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This is how it’s done.

submitted 1 day ago • 2823 comments

“The decisions Trump’s making are in the real world rapidly unspooling a noble system of governance that took centuries to build and a world order that, for all its faults, has been more prosperous and humane than any that preceded it.” open.substack.com/pub/clairebe...

submitted 3 days ago • 33 comments

It's Elon's IRS now. Audit the poor and protect the rich.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

The Trump administration fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration. Sources told CNN the Trump admin didn’t seem to know the NNSA oversees nuclear weapons. The agency began rescinding the terminations Friday morning. www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments

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submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

Scotten was unintimidated by a legal hack of Bove’s non-stature. A former Army Ranger, who was awarded two Bronze Stars, Scotten graduated first in his Harvard Law class and was a clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts. Responding to Bove’s bluster Scotten said: GFY. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 7 days ago • 22 comments

Every Senator who votes to confirm RFK Jr. today should be voted out of office. Pass it on.

submitted 9 days ago • 276 comments

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

submitted 9 days ago • 788 comments

Give us a break. McConnell had his chance after the deadly insurrection. He could have ended this nightmare with a Senate conviction. He didn’t. Let’s never forget his unforgivable disservice to the Constitution and America. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 10 days ago • 285 comments

I’m irrationally delighted by this.

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Meet our unqualified, drunk Secretary of Defense. “E pluris - E - help me out,” turning the crowd for the motto. Hegseth slurred his words while trying to recall the nation’s motto— E pluribus unum - to US troops. Out of many, one. www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

submitted 10 days ago • 56 comments

We are in serious trouble www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Profane

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

An encouraging view from South Africa in strong opposition to the lies of white supremacists. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I am no foreign policy expert, but it’s heartbreaking to consider the years of heroism and terrible sacrifices of the Ukrainian people in the face of rank Russian aggression, only to have Trump come in and kneecap them. Forget 2014 borders, forget NATO. Putin is a happy man tonight.

submitted 10 days ago • 147 comments

All you need to know.

submitted 10 days ago • 64 comments

The "unanimously" elected is a nice touch. Makes it even more North Korea-like.

submitted 10 days ago • 245 comments

A man with no cultural values leading an icon of American culture is cultural misappropriation. I shudder to think who the next Kennedy Honors will be awarded to. I imagine projectile vomiting on the horizon. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The police are out of control.

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

While the adjudicated rapist and convicted felon plays golf…

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

submitted 14 days ago • 890 comments

Advice for Democratic lawmakers: Don't ever again put out a press release stating that you're "meeting tomorrow" in response to a five-alarm fire. Cross that out. Write this: "We are urgently working to address this crisis." And then make that statement true with immediate action.

submitted 20 days ago • 48 comments

I highly recommend reading anything Lauren Duca writes. This is good. Worth subscribing to Pancake Brain. Pancake Brain laurenduca.substack.com?r=49rl0&utm_...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

@joshtpm.bsky.social on how to begin stopping the madness and shifting public opinion. 1st up, Musk workers have taken over and "many are employees from his private companies operating with no legal authority at all," so get more info and get into court ASAP. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...

submitted 22 days ago • 34 comments

Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/

submitted 22 days ago • 128 comments

This is downright shameful... How can anyone who serves the military now have any respect for this VILE administration? I was always told that they see themselves as brothers and sisters, is that a lie?

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

One thing has been made clear in the past two weeks: Americans are not safe with Donald Trump in charge.

submitted 22 days ago • 571 comments

Our aid programs around the world are an important part of our soft power. Creating a vacuum in these spaces simply opens a path for our adversaries, who are already expanding influence in these regions, to step in. It is so short-sighted and dumb. And of course cruel, but that’s a given

submitted 22 days ago • 56 comments

A month ago the FBI posted this on Linkedin. Good luck attracting new agents now, in an era where legal protections that keep FBI personnel from being fired are ignored--because they worked on prosecutions on a matter that touched on the new president's "interests." www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

submitted 22 days ago • 170 comments

Gutting the FBI is like waving a red flag at terrorists and other criminals.

submitted 22 days ago • 330 comments

“Elon Musk’s minions—from trusted sidekicks to random college students and former Musk company interns—have taken over the General Services Administration, a critical government agency that manages federal offices and technology.” www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 22 days ago • 122 comments

This is what Trump’s cruelty and chaos has unleashed.

submitted 22 days ago • 67 comments

This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

submitted 22 days ago • 817 comments

Jesus wept. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments