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Just cut federal cancer research & food for starving children.

submitted 22 hours ago • 749 comments

Check out Pat Bagley’s latest cartoon: Little Men https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2025/02/24/check-out-pat-bagleys-latest/

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“The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.”

submitted 22 hours ago • 133 comments

Republicans are pulling a reverse Robin Hood. The House could vote on its new budget resolution as soon as tomorrow. Call your rep to let them know how you feel about the GOP's plan to gut programs used by millions to fund tax cuts that will predominantly go to the richest Americans. (202) 224-3121

submitted 18 hours ago • 91 comments

The Utah Legislature has passed a bill that will ban fluoride from water statewide.

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

In the last few days, Elon has…

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Zelenskyy has shown the world what democracy means. Donald Trump is a convicted felon and a sexual pervert. These two men shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence.

submitted 2 days ago • 110 comments

Trump administration appointees running USAID have in recent days fired hundreds of employees who help manage responses to urgent humanitarian crises around the world, according to officials and recent employees.

submitted 2 days ago • 59 comments

A brief word today at the end of the fifth horrific week of Trump 2.0. We are witnessing the transformation of our democracy into a dictatorship (or, as Trump enjoyed promoting this week, a monarchy). https://robertreich.substack.com/p/from-democracy-to-dictatorship

submitted 2 days ago • 92 comments

So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

submitted 3 days ago • 162 comments

WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 3 days ago • 1286 comments

They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them. “Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation & prevent maternal & infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to work they left behind” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Don’t be a nice person…

submitted 3 days ago • 70 comments

I’m shocked.

submitted 3 days ago • 572 comments

Whenever you ponder how Trump could possibly be president, remember the old saying: “Don’t underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.“

submitted 3 days ago • 81 comments

A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

I’m with Joe Walsh on this one.

submitted 4 days ago • 145 comments

Without friends

submitted 5 days ago • 335 comments

Tump has done nothing that would not be on a Russian wish list: -Ukraine invaded Russia. Support Putin. -A de facto Russian agent head of Intelligence. -Kills USAID, the largest competitor against Russia for foreign influence -A drunk cutting defense budget. That's a few. It's a long list.

submitted 4 days ago • 42 comments

“So Elon Musk killed this program for disabled kids (illegally) because it included the word ‘transition.’ It helps them to transition from high school to work.” H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.

submitted 8 days ago • 354 comments

He’s doing a golf cart parade at his own club. What a pathetic jackass.

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It’s amazing how many Republican politicians, Fox hosts, & commentators have come out to strongly disagree with Trump’s statements about Ukraine while none of them even mentioned his name while doing so. Their level of fear and terror of Trump is something to watch.

submitted 4 days ago • 224 comments

This week, President Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine started the war against Russia, ordered federal agencies created by Congress to answer directly to him, and made himself the leader of a cultural institution. Our reporters sit down on “The Daily” to discuss how Trump is rewriting history.

submitted 4 days ago • 75 comments

Saw a version of this online and thought I’d spruce it up some.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Trump wants to gut Social Security but he just spent neatly $11 million in one month of our tax dollars to play golf. Trump is the Marie Antoinette of America--and we all know how that story ended. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

submitted 6 days ago • 101 comments

Congrats, America. We're now on Putin's side.

submitted 6 days ago • 4832 comments

THIS WEEK: Senate is expected to begin formal consideration of nomination of Kash Patel to be FBI Director Democrats on Senate Judiciary panel have made allegations that Patel is already helping direct a purge inside FBI ... ahead of confirmation

submitted 7 days ago • 56 comments

Destroying science, medical research, and universities is already well underway. We have heard from four different scientists in the last few days that they are actively calling colleagues abroad, asking about jobs.

submitted 8 days ago • 25 comments

Each year, more than 370 million people worldwide need oxygen as part of their medical care. But fewer than 1 in 3 receive it, a new report found. Access to safe and affordable medical oxygen is especially limited in low- and middle-income nations.

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

the rage I felt reading this as the parent of a disabled 14yo

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

Chuck Todd: "If we continue down the road of what appears to be American abandonment of Ukraine, it will go down as one of the biggest mistakes in history. I hope I’m wrong but appeasing a dictator never ends well for free people."

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Americans don’t agree on much, but nine in 10 endorse childhood vaccines, Caitlin Rivers writes. Emphasizing the popularity of the shots is not just about correcting the record — it’s key to protecting them.

submitted 9 days ago • 25 comments

Via reddit:

submitted 8 days ago • 397 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 8 days ago • 2288 comments

Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend. And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October. I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 8 days ago • 319 comments

I feel like I warned folks about this

submitted 9 days ago • 285 comments

NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.

submitted 10 days ago • 854 comments

If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 9 days ago • 201 comments

They fire hundreds of thousands of Americans, shut down cancer research, meds for HIV positive people around the world, nutrition for starving babies but 400 million for Musks Tesla contract. When Americans got pissed off they removed the word Tesla. But its taxpayers money for Musk’s company

submitted 10 days ago • 36 comments

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

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This:

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CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 11 days ago • 53 comments

House Republicans released a draft budget that aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. The programs impacted could include Medicaid, SNAP, and education programs. Why the cuts? To finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 10 days ago • 222 comments

The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022. The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion. Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.

submitted 10 days ago • 90 comments

after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

submitted 10 days ago • 1313 comments