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Is it now clear that Republicans are governing as if they will never have to answer to voters again because they never plan to answer to voters again?

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

In Trump's America, if you look foreign or are foreign, you can get caught in a dragnet intended to generate high numbers, high profits, and viral moments that juxtapose cruel, beautiful people with cruel, ugly policies. My latest at @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/america-sh...

submitted 14 hours ago • 35 comments

Coming up LIVE at 4ET on Uncovered, Trump Admin held in criminal contempt, tariff wars rage on, El Salvador, Ukraine, Fed Chair pours cold water on Trump, Harvard, Musk’s latest scandals, Vance beclowns himself again, & lots more! www.youtube.com/live/_w3uMf4...

submitted 7 hours ago • 15 comments

yes! this dude will back down to anyone who tells him to fuck himself! this is the only response worth having!

submitted 10 hours ago • 465 comments

Judge Boasberg’s opinion in JGG v. Trump (4/16/25) is a masterpiece of judicial reasoning. He explains exactly why our legal system couldn’t survive tolerating willful defiance of clear judicial orders — even if those orders are ultimately overturned on appeal. The Supreme Court will have to agree.

submitted 7 hours ago • 99 comments

Someone with a Russian IP address used a DOGE account to attempt to login to the NLRB computer system.

submitted 1 day ago • 87 comments

Mortgage applications down -8.5%, biggest weekly drop of the year — as 30-year fixed jumps 20bp to 6.81%. (via Liz Ann Sonders)

submitted 15 hours ago • 33 comments

NEW: DOJ just released new department wide social media policy which puts tight reins on any speech that to touches politics, DOJ policy and basically anything that wld cause tension within department. Revises previous policy which is rightly framed around not running anon accounts, discrimination…

submitted 7 hours ago • 8 comments

Everyone can be bad except the people that punched cops, vandalized into the seat of government, and smeared feces on the walls. They're true American heroes.

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

So they named their kid after a historical figure who murdered his brother.

submitted 14 hours ago • 884 comments

Notice Bondi didn’t do a press conference when a Jewish guv’s house was firebombed. Maybe if he’d come in fifth in a swim meet then she’d give a shit.

submitted 12 hours ago • 80 comments

I guess the markets didn’t like to hear the Fed Chair tell the truth about where the economy is heading under Trump.

submitted 7 hours ago • 156 comments

Elon is totally gonna get JD’s couch pregnant.

submitted 11 hours ago • 65 comments

PSA: You have until May 7th to get ‘Real ID’ or have a valid passport, otherwise they won’t allow you to board a plane. In fact, you might be sent to CECOT in El Salvador.

submitted 7 hours ago • 67 comments

The Trump admin ain’t paying for shit. Our tax dollars are, though.

submitted 7 hours ago • 70 comments

another chunk from today's post about all the stupid shit that MAGA got up to yesterday — link to the whole ball of wax is here: bit.ly/44rFgJd thanks for reading it! (longer excerpt in the alt text)

submitted 7 hours ago • 21 comments

IN EL SALVADOR: Senator Van Hollen says Trump is in violation of court orders — and is paying El Salvador to imprison an innocent man. (And #KilmarÁbregoGarcía is not the only one)

submitted 7 hours ago • 167 comments

In America, you have a right to due process. Without it, the government could arrest or deport you for any reason. That’s what is happening in America right now. That is what dictators do. And that is what we are fighting against.

submitted 11 hours ago • 171 comments

In case you missed it (and honestly, lucky you), RFK Jr. just held a BONKERS press conference on CDC’s latest MMWR on autism. Below, we tell you what CDC's report actually said 🧵

submitted 7 hours ago • 10 comments

This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason

submitted 8 hours ago • 2804 comments

The Israeli defense minister said troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria indefinitely. It's a textbook definition of military occupation and a blatant violation of international law that Israel’s allies often cite about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Netanyahu and Putin are no different.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

TAX BREAKS FOR BILLIONAIRES = CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY The MAGA Republican plan is a slap in the face to everyone, who has worked their whole life for a comfortable retirement. Stealing our hard-earned benefits to reward corrupt billionaires like Elon Musk will hurt them on election day in 2026.

