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Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog). This story is the story and it impacts everything else. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

submitted 2 days ago • 118 comments

1. This morning, California Governor said he was in "complete alignment" with anti-LGBTQ+ hate-influencer Charlie Kirk of TPUSA on transgender sports. He also conceded on trans inmates and gender affirming care for youth. It's so much worse than being reported. Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 15 hours ago • 340 comments

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

submitted 2 days ago • 8787 comments

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

submitted 7 days ago • 306 comments

democrats are really going to convince themselves that “a return to normalcy” is what people want when its really “rebuild, investigate, imprison”

submitted 5 days ago • 171 comments

NEW: We obtained a summary of the 5,200 federal police misconduct incidents Trump deleted earlier this month. Turns out 75 percent of them stemmed from Customs & Border Protection and Bureau of Prisons employees. theappeal.org/nlead-trumps...

submitted 7 days ago • 22 comments

If you think the headline is good, you should read the copy.

submitted 10 days ago • 340 comments

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

submitted 15 days ago • 2867 comments

🔴Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum After supporting Putin over Ukraine, Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada aren't just idle talk. Neither is military action in Mexico. A senior US insider tells us what to expect www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...

submitted 15 days ago • 15 comments

“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

submitted 16 days ago • 289 comments

Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump say it should absolve their child-porn charges, too www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

submitted 17 days ago • 113 comments

👀 "If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.

submitted 20 days ago • 518 comments

I'm hearing now that every technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people. wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

submitted 21 days ago • 487 comments

Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging? Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.

submitted 22 days ago • 1871 comments

Marjorie Taylor Greene literally showed a dick pic last year in our Oversight hearing, so I thought I'd show one as well: a picture of President Elon Musk.

submitted 22 days ago • 225 comments

1. I keep saying this, but it’s important to try to slow things down. It’s something that the Democrats really don’t get. You can win a war by losing every battle slowly.

submitted 30 days ago • 109 comments

"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety." bsky.app/profile/kenk...

submitted 31 days ago • 38 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