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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.

submitted 5 days ago • 893 comments

The fact that the Trump/Musk DOJ — without due process & in defiance of federal courts — snatches people up, puts them on planes, and deports them to an authoritarian country where those people will be forced into slave labor in an inhumane prison should be a much bigger story.

submitted 6 days ago • 64 comments

This is sociopathic behavior. Full stop.

submitted 6 days ago • 120 comments

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

submitted 8 days ago • 2151 comments

Literally this happens when you get rolled @schumer.senate.gov

submitted 8 days ago • 271 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 9 days ago • 5261 comments

honestly this stuff is insulting

submitted 8 days ago • 359 comments

In a total betrayal of their constituents and our democracy, 10 Democrats just voted with Senate Republicans to give Trump and Musk a blank check to continue their coup. @schumer.senate.gov led Democrats to this total surrender. We need strong leadership, not cowards who cave at any GOP pressure.

submitted 8 days ago • 152 comments

Thank you to the Democrats that held strong and voted against Donald Trump's budget. And my harshest condemnation to Chuck Schumer, John Fetterman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan, Gary Peters, Angus King, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jean Shaheen, Brian Schatz, & Dick Durbin for selling us out.

submitted 8 days ago • 108 comments

Senator Durbin @durbin.senate.gov, you let us down. Deeply dismayed to see that Senator Dick Durbin voted YES.

submitted 8 days ago • 53 comments

It’s awesome that Senate Democrats are voting to pass Trump’s budget while he’s at the DOJ calling them a bunch of criminals and saying newspapers and MSNBC should be illegal. That’s great, good job guys.

submitted 8 days ago • 83 comments

The president is essentially saying any media outlets that don't express overt fealty to him will be subject to investigation and prosecution -- and he's doing this in the Justice Department's headquarters.

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.

submitted 9 days ago • 625 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 11 days ago • 2724 comments

From the good news department: Thanks to the support of thousands of Poles, Slawek Sierakowski and I have reached the goal of funding one armored ambulance for Ukrainian medics — in one day. Today starting the drive for a second. Please help. donorbox.org/armored-mede...

submitted 11 days ago • 66 comments

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

submitted 60 days ago • 1573 comments

Could the arc of the moral universe be a little shorter please

submitted 62 days ago • 17 comments

College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election. A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen. This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.

submitted 99 days ago • 177 comments

This is absolutely terrifying www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

submitted 100 days ago • 438 comments

gentle thought that big political "activist" accounts may not be worth your attention if they post lots of angry soundbites but never post any call to for practical action like calling your reps or supporting your local library or mutual aid group or doing anything other than scrolling and clicking

submitted 128 days ago • 54 comments

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submitted 122 days ago • 158 comments

i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between

submitted 122 days ago • 735 comments

Let us be clear. A man adjudicated as a sexual abuser wants to put multiple men credibly accused of sexual assault/crimes (which they deny) in position of extreme importance. This movement has violence and deep misogyny at its core. This is deeply sick

submitted 122 days ago • 349 comments

Two signs. Six words. Epic story.

submitted 123 days ago • 35 comments

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

submitted 124 days ago • 3183 comments

"I think we’re going to have to be smart and fierce about how we go about it, but I think we can still protect democracy." Yes! Grateful for you, @joycewhitevance.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social for articulating what's been spinning in my soul. "This isn’t about me. I’m devastated that the door is now wide open in American political life—for a generation or more into the future—to profound and systemic injustice." open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Joining the migration!

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments