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“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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“I THINK THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE WRONG 1%” - Laverne Cox (speaking to America (on the View) about the administration’s use of transphobia, propaganda, and policy to harm the trans community) Image by @sainthoax.bsky.social via IG 🙏💙🙏💙🙏 I’ll be right here waiting for you…

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This is so antithetical to the English legal tradition that they killed Charles I about it, and then they couped James II

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The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt. Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires? We have our answer. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

submitted 8 days ago • 136 comments

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is doing JOINT INTERVIEWS with an unelected billionaire.

submitted 8 days ago • 118 comments

When Trump took office, the NLRB had 24 separate investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?

submitted 10 days ago • 180 comments

An unelected South African has taken control of the US Treasury and is deciding to stop payments on American obligations, in violation of numerous court orders, and admits in the Oval Office that he has done so upon incorrect information, while the President sits impotently behind the Resolute Desk.

submitted 11 days ago • 110 comments

I'll note that Lauren Boebert became a grandmother at 36

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This didn’t age well

submitted 11 days ago • 1072 comments

Reporter: What do you need to buy Gaza? Trump: "We're not going to buy anything. We're going to have it. We're going to keep it... and nobody's going to question it."

submitted 11 days ago • 250 comments

We have 260 Democrats in Congress between the house and the senate. Either they aren’t visibly doing anything to deal with this constitutional crisis or the media isn’t covering them. Something tells me it’s the former.

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Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.

submitted 12 days ago • 19 comments

James Comer had 2 years to dig into all this supposed govt corruption that Musk is “discovering.” That’s what Oversight Committee is supposed to do. Instead, he spent 2 years on Hunter Biden - which resulted in nothing except a James Comer book deal.

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Hey Elon, this might be news to you but you can’t impeach a judge just because they didn’t side with you. I know you’re all about fascism these days, but that’s actually not how the legal system works! 🫶

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