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Pete Buttigieg is on point, as ever.

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BREAKING - Trump CAVES again, postpones all Mexico tariffs for another month. Again. The most unpresidential president EVER.

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NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.

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Former Director of ICE has just been on Andrew Marr explaining why Trump’s targeting Ukrainians who were granted permission by Biden to seek refuge in the USA He can bypass the immigration judges because they don’t fall under the same jurisdiction as asylum seekers Easy target to froth his base

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David Tennant calling out Trump's lies about being liked in Scotland where he had to resort to fraud to finance his terrible resorts. A constant embarrassment to America.

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Gill on veterans getting fired by Trump: "Nobody in the United States has a right by God to have a job at taxpayer expense at the federal government."

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“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...” "Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Rieckhoff: And what I would tell folks is: if they treat veterans like this, if they treat retired generals like this, how do you think they're going to treat everyone else? How do you think they're going to treat you? We are just first.

submitted 15 hours ago • 145 comments

Trump put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico this week. Yesterday, he gave U.S.-made cars a break. Today, he is giving Mexico a broader exemption.

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Jfc its amazing that no Republicans seem capable of even pretending anymore to give a shit about veterans

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Evil.

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Those only realizing now that Gavin Newsom is awful…welcome to the party. 😑

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“The first two years of CIA officers’ careers are a time of intense training; the government spends large amounts of money to teach them spy tradecraft, languages and other skills. “Literally millions of dollars has been put into some of these employees,’ he said…” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

submitted 4 hours ago • 249 comments

I can’t believe this needs to be said. TransGENIC mice are not TransGENDER mice

submitted 1 day ago • 91 comments

Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, etc.

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Breaking News: A federal judge extended his block on President Trump’s efforts to withhold billions in congressionally approved funds from states and said the White House put itself “above Congress.”

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“All those Vets who are new filing claims because of the Pact Act will have to wait years before they get approved, and many claims will probably get denied because a lot of the people the VA hired were to deal with the hundreds of thousands of new Pact Act claims” open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

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An emergency defense summit started in Brussels, particularly regarding military assistance to Kyiv. As a sign of solidarity, activists have displayed a banner covering 500 square meters.

submitted 9 hours ago • 37 comments

Still true

submitted 22 hours ago • 8 comments

Donald Trump uses our service members as props while gutting the programs they rely on. It's wrong, and it needs to be called out.

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NATO is already done. The United States of America is now an ally of the Russian Federation, and an adversary of European democracies.

submitted 3 hours ago • 312 comments

Hot tip: The electorate doesn’t like politicians because they retroactively change positions to last year’s dementia grandma Facebook meme. They like people who proactively take stands. That’s what people mean by strength. It’s almost irrelevant what you’re talking about. Nobody likes a worm.

submitted 5 hours ago • 86 comments

This was always the math - it didn’t need a CBO scoring for people to realize this, but hopefully now they’ll wake up. The GOP is going after Medicaid and Medicare to give their rich friends a tax cut. Full stop.

submitted 5 hours ago • 67 comments

Buildings where the people's business is no longer being done as directed by the Constitution are being repurposed as additional revenue sources.

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just a quick note that this isn't how representative government works

submitted 18 hours ago • 53 comments

"Does your dog bite?" "No, it's worse... she judges"

submitted 36 days ago • 988 comments

I called Canadian Premiers Doug Ford and Wab Kinew today as we try to find a way through this unnecessary and costly trade war. While the President may not value the partnerships that contribute billions of dollars to our economy, Minnesota does.

submitted 20 hours ago • 766 comments

No one feels safe because no one _is_ safe.

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Welp… www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

submitted 17 hours ago • 172 comments

It’s the “people of Gaza,” not Hamas, whom der Orangepsychodummkopfidiotführer declares will be “TOT.” Lebensraum for die Real-Estate Endlösung, anyone?

submitted 19 hours ago • 148 comments

If this is how Canadians, some of the most friendly people in the world, feel about Trump's demeaning shit talking, then guess how the rest of the world feels about America now.

submitted 19 hours ago • 40 comments

This wins!

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The Dem Party we need would have the operational capability to launch a coordinated blitzkrieg beginning noon on Jan 20 and running 24/7 daily What we need is a Party who organized an effective way to leverage the SOTU last night. This is what I want to do

submitted 19 hours ago • 57 comments

Wait till the White House starts directing the Marshals Service not to protect judges who rule against the Administration. I’d bet good money that’ll happen at some point.

submitted 23 hours ago • 505 comments

One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies. I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.

submitted 19 hours ago • 140 comments

It's not even American Revolution stuff, this is English Revolution stuff.

submitted 21 hours ago • 13 comments

I am Canadian and I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY AN ORANGE FROM FLORIDA OR A DROP OF FLORIDA ORANGE JUICE! FYI, Oasis orange juice is a Canadian brand that sources oranges from Brazil. BUY OASIS! 🍁

submitted 21 hours ago • 1018 comments

These guys were all celebrating when Trump won because they thought they were going to get a big lump sum check for 4 years of back pay for doing nothing while others served. Then when they found out instead that they have to go back on active duty it’s suddenly not for them. 🖕

submitted 18 hours ago • 136 comments

RFK Jr. says Texas doctors had seen “very, very good results,” he claimed, by treating measles cases with a steroid, budesonide; an antibiotic called clarithromycin; and cod liver oil, which he said had high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D. Source NY Times RFK JR. is going to get people killed.

submitted 18 hours ago • 175 comments

He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes. Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.

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Eli Lilly is offering vials of its obesity drug Zepbound to patients at a discount — but only if they skip their insurance.

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

Every time a career lawyer is pushed out, you can assume they were told to do something illegal.

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Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:

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🔥 🔥 BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov takes Rep. Gosar to school

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If there's one message that we can put out to the rest of the world, it's this: Americans don't want any of this and we won't accept it. We will fight back. And we will win.

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AP: “Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting over 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members…” apnews.com/article/vete...

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What an incredibly incompetent clown. Maybe he should have thought about the (patently obvious) effect of tariffs on the auto industry before imposing them? He’s like a monkey on a keyboard.

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Pausing the US-Ukraine intel exchange is an enormous mistake and incredibly harmful to US interests. The U.S. benefits as much if not more it. Anyone who’s touched this will tell you that Ukraine has proven to be enormously consequential in helping us understand Russia. No one else comes even close.

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