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Tell Congress: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

The US government is disappearing political dissidents.

submitted 9 hours ago • 26 comments

If the government can disappear US Permanent Residents at will then it can disappear US Citizens at will, too. No one is safe if this happens without serious consequence or a rapid reversal.

submitted 10 hours ago • 14 comments

Judge Crawford: I think that is exactly why Elon Musk is spending millions of dollars on these phony attack ads against me and trying to get Brad Schimel on the Supreme Court. We need to have a Wisconsin Supreme Court that’s working for the people of Wisconsin, not one that is working for Elon Musk

submitted 15 hours ago • 87 comments

Elon Musk’s sweeping makeover of the federal government in recent weeks is reverberating across the private sector, where companies have started expressing fear and uncertainty about disruptions these changes might inflict on their businesses.

submitted 14 hours ago • 69 comments

She's locked-in with this album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrPN...

submitted 14 hours ago • 11 comments

the first reporter to stand up and ask "what the fuck is wrong with you" should get a lifetime Pulitzer

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Uh... is this a good use of Chicago police resources? Musk is openly applauding it, even as he applauds the pardoning of hundreds of violent criminals who attacked police officers on January 6th and repeatedly claims that police officers are failing to stop violent crimes in big cities like Chicago.

submitted 14 hours ago • 324 comments

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1296 comments

👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 1 day ago • 850 comments

US aid to Ukraine since Feb 2022 totals $128 billion, mostly older weapons, not cash. The crypto industry is seeking a bailout of $100 billion from the US Treasury. That is cash. Remember that when crypto CEOs accuse anyone else of "grifting." www.cfr.org/article/how-...

submitted 1 day ago • 55 comments

What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

submitted 2 days ago • 1138 comments

Facts

submitted 1 day ago • 553 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to kill the Veterans Administration So they can force veterans into private for-profit hospitals like HCA And private for-profit insurance like United Health THEY ARE LOOTING AMERICA — and giving it away to OLIGARCHS

submitted 1 day ago • 85 comments

Moore: Telling people who have worn the uniform of this country, who have been willing to pay the highest price to be called American—and now looking at the service.. and saying that maybe they’re not fit to serve—hearing that come from somebody who was never willing to take that oath is very rich..

submitted 1 day ago • 145 comments

Pass it on: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Reports of our demise might have been premature

submitted 1 day ago • 583 comments

Re: veterans fired by DOGE "They're not fit to have a job at this moment..." - Alina Habba, Trump advisor www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 1 day ago • 242 comments

At least 20 Ukrainian civilians have been killed just this night by Russian missiles and drones. Hundreds of soldiers were killed on the frontline in recent days. These are the first results of the US suspension of military aid and intelligence to Ukraine: more deaths time.com/7265679/sate...

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

NEWS: Donald Trump shares article telling Americans to "shut up about egg prices," Republicans unveil a budget that will cut police grants and health care benefits, and more trouble with cabinet secretaries. Check out my evening rundown: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

Now streaming: Monterey Bay’s sublime symphony of whale vocalizations! 🎵🐋 Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions.

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

Many federal workers are unable to get unemployment benefits because of the wording of their firings, and others are uncertain whether they can seek new jobs.

submitted 2 days ago • 101 comments

JUST IN: A federal judge in DC has denied an emergency effort to restrain DOGE's operation inside Treasury While DOGE has made "mistakes," she says, there's no evidence those errors have resulted in sensitive information spilling outside of government. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 2 days ago • 308 comments

Per @rwpusa.bsky.social on another platform: "Attention DOGE: When you mess around in the Treasury Department's records and payment systems, remember that since 1789, self dealing and conflicts of interest at the Treasury Department have been a criminal offense. See Section 8."

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Get him Pete!!

submitted 3 days ago • 136 comments

(Bloomberg) - Car owners are missing their monthly payments at the highest rate in more than 30 years. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 3 days ago • 313 comments

A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine without necessarily provoking a wider conflict with Moscow, according to a plan drawn up by military experts. #SkyShieldNow

submitted 3 days ago • 59 comments

Dear Congressional Democrats, follow Rep. Al Green's lead. open.substack.com/pub/ryannwig...

submitted 3 days ago • 91 comments

This is how you tell who Trump’s constituents are. bsky.app/profile/juli...

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Not a good time to be a scientist in the US. Thankfully science will continue in countries where science is independent of politics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

Sorry not sorry, y’all. I will never ever never never ever support anything that diminishes trans rights - even if it’s just one tenth of one percent of their rights. Never. Because once you forfeit one tenth of one percent, that becomes 10%, then 100%. Every. Time.

submitted 3 days ago • 354 comments

NEW: State Dept. plans to close a dozen consulates and could shutter many more posts, while firing employees. CIA officers worry about losing diplomatic cover. Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of Elon Musk's DOGE helps direct cuts. Story with @markmazzetti.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

In 20 years, the U.S. has lost 22% of its butterflies, a groundbreaking new study found. Look up population changes in your area here.

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

These kind of votes are born out of trans representation in government. Rep. Howell & I have built solid relationships with Republicans and those relationships change hearts, minds, and (eventually) votes. It is painful, grueling work. But it makes a difference.

submitted 3 days ago • 85 comments

L. Clifford Davis, a civil rights lawyer who led efforts to desegregate high schools in Texas, sometimes in the face of mob violence, hostility from state politicians and threats on his life, died last month. He was 100.

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

JPMORGAN becomes the first big desk to cut #GDP forecasts for the year. “.. we are increasingly concerned about the uncertainty shock to business investment .. and have started to recalibrate our forecasts in response .. we’ve lowered our 1Q GDP forecast from 1.5%ar to 1%ar.” 🇺🇸

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

Wrote a thing looking at yesterday's dissent from Alito, comparing it to SCOTUS rulings he joined in the past two years, and highlighting how there's only one principal for Alito about exec power: GOP Presidents have absolute power. Dem Presidents have none. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/a...

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.

submitted 3 days ago • 653 comments

For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...

submitted 4 days ago • 629 comments

Polluters get a free ride to pollute as US Supreme Court guts E.P.A.’s ability to enforce strict water quality standards under the Clean Water Act, with major implications for offshore Pollution regulation. www.onegreenplanet.org/news/supreme...

submitted 3 days ago • 365 comments

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach." Salary: $120K-$140K Remote: ✅ Come join us!

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