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If the IRS were forced to disclose taxpayer information in violation of Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, it would set a dangerous precedent that could, in theory, be used to justify the release of anyone’s tax records—including those of high-profile individuals like Musk and Trump.

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Each horrific event gets more people to mobilize. There are people who were sitting on the sidelines until this afternoon and they will no longer be sitting on the sidelines. We are stronger than we were yesterday. Before you catastrophize, remember this

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Yes

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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

submitted 8 hours ago • 82 comments

Never forgive, never forget

submitted 1 day ago • 185 comments

It's Trump, Musk, and Putin against the world. Choose a side.

submitted 4 hours ago • 69 comments

There are some areas where we’ve passed the break glass point and are in an authoritarian regime. Foreign policy is now one of them. The President of the United States is an unadulterated monster.

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America, This is our Germany 1933 moment. Decide who the f*ck you're gonna be, what you stand for, what you want your legacy to be—and how you are going to respond. This is beyond party, beyond country. This is about our collective humanity. #Ukraine

submitted 4 hours ago • 103 comments

these terminations are good evidence that this is just wanton destruction by deranged ideologues. there is no rhyme or reason other than whatever makes sense to a bunch of zoomer nazis and their bosses and enablers

submitted 18 hours ago • 234 comments

I didn't think I was capable of feeling any more shame for what America has become. I was wrong.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1048 comments

Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.

submitted 8 hours ago • 412 comments

That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1264 comments

we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

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“America’s Achilles’ heel is its highly internationalized oligarchy: .. ultra-wealthy individuals whose fortunes depend on access to global markets. “The most effective countermeasure is simple: tariffs for oligarchs.” @gabrielzucman.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...

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We are the leaders that we have been waiting for.

submitted 8 hours ago • 87 comments

worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1

submitted 7 hours ago • 200 comments

I love NYC

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Cartoon by Jesse Duquette https://www.instagram.com/misterjesseduquette/

submitted 8 hours ago • 128 comments

What an embarrassment to this country. That white house presser was disgusting to watch. Zelensky and the people of Ukraine deserve so much better.

submitted 11 hours ago • 205 comments

Uhhh, yeah, the Privacy Act is still a thing.

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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 10 hours ago • 1289 comments

We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.

submitted 10 hours ago • 469 comments

We've been annexed by Russia. Today, everyone got to see it.

submitted 9 hours ago • 428 comments

Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English

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BREAKING: 24 senior leaders have resigned and regions have been consolidated from 10 to 4 at the Social Security Administration. We're SCREWED! THIS IS A 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: 202-224-3121 socsecnews.blogspot.com/2025/02/even...

submitted 9 hours ago • 108 comments

Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against: -Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest -Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers -Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans It's open season for corporate crooks.

submitted 9 hours ago • 156 comments

Well…good morning🤬

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Mr. Coyne is not exaggerating here: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/507c53d...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency, according to testimony from employees.

submitted 13 hours ago • 50 comments

D.C., we keep on trucking. 🚚 If you are or were a federal worker, our Signal tipline is always open and actively monitored: 917-512-0201.

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“what’s happening now in the US is a paradigm shift: this is Broligarchy,..the merger of Silicon Valley with state power. That has now happened. The US state is under attack. The post-war international order is collapsing. There are things that we can and must do.” open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

submitted 13 hours ago • 24 comments

Donald Trump has betrayed America. If you couldn’t see it before, you just saw it today.

submitted 11 hours ago • 847 comments

Marco Rubio just sat there like a useless sack of shit. What a global embarrassment.

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There's so much bad in this paragraph it's hard to know where to start. FAA is now controlled by Elon Musk. He's awarding himself this contract. That's not what a conflict of interest means. This is simple looting. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 11 hours ago • 86 comments

Screenshot of Rubio while Trump and Vance berated Zelenskyy

submitted 11 hours ago • 3108 comments

NEW: A clear majority of voters (57%) think that Trump’s FAA firings are making air travel less safe. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...

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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

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“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.”

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Not sure what happened to the new, improved WaPo page. Maybe Bezos didn’t ask for same-day shipping.

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Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Five former defense secretaries condemned President Trump’s firing last week of senior military leaders as "reckless" and urged Congress not to confirm their successors.

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How would a random Russian news agency reporter sneak into the White House?

submitted 13 hours ago • 1343 comments

Just saying.

submitted 12 hours ago • 324 comments

Even the lobsters get it. 😉 🇨🇦 @apnews.com apnews.com/article/main...

submitted 15 hours ago • 55 comments

An unauthorized foreign national snuck into the Oval Office while the president was in there. Oh joy.

submitted 13 hours ago • 43 comments

Every day I have to hear about some asshole

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"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it." Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...

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