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Judge Howell spent a lot of time at the hearing questioning counsel about the peculiarities of USIP's status as a non-profit created by statute -- is it like a federal agency or not?-- but spent ZERO time asking comparable questions about DOGE.

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

The hearing for US Institute of Peace vs Kenneth Jackson et al with Judge Beryl Howell starting now. I'm listening via phone.

submitted 4 days ago • 45 comments

'.. we don't have a gun problem, we have a mental health problem..' 🤷 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/h...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Members of the Republican Party continuously propose legislation that would facilitate a "cult of personality" around Trump - a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. Here is a partial list to help as we keep track of the myriad of ways democracy can erode. 🧵(1/8)

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

It's more than a little bizarre that the press was more vocal and judgmental about Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal than the current unscheduled rapid disassembly of our entire democracy and civil service.

submitted 24 days ago • 108 comments

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

submitted 29 days ago • 303 comments

Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?

submitted 36 days ago • 285 comments

This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

submitted 38 days ago • 313 comments

The position I'd like to see House and Senate Democrats take is pretty simple: We refuse to cooperate with Republicans on anything until they stop breaking the law and trashing the Constitution. We want Musk out, DOGE dissolved, and the Trump administration complying with federal court orders.

submitted 38 days ago • 93 comments

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

submitted 40 days ago • 3862 comments

If moving your newsletter from Substack seems overwhelming, both Buttondown and Ghost have processes AND people to help with it. buttondown.com/features/con... ghost.org/docs/migrati...

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously. Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause." They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.

submitted 55 days ago • 178 comments

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submitted 62 days ago • 7187 comments

btw if we resolve to keep our individual joke post:the-situation-is-dire post ratio at 3:1 min (pref 5:1 or better) we could save this site from becoming twitter. “Becoming twitter” is a fate worse than death so maybe consider this concept. In order to lead my example I will next post about butts

submitted 69 days ago • 19 comments

there is a 24/7 right-wing propaganda apparatus that operates across multiple mediums and it designed to do exactly this: smother any kind of local, material concern with cultural war signifiers and cultivate a “political affiliation as team sport” ethos

submitted 91 days ago • 165 comments

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: possibly the most underreported story on earth is how Elon Musk, who not just the richest man on the planet but also puppeteering the US government, is actively talking to and promoting completely unabashed Nazis through his personal media platform

submitted 94 days ago • 29 comments

Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

submitted 107 days ago • 30 comments

newrepublic.com/article/1872...

submitted 157 days ago • 13 comments

OMG this is the best part:

submitted 164 days ago • 6 comments

"NOT GOING BACK!" is the perfect Harris chant. It's about abortion rights, it's about culture-war reactionaries more generally, it's about a second Trump presidency, and it's about generational change within the Democratic Party.

submitted 243 days ago • 35 comments