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Trump is surrendering America. Trump is the opposite of strong. He is a tiny, weak, small, scared, trembling, sissy, husk of a man. There is nothing manly about his fat, sweaty, smelly, gross, makeup'ed self An absolute joke

submitted 4 days ago • 1334 comments

NEW: The director of data science and engineering for what is now known as the US DOGE Service has resigned. "If DOGE truly was concerned with efficiency, they wouldn’t have fired experts in procurement," she writes, "who prevent waste up front." This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

👋 More of the kind of leadership this moment requires, please. Proud of the local Indivisibles in NJ stepping forward this week and every week!

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

This is from my friend Joanna, who is one of the world’s foremost experts in AI.

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 9 days ago • 2698 comments

The Trump Administration has done more damage to the United States, our institutions, our interests, our standing in the world, the world order we have fought and sacrificed for a century to establish in the past four weeks than all the enemies of the US managed to inflict during the past 250 years.

submitted 10 days ago • 28 comments

Dear Global Friends, We know how you feel. We get it. We don’t recognize these people holding power either. We don’t recognize them as legitimate expressions of our values or principles as Americans. Thank you for voicing your disapproval and opposition. Signed, A concerned American

submitted 9 days ago • 106 comments

One of the greatest Americans in our history, always worth reflecting on his wisdom. For example: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

INCOMPETENCE OF NUCLEAR PROPORTIONS Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.

submitted 9 days ago • 754 comments

This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in. Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.

submitted 10 days ago • 1535 comments

Reporters take note: The press release stipulates that "Navigators only enrolled 92,000 consumers," but completely omits any reference to the 292,000 people Navigators enrolled into Medicaid and the 112,000 people referred to other insurance providers. Their math doesn't math.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I could not have navigated the system without them. And I have a PhD.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Hmmmmm….it’s almost as if conservatives have been lying about what the Department of Education does! Source: bit.ly/4hyjEP2 BTW I find this free email newsletter linked above to be very easy to digest and handy.

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

News: I can confirm that the Charlotte Hornets’ ownership group is backing — and is involved with — the bid submitted by the Berman Family for a #WNBA expansion team. Indeed, there is a legitimate effort to revive the #Sting. Details here: www.wunc.org/sports/2025-...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

New tonight: Two lawsuits against the Trump administration -- - to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being dismantled: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us... - to stop Elon Musk's DOGE from getting CFPB employee info: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge in D.C. blocks Musk from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and records. More to come. Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

submitted 18 days ago • 197 comments

If you work for the federal government and have information about what’s going on at your agency, please contact me via Signal at juddlegum.47 or use the QR Code below. I will maintain your anonymity.

submitted 19 days ago • 26 comments

1. Yesterday, the Trump admin released a contract laying out more details of the "deferred resignation" offer they are using to encourage federal employees to resign. The deal is MUCH WORSE than it seemed Anyone who signs this contract agrees to resign and gets NOTHING guaranteed in return

submitted 19 days ago • 46 comments

Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.

submitted 19 days ago • 525 comments

'Deranged' and 'problematic': Bipartisan lawmakers bash Trump's Gaza proposal. 'Deranged' and 'problematic': Bipartisan lawmakers bash Trump's Gaza proposal www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

submitted 19 days ago • 500 comments

We were just told that they won’t let us in. They are denying entry to 2 dozen members of Congress. Elon Musk has all our private information & we have no idea what he’s doing with it. This is happening completely behind closed doors. HELL NO. It’s illegal. We demand oversight!

submitted 20 days ago • 1591 comments

Here's something Dems can consider doing right now: Band together and tell Trump and the GOP that they will not get a single vote for any legislation or nominee until he ends Elon Musk's illegal mission to gut our government. My exchange w/Rep Don Beyer on this: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

submitted 20 days ago • 200 comments

Let me get this straight. Sen. Thom Tillis says Elon Musk’s actions are unconstitutional and “runs afoul of the Constitution,” then says: “Nobody should bellyache about it”?! Anybody else have a bellyache about Musk taking over our government? ✋ bit.ly/3Q8B096

submitted 20 days ago • 35 comments

Kash Patel is unfit. Call your Senator, urge them to vote no.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

submitted 21 days ago • 2171 comments

Had a great turnout calling on Thom Tillis to stand up for North Carolinians, thank you for the tools @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social! We had 3 local media outlets join us, will post links when stories are up.

submitted 21 days ago • 18 comments

People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

submitted 21 days ago • 383 comments

Thanks to the 50,000 people who skipped the first hour of the Grammys to join us tonight! I hope our toolkit helps with in-person actions around the country this week, but this is mostly up to you. Please send pics/video of your visits so we can help elevate! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 21 days ago • 26 comments

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submitted 22 days ago • 1236 comments

@democrats.org take note and do more.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Canada and Mexico, We’re so, so sorry. — Sane America

submitted 22 days ago • 1553 comments

Marco Rubio is visiting Panama this weekend to try to annex the Panama Canal. Panama is currently bracing for an American invasion and is warning there could be mass casualties. The U.S. is acting like Russia when it invaded Ukraine—and is making the world less safe in the process.

submitted 23 days ago • 744 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 25 days ago • 449 comments

Elon Musk cut the staff of Twitter from about 8k employees to about 2k. The crash at Reagan National—w/o adequate numbers of controllers tragically illustrates that the stupid thinking of the Trump-Musk regime to “fix things” by cutting civil servants is a dangerously wrong path for our country.

submitted 25 days ago • 97 comments

Kash Patel is a liar. Not surprising considering the administration.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

submitted 25 days ago • 2442 comments

Credit to Thom Tillis for knowing the right thing to do. Shame on him for being too weak to do it. Not only does our country suffer, but so does a woman who was courageous enough to speak out.

submitted 27 days ago • 25 comments

The future was way cooler when it looked like this.

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

NEW: Democracy Forward and two federal employees unions file the third lawsuit against Trump's Schedule F executive order, which seeks to strip federal employees of civil service protections.

submitted 26 days ago • 26 comments

Trump's picks don't understand BASIC differences between large government programs.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

@ticketmaster.com Is AWFUL. In "line" for @nin.com tickets since the sale opened, but somehow there are already (gouged) resale tickets on stub hub? I miss when @treznor.bsky.social did fan ticket sales.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

In the first week of the Trump 2.0, Democrats have been divided, disoriented - and largely silent. They seem to be waiting for all the answers and the right message to speak up. That's a mistake. Here are some thoughts on how they can start fighting back ASAP. www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-democr...

submitted 26 days ago • 22 comments

This sudden freeze in federal funding is so sweeping that it could cause widespread harm across our state—delaying disaster recovery, undercutting law enforcement, and affecting children and veterans. It violates constitutional power over federal spending, and I’m taking legal action to stop it.

submitted 27 days ago • 132 comments

Trump lies people die.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Democrats warned that Trump would enact his dangerous Project 2025 agenda. Now, he's doing just that. By trying to freeze federal funding, Republicans risk raising costs and stopping critical services. Democrats are looking into every option to stop the Republican chaos.

submitted 27 days ago • 58 comments

Wherever you live in North Carolina, Trump’s action matters. Hundreds of water systems in the state were found to have elevated levels of PFAS in 2024. It’s estimated that nearly half of the nation’s tap water has PFAS in it. cardinalpine.com/2025/01/28/t...

submitted 27 days ago • 18 comments

did america vote to stop suicide prevention efforts for veterans?

submitted 27 days ago • 686 comments