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submitted 8 days ago • 607 comments

Dictator Donald's DOJ tried to stash a U.S. resident in a foreign prison with no trial, no evidence, and no shame. A Reagan judge called it a slap in the face to liberty itself. This isn’t law and order—it’s authoritarian thuggery wrapped in a rotting flag. www.salon.com/2025/0...?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything, Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT. ~ All of Us

submitted 8 days ago • 911 comments

Dictator Donald and Musk are gutting Social Security with the precision of grave robbers; they're purging staff, erasing legal immigrants from existence, and setting the agency up to fail so they can loot its $2.7T surplus. It's fascism with a spreadsheet; digital murder dressed as reform. 1/2

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

America's billionaires have gotten $3.6 TRILLION richer since Trump's first tax scam. They're now worth a record $6.5 TRILLION—and Trump wants to give them even more tax breaks. If trickle-down worked, the rest of us wouldn't be struggling to afford groceries right now.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

I heart @brooke — telling a suicide bomber who blew up the economy due for no reason that he is brilliant is peak beta chode for Ackman.

submitted 17 days ago • 1057 comments

submitted 17 days ago • 134 comments

Cutting phone services for Social Security is a benefit cut. Making 6 million seniors drive 45 miles for in-person service is a benefit cut. And every penny of the "savings" from DOGE's attack on Social Security will go straight to tax breaks for the wealthy. It's a scam.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

So we can't provide healthcare because we're "broke." We can't guarantee Social Security because we're "broke." We can't fund education because we're "broke." But we have $1 TRILLION for the Pentagon and $5 TRILLION for tax breaks that mostly go to the rich? Give me a break.

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

Give me it. ❤️

submitted 26 days ago • 384 comments

Trump’s plan to brief Musk on China is a reminder that Trump has done hundreds of things that would ruin any other politician. But they haven't ruined Trump. Why? My only logical explanation is that his message of racism and sexism is so appealing to some people that it overrules everything else.

submitted 36 days ago • 48 comments

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is trying to single handedly save Russia from certain collapse

submitted 68 days ago • 690 comments

🚨🚨🚨 Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday. www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/a...

submitted 68 days ago • 85 comments

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 68 days ago • 133 comments

Our media system is a classic example of “you are what you eat.” It sucks because WE suck. We are politically cultured to love our rights but also to ignore our responsibilities for self government. Our media is a reflection of the unserious people it serves.

submitted 67 days ago • 12 comments

Some pictures from today’s protest outside the U.S. Capitol. 💙

submitted 67 days ago • 108 comments

My greatest concern is that people in Democratic base will start peeling off because they don't see Democratic leaders fighting against the Trump agenda in ONE LOUD VOICE. Yes they are some great fighters but what is missing is a unified, VISIBLE strategy.

submitted 69 days ago • 61 comments

Listen, you may want to save Medicaid, an essential lifeline to 80 million Americans. But verily I say to you, wouldn't you rather give the richest dork ever to live massive tax cuts & billions in subsidies while buyng a bunch of his shitty trucks that even his fans don't want?

submitted 72 days ago • 7 comments

As I read HCR this morning I can only say that Trump is a Domestic Enemy and should be impeached for his actions. He has violated his Oath of Office repeatedly. Also there is no harm in shutting down the government since thanks to Muskrat there’s nothing left to shutdown anyway.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s looking at YOU — JFC

submitted 81 days ago • 11 comments

So much for those “manly” republicans.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Second shoe drops 2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge. This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members) Privacy rights - public release of names Administrative Procedure Act First Amendment - for retaliation Due Process storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 81 days ago • 246 comments

He needs to go. We need someone with balls to run the senate

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Betty Boop — a whitewashed cartoon character, was inspired by Esther Jones, a Black jazz singer affectionately known as "Baby Esther." Her youthful voice and distinctive "Boop-oop-a-doo" scat singing style significantly shaped the cartoon character. 👇🏾📚

submitted 83 days ago • 7 comments

NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.

submitted 84 days ago • 377 comments

Missouri Republicans are planning to overturn the will of the voters. We passed a constitutional amendment to legalize abortion — they plan to pass restrictions effectively re-banning it. I will be in Jeff City this Tuesday to testify against HJR 54. Join me. secure.everyaction.com/zW_Z_RTOL0Ci...

submitted 83 days ago • 63 comments

On Ayman's show last night I also stated that since I'm from New Jersey I have to speak bluntly: "Donald Trump is a scumbag." The stakes are too high for timidity. We need to call Trump what he is.

submitted 83 days ago • 5 comments

This raises another important question: why are Democrats not screaming from the rooftops about the impact of billionaire fat-cat Musk having access to social security numbers and financial records for everyone in the US will be - the corruption/lawlessness is profound and unprecedented.

submitted 83 days ago • 20 comments

"The free speech crisis hiding in plain sight isn’t about whether individuals can ever criticize powerful figures — it’s about whether institutions can withstand the pressure to self-censor in the face of legal and political intimidation..." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 86 days ago • 270 comments

It's amazing how badly most congressional Democrats are misreading the mood of their base. On the bright side, if you're ever considered running for Congress, the 2026 Democratic Party primaries are going to be a prime moment for "throw the old guard out" insurgents.

submitted 85 days ago • 291 comments

Disqualifying.

submitted 85 days ago • 44 comments

Kaine: "He let Musk force the resignation of the FAA administrator. He disbanded an aviation safety committee... he's got an OMB director who's pushing a hiring freeze & saying 'I want to traumatize the federal workforce'"... he's got an anti-safety agenda..that's why he went the race-baiting route"

submitted 85 days ago • 433 comments

Gov JB Pritzker (R-IL) signs order prohibiting Jan 6 rioters from state employment in Illinois: “I hereby direct CMS to apply the State Personnel Code and consider any participation in the January 6 insurrection as infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State”

submitted 85 days ago • 672 comments

We’re 12 days in. After promising to lower prices, Trump’s tariffs will raise prices on gas, avocados, tomatoes, cars and more by at least 25% starting tomorrow. When Canada and Mexico are hit with tariffs, it raises prices for us, not them.

submitted 85 days ago • 8 comments

"We know that draining taxpayer money into private religious schools has been the goal of Christian Nationalism for decades, but we are seeing the policies put into place to accomplish the goal." Doublespeak by Jess Piper open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

submitted 85 days ago • 8 comments

Let’s sort this out now: Anyone who attacks DEI as a bad thing is a racist who just won’t say it out loud. Period.

submitted 86 days ago • 74 comments

Same for you @whitehouse.senate.gov. You might as well put your reputation in a blender with chicks and mice.

submitted 86 days ago • 5 comments

MAGA won't give a shit about Trump destroying America until they are personally affected.

submitted 86 days ago • 54 comments

Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc. Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.

submitted 86 days ago • 69 comments