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It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 7 days ago • 538 comments

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

submitted 9 days ago • 1781 comments

I now demand of you to speak out

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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole

submitted 14 days ago • 339 comments

Every Republican in the Senate just voted to confirm Russell Vought. We’re going to hold them accountable for every piece of the Project 2025 agenda he implements and all the harm it causes to the families they’re supposed to represent.

submitted 15 days ago • 277 comments

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

submitted 16 days ago • 1214 comments

Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).

submitted 17 days ago • 291 comments

In this Ohio diner, inflation is why you wear extra large pants to a tailgate. But they do know this: Paying higher prices on everything is a fair tradeoff for getting a bunch of new laws that target the one trans kid in town.

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

submitted 20 days ago • 832 comments

Exactly this.

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It's a coup: "Elon Musk said his 'DOGE team' of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department."

submitted 19 days ago • 79 comments

Things I never want to hear again from anyone in power (congress & media) A list (sure to be incomplete) -history will judge them -every accusation is a confession -they’re not smart enough/they’re too dumb/they’re stupid -this (whatever it is) ‘appears to be’ illegal

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1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 20 days ago • 106 comments

Yes. Former Treasury and OMB officials explained to me in detail what sort of power Elon Musk has now been granted. They described it as akin to having his hands on a series of spigots that he can now turn on and off: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

submitted 20 days ago • 90 comments

OPINION: "People from most declining democracies and republics throughout history must have felt something similar. I’ve read letters from pre-WWII Germans who moved from 'we’re worried' to 'we’re scared,'" Kimberly Griffin writes. https://buff.ly/3EcUw1B

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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

submitted 21 days ago • 4939 comments

Good read from @marisakabas.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 22 days ago • 1830 comments

This is a national emergency:

submitted 21 days ago • 2194 comments

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

submitted 22 days ago • 94 comments

Elon musk who is not elected and not a citizen and is a Nazi now has complete control of government spending. Which in case you forgot is OUR $$. Not his. Not theirs. It’s yours but sure eggs…

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.

submitted 21 days ago • 387 comments

They want people to die. There’s no other explanation for this.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

submitted 22 days ago • 280 comments

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.

submitted 22 days ago • 603 comments

Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/

submitted 22 days ago • 128 comments