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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

submitted 9 hours ago • 1317 comments

In which the bizarre @nytimes.com thinks its normal for the US and Russia to divide up Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 1 day ago • 1571 comments

Gilding the lily...the @nytimes repeatedly covers up Trump's bizarre acts with bland language www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org sues on behalf of unions, retirees to block access to personal and sensitive data at SSA. This case comes after SSA commissioner stepped down due to concerns about DOGE accessing data. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 1 day ago • 241 comments

This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice). 1. Refused to violate the law. 2. Refused to violate the Constitution. 3. Refused to bow or scrape. 4. Refused to bend a knee. 5. Deleted this stupid email.

submitted 1 day ago • 618 comments

#Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

submitted 1 day ago • 106 comments

www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

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🚨Senator Tammy Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed House budget resolution & paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid." Medicaid affects 70M+ Americans. THIS WOULD BE DEVASTATING!🚨

submitted 4 days ago • 160 comments

Tonight we proposed an amendment to ensure that the Republican budget doesn’t raise prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. And guess what? Republicans blocked it — just like they opposed us when we gave Medicare the power to lower drug prices.

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

🚨🚨🚨 THEY ARE GOING AFTER MEDICARE

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 2 days ago • 1999 comments

Elon doesn't seem to understand how the federal government works.

submitted 1 day ago • 279 comments

He nails it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1551 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 1 day ago • 2103 comments

This is...disgusting www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The President who was doing flyovers at Daytona and golfing through his presidency wants an accounting of every federal employee’s work week or they will be fired. This while Elon Musk won’t account for any of his time to Congress.

submitted 1 day ago • 122 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.

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The DoD has never passed an audit and no doubt its spending should be reviewed. But Sec Hegseth knows little about how DoD works, and less about national security. It would be a good idea to bring in some expertise rather than just throwing the axes. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

submitted 1 day ago • 240 comments

Yep... Elon Musk makes life safe for... Elon Musk www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/b...

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

submitted 2 days ago • 1063 comments

National anthem for those of us who aren't white male screw-ups

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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

submitted 2 days ago • 354 comments

Elon Musk proposed closing Radio Liberty. Well, as a person who was thrown into a concentration camp and put through torture because of my writing for Radio Liberty, I can say that Europe is far from free. The work of the Ukrainian bureau of Radio Liberty is one of the main elements of ... 1/2

submitted 14 days ago • 14 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 4 days ago • 1932 comments

This is the world created by the Trump/Musk thing.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The pain spreads... the Trump/Musk thing destroys the Centers for Disease Control, which is a global resource in our constant battle against infectious diseases, such as COVID

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Of course! Because in order to have an "important" position in the Trump/Musk thing, you have to be a white guy with dubious qualifications.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 2 days ago • 2476 comments

A 5-alarm fire!

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Musk's DOGE is basically a "dodge"... many of the so-called "savings" it boasts about don't exist...but it continues to disrupt the lives of thousands of govt employees whose "crime" was doing necessary work for other Americans www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Good to know that "freedom of speech" is still part of the US Constitution www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

There’s something happening in this country.

submitted 2 days ago • 756 comments

UPDATE: Judge Moss has ordered the administration NOT to remove eight foreign nationals who say they're fleeing persecution and death in their home countries (Afghanistan, Ecuador, Brazil) DOJ notes that one of them, identified as N.S., has already likely been removed. Details TK

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

submitted 2 days ago • 155 comments

Another story repeating Susie Wiles' claim to be able to manage Elon. Sure, Susie. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

submitted 2 days ago • 129 comments

Whether it's Ukraine threatening to join NATO or Russia invading Ukraine, bombing Ukrainian civilians, and abducting Ukrainian children, there has been plenty of aggression on both sides.

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

Opinion | The last 80 years have brought unprecedented peace and prosperity to the US, Canada, and Western Europe. It's time that we ended it.

submitted 3 days ago • 53 comments

Nazi salutes are having a moment. Our critic weighs in. Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

We wanted to know what the average Black person thinks of Donald Trump. So we asked the communications director of the Houston Young Republicans, who grew up in a mixed race family in a majority white Long Island suburb.

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How it started. How it’s going

submitted 2 days ago • 266 comments

Trump’s EO ruining the independence of federal agencies shows the real goal of Musk and Trump is not efficiency or even winning the culture wars. It’s thievery. And they are exceptional thieves. My latest in @thenation.com

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JUST IN: A judge has enjoined President Trump's effort to block federal funds from going toward grant recipients who engage in DEI practices. The judge says the orgs are likely to succeed on claims that this is viewpoint discrimination, among other issues storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments