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submitted 20 hours ago • 13 comments

This crisis in Iran is entirely because of Trump's shitty leadership. They stopped installing centrifuges until Trump ripped up the deal Iran made with President Obama—simply out of spite. Now he's barreling toward another poorly planned conflict in the Middle East. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king

submitted 2 days ago • 373 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

"'This has been a bad week for the Army for anyone who cares about us being a neutral institution,' one commander at Fort Bragg told Military.com on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation. 'This was shameful.'" t.co/6Es6CKnV92

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

chemical warfare

submitted 9 days ago • 790 comments

#Maddow Science Break

submitted 10 days ago • 45 comments

Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 551 comments

EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN SHOULD WATCH THIS CLIP. Scot Galloway is not everyone’s cup of tea, but he absolutely nails EXACTLY what’s wrong with America in this moment.

submitted 14 days ago • 11 comments

“I think his legacy is not going to be an EV or putting rockets into space. I think it’s going to be unnecessary death, disease & disability. That's not what it means to be an innovator, that's not what it means to be an American, that's not what it means to be a man" ~Scott Galloway #ElonMusk

submitted 15 days ago • 102 comments

Bernie: "What that is all about is that if you're rich in America, you can make campaign contributions, you are entitled to massive tax breaks because you're superhuman beings. But if you're a poor working stiff, working at McDonald's, struggling to put food on the table, you're entitled to nothing"

submitted 15 days ago • 358 comments

San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

submitted 17 days ago • 2216 comments

People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.

submitted 18 days ago • 1018 comments

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

This part

submitted 19 days ago • 393 comments

More of this, please.

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

🐔🇺🇸

submitted 20 days ago • 194 comments

submitted 20 days ago • 226 comments

It makes me feel sick knowing so many Americans believe him

submitted 20 days ago • 469 comments

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

Did you all see this? The Federal Government said it will reimburse the tariff it extracted. Where are the deficit chicken hawks? Why didn’t the republicans stop this illegal tax on non-rich Americans in the first place? As clear as day, republicans are cowards. youtu.be/2vyjddkGHMc

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

True!

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submitted 22 days ago • 320 comments

In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.

submitted 25 days ago • 3147 comments

It is really hard to get anything past Detective Columbo.

submitted 27 days ago • 27 comments

I believe in science

submitted 27 days ago • 509 comments

Official Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Perfectly stated.

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

"I am getting very sick & tired of having to go onto news programs because journalists aren't allowed in to point out what is happening here... this is a televised slaughter. History will not judge us kindly." I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza: Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...

submitted 30 days ago • 50 comments

submitted 30 days ago • 58 comments

Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star. PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇

submitted 32 days ago • 218 comments