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"An independent federal oversight agency has deemed at least some of President Trump’s mass firings of probationary period employees unlawful, creating a pathway for those employees to regain their jobs."

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apnews.com/article/fluo... Utah close to fully banning fluoride in water, stripping cities' ability to decide. RFK Jr. is proof that Rose Kennedy had a daughter AND a grandson…who had a frontal lobotomy.

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If I am understanding correctly this is DOGE's version of "gov't efficiency" Blast an unbaked email, create mass confusion, make managers dream up their interpretation of the guidance, and then days later say, "Nevermind." Then another email kicks off the whole process again. Gov't efficiency!

submitted 4 days ago • 321 comments

While you weren't looking, Trump rolled back Biden's ethics rules prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting major gifts from lobbyists. So much for "drain the swamp."

submitted 4 days ago • 272 comments

One of my favorite categories of Good News is consequences smacking bad people. You know, FAFO. So I think it’s hilarious that Andrew Tate just lost roughly $3.3 million to the British authorities for not paying his taxes after bragging on a podcast that he doesn’t pay taxes.

submitted 72 days ago • 12 comments

Dear America, I want more of this. Thanks. (Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social)

submitted 78 days ago • 39 comments

Now, let’s see: If Trump were to shoot and kill someone on Fifth Avenue, would the headline read, “𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣”?

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Assad is now in Moscow, so Tulsi can visit all her friends in one place.

submitted 82 days ago • 942 comments

Hegseth has been clear he thinks the U.S. should commit war crimes. He’s urged Trump to bomb cultural sites—a clear war crime—and 'rewrite the rules' of war to be 'advantageous to us'. And then to protect those folks, he wants Trump to pardon war criminals. We can’t let him be Defense Secretary.

submitted 84 days ago • 30 comments

This doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy.

submitted 85 days ago • 1092 comments

From cozying up to dictators like Putin to switching positions and parties as soon as it's politically advantageous, the only quality of Tulsi Gabbard's you can rely on is her selfish thirst for power. That makes her a very dangerous pick to lead our national intelligence.

submitted 84 days ago • 575 comments

Maine was one of the states to expand Medicaid, allowing more than 100,000 people to access coverage. Funding cuts and eligibility restrictions would more severely impact rural areas, so the most vulnerable people are in danger of losing access to affordable health care Via Maine Morning Star

submitted 84 days ago • 10 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

submitted 87 days ago • 572 comments

BREAKING via @nbcnews.com: President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision.

submitted 89 days ago • 2119 comments

I write how Democrats need to take credit for their accomplishments loudly and blame MAGA for their failures loudly. Sure, self-promotion can feel gross sometimes. But, with lives on the line, politicians need to sell their policies and their brand. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 89 days ago • 171 comments

Elon Musk’s motive for aligning himself with Donald Trump and MAGA world may not be as clear cut as it seems, according to a political analyst who said the tech billionaire has positioned himself as the new owner of the Republican Party and MAGA movement.

submitted 90 days ago • 98 comments

The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is skipping review of maternal deaths after the Dobbs decision and not enough people are talking about it. My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...

submitted 90 days ago • 291 comments

Imagine prioritizing deportations over basic healthcare.

submitted 90 days ago • 13 comments

Speaks volumes.

submitted 91 days ago • 393 comments

I already know in advance that a handful of people will complain about me posting a screenshot from The Emperor, but that is outweighed by the fact that I think people need to know about authoritarian threats. Sorry in advance to those who don’t want to know what’s happening.

submitted 93 days ago • 2981 comments

Just a reminder that Elon Musk has never had a single relative wear the uniform or bleed for this country. If he wants to threaten a veteran, he should try doing it to their face.

submitted 93 days ago • 392 comments

The Republican House majority may very well end up being the smallest in 100+ years. Just 1 GOP defection and the Dems could kill a bill. Those motherfuckers think they handed that rapist felon traitor a “mandate.” Not even fucking close.

submitted 93 days ago • 700 comments

Trump is on his way to creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires.

