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Accurate.

submitted 1 day ago • 67 comments

BREAKING: In an unbelievable moment, Republican Senator Thom Tillis breaks away harshly from Trump's policy on Ukraine, calling Vladimir Putin "a cancer, and the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime." Make sure everyone sees this.

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submitted 2 days ago • 767 comments

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

submitted 5 days ago • 1253 comments

Money talks

submitted 6 days ago • 2306 comments

Government employees should call Elon Musk "Daddy" so he'll ignore them.

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

Captures it perfectly.

submitted 6 days ago • 459 comments

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 6 days ago • 942 comments

I bought my snow blower a valentine.

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submitted 7 days ago • 688 comments

Remind you of anyone? [Cartoon by Brendan Loper]

submitted 8 days ago • 76 comments

The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...

submitted 12 days ago • 223 comments

today

submitted 13 days ago • 42 comments

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 13 days ago • 1165 comments

From Kate Conger’s book “Character Limit” on how Musk ruined Twitter.

submitted 14 days ago • 484 comments

This is hilarious. I especially like the annexation of Green Bay and the mystery Mississippi River announcement.

submitted 15 days ago • 1139 comments

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

submitted 14 days ago • 1529 comments

This guy has literally got the best job ever

submitted 16 days ago • 45 comments

JUST IN: The details on FBI employees comes in response to a Justice Department memo last week, asking for names of all current and former FBI personnel who worked on Jan. 6 cases or the prosecution of Hamas leaders.

submitted 17 days ago • 63 comments

Pretty much how they spin it!

submitted 18 days ago • 129 comments

The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.

submitted 20 days ago • 879 comments

Oh myyy, they are the very letter of it!

submitted 22 days ago • 1085 comments

The old DEI was murdered and replaced with the new DEI - Daddy Ensures Income.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

To recap, Trump: -Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence -Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers -Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee -Blamed the DCA crash on DEI This is disastrous leadership.

submitted 22 days ago • 431 comments

Cutting federal aid to lower taxes for billionaires is socialism Republican style.

submitted 25 days ago • 7 comments

Trump's treasury nominee Scott Bessent, who is worth ~$500 million, said extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich is "the most important economic issue of the day." When asked if we should raise the federal minimum wage above the current paltry $7.25 an hour, he said, "No, sir."

submitted 26 days ago • 240 comments

Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this

submitted 25 days ago • 462 comments

Late last night, Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies. Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption. Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025. Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg

submitted 28 days ago • 294 comments

2025 has been my least favorite decade so far.

submitted 29 days ago • 752 comments

Big bargain Brin books.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience. What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?

submitted 29 days ago • 1662 comments

submitted 30 days ago • 1472 comments

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years

submitted 29 days ago • 95 comments

So many have not learned them at all.

submitted 31 days ago • 152 comments

submitted 31 days ago • 1840 comments

Just because he has the power doesn’t make it right for him to abuse it.

submitted 31 days ago • 104 comments

It's not spyware if your bribe is big enough. Extortion is the new normal.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Today's live movie reenactment is from "The Day After Tomorrow".

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

In fairness the resulting fire and explosion might have set off the sprinklers.

submitted 33 days ago • 1303 comments

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

submitted 33 days ago • 867 comments

to recap: — Trump was *for* the TikTok ban — which the GOP Congress passed — and the GOP Supreme Court upheld — and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway — so that Trump could "save" it — and the media fell for it we really do live in the dumbest fucking country

submitted 34 days ago • 616 comments

What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.? In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently

submitted 34 days ago • 2299 comments