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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

submitted 3 hours ago • 2682 comments

Lotta question yesterday why Elon included his firing threat in the tweet but not the email. Pretty sure this is why. OPM's own lawyers say it's false. And putting it in writing in a government email is one of those major legal liability things. no lawyers sign off etc.

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

This is how it’s done.

submitted 6 days ago • 2912 comments

INFLECTION: The Backlash Begins As Elon Goes Wild talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/infle...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

submitted 7 days ago • 266 comments

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

submitted 15 days ago • 557 comments

"Anyone who's known grief, clung to it, laughed at it, hid behind it, moved past it, will see themselves in the pages of Backflash."-- @evnarc.bsky.social (Static: Shadows of Dakota) More on Backflash by @matjohnson.bsky.social, @stevelieberart.bsky.social: bit.ly/4g7B6Jb #bergerbooks

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Musk and his army of dipshits on Twitter keep pointing to Bill Clinton’s federal worker reduction in the 1990s to defend Trump. The difference? Congress passed a law that Clinton signed, he didn’t just get the nearest billionaire to illegally start dismantling the government based on his whims.

submitted 11 days ago • 160 comments

BREAKING: Elon Musk is now trying to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court majority. Election is on April 1—the first statewide election of the new Trump/Musk era. Musk wants to own state-level courts to thwart any possible check on their coup. Help us fight back. secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...

submitted 11 days ago • 229 comments

Just a month away! Wanna see a traditionally animated feature with classic characters made by extremely passionate people who understand how these characters should be represented and its existence spits in the face of its corporate overlords by being released theatrically in 2025? Then THIS IS IT!

submitted 14 days ago • 12 comments

These folks knew better, are politically vulnerable, & deserve payback for their betrayal of our country. We can take back control. Support Indivisible below & join today!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Marjorie Taylor Greene literally showed a dick pic last year in our Oversight hearing, so I thought I'd show one as well: a picture of President Elon Musk.

submitted 16 days ago • 225 comments

New: @aoc.bsky.social tells me that Democrats shouldn't bail out Republicans on a government shutdown without "incredibly substantial" concessions. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 17 days ago • 97 comments

The Democrats available lever to exert power over the President is on the budget and particularly the debt ceiling. The two are conjoined. That's 90% of this game.

submitted 23 days ago • 95 comments

What Are Democrats Supposed to Do? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a very common question these days in light of all these attacks upon our Republic: Is somebody doing something?! The good news is, they are. I break it down and discuss the four kinds of responses that are happening today. Link in the replies.

submitted 25 days ago • 42 comments

"This is a... harmful, dangerous, killer bluff. But they don't have the law on their side. If we are going to push back on this kind of autocratic behavior, it's not just members of Congress who have to stand up, & we will, it is all of us together" [email protected] in front of USAID just now

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

submitted 25 days ago • 2171 comments

Once again, it was created by congress in 1961. Any decision to close it requires congress. This move is illegal.

submitted 25 days ago • 75 comments

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 26 days ago • 1309 comments

Here's a fact most Americans don't know: The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world. The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits. We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.

submitted 26 days ago • 956 comments

I hate that it's gotten this far, but if countries want to counter a US-imposed trade war, they should make Elon Musk's companies a focus of their retaliation. Those business interests have effectively merged with the US executive branch, and decision-makers value them more than the American people.

submitted 27 days ago • 74 comments

Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.

submitted 26 days ago • 1148 comments

It's no special insight. But it's important to step back and see that we are launching into a real trade war over literally nothing. Even if you want to claim this is abt immigration the Mexican govt made clear they're willing to go to quite draconian steps to relieve pressure on the ...

submitted 26 days ago • 99 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 28 days ago • 4415 comments

there are just a slew of people out there whose reaction to crisis is militant cynicism, a kind of inverse vainglory. calling actually does a lot. anyone who’s ever spent time in these offices will tell you that.

submitted 27 days ago • 65 comments

Democrats shld make clear to voters that this gives Musk's private sector employees the power to stop checks to any individual recipient in the US (Soc Sec, vets benefits, Medicare) as well as examine their private financial info. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 28 days ago • 127 comments

Here’s what’s important here. Just because the other side wants a fight doesn’t mean you should avoid one. Sometimes you have to get out of your head, quit trying to be clever and cute and fucking fight.

submitted 29 days ago • 33 comments

the number of calls needed to make the point that a given vote will cost them is lower than we think, a powerful argument in favor of focusing our energies. you take issue A. I take B. someone else takes C. we make our weekly rounds. no one has to deal with the whole firehose at once

submitted 29 days ago • 20 comments

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submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Calm Amidst the Storm talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/calm-...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Should be on every Dems lips today that Trump was forced to rescind his illegal order. Dems will investigate when they recapture the House. Maybe sooner than later.

submitted 30 days ago • 30 comments

I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.

submitted 31 days ago • 84 comments

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

submitted 31 days ago • 2070 comments

Trump Sparks Constitutional Crisis, Seizing Budget Authority from Congress talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

submitted 31 days ago • 38 comments