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Some thoughts on Jeff Bezos's idea of “personal liberties and free markets.” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-the-oligarchy-stupid

submitted 10 hours ago • 270 comments

Five alarm fire. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 9 hours ago • 493 comments

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat, with a mortality rate of about 90%. In today’s episode, we talk with a scientist who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine. Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw

submitted 11 hours ago • 189 comments

DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b Annual increase in deficit: $900b Cuts to Medicare: $880b

submitted 1 day ago • 193 comments

For the “we’re living in a dictatorship!!” crowd… For 20 years, The Economist has ranked countries on several factors and presented them in its “Democracy Index”. Canada is a “full democracy”; the USA is a “flawed democracy”.

submitted 8 hours ago • 28 comments

I told you all @jeffbezos was feral. He’s now killed the Graham/Bradlee legacy of justice, the First Amendment and basic humanity in a vomitous spew of nonsense, testosterone fueled (and HGH) double talk that is more than a little pathetic and utterly shameless.

submitted 15 hours ago • 605 comments

Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...

submitted 1 day ago • 804 comments

If they truly believed they were saving America they'd be celebrating in the streets, not canceling town halls and hiding from their constituents.

submitted 7 hours ago • 165 comments

The GOP passed a budget resolution last night that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs — as 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Why? To finance tax cuts for the top 1%. We have socialism in this country for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

submitted 6 hours ago • 93 comments

So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”? But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"? Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.

submitted 8 hours ago • 768 comments

After the disturbing news this morning about the Washington Post's opinion section, Democracy Docket sent out the following. If you want to support its commitment to pro-democracy news, information, opinion and analysis, become a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 6 hours ago • 122 comments

CNN poll: - 55% believe Elon Musk has too much power in government. - 3% believe Elon Musk has too little power. * the 3% have been identified as Elon Musk and every woman he has tried to naturally impregnate.

submitted 16 hours ago • 121 comments

After Trump embraced crypto, Coinbase gave millions to PACs backing pro-Trump candidates. After Trump's win, they gave $1M to his inaugural and listed his meme coin. Now, Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Coinbase. See how this works?

submitted 9 hours ago • 98 comments

BREAKING: House Republicans just passed their budget resolution 217-215 that would virtually guarantee deep cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, all to fund a major tax break for the ultrawealthy... and still add trillions to the national debt.

submitted 1 day ago • 806 comments

The U.S. has officially recorded its first measles death since 2015. Texas health officials have confirmed that an unvaccinated child has passed away from measles amid a massive outbreak that has impacted nine counties in West Texas. 👉 meidasnews.com/news/the-uni...

submitted 13 hours ago • 1627 comments

Elon Musk has no authority to send emails to federal workers asking them to justify their jobs (days after he wields a chainsaw on a stage...hello?) He has no authority to fire or threaten anyone. Call your reps and tell them Elon Musk must be fired. 202-224-3121

submitted 13 hours ago • 139 comments

On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1348 comments

Bankrupt? Republicans just advanced a budget that will add $4 trillion to the debt! They’re not preventing bankruptcy, they’re expediting it.

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Another plane incident in DC: An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.

submitted 15 hours ago • 856 comments

Reminder: An oligarch is taking a chainsaw to the federal government, firing thousands of civil servants every day, shutting down agencies, blocking funds for cancer research, stealing your medicaid and social security... ...because a few hundred billionaires don't want to pay their share in taxes.

submitted 1 day ago • 149 comments

NEW: Aluminum producer Alcoa said on Tuesday that Donald Trump’s plan to impose a tariff on aluminum imports could cost about 100,000 US jobs and would itself not be enough to entice it to boost production in the country. The tariff is set to take effect March 4. 🔗 www.mining.com/web/alcoa-wa...

submitted 1 day ago • 281 comments

They’re cutting Medicaid

submitted 1 day ago • 2123 comments

Trump says his 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods will begin next week. Reminder: tariffs aren't paid by other countries. They're eventually paid by us at the checkout line.

submitted 1 day ago • 149 comments

As plane crashes are happening on a near-daily basis, Elon Musk now appears to be saying he wants to interfere with flight paths because he thinks he knows better than pilots. What could go wrong 🤷‍♂️

submitted 1 day ago • 688 comments

"Overturning Roe was never just about sending abortion back to the states. It was a necessary step on the path to allowing pre-existing state bans to take effect, and to banning abortion nationwide." - @susanrinkunas.com

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Medicaid covers nearly half of all children born in the country and around two-thirds of nursing home care for seniors. The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%. "Party of family values."

submitted 1 day ago • 172 comments

The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount

submitted 2 days ago • 879 comments

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants the Trump administration to let private military contractors take over mass deportations. None of this is about making America safe. It's about using human suffering to enrich the border-industrial complex.

submitted 1 day ago • 135 comments

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 3758 comments

2016, 2020, 2024—and they still don’t realize they’re on the menu…

submitted 3 days ago • 387 comments

$19,000,000,000,000.00

submitted 1 day ago • 1651 comments

If Trump orders US military members to do something ILLEGAL, will they follow those orders? I spent more than 6 years on active duty as an Army JAG. In the military, we're taught that we MUST DISOBEY UNLAWFUL ORDERS & remain loyal to the Constitution. I believe the military will hold the line.

submitted 1 day ago • 218 comments

This is the plot of Goldfinger

submitted 2 days ago • 1126 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 3 days ago • 205 comments

YES, we are in our documentary moment! Take your place with us on 3.14 in DC! Demand that this lawless coup end NOW! #NowDC 🇺🇸 🗽➡️ nowmarch.org @janefonda.com @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @markruffalo.bsky.social @johncusack.bsky.social #SAGAwards

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the latest federal agency to be hit with DOGE layoffs. That's the same agency that has investigated crashes involving Tesla's self-driving cars. This was never about "efficiency."

submitted 2 days ago • 136 comments

In case you missed it, a guy with crazy eyes and a hit list along with an unhinged podcaster have been appointed to convert the nation's premier law enforcement agency into Trump's personal goon squad.

submitted 2 days ago • 127 comments

We are just fucked beyond belief.

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If Elon's ready to go to space, I'm happy to go with him. I know where the space station is. In the meantime, he should stop trying to drag our astronauts into political fights.

submitted 2 days ago • 44 comments

The House will vote this week on the GOP's budget proposal, which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and food stamps to pay for even more tax cuts for the rich. Call your representatives now and tell them to reject it: (202) 224-3121

submitted 2 days ago • 435 comments