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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

submitted 11 hours ago • 1290 comments

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

submitted 2 days ago • 1865 comments

“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

submitted 8 days ago • 606 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 9 days ago • 2270 comments

The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words "America’s astonishing act of self-harm" on.ft.com/3YjtOLV

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Trump playbook: Announce tariffs The stock market plummets. Billionaires buy stocks at a fraction of the cost. Rollback tariffs. Stock market rebounds. Billionaires' financial portfolios increase expeditiously at the expense of everyday Americans. Keep voting for Republicans you dumb fucks.

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

submitted 17 days ago • 1427 comments

It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.

submitted 17 days ago • 917 comments

Thank you, Sen. Booker @corybooker.com 👏🏼 May this be the beginning of a strong, vocal, and relentless insistence by our elected officials to retake and restore our country. Everything is at stake here; keep your voice & passion strong. 🔥🔥🔥

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submitted 21 days ago • 398 comments

I feel like this tweet did not get enough attention this week

submitted 21 days ago • 1482 comments

exactly House is in recess until 6:30 P.M. As soon they are back in session, House Democrats should be filing impeachment resolutions against Hegseth, Waltz, Rubio, Vance and the others who broke the law and put our national security at risk not a lot to ask given the gravity

submitted 25 days ago • 27 comments

Reminder: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Seuss, was the chief editorial cartoonist for a New York newspaper during the Second World War. Drawn over 80 years ago, yet still is relevant today.

submitted 35 days ago • 60 comments

these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

submitted 34 days ago • 2903 comments

Breonna Taylor. Beautiful girl, you should still be here.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness. Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.

submitted 36 days ago • 792 comments

These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR: Elissa Slotkin (MI) Gary Peters (MI) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Maggie Hassan (NH) Jon Ossoff (GA) John Hickenlooper (CO) Michael Bennett (CO) Mark Kelly (AZ) Peter Welch (VT) Mark Warner (VA) Time Kaine (VA) Call (202) 224-3121

submitted 37 days ago • 992 comments

BREAKING -- Elon Musk is donating another $100 MILLION to Trump THAT is why Trump did the Tesla publicity stunt for Musk The whole thing is a CORRUPT quid pro quo Trump is 100% for sale to the highest bidder -- and right now that bidder is Musk

submitted 37 days ago • 209 comments

If you were really looking for fraud at SSA, you wouldn’t need write access. You WOULD need write access if you wanted to CREATE fraud where none existed as a pretext to shut down Social Security.

submitted 40 days ago • 316 comments

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster. Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

submitted 42 days ago • 2517 comments

I keep seeing people saying he’s backing down when what I’m seeing is a man manipulating the stock market for his cronies.

submitted 44 days ago • 42 comments

Joe Gallina: If you could tell Donald Trump anything tonight, what would you tell him? Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Grow a spine and stop being Putin’s hoe.

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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

submitted 47 days ago • 1312 comments

💙💛

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

You can either support the United States of America and our democracy, or you can support trump. You cannot do both.

submitted 49 days ago • 400 comments

Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"

submitted 54 days ago • 213 comments