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How much untold pain and disgrace could have been avoided had a handful of GOP Senators had the guts to convict after the second impeachment? They utterly failed the test of history.

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A real sign at the American Bar Association spring meeting in DC (h/t @balancecraft.bsky.social)

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Among Trump's zillion executive orders, one aims to evaporate government "information silos." If he gets his way on this, your privacy might be evaporated as well. PS the order demands that he consolidates the stuff about you held by states as well. www.wired.com/story/plaint...

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Republicans inherited one of the strongest stock markets in history and in 1 month they've fucked it all up.

submitted 26 days ago • 87 comments

Powerful women on this panel. @maya4rights.bsky.social stating the US is already a hybrid authoritarian regime. @safiyanoble.bsky.social saying this oppression isn't new, minority and marginalized groups recognized this first based on personal experience & history.

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What is the biggest challenge today for AI and democracy? Maya Wiley (paraphrased): "Hybrid Authoritarianism. The US is already in an authoritarian regime. It's hybrid because it has some guardrails - the courts."

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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.

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The thing about people working for Trump not getting direct orders from him and just acting on a combo of what they think he'd want and what fits their own motives - that's a pretty classic hallmark of dictatorship isn't it

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

We have to stop this now. The longer it goes on, the more acceptable it becomes, the more brazen the government will be and they will expand and grow this.

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Oh. My. Gawd. Putin must be laughing his head off.

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Insanely reckless. A clown car for a cabinet, but worse because this is our country's safety and security at stake.

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Everyone who voted for this has blood on their hands, whether they voted for Trump or the Texas Republican party.

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At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. @indivisible.org

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There is no moral ambiguity. Russia is the imperial agressor and Ukraine is the victim defending itself. We cannot permit the authoritarian right to usurp objectivity with 'balance'. As Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wrote, “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim."

submitted 13 days ago • 66 comments

AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.

submitted 14 days ago • 878 comments

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

submitted 13 days ago • 357 comments

This.

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It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands. Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.

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Innocent people — undesirables, political dissidents — are being sent to camps here and abroad. A scapegoated minority is being persecuted, made an example of. Wrongthink is being stricken from government institutions and civil society. There is no more "if" authoritarianism arrives. It's here.

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“The zeal with which these guys are engaging in increasingly open, authoritarian behavior is unlike anything [we’ve] seen. Erdogan, Chavez, Orban — they hid it.” But it’s an illusion to think this all happened overnight. The judicial path was prepared for 50 years www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

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Sturgil Simpson, viewed by some as the second coming of Waylon Jennings, Wanted To Make A Bluegrass Album. Elektra had him under contract and did not want him to make a bluegrass album. they wanted him to make more country music.

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can’t believe I didn’t hear about this, which actually rips, until now youtu.be/SpSMoBp8awM?...

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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

submitted 33 days ago • 351 comments

Mass protests happening at the Tesla dealer in New York City today.

submitted 35 days ago • 161 comments

Exactly what I've been thinking. He wants any excuse to use the military against us. Be careful and peaceful out there.

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"None of us should let Congress off the hook. The key constitutional crisis here is if Congress does not do its job of standing up to abuse of power." — @mawaldman.bsky.social on @ayman.msnbc.com

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NEW: Elon Musk and Trump's $1 spending limits on federal employee credit cards have paralyzed agencies, as employees struggle to carry out the basic functions of their job. W/ @emilymullin.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

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Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director. He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

submitted 35 days ago • 65 comments

Look at all these beautiful people! Lines along both side of the street. Chanting, honking, drumming. There were only 6 ppl here 2 weeks ago! Tesla protest Brooklyn. @bkindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @teslatakedown.com #teslatakedown

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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 37 days ago • 303 comments

Invaluable thread about the damage to vaccine access and development from the Trump administration's step by step weakening of US health capacity.

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NOW they care about what they do. Those people should keep job hunting, the ax could fall again. F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...

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Dear DOGE: In response to the request for my 5 things I did, I: 1) Learned how to make videos on AI 2) Created a creepy video of Trump and Musk 3) Uploaded the video to TV screens at HUD 4) Gave the day off to our A/V staff 5) Hit 'play' button on Monday morning Yours truly, Loyal HUD worker

submitted 40 days ago • 80 comments

Elon Musk's pinned tweet right now.

submitted 42 days ago • 261 comments

Despicable. We knew this was coming though, with Musk as co-president.

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Apparently you only need to clumsily sabotage your coworkers to be rewarded with a big promotion by Musk.

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments

Wow. It’s like Colbert REALLY sees me. Always knew MapQuest would end up on late-night TV — just assumed it would be for absolutely ReFuSiNg to remove Toys “R” Us from our maps 🫡

submitted 46 days ago • 18 comments

Living in Musk's head rent-free.

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submitted 45 days ago • 26 comments

What a shitshow. I hope we come out on the other side of this to examine how we got here and say "never again" and mean it.

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The best messaging is to state what everyone knows to be the truth in the simplest and clearest way possible. So it’s hard to imagine more effective messaging than this.

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