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He nails it.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1184 comments

DOGE is getting a whole lot of headlines mainly because our brains aren't wired to make sense of millions, billions, or trillions of dollars. Lemme help: Math out the DOGE numbers and you'll discover that your DOGE dividend may buy you a coffee or two. The problem: There's just not that much waste.

submitted 10 hours ago • 23 comments

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

submitted 1 day ago • 1222 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

submitted 1 day ago • 680 comments

I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

submitted 104 days ago • 279 comments

"The Trump administration is now bringing the post–World War II era to an end," @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. American allies, especially in Europe, need to face up to this new reality and make dramatic changes:

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ‘credible death threats’ when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary."

submitted 2 days ago • 622 comments

I hate to ask this but i have to, are we now the bad guys? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/are-we-now...

submitted 3 days ago • 5050 comments

Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...

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submitted 5 days ago • 145 comments

If there is any American left in you, these pathetic acts of fealty should make your blood boil. tenney.house.gov/media/press-...

submitted 6 days ago • 938 comments

Yes, indeed — what the fuck!!! 😡

submitted 5 days ago • 1213 comments

Trump takes a taxpayer-funded joyride at the rained-out Daytona 500—while gutting the federal workforce. But the rain didn’t stop him from hogging the spotlight. Meanwhile, over on NASCAR’s official Instagram page—he was dragged for filth in replies…

submitted 5 days ago • 358 comments

Money talks

submitted 6 days ago • 2306 comments

“It was an appalling display of hostility, hypocrisy, arrogance and ignorance. It’s hard to overstate what a terrible precedent [Vance’s] speech sets for the role of America on the global stage and particularly among our traditional democratic allies.” www.americaamerica.news/p/do-real-am...

submitted 7 days ago • 65 comments

Dear Leaders of the Free World, We're not with these maniacs. Sincerely, Decent Americans johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

submitted 7 days ago • 435 comments

You’re UNFIRED 👉🏻 www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

submitted 6 days ago • 47 comments

A century later, it's Germany sounding the alarm about a dark malevolence spreading across the world. The harbinger of darkness this time...is us. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

submitted 7 days ago • 151 comments

George Washington in 1796 on rising lawless and factionalism: “cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

submitted 6 days ago • 28 comments

This is probably the most accurate take.

submitted 7 days ago • 2927 comments

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 7 days ago • 1478 comments

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 7 days ago • 536 comments

During these troubling times, the littlest things can be a source of uplifting. Recorded this humming bird feeding today!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 97 days ago • 1165 comments

This is a great piece.

submitted 12 days ago • 280 comments