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STATEMENT: “This Is The Move Of A Weak And Insecure Tyrant, Not A Strong Commander-in-Chief”

submitted 4 hours ago • 40 comments

Trump just made a civilian the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Chairman is legally required to be an active-duty military officer. Trump is scared of our officers, knowing full well they will absolutely deny an illegal order!

submitted 14 hours ago • 26 comments

A year ago this month, Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies and "do whatever the hell they want" unless allies paid up. We thought it was so important, we ran it on the front page of the @mississippifreepress.org at a time when the New York Times and others didn't.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

Political interference in military leadership—especially dismissing generals and admirals based on ideological loyalty rather than competence—has repeatedly led to disastrous consequences. We are not exempt. NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...

submitted 18 hours ago • 40 comments

I am tired of this horseshit. BP didn’t “go green”; it kept drilling for oil and gas in repressive petrostates and creaming billions in profits These analysts actually believed the greenwash, and are now calling for the black pill www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

submitted 6 hours ago • 11 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 15 hours ago • 1768 comments

While the United States spent less than $100 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian support for Ukraine over 3 years, US arms sales across the globe have skyrocketed directly as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an increase of $300 billion just in 2023/2024.

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 comments

Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 4 hours ago • 11 comments

Members of Congress thanks for showing up for the cameras, you told us to use the courts but courts won't save us unless YOU put the heat on. We've seen this movie before in places like, oh, Cambodia. Let them do this to us and they will come for YOU @housedemocrats.bsky.social @dscc.bsky.social

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 17 hours ago • 860 comments

The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.

submitted 10 hours ago • 99 comments

Trump and his administration are now deciding how deep a rift to make in America’s scientific firmament. How long it takes to repair the damage, or whether that will be possible at all, depends on the extent of the damage they inflict now.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1700 comments

2 fucking headlines right next to each other

submitted 22 hours ago • 76 comments

Important to stop phrasing & headlining things as "Trump does XXX" (e.g. "Trump fires all USPS heads and integrates it under Commerce"); we can simply say he is purporting to do XXX, or claiming the power to do XXX. Mere fact of a president saying he did something doesn't will it into existence.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1006 comments

Hegseth's comments about General Brown having his position (probably) because of his skin color are reprehensible, but not at all surprising. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 14 hours ago • 21 comments

So DOGE's 'wall of receipts' is riddled with errors, falsehoods and distortions. big shock. about what you'd expect from 6 tech bros dragged over from the strip club www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 12 hours ago • 33 comments

@khanna.house.gov knows. Telehealth is a necessity to many seniors with Medicare. They’re either homebound or live in a rural area where they’d have to travel long distances for in person care. The cruelty is the point. #HandsOffOurMedicare

submitted 19 hours ago • 8 comments

Help save USPS from 47 Make a ☎️ to your Senators and MOC CLICK BELOW for background information, a call script and a lookup for your representatives contact info.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Medicare is set to roll back telehealth coverage, putting millions—especially seniors & disabled Americans—at risk of losing critical care. Use my free, prewritten letter via Resistbot to demand Congress take action now! It’s fast, easy, and vital. Send it here: resist.bot/petitions/PB...

submitted 18 hours ago • 14 comments

BREAKING - The Dow just had its worst drop since March 2020 — at the beginning of Covid Back then it was a pandemic mismanaged by Trump Now it’s tariffs and inflation mismanaged by Trump Watch out — Trump is giving America economic Covid

submitted 12 hours ago • 121 comments

The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

submitted 14 hours ago • 148 comments

Did you know that 72 MILLION Americans rely on Medicaid for healthcare? The Trump Administration and MAGA Republicans in Congress want to take it away to give tax breaks to billionaires. Don't let them take away our healthcare. Let them know you didn’t vote for this shit.

submitted 16 hours ago • 153 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 15 hours ago • 404 comments

Commentary: The message could not be clearer to our friends and allies in Europe — after 75 years of shared security, you’re on your own.

submitted 15 hours ago • 20 comments

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

submitted 19 hours ago • 39 comments

ARE THERE NO REPUBLICANS WITH A FUCKING SPINE?

submitted 15 hours ago • 86 comments

What a disgrace.

submitted 15 hours ago • 11 comments

Stocks Worst Week Since Trump Inauguration A widely watched measure of how consumers feel about the economy showed mounting fears over stubborn inflation. The S&P 500 crashed. Trump did that. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...

submitted 16 hours ago • 5 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1187 comments

Firing all the JAGs is very very bad

submitted 15 hours ago • 67 comments

The most important thing to understand about the recent history of Russian aggression against its neighbors, and especially against Ukraine, is that Putin is not a product of “Russia” or even of Russian nationalism. He is, in every way, a son of the Soviet Union. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

submitted 15 hours ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: President Donald Trump terminated Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the country’s highest-ranking military officer, from his position.

submitted 15 hours ago • 148 comments

Important observation by @natashabertrand.bsky.social.⬇️ Now ask yourself, why would Secretary Hegseth and President Trump want to remove the most senior military lawyers?

submitted 15 hours ago • 27 comments

Donald Trump — The House resolution "implements my FULL America First Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it." The House plan slashes $880 billion from Medicaid—TRUMP OWNS THIS!!! Democrats need to speak out now—LOUDLY. Don’t Cut My Medicaid 📢

submitted 15 hours ago • 161 comments

so sad. Senate Republicans who will never have to worry about medical insurance, food, shelter.... making the lives of many Americans even more desperate than they are now. it really is unconscionable, grotesque.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Community health centers. Nursing homes. Local hospitals. All get assistance thru Medicaid. Bernie Sanders lay out exactly what's at stake if Republicans gut Medicaid. Call your senators and rep! Use 5 Calls!!! #DontCutMyMedicaid

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

What do republicans fight? Apparently trans rights, airline safety, and literacy.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

This is a bad headline. Gov. Mills said she’d comply with state and federal law in response to a veiled threat. Then the President made more explicit threats to her, primarily indicating that he would (illegally) withhold federal funds from Maine. She then said she’d see him court.

submitted 18 hours ago • 10 comments

These are the kind of letters people are receiving if they dare to question this administration. We have a constitutional right and duty to speak up. #DemocracyNotDictatorship

submitted 1 day ago • 80 comments

Cartoon

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Trump’s betrayal of Americans: He promised not to cut Medicaid—now he’s backing a House plan that slashes $880 billion from it. All to fund $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich. He doesn’t care if families drown in debt, as long as he & his billionaire buddies get richer. Don’t Cut My Medicaid!

submitted 17 hours ago • 239 comments

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

submitted 18 hours ago • 646 comments

INDISPUTABLE FACTS: •Russia invaded Ukraine. •Ukraine bears no responsibility for Russia’s invasion. •Russian aggression is a threat to the entire world. •We stand with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. We stand w/all the people of Ukraine. Follow all: WE ARE THE OPPOSITION. go.bsky.app/AMZH6uh

submitted 1 day ago • 198 comments

OMB director Russ Vought has officially begun carrying out his section of Project 2025. Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.

submitted 20 hours ago • 22 comments

The Pentagon announced that it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who don’t have “mission-critical” roles expected to be terminated next week.

submitted 17 hours ago • 81 comments