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submitted 14 days ago • 38 comments

Whatever you think of Ukraine, they have paid in blood and have their country trashed by Russia. And isn’t Donald Trump the guy who faked bone spurs to avoid the draft, and isn’t he the guy who called people who join the military “suckers?” Today Trump and Vance shamed America and all Americans.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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It is high time to send a message to the billionaires and corporations. Observe February 27, midnight, to February 28, midnight as an economic blackout day. Buy nothing from Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, and any other brick and mortar store. Don’t go out for dinner and don’t do takeout.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.

submitted 38 days ago • 233 comments

There’s still time to stop Kash Patel’s nomination. Patel, who helped produce a version of the Star-Spangled Banner sung by violent January 6th inmates, has salivated about prosecuting the media. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email instead: act.indivisible.org/sign/demand-...

submitted 38 days ago • 32 comments

NEW: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sues the Trump administration to unfreeze over $3 billion in federal funding for his state. Shapiro says that despite two judges' orders to release the funds, the federal government has withheld the money.

submitted 38 days ago • 45 comments

Texted this morning to my House and Senate elected representatives via Resistbot 50409. Copied to 1,000 people.

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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 47 days ago • 611 comments

Musk & gang have accessed Medicare data. Under HIPAA laws I must give my permission as a Medicare recipient for them to do so. I have NOT. Have you? Civil penalties can go up to $1.5 million per occurrence. Time for a lawsuit?

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The GOP continues to push legislation to address the false idea that large numbers of noncitizens are voting. Why is the party spending so much energy on a problem that doesn’t exist with a solution that could disenfranchise millions? We explain.

submitted 46 days ago • 34 comments

An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments. What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

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DCA staffing on Wednesday was reportedly not normal — with one air traffic controller handling the job of two people. These shortages will only be worsened by federal budget cuts and Trump's hiring freeze. We should be investing in public workers, not attacking them.

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Trump is going to try to fix this by making everyone call it “American Intelligence.”

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

BREAKING: A coalition of nonprofits, public health leaders and small businesses sue over the Trump administration's decision to halt all agency grants and loans, arguing that the pause violates the Constitution and federal law.

submitted 54 days ago • 44 comments

Literally happening as we speak

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money meet mouth. (lutnick's confirmation hearing is tomorrow/wednesday). www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Yes, it can happen again. 👀

submitted 57 days ago • 384 comments

What do you think? Is America vulnerable to Autocracy, Inc.? youtube.com/watch?v=X_D-...

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"All politics are moral politics, and people respond to values more than facts alone. Frame the issue in moral terms. Rule by the rich is a betrayal of the American promise of democracy, fairness, and opportunity." - @gilduran.com

submitted 66 days ago • 7 comments

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 60 days ago • 517 comments

The US president just attacked a female bishop for saying Christian things in a Christian sermon, calling her a "so-called bishop", not "smart", and "not very good at her job." And no one will blink an eye. It won't be a controversy or a big story. All normalized. Welcome to the next 4 years.

submitted 60 days ago • 384 comments

"a key piece of a broader conservative campaign to suppress speech that conservatives don’t like..." lpeproject.org/blog/the-ins...

submitted 61 days ago • 88 comments

Wajahat Ali: "[Trump is] saying: 'If you're my violent mob, I got your back. There's no penalty for violence against my enemies.'" Francesca Fiorentini: "What would it mean for this country to truly admit that we have a Nazi sympathizer as president?" Full Zeteo panel: zeteo.com/p/free-reign...

submitted 62 days ago • 64 comments

“The $TRUMP memecoin — a financial asset that didn't exist on Friday afternoon — now accounts for about 89% of Donald Trump's net worth.” Trump just became one of the top 25 richest people on earth. Through this. Insane, open & now normalized corruption.

submitted 63 days ago • 314 comments

Friendly reminder

submitted 65 days ago • 36 comments

NEW VIDEO: One of Republicans' top priorities this session? Passing the SAVE Act, a bill that would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. @marcelias.bsky.social explains how the bill could disenfranchise millions of voters: https://youtu.be/QTQrVssjoXA

submitted 64 days ago • 17 comments

Mike Johnson is threatening to condition California wildfire aid to raising the debt ceiling, which would pave the way for another round of deficit-spiking tax cuts for the wealthy. Playing politics with people's lives to make your donors richer is reprehensible.

submitted 67 days ago • 431 comments

If only the United States could learn some lessons from South Korea:

submitted 68 days ago • 243 comments

"Pete Hegseth: The Short Course – 13 Steps to National Destruction" snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...

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submitted 69 days ago • 2038 comments

Think Trump will go to California to view the LA devastation and to offer support? After all, Biden did. 🤔

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

We owe a great debt to the firefighting crews now battling the blazes. Those crews, not incidentally, include over 900 inmates from California prisons. Some thoughts 👇

submitted 70 days ago • 258 comments

With Trump taking office, Project 2025 is the agenda. Here's how pro-democracy groups and leaders are fighting back to protect the communities most threatened by the right-wing plan.

submitted 73 days ago • 20 comments

People once had to buy fire insurance. If your home was on fire and you didn't have insurance, the fire department would let your home burn. That's our current healthcare system. One day, health insurance will seem just as radical as fire insurance. Pass Medicare for All.

submitted 73 days ago • 12 comments

Want to know why America is for sale to billionaires and the corporate elites?

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