submitted 8 hours ago • 48 comments

JUST NOW — Rep. Bo Mitchell: “I’m hearing we’re #1 one in this, #1 in that… we lead the nation in children dying by gun violence, and subpoenas for a federal corruption trial. I know we lead the nation in that.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 15 comments

Hong Kong announced Wednesday that its postal service would no longer send packages to the United States, in response to the White House’s plan to charge tariffs on small, low-value parcels from the city.

submitted 7 hours ago • 6 comments

This is exactly why you do not make deals with wanna-be-autocrats. The most predictable sentence ever: "Mr. Trump, it turns out, has a far more expansive view of what those firms can be called on to do." #ETTD www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

submitted 7 hours ago • 34 comments

🤔🤔🤔

submitted 7 hours ago • 8 comments

So embarrassingly predictable. The law firms are on step 3 of failing the Lando test.

submitted 11 hours ago • 14 comments

Sharing from X: "ICE is filing declarations in multiple cases admitting they don't have power to terminate student status, so students whose student records (SEVIS) are terminated remain in valid status. This means colleges disenrolling students (a majority) are punishing them for no reason."

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

That's directly contrary to Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph Mazzara's sworn April 15 declaration. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 8 hours ago • 23 comments

“To a very sad degree, Supreme Court justices and members of Congress are already complicit in this experiment in state terror. “

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Sen. Chris Van Hollen: “I applaud Harvard's decision not to give in to bullying from the Trump administration.” He added that, in many cases, what students are doing is protesting the actions of the US & Israeli governments with respect to Gaza—not seeking to undermine US foreign policy.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Jeffries: "So many of these people are crooks, liars, and frauds, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is of course exhibit A ... we do need to change the law so that sitting members of Congress cannot trade stock. Period. Full stop."

submitted 2 days ago • 326 comments

Genuinely perfect encapsulation of Trumpism, if we do something bad, it's your fault for not stopping us. We should all take that to heart. bsky.app/profile/jwmu...

submitted 1 day ago • 89 comments

Pennsylvania evangelical pastor, Robert Morgan, has pled guilty to requesting nude images from a child. Morgan was arrested when he arrived to meet who he thought was a child & was in possession of condoms. www.citizensvoice.com/2025/04/11/f...

submitted 2 days ago • 51 comments

from today's post, in which Harvard tells Donny to stick his fascist threats where the sun don’t shine. please go read the whole enchilada — the link is here: bit.ly/3EidOTR (longer excerpt in the alt text)

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Pennsylvania pastor, Brad Swink, has been arrested for possessing videos of children being raped. www.northcentralpa.com/news/pastor-...

submitted 2 days ago • 137 comments

Arkansas catholic church employee, Paul Scouten, has been arrested for distributing, possessing & viewing images of children being sexually abused. www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/ap...

submitted 2 days ago • 60 comments

Are you a member of the D.C. Bar?

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

There's going to be a hack of Twitter eventually like today's 4chan one. 4chan got rekt because the code was 15+ years out of date. Twitter will definitely have the same issue growing already

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

This, sadly, is true. The United States government is in the hands of morally depraved and morally corrupted people who are enabled by moral cowards and the morally apathetic.

submitted 1 day ago • 96 comments

Harvard can fight for at least a year without federal funding and not even need to dip into its endowment to cover it.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

I guess El Salvador is more powerful than the United States. How embarrassing.

submitted 1 day ago • 465 comments

Until now, neither house of Congress had ever passed legislation to significantly restrict access to the ballot. The SAVE Act changes that. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

submitted 1 day ago • 563 comments

the right wingers hated this one

submitted 1 day ago • 68 comments

Trump defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision is the reason I say "if we still have free and fair elections in the United States" when I talk about 2026 midterms.

submitted 2 days ago • 224 comments

can dick cheney co-host

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

Today is tax day. Despite Trump’s campaign promises, there is still tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

So it's the victims fault for getting bullied?

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments