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A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”

submitted 6 hours ago • 561 comments

The president turned the south lawn of the white house into a tesla dealership and musk promised him $100 million in donations on the same day.

submitted 8 hours ago • 107 comments

Newsom is an awful man without a single principled bone in his body but I am actually genuinely shocked by how terrible his political instincts are in this moment the base is screaming for someone to stand up to this fascist kleptocracy and he thinks they want him to pal around with the fascists

submitted 8 hours ago • 139 comments

The origins of the National Center for Education Statistics go back to 1867. Their reporting started in 1870. From 1918 to 1958 they published surveys every two years. Since 1962 they’ve put out the indispensable Digest of Education Statistics. It employs fewer than 100 people.

submitted 6 hours ago • 17 comments

Today would be yet another good day for university presidents to loudly, collectively, & publicly start defending our institutions & industry. The silence is deafening & frankly, incomprehensible. What exactly are you waiting for? How many Columbias, Maines, & Johns Hopkins will it take?

submitted 7 hours ago • 42 comments

This shit is so grim. These guys are grifting like they're stripping the copper wires out of a slowly collapsing building.

submitted 10 hours ago • 142 comments

I am telling you most people don't know it's happening.

submitted 10 hours ago • 92 comments

I cannot overstate how much I love the fact that Williams & Connolly put 14 individual lawyers’ names in the signature block of their complaint. W&C is sending a clear message: We are not afraid. BRAVO.

submitted 12 hours ago • 244 comments

The "fuck your feelings" folks would like to share an update ...

submitted 13 hours ago • 11 comments

Trump just spoke to the media about buying a Tesla and said he hopes it boosts Tesla sales. In response Musk claimed Tesla will double US production. This is unlikely given declining demand for his cars. This is just two corrupt oligarchs scratching each other's backs.

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Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico now number over 250, with two deaths being linked to the outbreak. (For comparison, the US had 285 cases of measles in all of 2024). Measles isn't just a rash. For @wired.com, I wrote about why the disease can be so deadly: www.wired.com/story/this-i...

submitted 14 hours ago • 26 comments

The disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil, a person with permanent legal status in the US, should be a red line that everyone should recognize. They knocked on his door and vanished him into an authoritarian system without a trace. Your door could be next. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/so-it-begi...

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

A USAID official told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff.

submitted 13 hours ago • 83 comments

"Wow... everything's computer." Can we get the Biden is too old reporters back in here please 😭

submitted 13 hours ago • 84 comments

They absolutely could not possibly be clearer that they are going to try to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

submitted 13 hours ago • 669 comments

It’s the parentheses around “(fee)” in the last talking point that made me belly laugh.

submitted 13 hours ago • 87 comments

Musk and Trump could not possibly be sending a clearer signal that the Tesla protests are working than this pathetic stunt today.

submitted 13 hours ago • 899 comments

"orange man bad" is the most reliable political axiom of the past decade it has never once been wrong

submitted 15 hours ago • 23 comments

Truly unhinged shit coming from this White House

submitted 15 hours ago • 21 comments

Trump’s Veterans Affairs Secretary says his goal is firing 80,000 workers at the VA.

submitted 18 hours ago • 48 comments

Absolutely unacceptable. There is no reason for any Democrat to vote for this bill.

submitted 17 hours ago • 21 comments

Wow good thing this guy’s effectively in charge of cybersecurity now, I see no potential problems

submitted 17 hours ago • 10 comments

Abject failure of US elites. Everywhere you look.

submitted 17 hours ago • 5 comments

"One researcher from a prominent firm...noted that they did not even see Ukraine in the breakdown of the top 20 IP address origins involved in the X attacks." www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...

submitted 19 hours ago • 24 comments

Helping schools and food banks buy local food is such a clear win-win for everyone, and Trump and Musk absolutely hate things that help poor children and local economies. www.yahoo.com/news/usda-cu...

submitted 22 hours ago • 9 comments

Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster. This story won't make you feel better about flying, but it is a must-read. From @laurensmiley.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/boeing...

submitted 19 hours ago • 3 comments

“In the context of the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil…”

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

submitted 1 day ago • 162 comments

Make America Healthy Again! www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 1 day ago • 278 comments

This is true 👇

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

He's being crystal clear, folks. Elon says it's time to cut your Social Security. www.ajc.com/news/nation-...

submitted 1 day ago • 164 comments

Wall Street turns anxious that Trump will wreck the soft landing. “He is telling us, in everything he is doing, that he is not kidding around.” www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.

submitted 1 day ago • 620 comments

These pro-genocide McCarthyites are targeting people without face coverings at protests. Nassau County on Long Island passed a ban on face masks last year for this very purpose. Know your rights -- including the right to peacefully protest -- and protect yourself accordingly.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

A federal judge rules DOGE is likely covered under FOIA, rejecting the Trump administration's argument that Elon Musk's government team doesn't have to respond to public records requests.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

This is why we yell at Dems. They have few levers of power at this point and they don’t even use all of them.

submitted 1 day ago • 75 comments

um www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...

submitted 1 day ago • 136 comments

Elon Musk reiterated his intention to destroy programs like Social Security, which he has called a Ponzi scheme: "Most of the federal spending is entitlements... that’s the big one to eliminate."

submitted 1 day ago • 581 comments

Musk has now poured $8.3 million into buying the tie-breaking Wisconsin Supreme Court seat for Brad Schimel. That is vastly more than any other single donor—to eliminate a state-level check on his and Trump's power. Help us fight back and elect Susan Crawford: PeopleVMusk.com

submitted 1 day ago • 173 comments

“.. Tesla is on track for its worst day since July 24, 2024, when it fell 12.33%. Tesla has erased nearly $800 billion in market value since its record close on December 17, 2024.” @cnbc.com $TSLA

submitted 1 day ago • 576 comments

1. EXCLUSIVE The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles It is an unethical and likely illegal practice

submitted 1 day ago • 150 comments

So much winning.

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The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country. We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to Wall Street billionaires for profit. Privatization would increase costs, reduce access, and be an utter disaster.

submitted 1 day ago • 146 comments

"Long division" jfc www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

"A renowned medical school whose faculty helped treat a young cancer survivor honored this week by President Donald Trump is facing potentially devastating funding cuts because of the White House."

submitted 1 day ago • 86 comments