submitted 94 days ago • 198 comments

MAGA learning the U.S. imports approximately 60% of its fresh fruit and 40% of its fresh vegetables

submitted 94 days ago • 21 comments

Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees? We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share. We escaped hell to be here. Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)

submitted 94 days ago • 2195 comments

“He’ll start throwing people in jail, and I’d be at the top of the list,” said Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—a man not given to hyperbole, who understands how autocrats operate. newrepublic.com/article/1812...

submitted 94 days ago • 34 comments

Honest question: what should Biden do? You want him to lock the doors? Refuse to leave? You don’t want to live in a country where that kind of thing can happen.

submitted 94 days ago • 373 comments

"..they simply soft peddled it or outright ignored success after success allowing the MAGA counter messaging to fill the void. A vacuum cannot exist in nature and when truth is ignored untruth will easily fill the gap. It did and we are all worse for it." My latest: open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

submitted 94 days ago • 67 comments

Meiselas: Those Republicans were sure ready to cover up child sex trafficking. They were rushing to cover it up. They were blaming the media for it. And one of the things Trump did during this awful transition was basically expose the entire Republican Party as being a pro-sex trafficking party.

submitted 96 days ago • 413 comments

A national grassroots call is happening with Kamala Harris & Tim Walz on Tuesday. I needed this. mobilize.us/s/BhI5aQ

submitted 96 days ago • 24 comments

Amazing how easy it is for a country to uphold rule of law when it gives a s***

submitted 98 days ago • 195 comments

How did Jeffrey Epstein walk free for years? Because of Pam Bondi - Trump’s new AG nominee www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26...

submitted 98 days ago • 62 comments

Republicans want to tell you what books you can read, what bathroom you can use, what words you can say, what history you can learn, what you can or can’t do with your own body and what gender you are… but tell me more about how the Dems are “coming for your freedoms”. Idiots.

submitted 99 days ago • 952 comments

Your point is?

submitted 100 days ago • 306 comments

The truth is, none of us really know what the next four years will look like. It’s incredibly difficult to predict what happens next. It does not feel good.

submitted 100 days ago • 2653 comments

How broken is a party that their effort to distract from their own members child rape and sexual crimes is to create a viciously hateful campaign against a minority? The Republican Party has descended into true evil.

submitted 100 days ago • 211 comments

The controversy is not merely that Matt Gaetz raped underaged girls. The controversy is not even just that Donald Trump wants to make this sex predator attorney general. The controversy is that the entire GOP is OK with that.

submitted 100 days ago • 550 comments

Truth.

submitted 100 days ago • 474 comments

BREAKING - Texas offers up 1400 acre piece of land for Trump’s immigrant concentration camp Project 2025 made it clear - immigrants are to be detained first, with NO legal process at all - and held in TENT CITIES And Trump made it clear he will deport LEGAL immigrants too

submitted 101 days ago • 161 comments

LOL. Trump is bitching that Senate Democrats are on a tear to confirm as many of Biden's federal judges before the new Congress starts. He's whining, "No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!" How about no. 1/4

submitted 101 days ago • 32 comments

The notion that Biden should “do something” because Trump won seems to be tangled with folks thinking that SCOTUS’ immunity ruling gave him new powers. It did not. The immunity ruling only applies to presidents who commit crimes while in office.

submitted 102 days ago • 12 comments

GM just announced a round of layoffs, impacting 1,000 workers. But the company reported Q3 earnings that put it on track for record profits this year. Its CEO received $27M in compensation in 2023. And GM announced $6B in stock buybacks this June. Textbook corporate greed.

submitted 102 days ago • 35 comments

US HOUSE UPDATE Republicans have 218 seats to the Dems’ 212. There are six races remaining (Dems lead in CA45, ME02, OH09; Rs lead in AK01, CA13, IA01.) Plus Trump has nominated 3 current Reps for his Cabinet.

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Newly uncovered video of RFK Jr surfaces saying that the government may have planned COVID. In previously unreported remarks, Trump’s HHS nominee said he found the "plandemic" conspiracy persuasive. “A lot of it feels very planned to me”, sympathizing with COVID conspiracies.

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Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Elon Musk owns Twitter/X. When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy

submitted 101 days ago • 494 comments

NEW: DA Alvin Bragg is refusing to throw out the 34 felony count conviction of Trump but is putting the case on hold for now. He indicates he will fight any Trump motion to dismiss.

submitted 101 days ago • 767 comments