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AZ AG Kris Mayes: This is a coup by Trump against our Constitution, because they are violating not only the separation of powers but also the court orders We have federal judges saying to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, “Stop this now,” and yet we believe they are violating those orders.

submitted 6 hours ago • 111 comments

Where are the Democrats but also Where are the churches Where are the celebrities Where are the NGOs Where are the Universities Where are professional groups like AMA Where are the athletes Where are the unions What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future

submitted 5 hours ago • 78 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 14 hours ago • 1238 comments

Raskin: "It's becoming obvious to the American people that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not opponents of corruption, they are agents of corruption."

submitted 1 day ago • 183 comments

Elon posted this and soon after deleted it. Please share this far and wide!!

submitted 10 hours ago • 10 comments

The world is watching Donald Trump abandon Ukraine and our European allies to curry favor with the Kremlin. All of us — Democrats, Republicans, elected officials and ordinary citizens — must push back with every tool we have if we are to save our own democracy and others.

submitted 9 hours ago • 158 comments

Trump’s Pentagon purge has included the top military lawyers. Nobody should be surprised. Dictators politicize the military. Trump wants those with the biggest guns loyal to him, not the Constitution He says he’s demilitarizing it. I call BS. Orwellian to the core. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 13 hours ago • 132 comments

Climate change is the biggest crisis humanity faces in the 21st century and just because they are trying to eliminate all mentions of the word “climate“ doesn’t actually solve anything.

submitted 14 hours ago • 27 comments

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

submitted 1 day ago • 432 comments

The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US. It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy. The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.

submitted 1 day ago • 154 comments

Climate change is real. There are only three options: 1. Reduce climate-damaging pollution 2. Adapt to unavoidable climate impacts 3. Suffer. By denying and misrepresenting the science and by cutting science and disaster funds, Trump and the Republicans have chosen the third option.

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In one of those stories, Naftali Bendavid writes: "To a degree possibly unprecedented in the country’s nearly 250 years, Trump is barreling through the executive branch with the conviction that it is his to rule alone, no matter the laws Congress has enacted."

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This is essential reading: "the crisis of American democracy is now squarely upon us. Multiple illegal and unconstitutional acts are happening, and the guardrails that check and restrain authoritarian abuse are rapidly falling away." 1/5

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

submitted 3 days ago • 309 comments

This is essential reading: "the crisis of American democracy is now squarely upon us. Multiple illegal and unconstitutional acts are happening, and the guardrails that check and restrain authoritarian abuse are rapidly falling away." 1/5

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

People need to understand this: Trump did not leave office willingly the first time. If his health holds up, he will not leave office willingly this time. He is not joking about serving more than two terms.

submitted 2 days ago • 1013 comments

Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend.

submitted 3 days ago • 297 comments

Critical piece about the incredible value of NOAA “A lot of the weather information Americans rely on starts with real-time data collected by NOAA satellites, airplanes, weather balloons, radar and maritime buoys, as well as weather stations around the world.” theconversation.com/noaas-vast-p...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine if the CEO of Purdue Pharma went on TV and said there were “pluses” to opioid addiction

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

submitted 2 days ago • 1131 comments

Absolutely shocking and very worrying from NOAA www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

What Putin had for lunch: Donald Trump, with a side of Marco Rubio, and the free world for dessert.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Other than lying about who started the war in Ukraine, has Trump or GOP given any reason for the shift from 76 years of peace under NATO to allying with Russia? Seems like we should be asking everyone in the GOP to explain how this benefits the US and the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Every reporter today should be asking every Congressional Republican why they're OK siding with Putin and walking away from NATO and democracy.

submitted 2 days ago • 120 comments

Anyone who thinks RFK Jr. actually cares about your health or the environment is out of their mind… www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

submitted 3 days ago • 2654 comments

Yes and it’s disgusting.

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 3 days ago • 1259 comments

Dear Republicans, Are you all really ok with Trump unilaterally surrendering to Russia? Your silence says you are.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

It’s well past time for the Republican Party to speak the truth. I commend Mike Pence.

submitted 3 days ago • 248 comments

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

submitted 3 days ago • 407 comments

There always was Trump/Russia. There still is Trump/Russia. The early actions of the Trump administration signal the continuing force of Trump/Russia. Feel free to add to the list, but here’s my list. Note: It’s only been a month.

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

Look at Russia to see what we are becoming. USA in 2035: Trump Vance and Rs hold power on sham elections. Courts support Dictator. No free press. State propaganda feeds constant lies. Opposition leaders Buttigieg and AOC in Guantanamo on charges of Wokeness, die mysteriously. 1/3

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Yes. It’s time to hear from ex-presidents including W.

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Trump Joins The Wrong Side in WWIII open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

submitted 3 days ago • 96 comments

Recirculating my article from 2018 when a Government shutdown loomed. The importance of @NWS ...They are the backbone of your TV, Apps, and other forecasts www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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For more than a decade, the West has faced off against the East again in what was widely called a new cold war. But with Trump back in office, America is giving the impression that it could be switching sides. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

submitted 4 days ago • 97 comments

Trump blames Ukraine for starting the war the way a rapist blames his victim for looking too sexy.

submitted 4 days ago • 921 comments

Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

submitted 4 days ago • 1363 comments

Trump is trying to make America great by destroying what makes us great: - our people - our health - our knowledge - our democracy - dedicated civil servants - checks and balances - equality before the law - government transparency - opportunity - our freedoms - our leadership of the free world

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

“You should have never started it.” Such ignominious ignorance. Such betrayal of our ally. Such a cowardly surrender.

submitted 4 days ago • 898 comments

This database would give Musk detailed technical specifications of every system, detailed pricing and delivery schedules, and information on any confidential government investigations into every other U.S. defense firms. Conflict of interest does not get bigger than this.

submitted 4 days ago • 31 comments

Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that only the president can speak for “what the law is”. That is quite simply the announcement of the dissolution of the Constitution. Trump will rule as a dictator who decides arbitrarily what is or is not lawful.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

New York’s protest against the Trump Administration on Presidents Day. More of this please! (Video by @vuralelibol.bsky.social)

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments