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See, all it takes is a few people to say that their integrity as a public servant counts for more than the prestige of a job and a title.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Thinking about how to describe a cybertruck. It evinces a feeling analogous to seeing someone walk down the street with an automatic weapon. It’s a visual form of terror disguised as an automobile.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve always said this was a big key to Trump’s appeal: What perversely excites a lot of people is that he represents liberation from the tyranny of basic decency.

submitted 15 days ago • 98 comments

if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

submitted 20 days ago • 745 comments

Today, authorities in Dallas expect traffic and road closures due to a large protest against Trump's mass deportation policies www.wfaa.com/article/traf...

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

submitted 22 days ago • 215 comments

This is quite the thread!👀

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

There’s a national security crisis alongside an NFC Championship game, so I keep getting confused about who people are referring to when they say Washington.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

“…sparking criticism from crypto executives who say they undermine the industry’s credibility.” LOL

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Well put. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/will-the-f...

submitted 51 days ago • 4 comments

A funny aspect of the Elite Squadron marching with Mangione in lower Manhattan is that he was caught by a McDonald’s employee and an Altoona cop.

submitted 66 days ago • 29 comments

I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read. www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...

submitted 72 days ago • 281 comments

This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...

submitted 80 days ago • 407 comments

I’m all for recalibrating, but after Trump lost the 2020 election, he didn’t move to the middle or change at all, and he won in 2024.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Can’t wait to hear the “Trump lost me when…” takes in a couple of years.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Truman won reelection in 1948 following the post-WWII inflation wave (which was worse than what we just went through) by campaigning against a do-nothing GOP Congress.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

It’s true that 15 million might get deported, but at least we’ll put an end to the cancellations.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Realizing now that the 2028 Olympics opening ceremony in LA might not look like 2024’s.

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

Whoever is doing this has figured out how to target Black students specifically, which is terrifying. thecrimsonwhite.com/117349/news/...

submitted 108 days ago • 16 comments

Much of the mainstream press has insisted presenting 2024 like any other election. And when anyone dares to point out that it really could usher in the rise of a fascist authoritarian regime—the smart, “objective” and “rational” people mock and scorn. www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...

submitted 114 days ago • 6 comments