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Wants to be startin’ something • Heliocentrist • Third Amendment supporter • Sucker/Loser • Hates loyalty oaths & vermin • Shining up my battle apple • Soft spot for bearded terriers • Janet Mills fan • Loves that dirty water • Sic semper Krasnov • 8647
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Hard to imagine that if a Democratic president did a 180 on their signature policy—and openly admitted that it had been a disastrous failure— it would be described as a “shift in focus.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

submitted 6 days ago • 38 comments

Just a reminder that the money being spent on Trump’s ego parade could feed every single homeless veteran in America for more than four months.

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

Trump promised to get prices down on day one of his presidency. I'm holding him to that claim. For month 5 prices for basic grocery items have increased 3.4% overall since Biden's last month as president. I've brought receipts via FRED - Federal Reserve Economic Data.

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

The New York Times headline writers now call groups like the AMA and the College of Physicians and Surgeons "pro-vaccine groups." They get more preposterous with each passing day.

submitted 8 days ago • 169 comments

There's a lot to unpack here. But the "why do people in the developed world die from chronic diseases at higher rates than in poorer countries" is because we survive long enough to die from chronic rather than infectious disease. This is epidemiology 101. It's not a mystery.

submitted 10 days ago • 244 comments

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

submitted 10 days ago • 220 comments

Four LAPD officers on horseback surround a man laying on the ground, trample him, and beat him with their polycarbonate "saber" batons.

submitted 11 days ago • 285 comments

ICE crossed a line in LA

submitted 12 days ago • 824 comments

they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.

submitted 12 days ago • 77 comments

It is kind of peak Trump that his administration's version of the Reichstag Fire would be a protest in a Home Depot carpark.

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

When the LAPD is like “we are totally fine with the protests, no worries here” you know you’ve gone full through-the-looking-glass.

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

Fox keeps proving there’s still more stupidity to come.

submitted 12 days ago • 495 comments

We're no longer the leader of the free world. We're no longer a beacon of democracy and justice. We're no longer the land of opportunity. We're no longer a nation in which no one is above the law. Our myths about ourselves are killing us. What to do? davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-are-not...

submitted 13 days ago • 234 comments