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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 7 days ago • 536 comments

@goangelo.bsky.social warns that we are on the verge of information autocracy as Trump heads into the Oval Office: "Our own participation matters but it starts with journalists."

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Hegseth lacks the normal qualifications for secretary of defense. His books reveal two ideas about what armed forces are for: a site to express Christian Reconstructionism and gender ideology; and a means to defeat other Americans inside America. snyder.substack.com/p/the-crusad...

submitted 38 days ago • 62 comments

Trump wants us to talk about Greenland and Panama, but what if this is actually more important?

submitted 62 days ago • 92 comments

“No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress on Thursday. No people of color were selected, either.” abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...

submitted 69 days ago • 99 comments

These kinds of phony get-rich-quick schemes are exactly why some societies invented the idea of financial regulation in the first place www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 73 days ago • 32 comments

“Gifts to inaugural committees, which do not have contribution limits, are popular among businesses and individuals eager to curry favor with an incoming administration. Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee is offering top-tier benefits to donors who contribute $1 million” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/t...

submitted 73 days ago • 41 comments

Crypto "built a durable culture of true believers, techno-utopians, grifters, criminals, dupes, investors, and pandering politicians." Enriched by this technology, they "used that money to try to create a world in their image" From @cwarzel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 73 days ago • 54 comments

Wondering why grocery prices are high? Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, result in lower prices, or grow the economy — but they do juice exec pay.

submitted 73 days ago • 13 comments

Thank you to Williamsburg JCC Indivisible for raising awareness on the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA has cleared the threshold for ratification, but it hasn’t been formally published and certified as the 28th Amendment. Enshrining gender equality in the Constitution would put guardrails on Trump.

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

Oligarchy Uber Alles.

submitted 74 days ago • 90 comments

Ultrarich tech elites are becoming much more prominent in American politics—and they don't care who knows it, @alibreland.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/XTTVRPnX

submitted 76 days ago • 19 comments

Research has shown that nearly half of the Pentagon budget goes to private contractors. Investigations show these companies make egregious profits overcharging the US government. It's resulted in a massive redistribution of wealth to the military-industrial complex.

submitted 75 days ago • 42 comments

Yum yum. "The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA. "The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...” www.latimes.com/environment/...

submitted 76 days ago • 1315 comments

NEW: It is essential that Democrats effectively oppose — not resist — a second Trump administration, @marcelias.bsky.social writes. Elias explains that Democrats must develop new structures, tactics and leaders to oppose MAGA.

submitted 80 days ago • 20 comments

By publishing the ERA, the Biden-Harris Administration can put guardrails on Trump and provide a critical tool for combating discrimination against women, girls and LGBTQ+ people nationwide. Tell your representative to urge Vice President Harris to publish the ERA: indivisible.org/resource/urg...

submitted 80 days ago • 10 comments

As I told Newsweek, NY Judge Juan Merchan should sentence to Trump to a hefty fine. That would send a message that no one is above the law, deter others from committing fraud, and permit Trump to serve as president unencumbered by prison time.

submitted 86 days ago • 114 comments

If you supported Trump because you hated the price of eggs, you are going to love this next part.

submitted 89 days ago • 43 comments

submitted 91 days ago • 619 comments

Pete Hegseth has published three books in four years. Jonathan Chait spent the last week reading them—and concluded that Hegseth is almost certainly the most dangerous of Trump's cabinet picks. theatln.tc/s24Z8tF4

submitted 93 days ago • 50 comments

Dr. Oz has called abortion under any circumstances "murder." There are dozens of ways he could use his authority at CMS to restrict access to reproductive care.

submitted 94 days ago • 136 comments

I would run out of walk before I found a way to calm my swirl of post-election emotions about this.

submitted 96 days ago • 20 comments

The top 7 individual contributors this election cycle were all GOP megadonors. They include... -Billionaire nepo baby Timothy Mellon -Hedge fund CEOs Ken Griffin and Paul Singer -Shadow president Elon Musk We must overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

submitted 98 days ago • 17 comments

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 98 days ago • 1166 comments

There is something deeply amusing about musklings coming here and realizing there’s no algorithm to boost their rage bait, which was their main advantage.

submitted 98 days ago • 859 comments

Sums up the current state of the US politics

submitted 100 days ago • 711 comments

“Women are walking around, suspicious and guarded and apoplectic, knowing that some in our families or neighborhoods voted us back into second-class status, and wondering what else they’re ready to go along with.” By @clarajeffery www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 99 days ago • 154 comments