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Undocumented immigrants contribute nearly $100 billion in taxes every year. Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1% dodge $163 billion in taxes annually. The real drain on America isn’t coming from the border — it’s coming from the boardroom.

submitted 3 days ago • 62 comments

If Biden had issued an illegal order to use military to take control and pacify what his DHS secretary called Nazi conservative cities you betcha House Republicans would file articles of impeachment immediately. They are completely on board using authoritarianism to beat and destroy their opponents

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

What happened to Senator Padilla is not homeland security. This is homeland fascism. This is homeland authoritarianism.

submitted 2 days ago • 277 comments

BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.

submitted 2 days ago • 425 comments

We are marching to Senator Thune’s office. There must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal.

submitted 2 days ago • 990 comments

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

submitted 2 days ago • 709 comments

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

submitted 2 days ago • 2737 comments

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

submitted 2 days ago • 546 comments

I 100% guarantee you that absolutely no-one crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes in order to seek asylum was doing it based on the timing of the spending review.

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

Tank Man 2.0 on 6/14?

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.

submitted 5 days ago • 82 comments

Tax Justice have a new report out showing that the widely-reported "exodus of millionaires" represents, in reality, "near-0%" of millionaires. Honestly, I'm shocked that the reporting has been misleading. Shocked.

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Brilliant from @annpettifor.bsky.social “investment in social housing is not a cost, but a strategic choice that strengthens public finances over time. Failing to act now will only compound the problem for families, councils & the wider economy” @sheltercharity.bsky.social 👇

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Yes. Exactly like that.

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

Just 0.2% of all millionaires moved to another country in 2024, but news outlets around the world spun this into a “millionaire exodus”. 11,000 news pieces were published in 2024 about an exodus that did not exist. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich bit.ly/43Al0EF

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

The name for this is kidnapping & child trafficking.

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RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

submitted 5 days ago • 1440 comments

While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so. As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake. (Published March 2025)

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more cars stuck in the same congestion. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

I was shocked to learn that "The rate of workplace death in New Zealand is 60 percent higher than Australia and 500 percent higher than the UK, (and) that our rate of serious injury is 35 percent and 330 percent higher respectively than those two countries."🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

submitted 5 days ago • 250 comments

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

submitted 5 days ago • 364 comments

I asked a BBC spokesperson to set out any examples of the corporation drawing up specific plans to secure the support of voters for other political parties in the UK, but they were unable to do so bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

submitted 5 days ago • 137 comments

Interesting: Despite the relentlessly negative media coverage, most people in the UK want to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights👇 🔗 yougov.co.uk/topics/inter... via @yougov.co.uk #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

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Fascism

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Anyone know when UEFA have to make their Palace decision by? As a forest fan I'm rooting for the palace fans to get the reward for on field accomplishments but either way I want to resolve the uncertainty for both clubs ASAP #CPFC #NFFC

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Ca Gov Gavin Newsom: “ - Inciting and provoking violence - Creating mass chaos - Militarizing cities - Arresting opponents These are the acts of a dictator, not a President.”

submitted 6 days ago • 43 comments

Treason never prospers; what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. - Epigram by Sir John Harrington (1561-1612) quoted in Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals by Marilyn French (1986, p. 82).

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

submitted 7 days ago • 190 comments

How on earth can this country still hold the World Cup and Olympics next year??

submitted 6 days ago • 1109 comments

"I've resigned as Chairman of a massively racist party by mistake"

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So British DOGE's search for wasteful spending discovered that... councils need more money to update their IT systems? www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

submitted 7 days ago • 64 comments

Shitshow UK™ Reform-led councils in ‘paralysis’ as dozens of meetings cancelled in first weeks www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments