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I am grateful that so many people found my open letter to Elon Musk moving and want to share it. Some well meaning people are just cutting and pasting it on their social media feeds. I would appreciate it if people would link to the version posted on @democracydocket.com instead. Thanks. Marc

submitted 17 hours ago • 162 comments

I’ve been doing a lot of research about the people being laid off at the national parks and it turns out it has nothing to do with DEI or performance. It’s a land grab so they can drill baby drill.

submitted 12 hours ago • 222 comments

OK, the report is now fully in major media. Media must get an extensive White House response; Congress must investigate (even if it's a minority report); DOJ and the FBI must investigate; the CIA must issue a report on what it knew about this and when.

submitted 20 hours ago • 405 comments

Trump is a Russian spy.

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

submitted 2 days ago • 599 comments

The founder of Airbnb is now part of DOGE. NO more Airbnb for me. youtube.com/post/UgkxCS9...

submitted 3 days ago • 37 comments

It’s becoming very clear that the Trump Admin never had any interest in serving as an honest broker to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The plan was always to join Russia and others in plundering the Ukrainian economy like a 17th century colonizer.

submitted 5 days ago • 280 comments

This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 6 days ago • 1059 comments

Elon Musks statements must be backed up withpm facts and credible information -Daily Kos. We let everyone in the Republican party make blanket statements that have no basis in fact. MSM is going to softball every question. Democrats are MIA. Do what the pink ladies do.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans held a Senate hearing about the US annexation of Greenland The hearing invited Texas Mineral Resources who explained how Greenland has natural resources which can be used in Tesla/US car batteries. Any fools in #Canada still think #Trump just wants us to "fix the border?" #cdnpoli

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.

submitted 9 days ago • 333 comments

What could go wrong? www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 1160 comments

"Competitive authoritarianism will transform political life in the United States. The cost of public opposition will rise considerably... This process of self-sidelining may not attract much public attention, but it can be highly consequential." Worth reading:

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

"Under no circumstances should any sane person take his health advice. Nor should any senator consent to give him authority over government agencies that regulate our food and medicines."

submitted 10 days ago • 368 comments

We’re done here. Right?

submitted 11 days ago • 3518 comments

Unqualified and Dangerous.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Board member of META asks a very good question.

submitted 13 days ago • 851 comments

First and foremost, Americans need to understand that acting president Elon Musk and President (or PINO, President In Name Only) Donald Trump have launched a full-blown attack on our Constitutional order. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 13 days ago • 26 comments

HINT: The administration is not complying with the court order.

submitted 13 days ago • 568 comments

When Musk's minions forced their way into USAID's servers, they made themselves "super administrators" meaning they had access to workers' Social Security numbers, credit histories, and home addresses. They may have well broken the law. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

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submitted 14 days ago • 799 comments

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 13 days ago • 1165 comments

This tweet is setting up the Trump administration to thrust the U.S. into a constitutional crisis and obliterate our system of checks and balances as we know it.

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submitted 14 days ago • 40 comments

It's getting a little North Korean around here.

submitted 15 days ago • 2544 comments

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump has already committed at least 23 potential illegalities, in only 16 days 🧵 1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs 2. Revoking birthright citizenship 3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process

submitted 17 days ago • 145 comments

This is like FDR's famous "100 days" -- except that FDR was trying to fix the Great Depression, whereas Trump is trying to start one.

submitted 16 days ago • 31 comments

Where is Steve Bannon?

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Putin just got what he wanted from the DOJ last night and it didn't even take a week from Pam Bondi's confirmation. They have disbanded The Kleptocracy Project. Russian oligarchs are free to yacht now.

submitted 16 days ago • 21 comments

Listen up.

submitted 35 days ago • 738 comments

The shock and awe Musk, Vought, Bannon and Trump — are bringing will backfire if we’re smart about it. Make clear that DOGE is the Dept of Govt Extermination, not Efficiency. Let people see that their taxes are no longer paying for vital public services but to fatten the richest people on earth.

submitted 18 days ago • 284 comments

submitted 17 days ago • 22 comments

ICE manipulated Google by “updating” decades old articles to make them appear current and show up at the top of search results. Researchers found a code imbedded in ICE articles proving this is intentional. Fascist fear tactics #Voices4Victory www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 17 days ago • 18 comments

The next four years will consist mostly of Donald Trump proposing insane criminal schemes he doesn't really want to do to distract from insane criminal schemes he is already doing.

submitted 17 days ago • 20 comments