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C-PAC is a cult gathering, not a convention! This “Third Term Project” poster at CPAC is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. The same people who were screaming about “the deep state” are now openly fantasizing about a dictator-for-life.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1536 comments

This. Is. Insane.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1504 comments

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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submitted 8 hours ago • 172 comments

He nails it.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1374 comments

Spending isn't a “conspiracy” just because Musk doesn’t know how to read usaspending.gov. A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it. A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.

submitted 4 hours ago • 48 comments

If I had to respond to an email as a federal employee asking me what I did at work last week, I'd make sure to list all the duties I had to absorb because of mass illegal firings, followed by a description of what the EPA's Walter Peck did in Ghostbusters.

submitted 7 hours ago • 589 comments

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

submitted 10 hours ago • 2309 comments

I'm dumb. I can't figure out how to end world hunger. But I do promise that I will continue to change healthcare in this country and make it more affordable, possibly setting a path towards Universal Healthcare.

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Front page of today’s NY Post

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If members of Congress—like Rep. Grothman —are this clueless about what the man who is dismantling our government is saying and promising, they don’t deserve to keep their jobs! This woman is in his face, begging him to wake TF up—and he just walks off. Pathetic.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1618 comments

Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 4 hours ago • 339 comments

I'm in ! Tell me how.

submitted 1 day ago • 1321 comments

If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

submitted 5 hours ago • 396 comments

A Trump supporter who was fired from the IRS, told NBC10 he didn’t see this coming from Trump: “I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason"

submitted 3 hours ago • 194 comments

At tonight’s West Point Founders Day in Orlando, classmate from Class of 75 and former Supe LTG (R) Bob Caslen & I had the distinct honor of moderating a discussion with MG (R) John Raaen, class of 1943, who landed at Omaha Beach with the Rangers on D-Day. Just an awesome evening!

submitted 1 hour ago • 11 comments

Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

submitted 9 hours ago • 2307 comments

Amen to that.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1586 comments

Their #psyops is ridic. Everything is going to be dumb shit to gum up our boots and piss us off. It will be hard to not be reactive. Take a breather and remember: they’re stupider than you. Come back to it later, you got this. #bullsonparade #fightoverflight

submitted 1 hour ago • 3 comments

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

submitted 9 hours ago • 567 comments

👀

submitted 3 hours ago • 1130 comments

Musk and DOGE are closing local Social Security offices, making it hard for people with disabilities to access help. Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security. He is likely to expand this. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 15 hours ago • 68 comments

So here’s what happens when they actually go after Social Security & Medicare: They officially PISS OFF approximately 73+ Million Voters, their Families & Friends, and their political lives END! Are you paying attention GOP? We’re watching very, very closely, we know who you are! CONSEQUENCES!

submitted 14 hours ago • 34 comments

"Leland Dudek, a data analyst working in a small anti-fraud office, was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with representatives of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner." wapo.st/41qBKwR

submitted 15 hours ago • 50 comments

#ProudBlue FOTUS and his buddy Elon are having a great time cutting our democracy to shreds. This is criminal and Americans are suffering for it. They are going after Medicaid and you can bet Social Security and Medicare won’t be far behind. We have the stupid MAGAs to thank for this, FAFO, idiots!

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 14 hours ago • 268 comments

who’s gonna do it, who will be the hero we needed

submitted 1 day ago • 1679 comments

Here are some nice mushrooms

submitted 15 hours ago • 260 comments

It’s a cult.

submitted 1 day ago • 3301 comments

Gen-X knows 🤣

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Current mood

submitted 21 hours ago • 424 comments

Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

submitted 1 day ago • 838 comments

Heroin addict and steroid abuser wants the rest of us to to make as smart decisions about our health as he has.

submitted 21 hours ago • 858 comments

. General Mark Milley was right . . . ... and he's still right ! 💠 👊 💠

submitted 18 hours ago • 287 comments

Top House Democrats Launch Investigation Into Trump Corruption open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

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🫡🇺🇸 "Americans do not swear an oath to a king, a tyrant or a dictator. We swear an oath to the Constitution and the idea of America, for which we are willing to die," — Mark Milley ❗️He said that every US military member gives his life to protect the Constitution, not to individuals.

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From United Humanists on FB

submitted 22 hours ago • 796 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...

submitted 16 hours ago • 190 comments

BREAKING: Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was released from prison last month after Trump pardoned him along with 1,500 other Jan. 6 rioters, has just been arrested by Capitol Police for assaulting a counter-protester.

submitted 1 day ago • 321 comments

For a bunch of different reasons, I think I need to hire someone to doom-scroll for me.

submitted 16 hours ago • 603 comments