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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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A reminder: DOGE is making up those numbers. Duffy either knows that or he's an idiot (or possibly both). www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/i...

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

This is true. @bsky.app is the app of the people. We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate That makes the platform the future of social media

submitted 2 days ago • 1310 comments

This is correct.

submitted 3 days ago • 425 comments

Facts are hard www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

submitted 3 days ago • 92 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

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submitted 4 days ago • 245 comments

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

submitted 4 days ago • 8251 comments

white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

submitted 4 days ago • 4794 comments

i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

submitted 4 days ago • 676 comments

Decisions decisions for the Royal Society and their members -a meeting is called for 3rd March www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

An hourly reminder that DOGE is not about Elon Musk cutting government money waste, it is about wasting more government money on Elon Musk. Here is Elon cutting NASA, a government agency that his private company competes with for federal funding. They aren't even bothering to hide the corruption.

submitted 5 days ago • 211 comments

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I am the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

submitted 7 days ago • 345 comments

Trump, Elon, and their allies are calling all spending they don't like "fraud." Spending on things like consumer protection, Social Security, and medicine for sick kids. But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️

submitted 11 days ago • 60 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 13 days ago • 1044 comments

My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.

submitted 12 days ago • 215 comments

1972. The “I love you” at the end gets me every time…

submitted 13 days ago • 148 comments

The world in 2025. Hundreds of thousands of Germans oppose neo-fascism. The top aide to the president of the United States supports it. apnews.com/article/germ...

submitted 13 days ago • 492 comments

The other shoe. Is dropped. Like I said, this is coordinated.

submitted 13 days ago • 264 comments

This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report

submitted 16 days ago • 1284 comments

He is going to say "pinky swear you will protect our border. And buy more booze and stuff from us. " They will say yes. Won't actually buy the stuff. And he will declare victory Trumpenomics

submitted 19 days ago • 2055 comments

www.threads.net/@karaswisher...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: A 25-year-old who's worked for Elon Musk companies now has direct control over a Treasury system disbursements from which amount to a fifth of the US economy. He does not, our sources say, have "read only" access, but high-level admin privileges on a mainframe housing all the code.

submitted 18 days ago • 519 comments

Facts!

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It's a kind of coup, for sure. One we're not used to, and haven't experienced before, but it's definitely in the vicinity of a coup. An unelected billionaire literally taking over our government and our data and our secrets.

submitted 20 days ago • 111 comments

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

submitted 20 days ago • 832 comments

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

submitted 21 days ago • 364 comments

The CDC web guide to help MDs prescribe contraception has been removed. We weren’t overreacting about Project 2025. It’s real and it’s happening NOW. This is a full on assault against women’s rights. No fault divorce will be next-Mark my words. Clip: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2jV5Kvo/ WATCH

submitted 21 days ago • 126 comments

You know why these guys are so willing to flagrantly and openly break the law? Because they’ve been doing it for years, testing the waters, seeing what they could get away with—and they got away with all of it. This is the consequence of no consequences and an injustice system.

submitted 21 days ago • 78 comments

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

submitted 22 days ago • 262 comments

“Let’s be crystal clear about what’s happening: A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions.”- @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

submitted 21 days ago • 20 comments

Alas, reading Character Limit now is an important tool for understanding the current moment. Without that book I would have assumed much of what I am hearing today was exaggerated. But it is scary similar to Musk path at Twitter. www.amazon.com/Character-Li... @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social

submitted 21 days ago • 12 comments

The Reviews Are In! 👀 “Grotesque & Outrageous” “Downright Disgusting” “Disgraceful” “Absolutely Shameful” “Despicable” “Racist & Sexist” “A Betrayal” “Monstrous” “Simply UnAmerican” “Craven” “Pathetic” “Absolutely Vile” “What A Horrible Pathetic Little Man!” #EmbarrassmentInChief 😩 bit.ly/3PZ2H4j

submitted 21 days ago • 1090 comments

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 22 days ago • 1830 comments

This is how the Muskification of the U.S. Government is taking place. Lights out, before our very eyes. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 21 days ago • 202 comments

So much for focusing on meritocracy. Lol

submitted 22 days ago • 581 comments

I’m praying you are right @mcuban.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

This is frightening. Now that Lebryk has resigned, who is going to block access? Musk should not be near our government payment systems! wapo.st/4jH7XYa

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

This NOT about DEI. This crash is not about politics. We still do not know what happened. Making this a political issue is a horror and disrespectful to the dead

submitted 23 days ago • 47 comments

This is a great question for all of congress to think about. Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ? Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates

submitted 24 days ago • 1449 comments

The clearest sign of intellectual chemistry isn’t agreeing with someone. It’s enjoying your disagreements with them. Harmony is not the combination of identical sounds. It’s the pleasing arrangement of different tones, voices, or instruments. Creative tension makes beautiful music.

submitted 27 days ago • 51 comments

Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”