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Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico will raise costs for the average American family by $2,000 a year. It will raise costs across the board on groceries, gasoline, and more. All to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. Democrats are fighting for YOU. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkXW...

submitted 11 hours ago • 139 comments

The stakes are just too high.

submitted 13 hours ago • 266 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 4 days ago • 3346 comments

Donald Trump is neither a savvy negotiator nor a brilliant dealmaker. He is a craven bully who telegraphs not only his final goal but his next move in achieving it. He is the kind of mark every poker player dreams of having at the table — rich, cocky and dumb. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

submitted 4 days ago • 326 comments

This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read. The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.

submitted 4 days ago • 92 comments

Jeff Bezos is destroying a once proud newspaper because he wants to be in Trump's good graces. Not because he needs to, but because he wants to. Support independent, pro-democracy media that seeks no favor from Trump. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 4 days ago • 459 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b... We’re nearing Putin territory, fam…

submitted 5 days ago • 151 comments

⛔️NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWED—RFK Jr. announced plans to strip public participation from business that HHS conducts, despite pledge of “radical transparency” at HHS. The statement said HHS would rescind its longtime practice of giving members of the public a chance to comment on the agency’s plans.

submitted 5 days ago • 28 comments

Great story from @mikebaker.bsky.social One BIG thing to note: You don't have to submit your DNA to these sites to be pulled into a family tree shown on GEDMatch, MyHeritage, or other databases. Your brother, uncle, grandma, etc., could submit, and poof your GENETIC privacy is gone.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Trump is SHUTTING DOWN all 8000 EV chargers at federal facilities These EV chargers were already bought, paid for with our tax dollars, installed, and operational THIS is what real government waste looks like And what does Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, think of this?

submitted 9 days ago • 341 comments

According The Plot To Betray America (Malcom Nance, 2019), Russia began work on flipping Trump as far back as 1977. In 1988 Russia learned that Trump wanted to run for Pres., and was immediately invited to Moscow... and today POTUS is a Russian asset, i.e. The Manchurian Candidate realized.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

21 DOGE staffers resign rather than help use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services," according to a resignation letter obtained by the AP. Musk has largely tried to keep technical talent at DOGE, mostly laying off designers & product managers. apnews.com/article/doge...

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 12 days ago • 984 comments

The thing about destroying NIH is NIH’s scale in medical research just dwarfs everyone else. For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right? But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B. Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

February 19, 2025

submitted 14 days ago • 86 comments

Lots of people think it's pointless to call out GOPers on capitulation to Trump. Here's why it's not. You need to make this claimed helplessness visible. You need to make it clear Jerry Moran has PLENTY of tools to rein in Musk, but has chosen not to use them. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 13 days ago • 27 comments

Heinous—Trump WH/HHS is planning to likely destroy $500 million worth of stockpiled COVID tests. They could give it out for free, but then Trump and RFK Jr would have to admit COVID is serious. And minimizers don’t have the guts to admit millions died. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 15 days ago • 72 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 17 days ago • 2292 comments

This. Especially Senate Republicans.

submitted 17 days ago • 145 comments

The GOP stoked fears of noncitizens voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge by Julie Carr Smyth apnews.com/article/nonc...

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

submitted 20 days ago • 793 comments

If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN

submitted 31 days ago • 265 comments