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The U.S. is preparing for the largest protest against Trump — the “No Kings” movement will span over 1,800 cities across all 50 states and even beyond the country. The rallies coincide with a military parade in Washington, which Trump is organizing for his birthday on Saturday, June 14.

submitted 17 days ago • 17 comments

The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.

submitted 21 days ago • 105 comments

Elected Republicans are coalescing around the talking point that CBO's tax cut estimates are complete fiction and that tax cuts pay for themselves. Well, CBO's 2018 and 2019 revenue estimates - which included the previous year's TCJA - were ... 99.5% accurate. 🧵

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Fun fact: AG Pam Bondi, who approved Trump’s $400M jet gift from Qatar, was a paid lobbyist for Qatar, earning $115K a month.

submitted 48 days ago • 153 comments

Here is Justice Antonin Scalia making clear that Congressman Donalds is wildly wrong. Completely agree with @billybinion.bsky.social that it is an embarrassment that so many members of Congress appear to know so little about (or are happy to willfully distort) the foundations of our constitution.

submitted 51 days ago • 37 comments

Pirro is the 23rd former Fox employee Trump has named to his administration. She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic." Gonna thread some of her lowlights.

submitted 51 days ago • 214 comments

The week after Trump's election, I wrote my school a plan for what to do if ICE raided us. I was told that "they aren't allowed to do that." And now look where we are. I hope someone dusts off my plan soon!

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Arresting judges. Threatening allies. Lying about trade deals. Trying to sell campaign merch from the White House. Floating a 2028 run. Deranged. Dangerous. Undemocratic. We must retake our democracy.

submitted 64 days ago • 926 comments

I think something that needs to be on the agenda once sanity is restored to the US government is 1) kill qualified immunity and 2) criminal penalties for federal agents or officials who grossly violate rights. Someone who does this should legitimately fear it will put them in prison.

submitted 64 days ago • 16 comments

Kind of a relief to discover that people feel like you do.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

submitted 93 days ago • 112 comments

NEW: A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him Golden age for corruption www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 91 days ago • 62 comments

Brain drain in US happening. The exodus (of the brightest) is taking shape. @timothysnyder.bsky.social, @marcishore.bsky.social and Jason Stanley lead the way.

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

It's not about Greenland at all, or the now-historic USA that derived its legitimacy from a working civil society, capable of holding government to account. It's all about traitor Trump's endlessly pathetic need to abuse people, institutions, and nations. Unchecked by his spineless lickspittles.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

The salient facts, pared down to their simplest expression. Of equal import, the US for years could boast of the best growth among almost all developed countries, a very low tax-to-GDP rate in comparison, and the US Dollar's so-called exorbitant privilege - now threatened by traitor Trump.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

submitted 103 days ago • 1275 comments

ONA & Andrew Marshall were crucial to developing the strategies that won the Cold War. Closing ONA is Absolutely in keeping with an administration that has no interest in actually winning the long-term systemic competition against authoritarian regimes breakingdefense.com/2025/03/hegs...

submitted 107 days ago • 5 comments

Hey, I recognize that chart! Thanks to my friend Rep. Schweikert for using some of my budget data in his fiery House floor speech calling out both parties for their unseriousness on deficits, and calling for new tax cuts to be offset with savings.

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

Canadian music to my ears. Shine a light into that treasonous posse's toxic veneration of evil and deceit.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

The tree of liberty in fitting colors. From Thomas Paine's 'The Crisis', Dec 23, 1776, quote: There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; [..] It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice;

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

"There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; they solace themselves with hopes that the enemy, if he succeed, will be merciful. It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice;" The Crisis, by Thomas Paine, Dec 23 1776

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments