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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1063 comments

I don't understand why we can't petition to remove. Or file restraining orders. I truly believe we could get somewhere with those.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

I forget when I heard it, probably 3 years ago... "The Republican party is acting like a party that doesn't have to fairly win elections again." With the actions of late, this quote haunts me.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 852 comments

This is my favorite thing in the entire world today. I want more Michael Steele level of outrage from every one with a microphone. Because IS HE WRONG?! By all accounts it really doesn't seem so!

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

🔥 “Wake the hell up.” Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info

submitted 7 days ago • 335 comments

Epiphany today. Part of my doom scrolling is seeing if my conservative family has caught up yet. But they haven't. And I know they probably won't-not anytime soon anyway.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Let's keep saying the quiet part out loud.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

A point to consider.

submitted 6 days ago • 1263 comments

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

submitted 7 days ago • 6496 comments

We are nearing a precipice.

submitted 6 days ago • 2077 comments

I find it very fascinating that there is one demographic in particular that consistently unites around the hatred and the destruction of other groups.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Yesterday, Democracy Docket published its new tracker of the 42 most important Trump accountability lawsuits related to democracy. Sign-up now to stay informed. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 7 days ago • 96 comments

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

submitted 7 days ago • 1696 comments

BEST thing Ive listened to all week was from @podsaveamerica.crooked.com "How the right took over the media" and the discussion between Dan & Ben about how we've consumed news in the last 30 yrs. It's led to fissure in this collective reality we all have and that includes our govt reps. Interesting!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

can someone smarter than I am explain in small words how dumping hundreds of thousands of newly unemployed federal workers into the job market all at once won’t absolutely wreck the economy

submitted 8 days ago • 171 comments

Just saw a post screenshotting this & saying they’d unfollowed me over it. Some Dems are responding well, but some aren’t and the base is clearly mad about it. There will be primary challenges, and just like AOC in 2018, a few of them will be successful. So … sorry for saying that out loud?

submitted 9 days ago • 987 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 716 comments

Proud of prosecutors in SDNY and Washington who resigned rather than carry out DAG Emil Bove’s order to dismiss indictment against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Integrity > politics and careerism.

submitted 8 days ago • 384 comments

I'm so old, I remember when Republicans used to pretend to give a shit about the Constitution

submitted 11 days ago • 160 comments

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

submitted 10 days ago • 266 comments

Why is DOGE cutting funding, closing departments and implementing layoffs? At least 11 federal agencies targeted by the Trump-Musk firings and cuts have more than 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints or enforcement actions into Mr. Musk’s six companies” per The NY Times

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

We’re done here. Right?

submitted 11 days ago • 3519 comments

Great point.

submitted 12 days ago • 1225 comments

I've been cutting my ties to Google and tamping down on privacy settings, but they are not to be trusted under any circumstances. Get out of as much as you can. If you've been using big tech services to organize and keep info, stop now, because that's extremely stupid and now you know better.

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

no shut up this doom won’t scroll itself

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.

submitted 13 days ago • 1234 comments

what we need around here are more dragons

submitted 14 days ago • 126 comments

Many are asking: “What can I do now?” Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do

submitted 14 days ago • 460 comments

Happened to watch 10 minutes of CNN this morning for the 1st time in yrs. This is how we are where we are. "Journalists" normalizing Trump's behavior is abhorrent. Pointing out positivity in Musk's actions and laughing about it? That shit has gotten people killed and will continue to kill people.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I think this moment in time is a great example at how white collar crimes are not as criminalized as other crimes. Obviously theft of great magnitude and consequence has occurred. Where are the handcuffs? If Musk/Muskrats had been driving drunk? Handcuffs.

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submitted 15 days ago • 74 comments

I hear people say Trump is dismantling our democracy and no one is stopping him. Not so! Lawyers are the super heroes, with lawsuits and judges standing up for the rule of law. Check out the litigation tracker in justsecurity.org.

submitted 15 days ago • 173 comments

GM Bluesky, There are news organizations out there reporting the truth. The Guardian is my current go-to for info along with BBC, TPM, and Meidas Touch. Protect your peace, stay informed, and keep that jaw relaxed. ✌️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 15 days ago • 140 comments

Some days I just can't fathom how some people got to "yeah! Burn down the government! We know they've been spending too much for too long! Trump and Musk will fix it for us!" Like- what was that messaging? How did it resonate? How does it deflect every fact ever? #helpmeunderstand

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”

submitted 16 days ago • 669 comments

this is the type of question you’d expect from an aged uncle, not a henchman mucking around in the code that runs the US govt

submitted 16 days ago • 30 comments

This video is worth watching. It actually puts in perspective what's happening, and it's a lot more terrifying than we could imagine. youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

So Justin Trudeau is now saying the tariffs have been paused for 30 days as they implement a new border plan. Basically, after the markets freaked, Trump backed off of the threats while Mexico and Canada essentially promised to do things that they were already doing.

submitted 19 days ago • 185 comments