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American/Australian, in Melbourne since '97. Vegan since '89. "Are 51% of Americans really dumb, or really evil? Or both?" I have a "no oligarch/robber baron" policy.
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Minnesota Senator Tina Smith bringing the thunder 🔥

submitted 15 hours ago • 301 comments

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submitted 14 hours ago • 816 comments

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It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.

submitted 8 hours ago • 443 comments

Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 18 hours ago • 547 comments

Sure, the world remembers "Alexander the Great." But "Dave the Not-too-Shabby"? Nuthin'! And "Trish the Could-Be-Worse"? Bupkiss!

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Isn't it weird that Trump & Musk are treating the best of us -- our dedicated Civil Servants -- the way Putin would be treating them if he had just conquered America?

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Scaring people into quitting didn’t work, so now it’s a new game. X isn’t for gov’t business, and not replying to an email isn’t a legal resignation. We could’ve had housing help, tax breaks for workers, and better healthcare. Instead, we’re stuck with this.

submitted 21 hours ago • 167 comments

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The European Union is preparing to announce a historic €700 billion aid package for Ukraine. The project was top secret but "accidently let out" after the US visit to EU. This is unprecedented in scale and declaws Trump & Putin's plot to force Ukraine to surrender to plunder it for its resources.🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 356 comments

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THIS ENERGY www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSil...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

submitted 1 day ago • 663 comments

"I'll kill for you, sir." — Donald Trump's handpicked chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Was listening to someone talk about the people who are regretting their votes and they dropped a quote I will never forget “They are only crying now, because they are being treated, how they voted for other people to be treated”

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

submitted 3 days ago • 4220 comments

Republicans Stab Ukraine in the Back open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Elon musing about prosecuting schiff isn’t mere politics, it’s a lot more than that. I wish Schiff would explain a little bit more of what a norms crusher this is.

submitted 2 days ago • 163 comments

Trump has reached the phase of dementia where he's like a 6-year-old boy at his birthday party and his Mom puts a birthday crown on his head: "Look at me - I'm the King!!!!" Mom: "Yes you are, my little angel!!!"

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 4 days ago • 2367 comments

Gov Pritzker of Illinois and Gov Hochul of New York kicked the living Trump out of Orange Caligula today. Rachel Maddow covered them both extensively. This isn't the end of Don, but it is the beginning of the end of Don!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Microsoft is building a Quantum computer that will be more powerful than all other computers combined. The first thing this computer will discover is that all Republicans are idiots.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.

submitted 3 days ago • 395 comments

Who the fuck would want to be there?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I try to keep the language on here… PG… but in this case i can’t. You, Trump, are a traitorous piece of shit

submitted 4 days ago • 2031 comments