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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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DOGE claims it "saved US $50B" Not sure if that's a one time or annual savings It's roughly $2.75 a week per American Not even enough for a small Starbucks latte 🤦🏻‍♂️ In the meantime, National Parks & museums have closed; VA & FAA employees have been fired; and people are dying overseas

submitted 9 hours ago • 125 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did

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🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

submitted 2 days ago • 1303 comments

The Trump administration is using loopholes to maintain spending freezes despite court orders, with political appointees invoking legal authority to justify the pauses while distancing them from Trump’s directives.

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Dark Pence is back.

submitted 3 days ago • 4564 comments

Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, etc: You’ve seen Hegseth, RFK Jr, and others give worthless assurances. You’re now seeing the US appease Putin, and DOJ guardrails crumble. Are you going to let Kash Patel use the FBI against his enemies list and further destroy the rule of law?

submitted 3 days ago • 2110 comments

I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol. We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.

submitted 3 days ago • 741 comments

The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.

submitted 4 days ago • 1012 comments

We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.

submitted 3 days ago • 496 comments

Overnight, the National Park Service has removed "transgender" and the "T" from the LGBTQ+ acronym on their webpage about the Stonewall National Monument.

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

submitted 4 days ago • 1111 comments

Jamie Raskin: "Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.” Amen!!

submitted 3 days ago • 748 comments

A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

submitted 4 days ago • 1227 comments

white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

submitted 4 days ago • 4789 comments

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 4 days ago • 2922 comments

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

submitted 4 days ago • 5977 comments

He is firing FAA workers by the hundreds and he knows he is going to end up killing a lot of people so we get this tweet and that covers everything apparently

submitted 4 days ago • 1418 comments

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

submitted 5 days ago • 839 comments

How many plane crashes and mass shootings will it take for Americans to care about their own safety? 🤔

submitted 5 days ago • 918 comments

Make America Great Again by closing down our national park system for the summer. Because the kids are struggling in school after COVID, amiright???

submitted 4 days ago • 75 comments

Our social security, food & drug safety are at risk. The MAGA Republicans in Congress - basically all of them - are letting Musk illegally seize the fed agencies. They have sold us out. Thune & Johnson are a disgrace. They should step down! www.newsweek.com/social-secur...

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NEW: “The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over their attempts to access sensitive government records.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 5 days ago • 205 comments

This WaPo piece has something valuable inside: the names of some of the grownups running DOGE behind the scenes. The Incels are a distraction. These people are real. It'd be helpful for people in the agencies to ID anyone from DOGE for...reasons. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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If I were the richest man in the world, this would not be the play

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taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

submitted 5 days ago • 2091 comments

Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

submitted 5 days ago • 2339 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did

submitted 5 days ago • 59 comments

Elon Musk attacked me on the platform he owns. I will not back down from the fight for democracy. @briantylercohen.bsky.social and I discuss. I hope you watch. youtu.be/XsR4QzK4yZ4

submitted 5 days ago • 258 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2289 comments

BREAKING: An IRS employee who is affiliated with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information, according to a Trump administration official.

submitted 6 days ago • 138 comments

It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent. Buy direct from authors. Get your files.

submitted 6 days ago • 256 comments

I feel like I warned folks about this

submitted 6 days ago • 285 comments

It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.

submitted 6 days ago • 342 comments

“The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years.” apnews.com/article/meas...

submitted 6 days ago • 767 comments

JFC indeed.

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We are nearing a precipice.

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Trump’s 51st-State Plan Would Be a Literal Death Sentence for Canadians Canadians have a universal healthcare system and significantly longer life expectancy than Americans.

submitted 7 days ago • 236 comments

🚨🚨🚨 Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.

submitted 11 days ago • 433 comments