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Californian. I love cats. Screw the GOP. Potterhead. The sloth is my spirit animal.
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The highest-ranking career Treasury official is departing after a clash with Elon Musk surrogates over DOGE’s access to a sensitive Treasury payments system that handles trillions of dollars a year: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 23 days ago • 21 comments

Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93–2. Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8. James Mattis was confirmed 98–1. Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5. Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0. Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2. Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50. Most unqualified nominee in American history.

submitted 29 days ago • 148 comments

Pete Hegseth is the new Secretary of Defense. To the republicans who voted for him, screw you. This is abhorrent

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Yep

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” one counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”

submitted 33 days ago • 26 comments

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Casual nazi salute on live television

submitted 34 days ago • 201 comments

If you're in an evacuation zone in SoCal, please check in with any disabled/aging neighbors you have to see if they need help evacuating.

submitted 46 days ago • 34 comments

It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter

submitted 66 days ago • 925 comments

I’m hearing that the German Shepherds at the Department of Homeland Security are going to unionize

submitted 103 days ago • 173 comments

This should be the story tomorrow, and every day: The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 378 days ago • 1107 comments