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What a bunch of dunces.

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As we know, infectious disease isn't stopped by geopolitical borders. Ensuring the world is better protected from the next pandemic is in the US' best interests.

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When you invest $1 on average in a federal employee, the return is $8 back. If you invest in an auditor that does the complex audits, the return is $12 back. As it says in the article: "Federal employees are an efficient way of doing business." www.salon.com/2025/04/20/m...

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Been saying this for a while now. White dudes and the federalist society have been the biggest beneficiaries of diverse viewpoints for decades. Hegseth is a dolt, RFKjr is maliciously dangerous. Neither would have gone far but for their appeal to fragile egos and last name, respectively.

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This era of mass grift—driven by one of the most corrupt administrations in American history—isn’t just a crisis. It’s a massive opportunity for the Democratic Party to lead an unapologetic, system-wide anti-corruption campaign.

submitted 11 days ago • 687 comments

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

submitted 13 days ago • 2270 comments

Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

submitted 13 days ago • 231 comments

If the agent of an embittered KGB officer somehow won the US presidency and entered into the office bent on destroying the USA in its national influence, network of alliances, and the American people’s quality of life, what would he be doing differently?

submitted 14 days ago • 614 comments

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

submitted 16 days ago • 154 comments

Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 15 days ago • 64 comments

The government is slashing public health jobs, gutting vaccine programs, and fueling a measles comeback. This is not reform—it’s sabotage. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

submitted 15 days ago • 855 comments

Attn: Trump stated, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!” Many have interpreted this as an indication that he or his allies are using knowledge of tariffs for personal financial gain. This raises serious concerns about insider trading and market manipulation.

submitted 15 days ago • 374 comments

One of the most important things progressives can do is reclaim patriotism. Our country was born of the idea that all people are created equal, that they have rights which cannot be taken away, and that life should be accompanied by liberty and happiness. Progressive ideals all.

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When Trump imposed tariffs during his first term, companies who contributed to Republicans were more likely to be granted tariff exemptions. Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars — working class Americans will. It's crony capitalism at its worst.

submitted 17 days ago • 87 comments

This seems like a bad idea

submitted 17 days ago • 441 comments

'they are stealing from you'/anti-corruption needs to be the 'kitchen table issues' of 2025-2028

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:

submitted 18 days ago • 61 comments

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

submitted 19 days ago • 1035 comments

Perfect example of the media failure. Focus on what polls say people think about the economy, and what they think about Trump and Harris on the economy. Not how the economy is actually doing, or what Trump and Harris's plans would do. Repeating polls is "neutral." Informing the public is "biased."

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

I am a PhD Economist, there is no theory about how Trump Tax could plausibly be good for US: it will make US poorer with more uncertainty, no doubt. Dude started a trade-war with an island full of penguins, time to admit he is just an old confused corrupt imbecile who will ruin US, if not stopped.

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 20 days ago • 959 comments

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

submitted 20 days ago • 2142 comments

lol every single one of these agreements explicitly says both - will not do dei - will be required to do dei specifically for republicans

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every day they don't allow unanimous consent for a U.S. Attorney is another day that a career civil servant, rather than a political appointee, is serving as a USA every day they deny unanimous consent for an ambassador is another day a career foreign service officer represents us overseas etc

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

submitted 21 days ago • 1024 comments

"Don't Be a Sucker" by the US War Department (1947) The film follows a young American, drawn in by a speaker promising an end to jobs for minorities and removing foreigners. He encounters a Hungarian professor who explains this is how Nazis grab power for themselves. archive.org/details/Dont...

submitted 25 days ago • 10 comments