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Rep. Jayapal: "If you try to eliminate birthright citizenship, jail people for free speech, slash funding, use Cold War-era regulations to do mass deportations, then yeah. You're going to get nationwide injunctions. So maybe if you don't like the injunctions, stop doing the illegal stuff."

submitted 34 days ago • 77 comments

“In just 71 days, the president has inflicted so much harm on Americans’ safety; financial stability; the core foundations of our democracy. These are not normal times in America. And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.” - Sen Corey Booker states in a marathon speech.

submitted 34 days ago • 30 comments

Xiaofeng Wang, a longtime computer science professor at Indiana University, has disappeared along with his wife, and their profiles on the school's website were wiped ahead of recent FBI raids.

submitted 35 days ago • 137 comments

NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

submitted 34 days ago • 254 comments

NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.

submitted 34 days ago • 239 comments

With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.

submitted 34 days ago • 108 comments

NEW: GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then the company started expanding into deportation flights. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”

submitted 34 days ago • 56 comments

Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler. More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:

submitted 35 days ago • 650 comments

They meant “doing fraud waste and abuse” not “finding fraud, waste and abuse.” www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

submitted 34 days ago • 384 comments

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care. This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.

submitted 34 days ago • 140 comments

“We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly." - JP Morgan on Tesla. Oh dear 🤣

submitted 48 days ago • 13 comments

A highly relevant legal analysis about how courts can enforce contempt orders without relying on the executive branch. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

submitted 49 days ago • 264 comments

He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!

submitted 48 days ago • 1074 comments

We’ve just returned from the Leather Leadership Conference in Los Angeles, where I taught 2 classes - “Making Your Events Less Alcohol-Centric” and “Awesome Silent Auctions and How to Make Them.”

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The richest man on the planet attacks the poorest: USAID, a crucial humanitarian agency created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, was unexpectedly closed by Donald Trump, sparking concerns over the impact on global aid and U.S. national security interests.

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Pope Francis Criticizes Trump's Immigration Crackdown in Letter to US Bishops: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in an unusual open letter sent to...

submitted 83 days ago • 11 comments

For a quick sugar high to “own the libs,” the attempts to shutter USAID would do long term damage that couldn’t be reversed for a generation. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-case-f...

submitted 84 days ago • 569 comments

NEW: The New York Times has obtained a copy of a cable written to Sec. of State Marco Rubio from the US ambassador to Mozambique, Peter Vrooman, saying the severe cuts to USAID workers will lead to a "major vulnerability" in Africa. @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

submitted 86 days ago • 51 comments

Shutting down USAID is one of the worst decisions our government could make.

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Concerns spike over weak condition of latest 3 hostages released by Hamas: The frail condition of the latest three Israeli hostages released by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday as part of the fragile three-weeks-old ceasefire agreement has raised concerns. Hamas handed over Eli Sharabi,…

submitted 86 days ago • 5 comments

Fuck. 🗃️

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

The Senate’s phones were receiving 1,600 calls each minute, compared with the usual 40 calls per minute.

submitted 86 days ago • 45 comments

So when do we get to the point when legacy media all realizes that he really did intend to do all the crazy shit he said he was going to do during the campaign that they ignored or shrugged off because it was just Trump being Trump hyperbole?

submitted 86 days ago • 471 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Trump plan to place 2200 USAID employees on administrative leave and orders 500 USAID employees to be reinstated while this case continues. A big victory for @democracyforward.bsky.social! Follow @democracydocket.com for full details. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 86 days ago • 246 comments

I’m really looking forward to the Leather Leadership Conference, March 14-16 in Los Angeles. The first one I went to, years ago, taught me lessons in fundraising which I’ve never forgotten. This year I’m teaching 2 classes - Awesome Silent Auctions, and Making Your Events Less Alcohol Centric.

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

If you wanted to know how an autocracy would start in America, it begins by releasing violent thugs from prison who beat up police defending Congress, illegally firing every Inspector General, and seizing billions appropriated by Congress for people with no authority to do so.

submitted 96 days ago • 400 comments

Sigh. We tried to warn them.

submitted 106 days ago • 5529 comments

🤦🤦🤦

submitted 117 days ago • 307 comments

President Biden, offering unequivocal support for battling the California wildfires without threatening to withhold aid, and no lecture on raking the forest. I will miss President Biden's common sense and decency. 😔

submitted 116 days ago • 498 comments

400,000 Americans lost their lives to Covid because of Trump's incompetence. He's not changed one bit because of it. American lives and deaths mean nothing to him.

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Harry Truman was born in 1884.

submitted 117 days ago • 2083 comments

Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!

submitted 118 days ago • 1677 comments

I just saw a post on Facebook start with ‘Convicted Rapist Mark Zuckerberg….’ Let’s see how long this no fact checking lasts.

submitted 117 days ago • 1315 comments

My fellow LA folks—if you’re having trouble finding real time updates on evacuation areas, air quality, power outages, etc I recommend this app 👇👇👇 t.co/whLniD62Uz

submitted 117 days ago • 48 comments

My first thoughts this morning were of all the people being impacted by the California fires. For those fleeing, I know few things can be as jarring in life as leaving everything behind and…possibly even losing all of what you’ve left behind. You’re in my thoughts.

submitted 117 days ago • 84 comments

Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.

submitted 130 days ago • 73 comments

Impeach Thomas now!

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Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron, Senate Democrats revealed on Saturday after conducting a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.

submitted 135 days ago • 508 comments

#PresidentMusk #ElonMusk #Elmo #BalanceTheBudget #EnemyAlien

submitted 134 days ago • 4 comments

Donald Trump absolutely HATES the “President Musk” meme with a passion. Let’s keep spreading it.

submitted 134 days ago • 585 comments

I’m leaving today on a 16-day cruise to Hawaii and Mexico. Might not be posting for a while. I’m looking forward to doing a whole lot of nothing!

submitted 138 days ago • 1 comment

I'll push back on this though - I'm not sure it's playing dead as much as it is bewilderment. We spent ten years fighting Donald Trump at every turn and he trounced us. No one is offering any actionable plans to stop him because currently there are none. There are no levers to pull. No brakes left.

submitted 138 days ago • 15 comments

“Law and order!” No not like that. Not there. Not here. Don’t ask again.

submitted 138 days ago • 4 comments

After Fox co-workers told media he was often drinking or hungover while at work, Pete Hegseth challenged people to find a single clip showing him drinking on the job. We accepted the challenge.

submitted 138 days ago • 499 comments

#MorningVibe ‘No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.’ ♀️ Michelle Obama #ERANow

submitted 138 days ago • 146 comments