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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 858 comments

They bet the farm and lost: With Trump and Musk driving U.S. policy, Kansas farmers have been played for suckers kansasreflector.com/2025/02/12/w...

submitted 8 days ago • 44 comments

NEW: ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.

submitted 11 days ago • 105 comments

Eric Adams sold out this city to get the Trumps to fix his personal problem, simple as that.

submitted 12 days ago • 150 comments

Hey @washingtonpost.com you say your new Kash Patel story has "not previously been reported." Wrong, we at @motherjones.com scooped you and had this out earlier today. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Feel free to correct.

submitted 15 days ago • 502 comments

SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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All immigrants in the U.S. have rights, including the right to remain silent. Here’s what you should know if you encounter federal immigration agents:

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Understanding the scam here requires knowing Bally’s made a deal with Chicago to have 25% minority ownership in the casino they’re building. Instead of real equity, they’re signing up paper owners who will never see a dime of return in any conceivable scenario—and charging them $250 or more for it.

submitted 36 days ago • 7 comments

New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work www.404media.co/its-total-ch...

submitted 44 days ago • 395 comments

more on the moral degeneracy of the recent turn in the trump campaign

submitted 162 days ago • 65 comments

NYT: Biden’s Age Raises Concerns That Biden Old People Fucking Magazine: Detailed but accessible explanation of Trump’s governing agenda people.com/what-is-proj...

submitted 225 days ago • 9 comments

Mask bans are evil and dystopian and I am appalled that they’re even being proposed. Wearing masks to protect your health and the health of others needs to be recognized as a right for all and an absolutely essential protection for those who would otherwise be unable to participate in society

submitted 242 days ago • 34 comments

On the day of Dr. Fauci's testimony, @nytimes.com decides to run a deeply unethical OpEd with snazzy graphics and snappy headlines about the Lab Leak. The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations. Let's take every point in turn 👇🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 264 days ago • 28 comments