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Call it by its name: Trumpcession

submitted 16 hours ago • 899 comments

Don't know how exactly we're going to talk about this but abandoning our commitment to democracy here/abroad should be seen as a disqualifying, de-legitimizing action by Trump. Promoting democracy is our central purpose. It's not an option for someone who calls himself President to walk from it.

submitted 20 hours ago • 25 comments

Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…

submitted 1 day ago • 875 comments

This GOP’s agenda is a moral abomination .. If there is anything worth taking to the streets for peaceful protest, it is this sort of massive, regressive redistribution from the already-struggling to the no-amount-is-ever-enough billionaire class. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

submitted 2 days ago • 1900 comments

BASH: You voted to approve Marco Rubio's nomination to be secretary of state. Did you make the right choice? CHRIS MURPHY: Nope. It was a mistake. It was a mistake. I think a lot of us thought Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Trump on an issue like this.

submitted 2 days ago • 2382 comments

AMANPOUR (with face in hands): “Never have I ever ever ever seen anything like it… the president and VP were taking all the Putin talking points.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGolFp-...

submitted 3 days ago • 1226 comments

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

submitted 3 days ago • 2475 comments

Leader Jeffries... I need you to call Trump a "bitch" on national tv... it's literally the only way you'll get Democrats back... diplomacy isn't the way. These are unprecedented times.

submitted 3 days ago • 292 comments

Rieckhoff: He's losing his women and children. His cities are being bombed, and we're talking about his clothes? It was victim shaming, which is what trump has been doing to Zelenskyy and Ukraine since before he got elected. It's unacceptable.

submitted 3 days ago • 349 comments

That Oval Office debacle today solidified two things: 1. The US is not a trusted ally 2. Zelensky is a hero

submitted 3 days ago • 841 comments

Call your Senators & Reps tomorrow morning, especially the GOP ones, & demand support for Ukraine. Every GOP official needs to be asked if they are behind Trump & believe we should ally with Putin over Zelensky.

submitted 3 days ago • 262 comments

NOT SAFE FOR WORK! Donald Trump Regime & Volodymyr Zelenskyy! Ukraine & Russia. youtube.com/shorts/JVk3H...

submitted 3 days ago • 141 comments

I despise this orange scumbag with the intensity of a thousand suns.

submitted 4 days ago • 2791 comments

submitted 4 days ago • 1448 comments

As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

submitted 3 days ago • 3218 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 1957 comments

I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.

submitted 6 days ago • 1162 comments

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submitted 7 days ago • 1782 comments

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 7 days ago • 3773 comments

“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 9 days ago • 614 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 10 days ago • 2238 comments

"With every meter of territory they liberate, Ukrainian soldiers win the war NATO was created to fight. Ukrainian heroes fight and die daily to defend NATO’s peace. Ukraine offers NATO the greatest deal ever presented in military history."

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

We cannot confuse our allies for our adversaries. We must be clear-eyed about this. We must stand with the people of Ukraine against the barbarism of Vladimir Putin.

submitted 12 days ago • 73 comments

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

submitted 13 days ago • 1379 comments

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

submitted 13 days ago • 2374 comments

Call to Action #Feb24: Protest at Congressman Tom McClintock's Modesto Office, February 24th at 10 am “Nobody elected Musk” #3E #USprotests

submitted 13 days ago • 42 comments

Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."

submitted 14 days ago • 1088 comments

“For the first time in American history, Social Security payments are not guaranteed.” @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on explains how Elon Musk has gained control over Social Security and put those payments in jeopardy for the first time. WATCH: youtu.be/E4MH2Dkf14k?...

submitted 14 days ago • 41 comments

Planes didn't crash when this guy ran things.

submitted 14 days ago • 552 comments

Massive protests in the US as the country faces an ongoing coup d’état by the Trump regime and his oligarch cabal headed by Musk. Countless people are standing up to fascism proving the US will not go quietly. #3E #USprotests #fiftyfiftyone #Feb17 (🎥 @vuralelibol.bsky.social )

submitted 14 days ago • 342 comments

It’s the reality TV show/Instagram cabinet, featuring the Transportation Secretary heading to a car race in FL while Kentucky was a disaster site with at least 9 people dead.

submitted 14 days ago • 514 comments

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

submitted 15 days ago • 135 comments

Glad Trump had the chance to waste millions of taxpayer dollars to fly over the Daytona 500 and then ride The Beast on the track as parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee are underwater. Priorities.

submitted 16 days ago • 1014 comments

The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.

submitted 16 days ago • 789 comments

Sad that one of the couple dozen career prosecutors (Edward Sullivan) finally signed Emil Bove’s corrupt motion to dismiss the indictment of NYC Mayor Eric Adams. He rationalized that he was saving the jobs of his younger DOJ colleagues. Nearing retirement, he should’ve forced Bove to fire them all.

submitted 17 days ago • 513 comments

Reagan is rolling in his grave, and Stalin is feeling vindicated.

submitted 17 days ago • 478 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 17 days ago • 1914 comments

If you swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, this is your chance to actually do it.

submitted 17 days ago • 149 comments

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

submitted 17 days ago • 596 comments

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

submitted 17 days ago • 961 comments

pro-USAID demonstrators are roughly escorted out of a House hearing

submitted 19 days ago • 1132 comments

RIP Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, died this day 1881. “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others...

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

Heads up: The co-author of Project 2025 just issued a directive to halt almost ALL activity out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Russ Vought instructed employees to "cease all supervision and examination activity" and pause all pending investigations. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 23 days ago • 341 comments

Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.

submitted 23 days ago • 1231 comments

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

submitted 25 days ago • 1524 comments

Good morning!

submitted 24 days ago • 159 comments

Musk’s DOGE team is infiltrating the Treasury, fired racists are getting rehired by Trump, and corruption is running wild. Trump is fuming as people realize Musk is REALLY in charge. Today’s insane Meidas+ bulletin breaks it all down.

submitted 24 days ago • 252 comments

If you are a public servant, or know one, this may be useful. A new organization, the Public Service Alliance, is offering advice on privacy and cybersecurity, physical safety, access to legal counsel and more. thepublicservicealliance.com/introducing-...

submitted 24 days ago • 34 comments