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I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

submitted 4 days ago • 619 comments

Trump and Vance wanted Zelensky to thank them for an aid package that Vance voted against and Trump opposed.

submitted 2 days ago • 454 comments

You can either support the United States of America and our democracy, or you can support trump. You cannot do both.

submitted 3 days ago • 401 comments

Every day I think Donald has reached maximum assholery, and every day he proves me wrong.

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If you’re a Dem elected and you’re not mentioning the massive cuts to cancer cure and social security funding in every public appearance you’re just not doing your job.

submitted 3 days ago • 230 comments

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office. ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

submitted 3 days ago • 12048 comments

The question I am really struggling with right now is: What is "law & order" and the entire American constitutional order for if it isn't a Go Directly to Jail card for guys like Donald Trump and Elon Musk for doing exactly what they're doing right now?

submitted 6 days ago • 75 comments

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 7 days ago • 2171 comments

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 10 days ago • 1483 comments

Hello friends. I know times are dark but it is incredibly important not to lose hope. And, this week there are signs of hope and it paramount we recognize that hope, not let up and build. A thread on this if I may. You may appreciate this on a Friday. Come along with me. 🧵 (1/10)

submitted 10 days ago • 19 comments

Only an idiot would think we should eliminate: - Emergency response in natural disasters - Education and healthcare for disabled children - Clean air and water programs - Gang crime investigations - Monitoring of nursing home abuse - Nuclear reactor regulation - Cancer research

submitted 12 days ago • 175 comments

We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.

submitted 13 days ago • 495 comments

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 13 days ago • 1929 comments

A reminder: 1. Elon Musk's wealth is mostly in Tesla stock 2. Tesla is successful because at a key moment in 2009 the federal government gave it a $465 million loan so it could make sedans 3. Musk is now firing thousands of government workers and slashing every service ordinary people depend on

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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 17 days ago • 1914 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus while vowing to call Trump's trade war bluff on CNN just now, "This isn't gunboat diplomacy (laughs). I mean, this is like an Al Capone shakedown in his syphilis phase."

submitted 28 days ago • 148 comments

average senate republican: here is the new US Constitution I wrote on the back of a napkin this is now the law get fucked average senate democrat: I wish I knew someone in the senate

submitted 31 days ago • 22 comments

Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

submitted 31 days ago • 279 comments

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not

submitted 31 days ago • 49 comments

An employee working for an agency funded by federal grants working in HIV care just told me that their manager said the CDC website is expected to come down "in its entirey" and "to save what they might need." Targethiv.org, run by the Health Resources and Services Administration, is already down.

submitted 31 days ago • 60 comments

‘Phonetic’ is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.

submitted 32 days ago • 47 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 33 days ago • 3790 comments

Such soft, weak, gentle lecturing. Foolish offer of compromise. It's like pretending the person who is punching you in the face is just trying to shake hands but keeps missing. "Oh, I really want to shake hands, but you keep punching me, so maybe we can find common ground here and--" is punched

submitted 33 days ago • 56 comments

BREAKING: The Department of Veterans Affairs has CANCELLED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING because it includes considerations for the LGBTQ+ community. Veterans suicide.

submitted 34 days ago • 1099 comments

Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover: Medicaid ESSA funds IDEA Snap School meals WIC Head start grants Child care block grants Pell grants Student loans Higher Ed grants Housing vouchers CTE Devastating beyond words.

submitted 34 days ago • 67 comments

Dude. I'm Pissed. youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...

submitted 37 days ago • 1891 comments

Can you imagine going to church and being pissed that the minister spoke about love, peace, acceptance, mercy, or any of the other beatitudes from the sermon on the mount? It's like he's never been to…oh, never mind.

submitted 41 days ago • 9 comments

A traditional Korean three-line poetry translated: I shall cut a chunk of the long, long Yule-month night, Coil it tightly under spring-wind sheets Then unwind and unfurl it , on the night my love comes.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

It's time to name mass shootings after the politicians who block any sensible measures to prevent mass shootings.

submitted 77 days ago • 448 comments

Science Question: When they say "8 MEGA ROLLS EQUALS 32 REGULAR ROLLS" do the regular rolls exist...anywhere? Are they just in the imaginations of toilet paper marketers??? Do they make one tiny "regular" roll per year just to keep the story alive?

submitted 89 days ago • 470 comments

🚨 A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s. I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever. Here is a snippet of them: 1/

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