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Trump and Musk are a living monument to the worst excesses of human nature—an exhausting blend of arrogance, ignorance, greed, selfishness, narcissism, and the kind of misplaced confidence that has already fueled a thousand horrible decisions that will ultimately hurt millions of everyday Americans.

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Raskin: "It's becoming obvious to the American people that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not opponents of corruption, they are agents of corruption."

submitted 20 hours ago • 162 comments

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

submitted 22 hours ago • 2132 comments

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

submitted 1 day ago • 3412 comments

This is who Republicans just made FBI Director. Kash Patel calls for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.” “We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media”

submitted 1 day ago • 901 comments

A man with no law enforcement experience who promotes conspiracy theories, supports Jan 6 insurrectionists, and has an enemies list is now the head of our FBI—the "Best and Brightest," folks. Senate narrowly confirms Trump nominee Kash Patel for FBI director wapo.st/41pgR5d

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

The Senate just confirmed Kash Patel as the next FBI Director. A MAGA loyalist and conspiracy theorist is now in charge of one of the biggest intelligence agencies in the world. This is a serious threat to Americans.

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For those unfamiliar, General Charles Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is Black. Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations, is a woman.

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An unconscionable post from Donald Trump about Zelenskyy, in which he calls him a "dictator" and threatens Ukraine's existence.

submitted 3 days ago • 1168 comments

"the lesson is clear: America cannot be trusted, and all its former allies should start preparing for the worst, including developing their own nuclear deterrents in case of war with the U.S. itself." prospect.org/world/2025-0...

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JD Vance is so nauseatingly unlikeable that he’s literally dragging down the AfD’s approval rating

submitted 3 days ago • 271 comments

Incredible thread.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Elon Musk fired a disabled Veteran with 3 tours of duty from his job serving other Veterans at the VA. Elon’s companies get billions from defense contracts. He’s happy to profit off our servicemembers - but when he can no longer make money off them, he kicks them to the curb.

submitted 3 days ago • 301 comments

The one very narrow sense in which the Trump era has made me more conservative is that I’ve become much more conscious of the ease & speed with which flawed but absolutely vital norms & institutions can be blown up beyond the point of easy repair.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

Spot on.

submitted 7 days ago • 1548 comments

yeah the issue isn't that salmonella never appears here in the US, it does; the issue is that when it does, teams of dedicated civil servants track the outbreak, find the source, spread the word, and recall the bad food. and will they keep doing that? will "they" still exist in any meaningful sense?

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The lead prosecutor in the Eric Adams case has resigned over DOJ's order that the case be dismissed. "I expect you will eventually find someone who will be enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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ok the awesome thing here is that this purchase apparently dated back to Biden, so basically Musk's bullshit antics just cost Tesla a $400M contract www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

REPORTER: Would you direct agencies to study the impact tariffs would have on prices in the US? TRUMP: No. There's nothing to study. It's gonna go well.

submitted 8 days ago • 481 comments

There’s a full on Saturday Night Massacre going on this Thursday afternoon.

submitted 8 days ago • 59 comments

Trump's freeze on wildfire mitigation efforts will have grave consequences on our communities. We'll be less safe, less prepared, and more vulnerable to the threats of wildfires – so Representative Scott Peters, Representative Joe Neguse, and I are demanding he restart this wildfire prevention work.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments