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Leave it to my mom to pull the ultimate Irish goodbye—on St. Patrick’s Day, of course. She left us just as she lived: with grace, wit, and a sense of timing. The world won’t be the same without her but we know she's found the best seat at the party. ☘️ www.snyderfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/K...

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If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed.

submitted 6 days ago • 686 comments

Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses. Let’s not make it harder to learn.

submitted 6 days ago • 1420 comments

This is true 👇

submitted 8 days ago • 37 comments

Narwhals are so cool

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster. Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

submitted 11 days ago • 2549 comments

Abhorrent

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

What he said.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

What am I watching tonight? The live feed of the nest of Jackie & Shadow and their two adorable baby eaglets who hatched today! They are very caring parents. A third egg could hatch at any time. Thanks for sharing with the world, Friends of Big Bear Valley! Join me at www.youtube.com/fobbvcam 🦅🇺🇸

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Yeah it’s pretty weird to grow up hearing every day that we’re better than Russia because our economy isn’t like theirs, and then one day hear the same people deciding our economy should be like theirs

submitted 15 days ago • 8 comments

Dear Humans, Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles. You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.

submitted 16 days ago • 275 comments

After World War I, Germany had to fork over billions to cover damages. After World War II, Japan was forced to pay reparations. But with Ukraine, Trump is flipping history upside down by demanding that the invaded, not the invader, pay up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...

submitted 18 days ago • 37 comments

This is completely true. It's very triggering for a lot of us.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

submitted 18 days ago • 1039 comments

This seismic paradigm shift in the world order and US move away from democratic allies is horrifying. The support our government is giving Russia is deeply unsettling and incredibly concerning. What a horrible day for everyone except former KGB agent and dictator Vladimir Putin.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 19 days ago • 249 comments

Not pro-life

submitted 19 days ago • 529 comments

So freaking hard 💔

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics

submitted 21 days ago • 708 comments

You've got to be kidding me. For the love ...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...

submitted 21 days ago • 44 comments

Every president of both parties going back generations subscribed to the principle that a president doesn't pick the press corps that is allowed in the room to ask him questions. Trump has just declared that he will.

submitted 21 days ago • 302 comments

So much for DOGE being "maximally transparent", eh? And don't forget, you can't FOIA any info about it, because it's subject to the Presidential Records Act.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

You know… Congress and the senate could always pass resolutions calling Russia the aggressor, supporting NATO and calling for a Ukraine victory. Just sayin…. Stop tweeting start forcing.

submitted 21 days ago • 369 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 25 days ago • 1340 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 27 days ago • 2073 comments

Called my member of Congress to say I expect them to stand for truth and democracy. That means standing w/ Ukraine, not caving to dictators like Putin as Trump did in his unhinged, inaccurate statement today. Alliances w/ western democracies help the US and make us stronger; we need to nurture them.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

So #BillCassidy, #SusanCollins and the rest of the Quisling caucus knew that #RFKJr was lying then. But they cowered under the hot breath of the man in the White House and capitulated as they always do. Now, all this is on them.

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

Great piece by Gene Nichol on Jefferson Griffin stealing a high court seat. #ncpol

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Free elections are the baseline for representative democracy. If Jefferson Griffin and NCGOP are successful in overturning the NC Supreme Court race next month, authoritarianism will be the rule in NC going forward.

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 29 days ago • 2284 comments

I need people to play attention to this 👇 and to what I said on Thursday www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t... The destruction of politics is coming for the economy

submitted 30 days ago • 147 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 31 days ago • 417 comments

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

submitted 31 days ago • 592 comments

He's lost 2 recounts and multiple court battles/appeals. It's almost like he's attempting to subvert a valid and secure election. This prick needs to go down. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk lecturing from the Oval Office about the risks of an unelected people making decisions in federal government threatening democracy is really, really rich.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

submitted 35 days ago • 34 comments

“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

submitted 35 days ago • 426 comments

Not for nothing, but the institutions of this economy work because the institutions of this democracy work.

submitted 36 days ago • 37 comments

The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law." Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

submitted 36 days ago • 206 comments

Seems bad when the American Bar Association has to be like, "You know what we're into, Mr. President? The law"

submitted 36 days ago • 15 comments

Grateful for - litigation tracker by @justsecurity.org that makes it far more feasible to follow all the legal challenges to Trump administration actions, - all those who have filed challenges, and - judges applying the law fairly and upholding the rule of law. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

"Vance’s post is grossly misleading—if not patently false—and he knows it. He knows it because he learned about the proper role of the federal courts at Yale Law School in his first-year constitutional law class." And if he knows that and still says it...

submitted 36 days ago • 42 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 36 days ago • 3883 comments