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Yep it's not an education thing. Highly educated Republicans are more likely to be climate deniers than less educated Republicans. It's conservative ideology and far right media.

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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

submitted 41 days ago • 261 comments

This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.

submitted 40 days ago • 767 comments

There's a reason the US has invented nearly everything, and Trump is undermining that reason. 9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

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A Black woman who believed in the power of learning. Which amounts to three strikes in Trumpworld.

submitted 51 days ago • 54 comments

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

submitted 51 days ago • 445 comments

Ignorant bigotry is winning.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Okay, so the new pope looks like a decent human being. Let the countdown begin before right-wing media influencers turn him into Dr. Fauci on steroids and meth.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

That's how you do it when you come up against people who insist on being racists and bigots. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. They ought to know that decent people do not accept their views.

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The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr. Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet. See the problem?

submitted 53 days ago • 219 comments

This is good trouble. Love it. www.deseret.com/utah/2025/05...

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Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

submitted 53 days ago • 419 comments

In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect. This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus. www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...

submitted 54 days ago • 863 comments

1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️

submitted 53 days ago • 737 comments

This book is psychotic. Revisionist, fact-free propaganda from the very first page. I know I shouldn’t be at this point, but it’s shocking that the authors were featured on The Daily

submitted 53 days ago • 110 comments

Wow, wow, wow Declassified National Intelligence Council, Sense of the Community Memorandum: "The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States." Now consider: DOJ lawyers saying opposite to courts!

submitted 54 days ago • 132 comments

A reminder that debating Stephen Miller — who is not a lawyer and is not making legal arguments, he is spouting propaganda — is a win for him.

submitted 54 days ago • 349 comments

JUST IN: Attorney Mark Zaid has filed a lawsuit against the White House, saying the suspension of his security clearance, which has disrupted his clients' legal representation, is unconstitutional retaliation by Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 54 days ago • 20 comments

BREAKING: we & our clients & partners from coast to coast will not allow the Trump administration to dismantle AmeriCorps We @sddaction.bsky.social just sued in federal court Stand by for much more to come !

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Hmm www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

submitted 55 days ago • 16 comments

I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to: I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic

submitted 56 days ago • 178 comments

it will never stop being crazy that conservatives have brain poisoned people to the extent that we now have to care deeply about the results of school board elections in places where we don’t live

submitted 56 days ago • 57 comments

we need to talk about the pathological culture of hate that millions of americans raise their children in

submitted 56 days ago • 761 comments

A clear victory for civil liberties! We don't need people in DC telling us how to live our lives on these kinds of personal matters.

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The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

submitted 58 days ago • 900 comments

We are being led by folks who think the Enlightenment was a mistake.

submitted 58 days ago • 41 comments

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."

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I’m proud to join the great Cyndi Lauper in the fight for women’s rights & healthcare. Go to www.bonfire.com/girlswantrights2025 to get a shirt and learn more about the #GirlsJustWantToHaveFundamentalRights Fund. @tidescommunity.bsky.social

submitted 58 days ago • 976 comments

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

submitted 59 days ago • 820 comments

You cannot appease conservatives by being scrupulously fair and open-minded. They will still try to destroy you because Republicans hate reality-based media.

submitted 58 days ago • 16 comments

they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...

submitted 58 days ago • 568 comments

To say legacy media is not built for this moment is a gross understatement. The people destroying this country are being treated with respect.

submitted 58 days ago • 155 comments

“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”

submitted 58 days ago • 1609 comments

Why did Justice Amy Coney Barrett recuse herself from a case in which she had an obvious conflict of interest? Because she became too woke. by Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito