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submitted 21 days ago • 108 comments

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

submitted 27 days ago • 8668 comments

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

submitted 27 days ago • 969 comments

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

submitted 27 days ago • 831 comments

if dems dont all just blame trump for this and fill the void, the voters that decide elections will think the plane crashed bc of dei

submitted 29 days ago • 54 comments

I'm new to this whole "history" thing... tell me what comes after the Roaring 20s?

submitted 29 days ago • 89 comments

When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.

submitted 29 days ago • 2678 comments

I missed this entirely: The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines. Musk demanded he resign. He did. On January 20th. www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...

submitted 30 days ago • 1048 comments

Query: If “DEI” is the reason for the plane collision, why is this the first accident in [checks watch] 16 years? 🤔

submitted 30 days ago • 335 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Trump OMB order purporting to freeze federal spending. Stay will be in place until court can consider case at hearing next Monday. Follow @democracydocket.com for more. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 31 days ago • 216 comments

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👇🏼🐓👇🏼

submitted 36 days ago • 78 comments

One way to reduce drug spend is to have the FDA do an analysis of how long medicine retains it's potency. It can do it one drug at a time. No one should throw away medicine they shouldn't have to. Whether pharmacy or patient. www.propublica.org/article/the-...

submitted 36 days ago • 1525 comments

As wrong as she was that day, she’s right now. bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

Merchan made it pretty clear that if Trump hadn’t won the election, this sentence would have been different. This time, voter apathy saved Trump from prison. Hope everyone who stayed home is proud of themselves.

submitted 50 days ago • 213 comments

Seeing how irresponsible Musk is behaving toward the California fires, imagine if he owned the platform and was co-presidenting during Covid.

submitted 48 days ago • 7 comments

So today is a good moment to pause and remind yourselves: You are not the crazy ones for remembering what actually happened. And it is up to us to keep the historical record intact. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 54 days ago • 140 comments

Let’s keep this in mind, devout Christian Speaker Johnson tried to keep the house from releasing this report because he wanted Gaetz to be attorney general. Typical

submitted 68 days ago • 1231 comments

In my OUR LAND newsletter, I share my annual playlist of "cracked Christmas" songs—cynical, dark, or alternative tunes, light on the jolly, heavy on the irony. Hit me in the replies with recommendations. link.motherjones.com/public/37933... Subscribe to OUR LAND at motherjones.com/ourlandnewsletter

submitted 70 days ago • 52 comments

From last week: New rule from agency that Trump and his billionaire co-president want destroyed would save consumers $5 billion per year in overdraft fees. www.commondreams.org/news/cfpb-ju...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a child cancer research center with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

submitted 71 days ago • 2669 comments

Democrats should “acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants ‘animals’ and says he will ‘protect’ women ‘whether the women like it or not’ is unlikely to land in a good place,” Sen. @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social writes: time.com/collection/t...

submitted 72 days ago • 5 comments

submitted 72 days ago • 790 comments

I wrote about why Chris Wray's "anticipatory resignation" is such a disaster for the FBI and a warning sign of how unprepared Washington still is for Trump II. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

submitted 78 days ago • 16 comments

Study in contrast: TWITTER/X vs BLUESKY

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

Consider yourself to have been blessed to be alive in any kind of overlap with Nikki Giovanni, May Allah be pleased with her. She has left her voice with us. This is one of my favorites. Photo credit: @jana_m_mader on X

submitted 81 days ago • 23 comments

WATCH: Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) have officially been sworn in as U.S. Senators following appointments by their respective governors to complete the terms of their vacant seats before assuming office for their full terms in January.

submitted 81 days ago • 446 comments

Don’t mistake our kindness for weakness.

submitted 82 days ago • 978 comments

“I’m not intimidated by a man whose actions on January 6th showed a cowardly disregard for democracy and the rule of law. A man too frightened to serve in the military, and a who requires a strong man like Putin to feel secure.” Amen! adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/bring-it-o...

submitted 82 days ago • 51 comments

Dear Kristen Weller and all other press, when they say we deleted evidence, refer them to this…. It’s all the evidence: www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...

submitted 82 days ago • 485 comments

Too late, Mitch

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

The relevant Jack Smith evidence shd be filed by him in court, if necessary under seal, so as preserve it from destruction by those who may find it incriminating mailchi.mp/greattask/ch...

submitted 82 days ago • 73 comments

www.obama.org/democracy-fo... Pres. Obama's remarks this week about democracy and pluralism. If you don't enjoy his speeches, you don't love language. But also, he's got important things to say. For people who care about society. Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social, with historical context as usual ...

submitted 83 days ago • 6 comments

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

submitted 344 days ago • 997 comments

Man, it must be bad.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

House Republicans vote to block release of Matt Gaetz ethics report

submitted 85 days ago • 102 comments

While you’re watching to see if there’s a tsunami, just reminding you of this, one of the most terrifying and well-written pieces of long-form journalism I’ve ever read www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

submitted 85 days ago • 190 comments

Quit the LA Times today: "Those moves can’t be defended...Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump’s second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...

submitted 86 days ago • 133 comments

Pete Hegseth saying he will totally stop being a racist alcoholic but he has to be confirmed as Defense Secretary first is an argument so stupid it could only work in modern America

submitted 86 days ago • 46 comments

WTAF is right

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

every one of Sarah's pieces about her daughter Orli's death has been astonishing. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

submitted 90 days ago • 3 comments

you were all thinking it

submitted 94 days ago • 15 comments

This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.

submitted 92 days ago • 1285 comments

A little bit of Adele & political talk... Who can forget this Thanksgiving SNL skit. 😂 www.threads.net/@groguspeakn...

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

Three American citizens, Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung, are on their way home for Thanksgiving after being designated as wrongfully detained in China by the U.S. government. Thank you, President Biden!

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