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What a shame. Teamsters deserve better than this.

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submitted 3 days ago • 839 comments

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

submitted 3 days ago • 2367 comments

American presidents don’t even joke about this. Just because he’s petty doesn’t mean this isn’t dangerous.

submitted 3 days ago • 1740 comments

They call public schools “government schools” so you won’t trust them. They call it “school choice” to make it sound like you have one. They whine about “parental rights” when they’re rights you already have. They call them school vouchers instead of what they are- discounts for the wealthy.

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

An unconscionable post from Donald Trump about Zelenskyy, in which he calls him a "dictator" and threatens Ukraine's existence.

submitted 3 days ago • 1164 comments

That Trump is now calling Pres. Zelensky a “dictator” and it talked the U.S. into spending $350 billion (a lie) for a war Ukraine started (another disgusting lie) should remind you the White House occupant is mentally deranged and must be opposed at all times.

submitted 3 days ago • 199 comments

A sovereign democracy in Europe was invaded by Putin. His forces have inflicted immeasurable destruction, pain and deaths upon Ukraine and its people. The notion that Ukraine should surrender land or pay US ANYTHING for providing help for Ukraine to defend itself is obscene.

submitted 4 days ago • 137 comments

The leaders of the Trump/Musk Regime are trying to do to the United States what they have done to businesses they have "creatively" destroyed and plundered. What could go wrong?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2289 comments

"Yosemite National Park announced Friday that reservations for some of the park’s most popular campgrounds will be delayed. … The announcement comes amid a staffing shortage during a federal hiring freeze and an indefinite delay on the park's entrance reservation system." apple.news/AtTVELR2bST-...

submitted 6 days ago • 28 comments

Are people finally waking up? The real fight isn’t about bathrooms or drag queens—it’s about who holds power & at whose expense. Culture war is just a distraction, keeping working people too busy fighting each other rather than noticing who’s actually robbing us blind: billionaires—not each other!

submitted 6 days ago • 299 comments

Workers lose their jobs in the rural areas of the state & there are no jobs to fulfill the new work requirements of the Medicaid & welfare programs. Workers may become homeless. Homelessness is now illegal. For-profit jails enrich Trump’s buddies. See how this works?! share.newsbreak.com/biyjd5dz

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

This is pure fear-mongering. Only a handful of colleges still require Covid vaccines, and no states require them for K-12 schools. But a LOT of families are wary (<40% of kids under 12 have ever gotten a Covid shot). And his messaging fuels the false perception that schools are forcing kids to vaxx.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

The Associated Press @AP is one of our largest news agencies. And that is the real reason Trump banned them from WH briefings & Air Force 1. Soon ‘freedom of the press will be a thing of the past

submitted 7 days ago • 79 comments

The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022. The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion. Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.

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submitted 10 days ago • 48 comments

Two decades after "The Republican War on Science" was published, the broader crisis has reached breathtaking and self-defeating new levels. The NIH cuts are brutal, and they're part of a larger conflict. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”

submitted 12 days ago • 1252 comments

THIS is the version of the ‘farmer who’s about to lose his farm’ testimonial that you need to see. Here’s the thing—I don’t care if they admit they were wrong. We already know they were. But they do need to admit they were lied to—by Donald Trump. Call him out by name!

submitted 13 days ago • 204 comments

submitted 15 days ago • 644 comments

NEW: President Trump's hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of seasonal federal firefighters, including those who work for agencies called on to help battle the devastating L.A. fires, creating a potential shortfall ahead of the next fire season. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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submitted 16 days ago • 1086 comments

If Elon Musk wants to cut government funding, he should give back all the billions in government subsidies (handouts!) he got for Tesla -- and the billions in government contracts he got for SpaceX. Every single penny. And he should sign a pledge never to take another penny.

submitted 17 days ago • 79 comments