297 comments

Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence. He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials. It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.

submitted 22 days ago • 2359 comments

So we got a two hour long lecture today on achievement, merit and excellence from a one season reality show star and a drunk who bankrupted every organization he ever ran.

submitted 22 days ago • 30 comments

Cutting back federal employment is potentially a lot more dangerous than cutting back X/Twitter employment. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 31 comments

Meiselas: I’m speaking to the union worker who voted for Trump. Now your job is gone, your family is less safe, prices are higher, and your government aid is frozen. When you sit at the table with your family, what are you telling them?

submitted 22 days ago • 261 comments

Trump's New Transportation Secretary Voted Against FAA Funding in 2019 During his last term in Congress, Sean Duffy voted to defund the agency that provides air safety

submitted 22 days ago • 449 comments

Reporter: I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this crash? Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t

submitted 22 days ago • 751 comments

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

What she said…

submitted 27 days ago • 70 comments

Trump pardoned a child molester.

submitted 29 days ago • 437 comments

Here we go …

submitted 29 days ago • 5046 comments

We could have had Tim.

submitted 34 days ago • 569 comments