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Excellent letter in the Irish Times reminding us that Irish builders did not build the White House as indicated by the Taoiseach this week. It was build by slaves including those owned by the Irish architect James Hoban.

submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

When @sarahkendzior.bsky.social told us that both They Knew and They’re In On It a lot of folks thought that was a claim too far. I give you Chuck Schumer.

submitted 18 hours ago • 8 comments

A swarm of cops dragging away a rabbi protesting the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil says everything you need to know about the Trump agenda. Trump doesn't care about Jewish safety - he's focused on taking away our right to protest. Not in our name.

submitted 20 hours ago • 17 comments

Something I can't get over about the Trump presidency is just how humiliating it looks from the outside, just total and utter humiliation on the world stage, how pathetic it looks that a president is hawking his billionaire pal's garbage cars from the office, there's no other way to describe it.

submitted 19 hours ago • 66 comments

Left voicemails with @bennet.senate.gov and @hickenlooper.bsky.social. Please, gentlemen, vote no, and do not allow anything to pass that does not push back on DOGE and the vast overreach of the executive branch.

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US @RepRaskin is encouraging all US citizens to file formal demands for access to their personal data as obtained by DOGE and Elon Musk. www.democratsabroad.org/ch_take_acti... for more details. #DemsAbroad #DownWithDOGE #FOIARequest @demsabroad.bsky.social

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Bluntly, most of the elected leadership of the US Democratic Party fought harder against Joe Biden than they have against Trump and Musk. AOC, who was Biden’s staunchest soldier, is fighting the fight in front of her. In a functioning system, she’d be their leader.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

if Trump and his cronies are able to veto appropriations made by Congress, then we've already moved into a dictatorial system of government. Why would Democrats waste time negotiating spending deals if Trump can just rip them up after he signs them?

submitted 1 day ago • 299 comments

Nobody elected Elon Musk. Elon Musk is breaking laws and trying to destroy the federal government to line his own pockets. We’ll work with the Republicans when Trump gets rid of Elon Musk. There. That’s what they should say. Does anyone really think they would lose on the politics of that message?

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 3 days ago • 2750 comments

American friends! The Irish PM is visiting the White House for what used to be an annual bit of St Patrick's Day back slappin' But it looks like the MAGA crowd have flown over the Irish version of the Westboro Baptists for a possible ambush. Please spread the word...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

This shit is so grim. These guys are grifting like they're stripping the copper wires out of a slowly collapsing building.

submitted 3 days ago • 197 comments

If Trmp were a Democrat, every single Rightwing outlet would have a singular message "Trmp Slump" and not a single member of the GOP would be voting for ANYTHING. They would have shut it down on Congress. Their voters wouldn't need to make a single phone call. Everyone on here know this.

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

We’ve always been at war with Canada.

submitted 3 days ago • 114 comments

Also, it’s just straight up evil and wrong, and we should fight things when they’re evil.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Armed government agents went to the home of a lawful resident of the United States without a warrant and arrested him over the content of his speech. This is a five-alarm fire for civil liberties.

submitted 5 days ago • 106 comments

Government for Putin and by Putin

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Open space is as important to making Boulder Boulder as anything else -- don't sell the baseball fields. chng.it/26B27qFjhj #boulder

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Among all the other chaos & rigamarole, this is the vital question of our day, a question that must finally be answered definitely if we are to ever regain our democracy

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Like Ukraine, America will be impossible to occupy. Russia is a failed state and Trump is a failed businessman who went bankrupt six times. We will ultimately defeat them.

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Democracy dies in decorum.

submitted 9 days ago • 136 comments

As previously discussed, the US is simply taking steps to aid its new ally, Russia, in achieving its war aims. Everything else is just noise. This requires some pretty urgent and unwanted responses.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments

Trump seeking to overthrow Zelensky - have approached former PM, Tymoshenko, who was previously found guilty of abuse of power, sentenced 7 years in jail, & ordered to pay the state $188mn. In power, she ordered Naftogaz to sign a gas deal with Russia in 2009. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

I wanted to believe in Biden. But in retrospect, choosing not to shake the status quo, like by not growing the supreme court, was a clear mistake the whole time.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

submitted 11 days ago • 1091 comments

Every accusation is an intention.

submitted 12 days ago • 493 comments

The same party that shouted that Obama was a liar and booed Biden during their formal addresses to Congress is now worried about people disrespecting the president with crossed arms.

submitted 12 days ago • 336 comments

My daughter is allowed to listen to TV during the day (in lieu of music, etc). She’s going through the Netflix Series of Unfortunate Events. I’m sadly reflecting that it’s a good primer on resistance.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, @markhamillofficial.bsky.social: for your attention. (Spotted on Facebook—art by Justin Aram.)

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

submitted 13 days ago • 70 comments

Just learned that Dr. Seuss drew this in 1941 www.artsy.net/article/arts...

submitted 14 days ago • 24 comments

Trump and Vance are compromised by the Kremlin, because they owe their power, in part, to the Kremlin, and they aspire to be as rich and powerful as Russia's ruling elite. There was nothing Zelenskky could have done to overcome these two bad faith actors aligned with the Kremlin.

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

It's kind of weird how Trump getting impeached over trying to extort Ukraine disappeared from the discourse

submitted 14 days ago • 12 comments

I've said it before and will say it again -- the Trump administration is not acting like one that fears democratic accountability next year or in 2028. Draw your own conclusions.

submitted 14 days ago • 647 comments

A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that

submitted 14 days ago • 181 comments

No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American so far.

submitted 14 days ago • 126 comments

Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He humiliated the United States of America. And he made the world a much more dangerous place. Mob boss foreign policy will not work. The Trump-Putin axis fully came out of the closet today.

submitted 14 days ago • 79 comments

Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.

submitted 14 days ago • 528 comments

Best news that could have come out of this event. It's time for Europe to show real leadership on Ukraine.

submitted 14 days ago • 34 comments