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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

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Gene Hackman dying seems a good time to tell you that Sam Raimi made a western called The Quick and the Dead, absolutely every cool actor is in it, Hackman destroys in every scene as the Big Bad, and for weird reasons 1995 America decided it was bad and erased it from memory

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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

submitted 7 days ago • 850 comments

I don't understand why continually pointing out their hypocrisy hasn't stopped them from continually being hypocrites!!!

submitted 12 days ago • 33 comments

Are we still allowed to acknowledge Barack Obama on President's Day or is that DEI?

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813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

submitted 14 days ago • 175 comments

the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.

submitted 18 days ago • 60 comments

The Usher halftime show came and went... Rih announced a pregnancy during hers and it lasted one business day... We on Day 5 of heated discussion abt Kendrick's halftime show. 5. Whole. Days. And. Counting. ...but I'm supposed to believe it was trash.

submitted 18 days ago • 464 comments

i hope it’s clear that big tech is not an ally. it only was as much as it was profitable. textboon rainbow capitalism, and now when they saw the writing on the wall, they flopped back into fascisms arms

submitted 20 days ago • 90 comments

they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever

submitted 21 days ago • 1052 comments

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

submitted 26 days ago • 100 comments

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

submitted 31 days ago • 3621 comments

Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.

submitted 32 days ago • 1311 comments

First look at Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro’s #Frankenstein. Releasing in November on Netflix.

submitted 32 days ago • 252 comments

5 years of Netflix US profit: $15.1 Billion 5 years of Netflix exec pay: $652M 5 years of taxes paid by Netflix: $236M In a 5-year span after Trump's tax cuts, Netflix paid top execs 3x what it paid in federal income tax. Yesterday, Netflix announced it was raising prices again.

submitted 40 days ago • 200 comments

Who made this 🤣

submitted 41 days ago • 714 comments

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

submitted 40 days ago • 941 comments

if we are all going to be forced to relive 2016, they should at the very least let us see mad max fury road in theaters again

submitted 42 days ago • 474 comments

First campaign promise broken: does MAGA care?

submitted 42 days ago • 35 comments

Ever since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, outside spending on federal elections has skyrocketed. Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top.

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Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”

submitted 46 days ago • 395 comments

It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?

submitted 45 days ago • 4379 comments

Apple TV+ is free this weekend. My utterly biased suggestion: Little America. Every ep is a short film based on true stories of immigrants to America. Some are funny, some are moving, some are thrilling. We wanted to make a show about immigrants that was, before all else, entertaining.

submitted 57 days ago • 164 comments

Completely made up movies I enjoyed this year: The Big Lives of Small Things The Two Jasons A Distracted Life The Glass Hammer Wet Shoes Little Becky Duck Duck Doom The Breathening Cole & Dusty The Call of Night My Favorite Day (Wednesday) Elephant Man 2: Merrick’s Revenge The Smell of My Date Tree

submitted 60 days ago • 474 comments

Yes, the cashier at Target should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That’s what jobs are for.

submitted 62 days ago • 95 comments

Bertrand Russell wrote this over 100 years ago, in 1923. Hasn't aged a day.

submitted 61 days ago • 178 comments

I ask you, what's the point in getting out of bed when there's so much being in bed to be had?

submitted 62 days ago • 20 comments

Trump’s team claimed that their tax cuts would boost household income by $4,000. But research shows that the lowest paid workers saw no change in earnings. Meanwhile, exec salaries increased sharply. Trump and Republicans want to double down on yet another trickle-down scam.

submitted 64 days ago • 95 comments

I just found out there's a new Philomena Cunk series coming out next week and my heart is beating in anticipation much like the thumping beat of Belgium dance band Technotronic's 1989 hit single Pump Up The Jam

submitted 64 days ago • 144 comments

They eat a cold carb They eat a hot carb They eat a cheesy carb They eat a chocolate carb They eat a carb that remind them of the good times They eat a carb that reminds them of the best times

submitted 67 days ago • 261 comments

#fuckthecorpos

submitted 67 days ago • 323 comments

Watching a Christmas movie:

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my mom: look nate, you got a letter me: is it from santa! is it from santa! my mom: yes me: what does it say! what does it say! my mom: “it doesn’t matter how nice you were, please stop asking for capital punishment for the grinch”…? me: [solemnly] santa claus must face a jury of his peers

submitted 69 days ago • 6 comments

A photo to be proud of. Ireland will always stand with Palestine. And indeed, all who fight back against the cancer of Imperialism. An Phoblacht abú 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

submitted 73 days ago • 73 comments

News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions theonion.com/news-happeni...

submitted 74 days ago • 118 comments

every single elected democrat should be posting like this

submitted 74 days ago • 177 comments

seems a bit dramatic

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democratic party is going deep with the president elon / vice president trump rhetoric and i hope they don’t stop with this bc it’s the most likely scenario for elon to be ousted out of the administration and i want him to suffer more than anything else

submitted 73 days ago • 103 comments

NYPD perfectly illustrates in a single day that they only exist to protect the oligarchy.

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so, they caught the guy who kicked you in the nuts on national tv. but everyone thinks he was right to do it. and hot

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She was there before Elvis, Little Richard or Johnny Cash swiveled their hips and strummed their guitars. If you've never heard Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock 'n' roll, you should.

submitted 78 days ago • 362 comments