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oh boy -- Rich McCormick bailed on CNN after his ill-fated town hall

submitted 10 hours ago • 409 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 10 hours ago • 546 comments

If we have enough people with the knowledge and moral fortitude of Maine Governor Janet Mills, and the Associated Press- we might be able to save our Democracy

submitted 10 hours ago • 439 comments

"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

submitted 9 hours ago • 186 comments

What the fuck is wrong with Democrats

submitted 9 hours ago • 286 comments

The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

submitted 8 hours ago • 393 comments

“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”

submitted 8 hours ago • 351 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

submitted 8 hours ago • 319 comments

If you don’t think Trump is taking over the US Mail to do away with mail-in voting, you haven’t been paying attention.

submitted 8 hours ago • 194 comments

that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

submitted 8 hours ago • 607 comments

How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

submitted 7 hours ago • 560 comments

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

submitted 12 hours ago • 553 comments

Fresh out of prison after Trump’s pardon, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested today for assaulting a woman protesting his event.

submitted 7 hours ago • 460 comments

firing for "too much DEI" is plainly firing a woman and a Black man on the presumption only white men can be qualified. this is disgusting biogtry.

submitted 7 hours ago • 166 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 6 hours ago • 1190 comments

BREAKING: Donald Trump just fired General CQ Brown (left) and has replaced him with the less qualified Lt. General Dan Caine. DEI isn’t a problem if you’re white.

submitted 6 hours ago • 403 comments

Won't catch Zinke or Daines hosting a live public hall in Montana anytime soon #mtpol

submitted 5 hours ago • 8 comments

This military purge is about Trump installing loyalists in every senior role, just as he filled his cabinet with sycophants and enablers willing to carry out his dangerous and illegal orders. This won’t end well for our country.

submitted 5 hours ago • 90 comments

The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

submitted 6 hours ago • 412 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 9 hours ago • 987 comments

Anyone else see that Cybertruck stuck in the snow while the Honda Fit drives right past it? Pretty much sums up America vs rest of the world.

submitted 8 hours ago • 315 comments

Republican Rep. Cory Mills under investigation for assault? Against a woman? Color me not shocked. Lock him up already.

submitted 12 hours ago • 28 comments

Maine Governor Janet Mills is reportedly considering a run for the U.S. Senate against GOP incumbent Susan Collins. After taking on Donald Trump today, she’s shown that she has what it takes to win this race. ========================

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submitted 20 hours ago • 58 comments

Kibbutz Nir Oz has announced the body turned over by Hamas to the Red Cross earlier today was that of Shiri Bibas. The Kibbutz says that she was murdered while in Hamas captivity.

submitted 5 hours ago • 20 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 8 hours ago • 694 comments

"The U.S. Postal Service is wildly popular with the American people and its service is essential and irreplaceable. Nobody voted for this. It is brazenly illegal, unconstitutional, and corrupt." - Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) bluevirginia.us/2025/02/frid...

submitted 19 hours ago • 13 comments

Sounds like they’re trying to revert to an all-white, all-male force

submitted 5 hours ago • 10 comments

Tom Krause is Dept of Treasury fiscal assistant secretary. Yet will simultaneously continue as CEO of Cloud Software Group. So he's now in charge of the most sensitive govt payment system AND a company w millions worth of federal contracts. Welcome to fascism. www.wired.com/story/krause...

submitted 5 hours ago • 3 comments

🔥🔥🔥🔥 “As Ohio Republican lawmakers look to impose censorship [. . .] while banning faculty strikes — trying to give Ohio’s great universities both the muzzle over the mouth and the jackboot on the face — Ohio’s college administrators have been notable only for their unified public silence.”

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

submitted 5 hours ago • 153 comments

Florida people! Pay attention and get out there and vote and let's stop project 2025 in its home base.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

This. Just like this. Every damn day.

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So I’m walking to work in the beautiful city of New York and I see a swasticar and I swear to god I have no control over the faces I make when I see one. 😬🙄🤐😠🥴🤮 Btw, you never see a woman driving one I’ve those trucks 🤨

submitted 1 day ago • 602 comments

Oh nothing to see here — just the United States of America aligning itself with Russia and against Europe. This is fine. Totally fine.

submitted 1 day ago • 416 comments

Yo DOGE, Found your waste! 👇🏼

submitted 1 day ago • 880 comments

Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

submitted 1 day ago • 530 comments

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

submitted 1 day ago • 136 comments

Dear business owners that voted for Trump, You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.

submitted 1 day ago • 244 comments

EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

submitted 1 day ago • 1116 comments