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Americans HATED Jan. 6. That the political opposition wasn't able to harness that and turn it into a lasting defeat of Trumpism will be one of the defining stories of the 2020s, if not the century.

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

Good luck after the next disaster. Government looking out for you. Not. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Remember MAGA Rule #1 kids: No Fair Remembering Stuff.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

I'm an Article I member of Congress, do you think I have the power to just direct federal spending or something?

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

submitted 4 days ago • 846 comments

WTF

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

Yep, DOGE is as incompetent as everyone thought. An $8 million "saving" has been listed as an $8 BILLION saving. That is 14.5% of their total claimed $55 billion in "savings" having been completely made up.

submitted 3 days ago • 278 comments

Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you. STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

submitted 4 days ago • 830 comments

Attributed to Napoleon, who ended democracy in French, this quote was also used by Anders Breivik, the far-right anti-immigrant terrorist who murdered 77 people

submitted 6 days ago • 90 comments

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

submitted 6 days ago • 345 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 6 days ago • 5669 comments

“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics... All of this. All. Of. It.

submitted 8 days ago • 29 comments

Congress was designed to be a check on executive power. Right now, it’s rolling over. What happens when legislators stop legislating? 🔗 Read more: https://buff.ly/3WPAEbi

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

404 continues to absolutely kill it.

submitted 8 days ago • 109 comments

This is an absolute scandal. Trump and Marco Rubio abandoned American workers and their families abroad, delaying waivers to provide for their safe return to the United States. As these civil servants lost their possessions, housing, and money, Elon Musk was slandering them with bogus accusations.

submitted 9 days ago • 136 comments

This morning, Gov. Kathy Hochul was saying removing Mayor Adams after he struck a blatantly corrupt bargain with Trump and his DOJ didn’t feel very democratic. This evening, she heard the US Attorney General announce charges are being filed against *her.*

submitted 9 days ago • 88 comments

The GOP-led Congress is doing the legislative equivalent of busy work as Trump administration is blatantly moves to cut spending unilaterally, attempts to delete entire agencies, and generally acts as though laws don't matter

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

Do we have rights? Apparently not.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

KEEP 👏 MASKING 👏 Also vaccinate, sanitize your surfaces, and keep your kitties indoors. It's annoying that we're in the throw of pandemic prevention but here we are.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

In February, Amazon will disable a feature that allowed you to save and convert your kindle #books. It’s past time to stop buying from Amazon.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

@hossenfelder.bsky.social Saw your bit on time travel and speed of light. Got me to thinking, is it the quantum world is involved in time travel. If that's so, the minute we look at our past, wouldn't Schrödinger's cat jump us?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments