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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1186 comments

There's a top arrow for a reason...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Happy for the Canadian boys eh, but they did my son Travis Konecny dirty by scratching him ☹️

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We are on the verge of major medical break throughs in cancer and dementia research and all that is coming to a halt so the worlds richest nazi can get richer

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

Trump wants Congress to pass the House GOP's version of a budget reconciliation bill that includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The House is on recess, so now would be a great time to call your rep and share your thoughts. (202) 224-3121

submitted 2 days ago • 146 comments

Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

submitted 2 days ago • 1461 comments

The wonderful @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social here in Vermont is almost to 20k followers. Can you help them reach that milestone? They do amazing work for hoofcats, snoutcats, moocats, woolcats, and more!

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Trump is now blaming Ukraine for being invaded by Russia. This is what you get when a rapist occupies the White House.

submitted 3 days ago • 298 comments

if journalism is supposed to be one of the institutions that safeguards a free society then journalists should be opponents of autocratic takeovers, brian.

submitted 6 days ago • 191 comments

::taps sign::

submitted 6 days ago • 49 comments

Liberal society — free people, individual rights, government by the consent of the governed, equality under the law, free markets, peace, and prosperity — is an accomplishment. It can be lost. Serious people do not take it for granted.

submitted 6 days ago • 72 comments

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 7 days ago • 1088 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

submitted 8 days ago • 231 comments

In this case, papal infallibility was a slam-dunk: apnews.com/article/pope...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Fox allowed Kanye West to buy a Super Bowl at pointing to his Yeezy website where he’s selling swastika branded t-shirts, because of course we’re in the new Nazi normal