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Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.

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love this @rokhanna.bsky.social We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos Please share off line as well !!!

submitted 19 hours ago • 1393 comments

Alexander Vindman: Lindsey Graham is an absolute coward. Trump didn’t sound strong—he was attacking an ally when he didn’t need to. All Zelenskyy said was that Trump couldn’t trust Putin. And JD Vance—he looked like an absolute clown. I don’t understand why Trump let Vance blow up his deal.

submitted 2 days ago • 383 comments

America's Goebbels

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In order to actually cut $1 trillion from the budget you are going to need massive cuts to programs like Social Security. Musk is not hiding his intentions

submitted 2 days ago • 205 comments

Norwegian firm Haltbakk Bunkers announced it will stop providing fuel to all US forces in Norway: "No Fuel to Americans! We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example. SLAVA UKRAINA" #3E #StandWithUkraine

submitted 2 days ago • 312 comments

If this ambush of President Zelensky was planned, it makes the behavior of Trump and Vance even more disgraceful. What democratic ally can ever trust a single word uttered by these despicable men who spit in the face of every American who fought and died to save our democratic nation?

submitted 3 days ago • 208 comments

Disruption in politics is often a good thing, a necessary thing. I was tea party. I was a disruptive politician. But disruption based on ignorance, cruelty, lies, fear, corruption, lawlessness, bigotry, and authoritarianism is NEVER a good thing. And that’s what we have now.

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

What the actual fuck?

submitted 6 days ago • 22 comments

Hmm, if you insist?!

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Few people in American politics have ever exhibited less moral clarity than Nikki Haley has since 2016.

submitted 7 days ago • 2908 comments

Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

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Here’s a prop bet that I wouldn’t take the other side of: That within two years there’ll be wars over Taiwan and the Baltics. And that the Trump administration will stand blame the Taiwanese and Baltic states for starting the conflicts against their larger neighbors.

submitted 7 days ago • 425 comments

Putin’s lifelong dream was to somehow separate the US from NATO. But how to break up a strong alliance that stood for 80 years and continued to expand? There really was only one way to do it, he figured it out a decade ago, and played the long game. Now his guy will do it.

submitted 7 days ago • 1166 comments

Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

submitted 7 days ago • 613 comments

If the test of a theory is its predictive power, then Trump-Russia is the most robust theory in all contemporary political science.

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

👑 Jane Fonda with a mic drop "Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."

submitted 8 days ago • 412 comments

“Woke just means you give a damn about other people.” -Jane Fonda

submitted 8 days ago • 200 comments

Meta AI in action #meta

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A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you

submitted 10 days ago • 69 comments

Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

submitted 10 days ago • 219 comments

Yes great point!

submitted 10 days ago • 45 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 10 days ago • 590 comments

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

submitted 10 days ago • 1224 comments

“When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty." -Baron de Montesquieu, 1746

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

submitted 12 days ago • 2884 comments

Hell yes!!!!!

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Bernie Sanders: "We're not only dealing with a move toward authoritarianism, we're dealing with what is new to America -- politicians have always lied, nothing new about that. But the level that we're seeing right now. The big lie, over and over again ... "

submitted 13 days ago • 549 comments

Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

submitted 13 days ago • 1364 comments

Paul McCartney closing out SNL 50 with the Abbey Road medley live in NYC was pure magic. I feel so lucky to exist in a time where I get to hear him perform.

submitted 15 days ago • 236 comments

Truth Social lost OVER $400 MILLION last year in $3.6 million in revenue www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...

submitted 15 days ago • 493 comments

I used to laugh at the "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread" Bilbo line, but boy do I get it now

submitted 17 days ago • 34 comments

This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ? And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions ! We all look forward to reading your thoughts

submitted 17 days ago • 6081 comments

An amazing resignation letter to Bove from an AUSA who worked on the Adams case. Money quote: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 17 days ago • 841 comments

Recap: One side wanted statehood for Palestine. The other side didn't recognize Palestine or Palestinians. They wanted them gone. To steal their land and turn it into a riviera for their rich friends. To make the Palestinians refugees forever. Guess which side the pro-Palestine crowd voted for?

submitted 25 days ago • 368 comments

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 29 days ago • 1308 comments

Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

submitted 30 days ago • 4933 comments

Mt Cook National Park in New Zealand. #travel. #photography. #newzealand

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Rereading Arendt’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’. This seems particularly apt: “Intellectual, spiritual, and artistic initiative is as dangerous to totalitarianism as the gangster initiative of the mob, and both are more dangerous than mere political opposition…” (continues below)

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Good new @mattyglesias.bsky.social on Substack about how quickly the Chinese got so much more economically and technologically advanced than Americans in 2000 expected. And this summary of the historical acceleration of the process globally over time is great. open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Incredible things continue to happen on the federal worker subreddit.

submitted 33 days ago • 286 comments

1. Trump threw the federal government in to chaos by embracing "impoundment" — the legal theory that the president can withhold funding for Congressionally-approved programs The theory is so radical is was MOCKED by Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most conservative members of SCOTUS in history

submitted 33 days ago • 43 comments

The property insurance industry knows what’s up with climate change and socio economic risk. It’s just about math and science to them. So it’s interesting to see what they have to say www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/brea...

submitted 34 days ago • 468 comments

Jasmine knows,

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

submitted 34 days ago • 8294 comments

To put the OMB grant freeze in context, roughly 17.5% of Wisconsin’s revenue comes from federal grants in aid last I checked. Overall, federal grants account for roughly 36% of all state government budgets in US. In a number of states the federal share is even higher.

submitted 35 days ago • 28 comments