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Retired agricultural scientist. Hobbies: bird watching, fishing, hiking, biking, orchids, cooking, and gardening. Political centrist. Issues: climate change, democracy, the Rule of Law, disinformation, identity politics
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Trump betrayed America and sided with Putin, a murdering imperialist. There is no question that Trump is a functional Russian asset. I stand with Ukraine!

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

This is gonna piss off some of the people here, but Josh is right

submitted 2 days ago • 127 comments

This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this. The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".

submitted 4 days ago • 627 comments

Remarkable assessment by an incoming German chancellor. “for me it is an absolute priority to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible, so that we achieve independence from the US, step by step.” www.dw.com/en/german-el...

submitted 5 days ago • 70 comments

www.kyivpost.com/post/47630

submitted 6 days ago • 487 comments

United States support for Ukraine was never about securing mineral rights. Or providing security for money. It was about democracy and sovereignty. And a willingness to defend our allies and oppose our enemies. Trump is betraying Ukraine, but also our values. Our history and our legacy.

submitted 5 days ago • 346 comments

They hate *non-Tesla* EVs. This will give Musk a monopoly on both charging stations & EVs

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

Pisses me off that we’re stardust with the gift of conscious existence and having to spend our time on all this bullshit.

submitted 6 days ago • 70 comments

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith bringing the thunder 🔥

submitted 6 days ago • 338 comments

Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with DOGE when Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine doesn’t sign minerals deal. Starlink is essential for Ukraine’s battlefield comms. This is the equivalent of FDR threatening to arm the Nazis if Europe didn’t sign over half its resources. Extortion. And utterly unforgivable. Hell awaits.

submitted 6 days ago • 133 comments

Trump/Rubio will not oppose Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Trump, the Betrayer. Putin's poodle.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Donald Trump lies like a rug. Russia, Russia, Russia has full control of Donald Trump. It could not be more obvious. We are in grave danger.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We are in mortal danger.

submitted 14 days ago • 54 comments

Vance took the MAGA circus to Europe and spewed fascist lies at our oldest and surest allies I’m sure that’s how you build American influence

submitted 14 days ago • 12 comments

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

submitted 15 days ago • 605 comments

I’ve gone back and forth on this, but I’ve settled on this being rationalization. If they feel they’re in mortal danger there are other options: go public with the threats, resign, anything apart from getting in line. They fall in line because it benefits them and they want to. Simple as.

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

I guess everyone should have worked harder to prevent Donald Trump from being elected.

submitted 26 days ago • 31 comments

If you wanted to know how an autocracy would start in America, it begins by releasing violent thugs from prison who beat up police defending Congress, illegally firing every Inspector General, and seizing billions appropriated by Congress for people with no authority to do so.

submitted 31 days ago • 407 comments

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, our healthcare, and the information we receive. Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power. This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 45 days ago • 145 comments

Yup. Any institution exhibiting these characteristics is fundamentally broken.

submitted 51 days ago • 9 comments

1/ Nice tidbit in a supplemental filing from Nauta & De Oliveria, confirming they realize Judge Cannon lacks jurisdiction to bar release of Special Counsel's report. Of course, she never had jurisdiction over the J6 case & can't bar that part, but she dismissed the MAL case & can't act further on it

submitted 52 days ago • 242 comments

Liz Cheney is right again.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

submitted 56 days ago • 207 comments

Spent the day talking to Europeans, and nobody can think of any precedent for what Musk just did to the US Congress. There is no businessman with that much power, the power to stop a routine spending bill, anywhere else in the democratic world.

submitted 71 days ago • 310 comments