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I truly believe today is the lowest point in American history. And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.

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Tina Smith: "I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about what's happening at the US Treasury tonight, and it seems to be entirely possible that he's trying to distract us all from the ransacking of the Treasury Department's federal payment system that is going on right now under the thumb of Elon Musk."

submitted 24 days ago • 275 comments

NEW: Caroline Kennedy issues a stark warning about her “predator” cousin, RFK Jr., Trump’s nominee to lead HHS. In a letter sent to Senators, Kennedy described her cousin as “addicted to attention and power” and alleged that his “crusade against vaccination” has also served to enrich him.

submitted 31 days ago • 44 comments

Good for him. Not sure there’s anyone left at CNN with the courage to call out the lies.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

With pardons, January 6 offenders are now free to possess firearms and ammunition again. Their convictions would have made that a federal crime, but no more.

submitted 38 days ago • 1218 comments

Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him

submitted 39 days ago • 445 comments

"Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last." Looking at you NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CNN, Joe & Mika, ABC News...

submitted 76 days ago • 453 comments

Trump: I’m going to pardon the Jan 6th inmates I sent to beat our police officers and hang my VP because I refused to leave office peacefully. Biden: Before I leave office peacefully, I’m going to pardon my only living son. The press: Biden just handed Trump a playbook for abusing the pardon!!!

submitted 87 days ago • 394 comments

I think that folks aren't seriously thinking about the implications of young adults who know nothing other than a country which has normalized MAGA politics, God help us all.

submitted 77 days ago • 58 comments

There’s no such thing as working productively with MAGA nihilists like Elon, Vivek and RFK, Jr. They want to bring down our Republic. Don’t normalize them by pointing out a few of their good ideas. You can’t play nice with the leopards. Let them into your house and they will eat your face.

submitted 85 days ago • 1035 comments

A key asymmetry of this era of American politics and how it’s covered is that Trump is expected to do bad and corrupt things, so when he does it barely qualifies as news. But Dems are expected to be beyond reproach, so anything that seems even slightly suspect is a huge scandal.

submitted 88 days ago • 681 comments

Takes like this are nuts. How did Trump justify his last couple hundred pardons, one more nakedly obscene, political and personal than the next? Answer - he didn’t. Trump doesn’t bother justifying or explaining anything He does what he wants. Always has, always will. Wake up.

submitted 89 days ago • 864 comments

So a reminder: It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom. It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president. It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child. For the record.

submitted 91 days ago • 534 comments

💀

submitted 97 days ago • 208 comments

Yep. I was told I was overreacting.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's $25k to Pam Bondi was part of a larger trend: - $35k to Greg Abbott (declined to pursue Trump U as TX AG) - $50k from Trump atty to Cy Vance (declined to indict Don Jr/Ivanka as Manhattan DA) - Fundraising for Rudy Giuliani (SDNY halted probe into alleged Mob ties)

submitted 99 days ago • 80 comments

Exactly. Don’t engage, just block trolls. Don’t give them oxygen.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

😄

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

The Gaetz report isn't a national security threat if released. They've decided that although we paid for the report, we're not entitled to see it. What kind of malarkey is it when nothing is our business, anymore? To whom it may concern: Leak it. We're not experiencing normal times, anymore.

submitted 100 days ago • 30 comments

Advice from a Literature teacher and resister: read your history, but don’t forget your literature. Resistance is woven through the words of abolitionism and feminism and anti-fascism. Read the history and the literature.

submitted 104 days ago • 302 comments

Love her. So glad she’s from Texas.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Women in combat roles? 80 shootdowns of Iranian drones attacking Israel: abcnews.go.com/Politics/1st...

submitted 105 days ago • 24 comments

Just keeps getting better & better, doesn’t it? Did they just line up every damn crazy person they could find and say, yup! You’re hired!

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

‘We all know our party is full of rapists and pedophiles so if you don’t let my second favorite rapist pedophile take the spot atop our entire justice system, I’ll tell everyone about all of you other rapist pedophiles.’ — Marge Greene

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submitted 101 days ago • 66 comments

Jarvis: His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist, and now the fascist is in charge and it is journalism's job to cover it that way, not to back off and say okay, well that's it, we lost. Let the fascism happen. No

submitted 102 days ago • 517 comments

We should talk more about how abnormal it is for a special counsel's office to be shuttered by a change in administrations. Hunter Biden's SC stayed in place as did others. Jack Smith has to discontinue Trump's cases while he's in office but he has other defendants. Trump breaks norms & it's ignored

submitted 102 days ago • 448 comments

Just blocked an Elon Musk parody account because, despite my “No DMs” in my profile, this fool not only DMs me but it’s with some nonsense about a $ scheme. Can you not read? Did you think I was joking? I am not putting up with crap here.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments