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The "free speechers" are now afraid of free speech.

submitted 37 days ago • 295 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 55 days ago • 1048 comments

USAID was investigating Starlink CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests

submitted 56 days ago • 39 comments

Without the CFPB, giant financial institutions — like banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and debt collection companies — will have an easier time picking your pocket. It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.

submitted 54 days ago • 123 comments

Tax loopholes for the rich. A bloated military budget. Lucrative contracts and subsidies to private corporations. These are all huge sources of federal waste and fraud, but don't expect Elon Musk and DOGE to take aim at any of them.

submitted 59 days ago • 19 comments

We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis. The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup. At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues. Nothing should be "business as usual."

submitted 59 days ago • 298 comments

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

submitted 59 days ago • 2587 comments

Both Trump and Elon Musk have succumbed to the delusion that there is a broad popular constituency in favor of what they are doing. There isn't. They are pitching to the compulsively online lunatic fringe. They are not prepared for the blowback as soon as they touch a single Social Security check.

submitted 59 days ago • 29 comments

There are some elements of this administration from which the country will never recover.

submitted 59 days ago • 33 comments

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has returned from a trip to El Salvador where he secured an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality — including American citizens — offering to hold them in the country's sprawling maximum-security facility…

submitted 60 days ago • 888 comments

NEW: I just moved to subpoena Elon Musk to appear before the Oversight Committee to answer for his unlawful takeover of agencies across the government. Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate. They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.

submitted 59 days ago • 148 comments

Hurricane Helene devastated western NC - we are still recovering, and will be for years to come. Because we knew it was coming, schools and many businesses were closed, leaving roads clear so rescuers could do their jobs. Imagine how many more lives would have been lost without prior warning.

submitted 59 days ago • 14 comments

Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."

submitted 59 days ago • 244 comments

This Treasury letter does not contradict reporting by WIRED & TPM. It says "Treasury staff members working with Tom Krause" have read-only access, and "all operational processes" are conducted by Treasury staff. That doesn't deny DOGE has admin and altered code. home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

submitted 59 days ago • 39 comments

Elon Musk used all the freedoms and opportunities of the USA, the country that defeated the Nazis, to become the wealthiest human being on earth. So how does he return the favor? He salutes the Nazis, then leads in the destruction of the Country made him. To me- that’s as traitorous as it gets.

submitted 59 days ago • 68 comments

More of this, please. Let the lawsuits flow. I love it.

submitted 59 days ago • 15 comments

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

submitted 60 days ago • 933 comments

Funny how those in right-wing media spun endless conspiracy webs about Biden being “compromised” over Hunter’s business deals, yet Elon Musk — swimming in foreign ties, gov't contracts, and so much more — gets a free pass. Did they all suddenly run out of red string?

submitted 59 days ago • 92 comments

"This is precisely how democratic breakdown occurs—not just through the violation of laws, but through the corruption of the very language and concepts we use to understand law."

submitted 60 days ago • 19 comments

Trump's acting CFPB director (Scott Bessent) stopped the agency's work, which includes: -Capping credit card rates and excessive fees -Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers -Preventing politically-motivated debanking It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.

submitted 59 days ago • 45 comments

Funds that Congress approved for weapons packages to Ukraine during the Biden administration are nearly empty, with most weapons already in Ukraine.

submitted 59 days ago • 5 comments

News on Trump-Musk scandal at Treasury from Ron Wyden: The admin now claims Musk takeover merely expands previous "audit" under Biden. But Wyden tells me former Treasury officials have informed him this is highly implausible. "A cover-up," Wyden says. Lots more here newrepublic.com/article/1911...

submitted 59 days ago • 102 comments

Since all the transphobes are quiet about the possibility of the Department of Education getting eliminated, I guess it was never about protecting women’s sports after all, since the DOE is the department that enforces Title IX.

submitted 59 days ago • 72 comments

Republicans are going along with Elon Musk's unlawful power grab. They're okay with an unelected billionaire who has no congressional authority having his hands on the Treasury's payment system and your Social Security number. Remember this.

submitted 59 days ago • 199 comments

Gaza is this week’s bright shiny object. Pay attention to Trump’s effort to aggregate as much govt power as possible in the WH & convert the civil service into loyalists, while GOP members of Congress watches let it happening without exercising their constitutional power to check it.

submitted 59 days ago • 207 comments

To America’s 2.3 million federal employees: Don’t accept a buyout. Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer. And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it? Sincerely, Robert Reich Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

submitted 59 days ago • 153 comments

"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."

submitted 64 days ago • 134 comments

This photo hits hard.

submitted 64 days ago • 894 comments

You know, if a small percentage of the US Electorate were just fine with a woman President, I'd be sitting here on a Saturday morning, enjoying my coffee, and not Doom Scrolling wondering what on earth is going on

submitted 64 days ago • 493 comments

again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government

submitted 64 days ago • 275 comments

Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care

submitted 64 days ago • 2955 comments

ONE HOUR AWAY on #TheBreakdown: Trump exploits tragedy to stir DEI culture wars, to distract from his unfit radical appointments. @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social break it all down and more at 7PM EST. 📺 : youtube.com/watch?v=n9X-Q1…

submitted 65 days ago • 78 comments

Any US Senator who votes for Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. or Kash Patel are betraying their oath of office to serve their constituents and uphold the Constitution.

submitted 65 days ago • 534 comments

⚡️ Russian oligarch Kerimov held stake in Musk's SpaceX through trust despite sanctions, Bloomberg reports.

submitted 65 days ago • 8 comments

Marc Elias of Democracy Docket has put together a short punchy list of 10 things we can all do to protect democracy. Read, copy, spread the word & act! https://mailchi.mp/democracydocket/nov12-tipsheet-8877620?e=a8f0953978

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Camps. He’s describing a concentration camp.

submitted 66 days ago • 48 comments

January 29, 2025

submitted 66 days ago • 35 comments

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

submitted 66 days ago • 2423 comments

Did I say concentration camps? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

submitted 66 days ago • 53 comments