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You take the lies out of him, and he’ll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he’ll disappear. - Mark Twain I am a historian and very proud of my Canadian heritage. 🇨🇦
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 3 days ago • 1637 comments

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

submitted 67 days ago • 3181 comments

When this is over, no forgiveness for those involved. There will be trials. There will be consequences. 😡😡😡

submitted 11 days ago • 351 comments

We’re shipping off to #Boston!! 🤘Don’t miss the acoustic set by #DropkickMurphys at our April 5th event in Boston, MA. FIND a local April 5 event: FiftyFifty.one Washington D.C.: SeeYouInTheStreets.com #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #April5 #massachusetts @polrev.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 36 comments

Friends! Find your local united resistance gathering and be there! #handsoff h/t @ashmont.bsky.social

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Folks, this is a scam. The GOP is helping Elon Musk and his friends loot the federal government and give themselves billions in federal contracts—and then wants to give them permanent tax breaks on the back end by cutting critical programs. Let's call it what it is: a scam on the American people.

submitted 21 days ago • 155 comments

This is the 9th post in a multi-part series. (1/8) Margaret Thomas was a free Black woman living in Charlestown at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1773, Margaret purchased a small house and lot from future Massachusetts Governor, Increase Sumner.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

1/2 House GOP issued 70+ subpoenas on HRC's penny-ante email "scandal." J Comey changed fate of the country (and world) w his last-minute decision to "re-open" the case. Ten days before election NYT gave nearly all of its front page to Comey's preening move. Reminder:

submitted 24 days ago • 34 comments

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

submitted 26 days ago • 4499 comments

Wrote a thing looking at yesterday's dissent from Alito, comparing it to SCOTUS rulings he joined in the past two years, and highlighting how there's only one principal for Alito about exec power: GOP Presidents have absolute power. Dem Presidents have none. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/a...

submitted 42 days ago • 24 comments

"In short, no one in power needs to worry: The university’s subversive mission to empower the public with knowledge and to encourage our students to think for themselves has been suspended indefinitely."

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

submitted 43 days ago • 1741 comments

Swalwell: The stock market is crashing, and prices are rising. This guy has gone to the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, and a UFC fight. He should go to the fucking supermarket and see what people are spending to feed themselves

submitted 44 days ago • 324 comments

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

submitted 46 days ago • 360 comments

Moments after being shown polling indicating that Trump’s favorable position toward Putin is out of step with American public opinion, Tulsi Gabbard asserts that Trump’s stance is being “celebrated” by the American public

submitted 46 days ago • 1001 comments

Thousands in the US chanting "Zelenskyy is a hero" outside of Nazi Tesla Dealership in Manhattan as #3E protesters occupy the inside. (📹 @scootercasterny.bsky.social ) #3E #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakeOver #StandWithUkraine

submitted 47 days ago • 179 comments

Social Security misinfo has been coming fast & furious. Let's set the record straight: 🧟benefits aren't paid to zombies 🌍undocumented immigrants can't get SSNs or benefits 9️⃣9️⃣Social Security has 99% payment accuracy (ask the OIG that Trump just fired!) More here: www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

submitted 56 days ago • 4 comments