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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

submitted 14 days ago • 1268 comments

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

submitted 14 days ago • 3337 comments

Yes

submitted 18 days ago • 2259 comments

Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.

submitted 19 days ago • 307 comments

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

submitted 20 days ago • 2311 comments

Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.

submitted 21 days ago • 1251 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 30 days ago • 2284 comments

Why does a 38-year old U.S. Attorney in SDNY, who is also a die hard conservative, have more guts and integrity than the entirety of the GOP Senate Conference combined?! Shame on the shameless sycophants and enablers there, who can’t find the spine to stand up to common MAGA bullies.

submitted 33 days ago • 495 comments

Musk has made over $25,000,000,000 from tax breaks, subsidies and government contracts. That’s $25 Billion we as taxpayers have both given him directly and had to compensate for. You care about the deficit? Great! Give us our fucking money back.

submitted 34 days ago • 93 comments

Good morning! This incredible NYT op-ed by @katherinestewart.bsky.social needs to be the very first thing that you read today. The next thing to do is send it to all your friends who still don't believe Trump is a crisis. This lays it all out (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

submitted 40 days ago • 28 comments

My message to members of the sclerotic Democratic old guard is: Follow your dreams. Write that book. Start that sheep farm. Spend more time with your great-grandkids. There is no shame in not being adequate to this moment. Now make room for people who are. the.ink/p/rant-where...

submitted 49 days ago • 16 comments

"I was a heroin addict for 14 years," RFK Jr just now in his bid to be confirmed as Secretary of HHS. Imagine a person of color or a woman saying that and people shrugging it off as cool. That is 100% pure uncut white male privilege right there.

submitted 49 days ago • 556 comments

I just saw Trump’s latest executive order targeting trans kids and shutting down their health care. I’m asking all of us to stand up with one voice for the trans community.

submitted 49 days ago • 77 comments

This ain’t your grandpa’s Republican Party, unless your grandpa was from Germany in the 1930s.

submitted 52 days ago • 81 comments

Ukrainian cats are also invincible and brave! A real miracle happened in Kherson region. The owners found their cat after a year of separation. She survived the Russian occupation and the terrible events of the war. 📹: photobox.ks/ January 2024

submitted 56 days ago • 30 comments

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic. (posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)

submitted 57 days ago • 2210 comments

Reminder that these executive orders are for shock and awe. They are a distraction from bills in the House and Senate & the confirmation hearings. Have a drink tonight. Scream. Yell. Cry. Whatever you need to do. But tomorrow, we get to work.

submitted 57 days ago • 99 comments

Permanent mood.

submitted 58 days ago • 487 comments

“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.” Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

submitted 58 days ago • 1152 comments

This holiday, my wish list is simple: courage, accountability, and the strength to stand up for what matters. Most of all, hold on to hope. Are you ready to join the fight? #HolidayWishList Read more: www.welivedit.news/p/olivias-ho...

submitted 89 days ago • 25 comments

The Democrats can't keep doing it like they've always done it. Those days are over. youtu.be/MfJgqVBxycY

submitted 90 days ago • 76 comments

Elon is still coming for me on the other site 😭 I reminded him that it’s worth 80% less than when he bought it.

submitted 90 days ago • 162 comments

Millionaires and billionaires would be perfectly FINE not getting salary for 33 days, or even 333 days. The average American, folks like you and me working paycheck to paycheck, would not. Do NOT let billionaires make decisions for US. PASS IT ON.

submitted 90 days ago • 1794 comments

If they cut my social security or my medicaid, I expect a refund for every dollar that I have paid to the government for those services over the past 35 years. And a refund to my employers for their portion. With interest! It is not a f****** entitlement when you pay for it your entire working life.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 104 days ago • 3767 comments

Played this Murrow classic on the show today. The legendary CBS News journalist said this 70 years ago about McCarthy: “We will not walk in fear, one of another.” youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...

submitted 118 days ago • 35 comments

If you’d told me back in 1987 that the party of Reagan would win in the year 2024 by running a Russian leader puppet felon traitor rapist who ran on pulling us out of NATO and telling us that our country sucked, I would have laughed my ass off and asked what you were smoking.

submitted 122 days ago • 614 comments

Remember: fascism thrives on apathy. The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up. Don’t give them want they want. Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.

submitted 123 days ago • 944 comments