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Well now.

submitted 2 days ago • 81 comments

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

submitted 2 days ago • 531 comments

Honored to be on PBS NewsHour tonight to talk bird flu, especially the negative implications of cutting the federal workforce. They are Americans’ eyes and ears for biosecurity and health. Watch here: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

@hcrichardson.bsky.social Please share with your followers. open.substack.com/pub/quartzev...

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way” Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??” History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

submitted 4 days ago • 390 comments

🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

submitted 4 days ago • 1007 comments

"Tens of millions". Why not tens of billions, if you're just making up numbers out of thin air?

submitted 4 days ago • 57 comments

-The Question: How the hell did we get here? -The Answer: Citizens United.

submitted 4 days ago • 1144 comments

imagine having to tell people you're a chiropractor

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

I agree with this. And the *actual economy - vs the headline economy - will start to deteriorate.

submitted 5 days ago • 40 comments

Woah more billionaires not having any idea what they were are talking about.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

Ahh this is so fucking stupid. Go to the doctor with ZERO EDUCATION trained by AI. Live in a building built by the carpenters with ZERO EDUCATION trained by AI.

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

/r 50501 Feb.17th Chicago #Resistance #BuildTheResistance #NoKings #50501 #50501Movement Hundreds and hundreds of protesters in Chicago right now!

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.

submitted 8 days ago • 190 comments

I really just cannot brag enough about how good this new @indivisible.org resource on next week's congressional recess is. If you're looking for practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus

submitted 8 days ago • 30 comments

@ezralevin.bsky.social can we at Indivisible signal boost this amendment resolution? I think it could be an important rallying point for public awareness and class solidarity, would UNDO Citizens United www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”

submitted 8 days ago • 317 comments

Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO. Not for me. It’s been a wonderful 8 years working with Kennedy Center President Deb Rutter, fellow artistic advisor Renee Fleming, NSO artistic administrator Justin Ellis, and the entire NSO

submitted 10 days ago • 507 comments

Musk has made over $25,000,000,000 from tax breaks, subsidies and government contracts. That’s $25 Billion we as taxpayers have both given him directly and had to compensate for. You care about the deficit? Great! Give us our fucking money back.

submitted 9 days ago • 93 comments

It's weirdly difficult to remember that Trump's popular vote margin was /less/ than Hillary's in 2016. Biden got more votes in 2020 than Trump got in 2024 and Trump surrogates all under-performed in congressional races. This is not a mandate, I don't get why it is being portrayed that way.

submitted 9 days ago • 992 comments

📌NOTE: We are under attack right now, and any media that is not reporting it this way is not worth your time.

submitted 9 days ago • 38 comments

Thanks, Elon. My salary is public, as is my financial report. But since you ask, when will you be releasing yours?

submitted 9 days ago • 586 comments

bro's taking notes for later

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Sure, there are occasional moments of resistance from senators not facing reelection, but they are fleeting and ultimately meaningless if those same individuals fold when the stakes are high. My latest adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-coward...

submitted 10 days ago • 383 comments

I wonder if the dems realize the level of anger some of us have reached. You mean Obama could have walked in and done an emergency order for healthcare? Could have walked into the pentagon and funneled the money to pre-k? But they have done nothing. Well they do email and beg for my money.

submitted 10 days ago • 125 comments

Catching up on this Musk Oval Office appearance and, optics aside, it's like a brave explorer holding a press conference from the first peak in the Dunning-Kruger range. Just so much confident opining on stuff that even casual observers can spot as completely wrong.

submitted 10 days ago • 100 comments

AXIOS: “Gulp.” #CPI @axios.com 🇺🇸 www.axios.com/newsletters/...

submitted 10 days ago • 51 comments

Read a post from a MAGA, but not your typical, hateful MAGA. She said she voted for Trump in 2024 because she hadn't had much of a raise for four years -- she's a CNA with stagnant wages. She just posted that she is devastated. She learned that this year, she would get no raise at all.

submitted 10 days ago • 316 comments

my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory

submitted 11 days ago • 1141 comments

📌NOTE: I will drop any press organization that goes along with this Gulf of America bullshit like a bag of dirt.

submitted 11 days ago • 154 comments

NO ONE voted to cut cancer research.

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

Under oath, Kash Patel said he was unaware of plans to dismiss FBI agents before he was confirmed. Today, whistleblowers revealed Patel was reportedly directing those dismissals. Covertly. Yet another reason he must be rejected.

submitted 11 days ago • 1357 comments

[record scratch] Yup. That's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. See, I wanted revenge on Joe Biden. And this guy said he was the richest man in the world and he'd help me. He'd even let me sit in the chair and play president. He said I wouldn't even look like a cuck...

submitted 11 days ago • 53 comments

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submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling. He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.

submitted 11 days ago • 111 comments

Political journalists need to be prepared to dramatically change their behavior presswatchers.org/2025/02/step...

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I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.

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Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahaha times infinity

submitted 11 days ago • 3361 comments

Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is on its face a violation the equal protection of the laws.

submitted 11 days ago • 1185 comments

AOC: The House is governed by a Republican majority. The Senate is governed by a Republican majority, and The White House has a Republican president. And if they want to pass their agenda, Republicans need to conjure up the votes to pass their own bills.

submitted 12 days ago • 186 comments

Seems pretty corrupt to me Live Updates: Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors to Drop Federal Corruption Case Against Eric Adams www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 12 days ago • 25 comments

in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

submitted 12 days ago • 492 comments

Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health. I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.

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submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

Ideally, both the Chiefs and Eagles would lose and America could heal. But, Harrison Butker, the Chiefs kicker, is a nasty Christian nationalist who pals around with Josh Hawley, so...yeah...Chiefs can kick rocks. Hope Eagles win.

submitted 13 days ago • 441 comments