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The White House blocked an AP reporter from President Trump's news conference with India's prime minister over AP's style decision to stick with the name “Gulf of Mexico." apnews.com/article/ap-w...

submitted 9 days ago • 302 comments

The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding Air Force One Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, saying the news agency’s stance on how to refer to the Gulf of Mexico was to blame for the exclusion.

submitted 8 days ago • 442 comments

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

submitted 5 days ago • 1092 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 17 days ago • 2610 comments

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

submitted 18 days ago • 212 comments

Barring the not implausible possibility that they are all compromised by dirty/criminal secrets - the total surrender by congressional Republicans of even a pretense of their power is astonishing.

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments

Democrats: what you need to all be saying, with a single voice, is "The United States government is in crisis, and our political and economic system may collapse, because Donald Trump is trying to throw out the Constitution and make himself a dictator."

submitted 26 days ago • 91 comments

Worth noting that McConnell refusing to whip votes to convict Trump at his impeachment trial (or vote himself to convict) is why we’re now in a position where Hegseth is the Defense Secretary. If McConnell is looking for the person at fault, he might want to consult a mirror.

submitted 28 days ago • 895 comments

Not seeing anything on NYT or Washington Post about Trump’s utterly scammy $25 billion (on paper) memecoin windfall The traditional media is so ill-equipped to cover the broken modern world

submitted 35 days ago • 114 comments

Bourbon Street 1/21/25 1420 #LAwx #NOLA

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

GM has been banned by FTC from vehicle data collection sharing for 5 years for deceptively selling data to data brokers which then affected drivers’ insurance premiums and credit scores. We will miss this FTC when it’s gone. #Privacy www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

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submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

If I'm Chair, the DNC will begin an audit of existing consulting contracts on Day One. We will root out conflicts of interest, prioritize impact instead of commissions, and ensure all spending aligns with our values and mission. Spend to win. No grift.

submitted 39 days ago • 99 comments

Half of America won’t care that the company paying the informant who lied about Hunter & Joe Biden, Alexander Smirnov, had links to Trump folks. We always knew is was an op. Congress received much of their info from sanctioned Russian foreign assets & paid liars www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

submitted 46 days ago • 15 comments

Everyone should be prepared. The list below is what you must have prepared to take and also scanned and uploaded. More info in slideshow: They strike fast and with little if any warning. How to Prepare for and Survive a WILDFIRE #wildfire #LifeHacks #california www.slideshare.net/CoolGus/prep...

submitted 43 days ago • 16 comments

If you or someone you know lost loved ones' cremains in the LA wildfires, this is a free service run by archaeologists who will help you recover them ❤️ altahf.org/service-requ...

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

🚨IMPORTANT REMINDER🚨 Please read and SHARE.

submitted 57 days ago • 12 comments

Anyone who says there wasn’t enough water in the reservoirs to fight the California wildfires NEEDS to watch this & help stop misinformation. Can we please get back to uniting as a country when there are catastrophic disasters? Lying only disrupts efforts to help people in need. youtu.be/OsuBmAVqR7I

submitted 41 days ago • 395 comments

I pointed out that most of the lefty pundits complaining NOW abt the Jack Smith reports are clueless about the disclosures of premeditated violence Jack Smith successfully fought to make available before the election. www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/07/l...

submitted 41 days ago • 15 comments

As shit clamps down I would like to see things like personal websites and rss and forums return, we need to stop relying on the same 3 damn sites to be our Internet These things were the norm for ages, maybe we can reforge it

submitted 45 days ago • 6 comments

All you want for Christmas is a scorched-earth takedown of an evil billionaire? Well, I aim to please. prospect.org/power/2024-1...

submitted 60 days ago • 7 comments

"For months, the three endured these indignities because they thought that, given how much they’d contributed to the movie’s success, the “Blair Witch” windfall would eventually arrive. Instead, to commemorate the film breaking $100 million at the box office, Artisan sent each actor a fruit basket.

submitted 255 days ago • 9 comments

25 wealthiest Americans “saw their worth rise a collective $401 billion from 2014 to 2018. They paid a total of $13.6 billion in federal income taxes… it amounts to a true tax rate of only 3.4%.” The median family paid a far, far higher rate on their incomes. US’s inequalities in stark detail:

submitted 63 days ago • 56 comments

reminder why we almost had this crisis: because Musk has factories in China. prospect.org/politics/202...

submitted 63 days ago • 6 comments

"Two female editors at The Post have overseen coverage of what Lewis did for Murdoch in the past year. They have now both left the company." www.thedailybeast.com/how-prince-h...

submitted 67 days ago • 22 comments

1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

Russian military increasingly uses Starlink terminals in occupied Ukraine, causing communication stability issues. Terminals are bought and resold by Russian resellers through third countries, making it difficult to trace. SpaceX denies business with the Russian government.

submitted 378 days ago • 4 comments

I think we’ve learned an important lesson today, which is: If you ever run a media company, do not ever create a situation where your poetry editor might have cause to write a resignation letter, because it will scorch you from the face of the earth.

submitted 464 days ago • 27 comments

Popshop.planetofpeople.org is up and ready for you to choose where you want your donation dollars used 💙💛 Please share this link with your friends and family and let others know who we are and what we do. 💋🫂 #standwithukraine

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