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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 8 hours ago • 1650 comments

Heroin addict and roadkill enthusiast, RFK Jr. kills flu shot campaigns and cancels a major vaccination conference.

submitted 1 day ago • 990 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 573 comments

The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Call to Action: The People vs The Oligarchy protest. Lansing, Michigan, Feb 21st at 3PM to 5PM. #3E #USprotests #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #Feb21

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

submitted 2 days ago • 1126 comments

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

submitted 2 days ago • 254 comments

The Great Lakes states have, for years, been fighting an invasion of lamprey eels, which were devastating the fish stocks in the lakes. Trump fired the people who've almost succeeded in doing that. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

submitted 2 days ago • 128 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

submitted 2 days ago • 98 comments

Our kids are watching. www.mediaite.com/news/elon-mu...

submitted 2 days ago • 96 comments

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

submitted 2 days ago • 136 comments

Posted minutes after the Commander of the ISS said Musk lied about the stranded astronauts in his Fox interview with Trump.

submitted 2 days ago • 920 comments

Every ten minutes here is like: - Trump doubles student debt - Musk now has keys to your house and is in your bathroom doing plumbing drugs - Three planes just crashed - Trump signs EO making women illegal - Face-melted Nazi from Indiana Jones now in charge of CIA - Meteor not arriving fast enough

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submitted 2 days ago • 353 comments

The quid pro quo here is simple: -- Musk uses dark tech to delivery a Trump win and save him from prison. -- Trump abuses power to make Musk the first trillionaire. Any questions, maga?

submitted 3 days ago • 132 comments

A reminder I will be providing at least once a month for all of the remaining years of my life: Months before the 2024 election, the Department of Justice announced that there were at least six hundred Russian assets inside the United States and that some...were SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

submitted 3 days ago • 499 comments

It’s not a coincidence—it’s a warning.

submitted 3 days ago • 746 comments

DOGE in practice: Disabled Army veteran who has 4 kids and did 3 tours overseas is fired from his job at Bronx VA hospital

submitted 4 days ago • 454 comments

For those that disagree with me on AI, this article does a good job explaining your position and why he thinks you are right open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

submitted 4 days ago • 798 comments

This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

submitted 5 days ago • 1511 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 5 days ago • 2403 comments

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submitted 6 days ago • 23 comments

These absolute morons are going to destroy the United States. If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does. Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.

submitted 6 days ago • 2612 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

submitted 6 days ago • 272 comments

Oh my fucking God.

submitted 6 days ago • 473 comments

A website has been started in response to the orders to take down references to women’s accomplishments in government offices. We are not going to let them erase us this time. womenrefusingtobeerased.org

submitted 6 days ago • 24 comments

Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.

submitted 6 days ago • 317 comments

This is absolutely insane. They want to be able to see our tax records. Why? What purpose does this serve? Search our history so Elon can post about it? Attack their enemies? This is a five alarm fire! 🔥 wapo.st/3QizwcN

submitted 6 days ago • 256 comments

Sounds like they made a fascist turducken.

submitted 6 days ago • 1192 comments

DOGE Team Members, I hope this little post finds you well. You would be wise to remember that Trump has immunity. You do not. And also wise to know Trump has thrown many in front of a bus. If a court tells you to stop. You stop. Simple as that. Or, you are violating the law, regardless of any EO.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.

submitted 6 days ago • 716 comments

This negotiation between the US and Russia, and cutting out Ukraine, is just like when Trump cut out Afghanistan and negotiated with Taliban. We see how that “good deal” turned out. Afghanistan was on Trump Every Trump deal fails

submitted 6 days ago • 762 comments