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This action by Trump is the order of a dictator. Astonishing violation of the Constitution. What next? Where is the response of Congress? The judicial system?

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US

submitted 18 hours ago • 227 comments

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... first overt threat to directly terrorize American citizens and control targeted opponents. We are headed to a one man authoritarian state.

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

This past week, the Chinese learned 1) exactly where Trump's pain points are; 2) how much to squeeze them before he flinches; and 3) how little America's partners and allies want to help this president. Highly useful information.

submitted 1 day ago • 150 comments

Their name? George … George Glass

submitted 1 day ago • 255 comments

It’s gonna be mordantly funny to see MAGA types read “he privately acknowledged that his trade policy could trigger a recession but said he wanted to be sure it didn’t cause a depression” and declare Trump to be the greatest, most empathetic president ever. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

How much did this joker donate to the Trump campaign?

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

According to Makled, there were two men in the room with him. One told him it's a federal crime to lie to a federal agent. "I'm aware of that," Makled said. "But you're not identifying yourself."

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Any guess why Trump seems so responsive to Laura Loomer and why his staff seems so extremely focused on keeping them apart and yet seems again and again unable to do so?

submitted 3 days ago • 472 comments

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

submitted 4 days ago • 409 comments

Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."

submitted 4 days ago • 5711 comments

Bingo. Trumpcession — pass it on

submitted 4 days ago • 50 comments

60 Minutes“could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses.” Trump admin still insists they’re “terrorists.” www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...

submitted 4 days ago • 84 comments

🕯️ Locals began bringing flowers to the site of the Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih on Friday. 18 people, including nine children, were killed when a Russian cluster warhead missile struck a playground.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

This is Tymofii. Russia killed him with a cluster-loaded Iskander missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. He was only 3 years old. #Ukraine

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Very loud explosions in Kyiv this night and unfortunately a lot of damage... Only 1 of 6 ballistic missiles has been intercepted. Seems like Trump's strategy of withholding air defense supplies from Ukraine is starting to make a difference... #UkrainianView

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Relay stations owned or leased by the US government are no longer carrying Radio Free Asia broadcasts with transmissions to China and Tibet totally gone.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

This seems like a bad idea

submitted 5 days ago • 443 comments

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Is this who we are? Never mind, don’t answer that. 🇺🇸 😕 www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...

submitted 6 days ago • 939 comments

"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order" from @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

submitted 6 days ago • 170 comments

Trump went to a LIV golf tournament instead of attending the dignified transfer of four U.S. Army soldiers who died in Lithuania. If you're wondering why this is so disgusting and insulting, I wrote about my time in the Army doing dignified transfers here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

submitted 6 days ago • 38 comments

Harris Faulkner's Fox News show has been on for 20 minutes now. She has not mentioned tariffs or stocks once and a stock ticker isn't being displayed. Strong state media vibes.

submitted 7 days ago • 1209 comments

BROWN: The EU and China have already vowed to retaliate. At what point would the administration consider pulling back on tariffs? LUTNICK: I don't think there's any chance Trump is gonna back off his tariffs. This is the reordering of global trade.

submitted 7 days ago • 176 comments

“How could Trump have bankrupted a casino?” is no longer a rhetorical question.

submitted 8 days ago • 146 comments

Ask yourself this: If Donald Trump was working for Vladimir Putin, what would he be doing differently?

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Imposing a tariff on Ukraine but not on Russia tells you everything you need to know about Donald Trump.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

FITCH: “This is a game changer, not only for the US economy but for the global economy. Many countries will likely end up in a recession. You can throw most forecasts out the door, if this tariff rate stays on for an extended period of time." 🇺🇸

submitted 8 days ago • 136 comments

🧵Since WW2, U.S. economic prosperity and technological developments have hinged upon the government’s commitment to funding scientific research.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

US research cuts will likely shift science’s epicenter to Europe and Asia—but at what cost? This isn’t progress, it’s displacement. What’s lost is momentum and the potential for global collaboration. 🧪 #AcademicSky

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

America taking over Greenland is a foolish idea. America destroying its relationship with Canada is utter idiocy. America applying tariffs and engaging in trade wars with neighbors is economic nonsense. A lunatic is holding America hostage and his enablers are making fools of themselves.

submitted 12 days ago • 1091 comments

Pretty sure this isn't right, but I'm not a legal expert

submitted 12 days ago • 169 comments

One in four US businesses has scaled back their hiring plans because of the turmoil unleashed by President Donald Trump’s trade war, according to a survey of chief financial officers.

submitted 15 days ago • 23 comments

A number of European countries are updating their travel advice for the United States.

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

Trump says he's looking at setting up some sort of government "compensation fund" for the January 6 criminals that he pardoned

submitted 16 days ago • 1042 comments

The living definition of 'chutzpah'

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

KARL: Do they have any due process at all? HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process? (That's a "no")

submitted 18 days ago • 2018 comments

Due process is the very complicated idea that your rights are not determined by the whims of guys like this

submitted 18 days ago • 113 comments

When you've lost Brit Hume....

submitted 17 days ago • 30 comments

The exchange will only heighten alarm in Europe. It will stoke fears that America could fast turn from a protector into something more like a predator econ.st/4kYCTDL

submitted 17 days ago • 19 comments

All you need to know about Twitter

submitted 18 days ago • 3189 comments

Horrific

submitted 18 days ago • 742 comments

BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.

submitted 18 days ago • 331 comments

I’m sure it looked a whole lot more interesting on drugs.

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

Ugh.

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

It is impossible to capture how catastrophic Trump’s recent moves and statements are for US defense contractors—this will have a huge trickle-down industrial effect given supply chains and subcontractors.

submitted 19 days ago • 149 comments