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The largest part of Elon Musk's wealth is Tesla, a company with an insanely inflated stock price that is wholly dependent on positive consumer sentiment. Tarnishing Tesla's brand could plausibly cost Musk $100 billion. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/tesla-is-m...

submitted 13 hours ago • 20 comments

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

submitted 15 hours ago • 502 comments

Hey, when random guys with no badges and no authority try to grab a protester and drag her away, that's when you put down the phone, get out of your seat, and fucking help her.

submitted 16 hours ago • 349 comments

"Privacy advocates are excited about the law, and they said the lawsuit was unusual in a country in which data privacy laws, if they exist at all, have scarcely been enforced." wapo.st/4hOxeOJ

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

“We respected the norms” is the epitaph of the Democratic Party

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

submitted 1 day ago • 561 comments

Well played Governor Newsom Elmo didn’t see THAT COMING 😆😆😆😆😆 youtube.com/shorts/XbJ2s...

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Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. I hope it reaches some people who aren't already on our side. Gift link: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

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Good thing Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, otherwise this might look a bit shady www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

This is really something

submitted 3 days ago • 1774 comments

This is getting at why I appreciate #TeslaTakeDown - wagingnonviolence.org/ipra/2025/02...

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

Every video i see from those Meidas ding dongs is like “Donald Trump CRASHING OUT” or “So-and-so DESTROYS Donald Trump” and it’s just like the most benign bit of news you’ve ever heard of. The fact that they’re now the number one podcast is a terrible sign for media literacy in this country

submitted 3 days ago • 50 comments

For context, the membership of the National Academies is the most powerful and successful scientists, engineers, and doctors in the country. When they speak, it carries enormous weight in the community and Congress. For leadership to do this without consulting members is a big deal (in a bad way).

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Can we all just take a moment to marvel at the fact that the Biden economic boom is very likely to have ended at precisely noon on January 20, 2025? Nobody has ever destroyed prosperity that quickly after taking office.

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It is believed that there are more people who speak multiple languages in the world than people who speak just one. Celebrated on 21 February, the International Mother Language Day emphasizes the significance of linguistic diversity and the preservation of mother tongues worldwide. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Did the @nytimes.com really quote the mf-ing communications director of the Houston YOUNG REPUBLICANS as if he were just some random young Black person who likes Trump? Cause it sure looks like it.

submitted 4 days ago • 196 comments

Their egos will demand an end to polls.

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I think you could point out how Edward R. Martin is a dick, too.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 4 days ago • 5090 comments

just wait until the February bloodbath jobs numbers hit. 📉📉📉

submitted 4 days ago • 146 comments

"Elon Musk is the undisputed champion of making money for Elon Musk. As effectively the CEO of the United States of America? Very bad. Embarrassing, honestly..." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

submitted 4 days ago • 265 comments

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

submitted 4 days ago • 250 comments

The NAACP is holding corporations accountable for abandoning #DEI commitments. Their new tactical spending guide lists companies that have backtracked—because where businesses invest (or don’t) matters. #EconomicJustice #BlackHistoryMonth abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Lawfare is tracking over 70 cases of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders and actions, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them. Check out the tracker here, updated by @annahickey.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

"'Boys will be boys,' so just go with it."

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I tell jokes. I have beers with my friends. So it sure sounds like JD's saying it's okay if you're justifying sexual harassment and rape.

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

Trump: "We have a very corrupt country. Very corrupt country. And it's a sad thing to say ... if you take all of those millions of people off social security, all of the sudden we have a very powerful social security."

submitted 6 days ago • 1209 comments

Did you guys hear the news?

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

submitted 6 days ago • 801 comments

Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.

submitted 6 days ago • 538 comments

#HappyPresidentsDay 🇺🇸

submitted 7 days ago • 143 comments

It’s a bit late, but we finally posted our last #steampunk “Year in Review” story, the “Year in Movies & TV.” Highlights included “Arcane” on Netflix, “Nautilus” (in some countries), and “Furiosa” and “Nosferatu” on the big screen. steampunk-explorer.com/articles/202...

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A Third DOGE Staffer’s Racist and Misogynistic Online Footprint Comes to Light

submitted 10 days ago • 30 comments

Hey y’all here’s the Nancy Mace censure against me. Apparently in Congress we are not allowed to call Elon a dick or use figures of speech. Clearly they want to silence me. And pretty rich from someone who terrorizes trans people. I will not back down. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

submitted 10 days ago • 172 comments

Breaking news: Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict health care for transgender youth.

submitted 11 days ago • 29 comments

I kid you the fuck not - Rep Nancy Mace just filed a resolution to censure me because she’s big mad that I called Elon a dick and that I said Democrats should treat this moment like a bar fight. Yeah, these stunts are not going to silence me. The hypocrisy is INSANE.

submitted 11 days ago • 429 comments

People will die as a direct result of RFK Jr being health secretary. His confirmation puts our health, safety, and financial security at risk.

submitted 11 days ago • 27 comments

After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

submitted 12 days ago • 173 comments

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 11 days ago • 521 comments

Here’s what’s gonna happen to your healthcare

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The big question was whether the White House would obey court orders and appeal them as is its right, or whether it would thumb its nose and risk contempt. The White House so far has chosen to appeal.

submitted 12 days ago • 106 comments

What's in their budget? Nothing to bring costs down. But what they do have is $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the ultra-rich. Ranking Member @congressmanboyle.bsky.social on how this Republican budget betrays the middle class:

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Making ethnic cleansing sound like a luxury cruise.

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

New today: “Trans people are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for the literal freedom to exist, and we are fighting for people to recognize the same sanctity of our lives as they do when they’re looking at any human being.”

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Fucking hell, the actual speech isn’t terrible, but the message should be “Republicans lied to you” or “Republicans are trying to kill you,” not “Their rhetoric leaves a lot to be desired.”

submitted 13 days ago • 20 comments