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The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.

submitted 20 hours ago • 461 comments

abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views

submitted 1 day ago • 85 comments

State-sponsored kidnapping The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order. Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.

submitted 1 day ago • 273 comments

Rubio’s position seems to be: - We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us. - Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges. - After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.

submitted 1 day ago • 393 comments

Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term because it doesn't go far enough. "The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 78 comments

Former FBI agent John Buma, a whistleblower who accused the bureau of suppressing his investigative work on topics including Rudy Guiliani's ties to suspected Russian agents, was arrested yesterday in New York and charged with disclosure of confidential information, per an FBI spokesperson.

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Adam Smith: "The American people don't even know what the hell a CR is. So how are you gonna have a debate that's really gonna be effective? Yet we're going at each other over some very complicated issues instead of focusing on things that I just laid out that are very positive issues on the D side"

submitted 7 days ago • 116 comments

Now that Schumer and Dems have abjectly decided to cave, when they scream about the cuts that Musk and Trump continue to undertake in violation of their own CR, it will only sound all the more hollow. Great job all around, guys.

submitted 7 days ago • 156 comments

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

submitted 7 days ago • 790 comments

This is exactly right. They don’t get to enjoy concerts or restaurants or anything while they destroy the country.

submitted 7 days ago • 69 comments

Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight

submitted 7 days ago • 190 comments

Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations. He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands. The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.

submitted 9 days ago • 490 comments

All this business I am reading about social security is nonsense. My mom died on 2/18. My dad got a letter yesterday informing him her benefits were ending and he had to repay the February payment because they don’t give a payment in the month someone dies. They know where every dollar is.

submitted 16 days ago • 597 comments

“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.” Uh....

submitted 16 days ago • 137 comments

After being removed from the chamber, Rep. Al Green told the White House press pool: "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump.

submitted 16 days ago • 108 comments

Agreed. Hope there's a list in the morning. Hooray for the disruptors.

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness." Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.

submitted 20 days ago • 100 comments

Thank you Vermont. So educational for the Vance children.

submitted 20 days ago • 33 comments

Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.

submitted 24 days ago • 1054 comments

All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

submitted 24 days ago • 2783 comments

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

submitted 26 days ago • 243 comments

Federal employees are now being told they will be fired if they do not reply to a guy who does not respond to the Moms of his kids.

submitted 27 days ago • 71 comments

DO NOT respond to the latest Muskified OPM email asking what you did this week! But, as you're enjoying your weekend, keep in mind that Donald Trump's workweek was mostly golfing and Elon Musk's was mostly... waving a chainsaw around while supervising the dodgy DOGE Bros?

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

We are protesting Tesla on Saturday: mobilize.us/s/tXtlND

submitted 29 days ago • 9 comments

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

submitted 35 days ago • 16 comments

For folks who are surprised about, or shocked by, Vance calling on Trump to ignore judges, he’s been saying it for a while but much of our political press wasn’t paying attention:

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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 52 days ago • 1658 comments

Don’t ever be lulled into thinking that ‘pro-choice’ states are immune from doing scary shit. And boy oh boy is this story scary. Excerpted from my newsletter:

submitted 58 days ago • 26 comments

This attack on free speech comes at the same time that legislators in Texas are proposing bills to make pro-choice websites illegal. I really hope folks are paying attention

submitted 57 days ago • 15 comments