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And who they didn't like

submitted 1 day ago • 485 comments

Walmart CEO amidst a stock drop, also has the balls to state: "I'm not worried about tariffs. Because ultimately the tariff is on the consumer. They get to decide if they're going to buy the avocado for you know it's extra $1 or whatever. So I'm not worried about that, it doesn't reflect on us."

submitted 13 hours ago • 7 comments

Universities really need to pay attention to this. It's not just about the indirects and frozen funds. If these layoffs continue, which by all signs are continuing and going well beyond probationary employees, ***these agencies will not be functional, including NIH, CDC, and NSF***

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

This is bad enough but it will get worse once Bhattacharya is there. His malicious administrative fuckery will be more targeted & more effective. Get ready for grants conditioned upon ideological purity tests, loyalty oaths, & institutional compliance. Blacklists & retribution for dissenters.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

submitted 1 day ago • 175 comments

Frightened by primary challengers? No, they're frightened of their own voters. Will these incumbents vote for issues advocated by their constituents or will they go along to get along?

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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

Here's today's #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism story: Wisdom, the oldest-known albatross, just had another chick! I believe I posted about her laying an egg, it has now hatched! 🧪🦑🌎 news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Coinbase says that the SEC has agreed to drop the enforcement case against the company. It only cost them $75 million in political contributions.

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

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That new cancer treatment? ahhh, no. Better sugery technique so you go home and heal sooner? sorry, no can do. That genetic test that provides vital information needed for your treatment? oh you guessed it, ain't happening. Elections have consequences.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

They are afraid of the voters, their constituents.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Campaign for issues, not for candidates. While any given incumbent may be afraid of a primary challenger, they are more afraid of voters.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

*sigh* I knew we weren't going to get off that easily.

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 244 comments

Biden capped insulin and inhalers at $35/month. Republicans saw that and said, “No, let’s make sure people suffer.” You can’t make this shit up.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

Here’s the thing: when it doesn’t control the White House, the D party chooses its leadership between 2 and 6 months before a presidential election. The minority leaders are heads of their caucuses, which they can potentially *leverage* into de facto leadership of *the party* but that’s unusual.

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“For the last 75 yrs, the NIH has been the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world. Most advances in medicine were seeded by NIH funding. When we became scientists, we just bought into this system. This is how it works. — @tuthill.bsky.social 🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Trump has been a Russian asset since the 80s and was the reason I went onto Twitter in 2016 to try to warn people. He is a vile sociopath and the lies he is spreading are straight from the Kremlin. What is most important is Europe devising a plan and putting it into action ASAP

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

History sometimes repeats but mostly it just rhymes.

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The New York Times analyzed the electoral impact of annexing Canada instead of asking why the president is talking like a dictator. www.readtpa.com/p/stop-analy...

submitted 4 days ago • 53 comments

was this literally because it pops on a text search for “trans”

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

submitted 3 days ago • 518 comments

And to think, instead of Katie Porter we have to suffer this spineless mealymouth toady. It appears he is continuing on that trail of slime brought him into Senate; hopefully his stay is short.

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Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.

submitted 4 days ago • 538 comments