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Lee Zeldin was on Fox today talking about clawing back money lawfully appropriated to organizations by legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act simply bc Trump doesn't like it. This is an especially egregious example of how Trumpers have redefined "fraud" to just mean "spending I disagree with."

submitted 3 days ago • 135 comments

The day Sal met Sharon. #Memories #RIPOldFriends #Turtle #Cat #TheFurAndTheShell

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

For those taking the "authoritarianism/fascism always fails" pill let's remember that Franco ruled Spain for just under 40 years. That's a very slow failure.

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published globally in 2024 shows that professional fact-checkers are among the three most cited sources (Enock Nyariki/Poynter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I voted for Trump because he said he would make planes fall out of the sky every day but I never thought he'd actually do it

submitted 11 days ago • 120 comments

Jessica: Maybe we’ll find out it’s as true as the condoms to Gaza Watters: I made that up.

submitted 11 days ago • 109 comments

Nothing makes me feel older than seeing a clip I was alive to watch in real time being replayed in 480p resolution bc that’s…all the footage that exists of it.

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

I'll say it again: He's been given permission to break the law by the highest court in this land. You can try stopping him through the federal courts, but he will not comply. We know this. What else you got?

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

The Supreme Court Jesters gave this man immunity. Do you think a court is going to stop him?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Remember in 2016 when all the media made a huge scandal over Hillary Clinton’s email practices? Now a group of men under 30 working for Elon Musk have access to millions of Americans Social Security numbers and banking information. Maybe the media could just treat this as at least as big a scandal.

submitted 22 days ago • 39 comments

She said it! Six more weeks of winter guys.

submitted 23 days ago • 13 comments

see this is what happens when you pretend to be religious but don't actually know how the story ends

submitted 25 days ago • 108 comments

I am begging Democratic lawmakers to stop solely pointing out the obvious problems and start publicly talking about how to address them. We know our democracy is unstable and unhealthy. What are you gonna do about it? Cease the platitudes and broad statements. Get specific and talk about actions.

submitted 28 days ago • 87 comments

This whole thread.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

submitted 28 days ago • 94 comments

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

submitted 28 days ago • 246 comments

Support Black journalists.

submitted 29 days ago • 5 comments

We have been in this bizarre spiral my entire life: 1. Democrats ignore right-wing radicalization to focus on economic issues. 2. Right-wing media accuses Democrats of being out-of-touch leftist elites. 3. Centrist media repeats right-wing framing. 4. Democrats double down on economic issues.

submitted 31 days ago • 119 comments

Encouraging diversity among scientists is ethically right and also leads to better science.

submitted 32 days ago • 20 comments

Before this Day Ends Must Share This is NOT AI Photo by Ren Theelen📸 Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Crescent Moon Coming on January 25th, you will be able to witness A PLANET ALIGNMENT OF 8 PLANETS This AMAZING capture of four

submitted 36 days ago • 26 comments

Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.

submitted 34 days ago • 3307 comments

Are there enough lawyers to litigate this tsunami of violations? I'm really asking. Who is fighting for us for the next two-to-infinity years?

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Cannot stress enough that people laughed at Confederates and Nazis as unserious, clownish bozos right up until they started wrecking everything. Important to recognize that we are not living in some post-historical moment, immune to similar movements.

submitted 34 days ago • 17 comments