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Watch the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee tell what he calls "the real story" of how congress passed the TikTok ban so quickly. Turns out it had more to do with Israel than China. Full video here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/tiktok-ban...

submitted 6 days ago • 41 comments

This is just sheer brazen criminality by DOJ. Adams gets federal corruption charges dropped not because there isn’t overwhelming evidence, but because he agrees to help Homan round up migrants. And Homan says the charges will be refiled if Adams doesn’t “come through.”

submitted 9 days ago • 2713 comments

This says it all

submitted 11 days ago • 1639 comments

Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.

submitted 12 days ago • 569 comments

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

submitted 15 days ago • 587 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation on Friday that authorized $50 million in state funds intended to counter President Trump's agenda.

submitted 15 days ago • 76 comments

This would be disqualifying for a Democratic or Republican nominee in normal times. This Senate will probably find this to be a positive quality, though.

submitted 15 days ago • 117 comments

Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”

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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

submitted 22 days ago • 3628 comments

Bye, bitch.

submitted 45 days ago • 1211 comments

The @nytimes.com should hire whoever wrote this headline. Seriously!

submitted 44 days ago • 992 comments

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

submitted 45 days ago • 1263 comments

One of the points I made was in reference to “community notes”. Its being pitched as a new form of moderation. But the reality on X is that almost every time, Notes only show up to the people who volunteer to respond. They aren’t visible to everyone else. So they really don’t have an impact

submitted 45 days ago • 608 comments

When they obviously don’t look at your timeline. 🥴 I’d rather have root canal.

submitted 45 days ago • 632 comments

Actually. We don’t have all day to scroll through hate and more. That’s why we are here. If we want that shit, there are other sites that are only a click away, that have all anyone could want.

submitted 45 days ago • 381 comments

Nailed it.

submitted 45 days ago • 551 comments

24 hours. Trump said the war would be over 24 hours after he takes office, it will be “so easy” for him to do it, and “everyone will be happy.”

submitted 47 days ago • 396 comments

From @deadder.bsky.social in support of @anntelnaes.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

submitted 49 days ago • 318 comments

Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky

submitted 49 days ago • 1629 comments

JUST IN:—Congressman Ro Khanna calls to ban PAC donations, stock trading by Congress, and enforce term limits for lawmakers.

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this

submitted 57 days ago • 1709 comments

Sad but true.

submitted 61 days ago • 68 comments

A fair question.

submitted 60 days ago • 929 comments

“Where did my legs go?” Gaza toddlers got the polio vaccine, then an Israeli bomb took their legs.

submitted 62 days ago • 22 comments

I am constantly fighting for equity! As we are in our last week in DC, before the 119th Congress & we are in the final days of the Biden presidency, I’m hopeful that we can bring some semblance of justice to those currently incarcerated under crack cocaine disparities.

submitted 68 days ago • 30 comments

National data is hard to come by, but doctors say treatment increasingly is being delayed by demands for pre-authorization — or denied outright.

submitted 69 days ago • 84 comments

Israeli forces have bombed another UN-run school in southern Gaza, killing at least 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the building, witnesses told Al Jazeera. 🔗: aje.io/otnvl2

submitted 69 days ago • 35 comments

Israel announced on Sunday that it was closing its embassy in Dublin. The decision came days after Ireland announced that it would file an intervention in support of South Africa’s case against Israel in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

submitted 69 days ago • 104 comments

Make polio great again Well that’s a bit of hyperbole RFK jr lawyer “no really.”

submitted 72 days ago • 234 comments

Billionaire Peter Thiel, a backer of Elon Musk and Donald Trump and a known Yarvinist vampire, displayed palpable fear when questioned about the public's celebration of Luigi Mangione—a fan of Thiel and Musk—who assassinated an insurance CEO.

submitted 72 days ago • 737 comments

Man, I’ll tell you something. If Garland refuses to release the Jack Smith report based on that OLC memo about prosecuting sitting presidents, I’ll be on the fuck Garland train with all y’all. Promise.

submitted 72 days ago • 1357 comments

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

submitted 72 days ago • 964 comments

Dozens of reported drone sightings in the skies above New Jersey have concerned lawmakers and local officials and left them searching for answers. The FBI is “actively investigating” the sightings.

submitted 73 days ago • 53 comments

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional & permanent ceasefire in #GazaGenocide, which was adopted with 158 votes in favour & nine votes against with 13 abstentions. #Israel & its staunchest ally, the #US voting against the resolutions at the #UN

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

So no DEI initiatives but Walmart giving us some black ass commercials.

submitted 75 days ago • 15 comments

Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the UHC CEO, left a 4-star review of the Unabomber's manifesto: "When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution."

submitted 75 days ago • 271 comments

The collective net worth of America's richest 12 men is now over $2 TRILLION The BOTTOM 50% of Americans have a collective net worth of $3.82 TRILLION

submitted 76 days ago • 657 comments