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Today was Very Bad. But definitely not the worst or most embarrassing moment of US diplomacy of the post-war era.

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Watching Putin’s little stooges try to bully Zelenskyy in our goddamned White House is pretty repulsive.

submitted 14 hours ago • 500 comments

“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.”

submitted 12 hours ago • 198 comments

I am rare in that, despite my profound hatred of Putin, I think we have gotten too involved in this war. But jesus fucking christ everything I've seen about this meeting is so shameful and pathetic. Wish Zelenksyy had just punched these motherfuckers in the dicks.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Good. Fuck them. They're going to have to fight on against an unjust "peace" deal that will provide neither security nor justice while pillaging Ukraine. Shameful that as with Gaza, the US is shoulder to shoulder with the genocidal tyrant whose military forces seek to destroy an occupied people.

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

Wow. What a dick.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

if you take Trump at his ~word that his desire is to avoid WWIII breaking the Pax Americana and forcing Europe and probably Japan to rapidly remilitarize is nearly the worst way I can think of to do it

submitted 12 hours ago • 17 comments

If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.

submitted 16 hours ago • 431 comments

Although a huge percentage of his EOs are clearly legal, I have no idea about this one. Anyone wanna clarify? Does he have any legal authority to do this?

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

SCOOP: The Bureau of Prisons rescinded rules shielding trans women from being searched by male guards, The Intercept has learned.

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

One troubling thing about the Musk situation is that his decision-making about what to cut or who to fire is not based on any identifiable rule or criteria. That's one of the things that distinguishes democratic governance from dictatorship or business (itself a dictatorship)

submitted 18 hours ago • 2 comments

"Countries should tie market access for foreign multinationals and billionaires to fair taxation. As soon as Trump follows through with tariffs on Canada and Mexico, those countries should retaliate by taxing US oligarchs." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

"But compared with the other big centers of power in the U.S. economy—say the tech or finance sector—its employees do far more valuable work for far less money. Relative to these sectors, it is the epitome of efficiency." www.epi.org/blog/cheap-c...

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

This is also why I think it is a mistake for universities and corporations to simply re-brand DEI policies. They need to defend the underlying principles (integration is good, diversity makes us better) rather than trying to outrun a fascist assault that will be trained on the re-brand

submitted 19 hours ago • 35 comments

We have seen two impeachment worthy stories break today alone. Incredible levels of corruption and lawlessness. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

Tulsi Gabbard is firing trans federal employees for "sex chats" that never happened - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/tuls...

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

excellent point and thread

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Apropos of nothing in particular, can't wait for this Criterion release. www.criterion.com/films/34233-...

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"The Times analysis also found that skipping patients is exacerbating disparities in health care. When lists are ignored, transplants disproportionately go to white and Asian patients and college graduates." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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"The reality is that there is no “the market” out there generating inequality. The government structures the market, which is infinitely malleable and can produce almost any outcome we want." substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Night team cleaning crews have a chance to do something truly heroic, it seems.

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Tesla’s shareholders just lost another $38,640,000,000 today — a total $TSLA loss of $600 billion since December. Tesla’s CEO was not in the office. In literally any other public company ever, this would be the point where the CEO gets fired.

submitted 2 days ago • 1680 comments

just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

Also Johnny Cash: Look at these cute little doggos

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

one of the many things I learned is that if you are looking for an important way to support the labor movement in this moment, you should join the rapid response team to support federal workers fighting against Musk's illegal layoffs SIGN UP 👇👇 go.savepublicservices.com

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

Israel has carried out air strikes on Damascus and Daraa in Syria. Netanyahu seems determined to stop Syria becoming a functioning country.

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

Name every victory when they come

submitted 2 days ago • 31 comments

This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

submitted 2 days ago • 1510 comments

I always knew I was bad at flirting in real life, but it’s a bit upsetting to realize I’m also bad at it in video games.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.

submitted 2 days ago • 183 comments

We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.

submitted 2 days ago • 137 comments

17 - Mohamed Salah has now assisted 17 goals from open play in the Premier League this season; only Thierry Henry in 2002-03 (20) has ever made more in a single campaign. Limitless.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

submitted 2 days ago • 1358 comments

Double-digit gap with the same number of games played is quite something. 10 points between us and a 10 difference in GD as well. Sing your hearts out.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Doesn’t bode well for how the rest of this match will go. Absolutely atrocious.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

"...peak carbon sequestration occurred in 2008, and since then the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by plants has declined by an average of 0.25% a year. “The findings are very stark. Emissions now need to fall by 0.3% per year, just to stand still." www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Time to take out that Malm book www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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I'd be curious to read similar research on the Democrats. theconversation.com/i-went-to-cp...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

this action has already murdered ~14,000 adults and ~1,500 children pepfar.impactcounter.com bsky.app/profile/bran...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

Don't let Republicans say this is their red line. This is the only line. If Trump is allowed to disregard Congress' spending directions, then there's NO POINT IN BARGANAING FOR ANY.

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.

submitted 2 days ago • 146 comments

We finally found the "parasite" living off of public dollars.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Palestinian says Israeli interrogators poured acid on him during torture - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ex-palestinian-prisoner-shows-signs-torture-acid-attack-during-israeli-detention

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Gaza: Five Palestinian infants die from extreme cold amid Israeli siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/five-palestinian-infants-die-extreme-cold-gaza

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Before asserting that something like this is happening because he says he can do it, journalists should ask what the statutory authority is, and if it is unclear or nonexistent, the headline and story should reflect that.

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