They’re schoolyard bullies all grown up because we didn’t beat their collective asses when we had the chance. And that’s how you get fascists.

The Pentagon holds the life stories of a country. Names and Social Security numbers. Along with information about what jobs people have held inside the military apparatus. That is exactly where a door stood open for months.

Ah yes, the good old days when you could run a private healthcare company and defraud the federal government out of billions of dollars, just like I did!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

Rick Scott: "Obamacare has been a disaster, so what we gotta do is we gotta go back to let the private sector work. Give you the choices ... treat it like a cell phone. You know what plan to buy."

The gist of the Jack Smith hearing was that Republicans will fabricate evidence to entrap opponents and they were upset that Jack Smith had the audacity to investigate Republicans in Congress for possibly abetting Trump's 1/6 insurrection, in other words for doing his job.

A good case from @dickpolman.bsky.social that this man’s selfish short-sightedness set us on path to where we are today. Excruciating insights on the wreckage of a legacy. dickpolman.substack.com/p/ralph-nade...

Ralph Nader is still a pariah. He deserves to be.

Tilting the ‘00 race to Bush was his original sin. We’re still suffering the consequences.

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This guy knows the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! #JackSmith

He made a fool of himself. Does he or his staff believe in fact checking? Bet a staff member will be blame for this fiasco. The top dog never take responsibility. They always blame on someone else.

Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

Coincidence? I think not. More evidence of the blatant attack on women in American society. This is what the GOP/Project 2025 Pushers/Pedo Protectors DO! #StandUpForWomen #VoteBlue #Pinks

It wouldn’t take $1.5 trillion to build a military to fight places like Iran or Venezuela. However, if the US is preparing to fight its own people, it may take that much. Putin remains in power because of Russia’s military that keeps citizens in check when needed.

The top 0.1% wealthiest Americans have seen their total wealth more than double since the end of 2019.

The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider

The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.

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Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw

taxpayers are paying for ads that are clearly political & unlawful. Perhaps the only silver lining is that these ads are so sickening and disgusting, & the weird, deranged, fascist imagery featuring Trump probably makes lots of voters even more sickened by this guy.

Byron Donalds Town Hall Bans Recording, Limits Attendance The Republican GOP candidate’s event restricts Florida voters. meidasnews.com/news/byron-d...

Byron Donalds Town Hall Bans Recording, Limits Attendance

The Republican GOP candidate's event restricts Florida voters.

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Russian strikes are incoming from all sides onto #Kyiv, in broad daylight. Markets, gas stations, a hospital, office, kindergartens, residential buildings. Russian scum cannot push through on the front line, so they are staging genocide in Ukrainian cities.

seeing a lot of discussion about this and like: the reason the poster did a screenshot with no link is that if you actually search for the article you'd learn that this bill 1) has nothing to do with Zohran Mamdani 2) was introduced in committee back in May and didn't go anywhere

Please repost widely: To all young women in college: You do NOT have to put up with the university’s hiding and ignoring your assault. Police ignoring you too? GO TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY! (This worked for young women at schools where I taught [and advised them how to seek justice].)

The new White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules, according to cybersecurity experts and an independent risk assessment. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers

The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.

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The White House press bans aren’t about ethics in journalism. They're about what Trump wants from the press: servile propaganda that parrots only what he and his allies say about his administration.

Trump’s press grievances are based in their refusal to do propaganda

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And we all know it's probably all made up

Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.

Sen Roger Marshall (R-KS) has one enormous vulnerability that he just can't explain away: he actually lives in Sarasota, Florida, not in Kansas. And the evidence of that fact is abundant.

US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...

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Someday people will learn this whole thing is the most obvious scam in history but that day is not today. The only reason Musk got away with any of this is because Americans are largely suckers looking to be scammed and the tech press is the tip of the spear of the whole scam.

Sky News@news.sky.com · 2d ago

Moment SpaceX rocket explodes in ocean after splashing down early

Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Andy Biggs took campaign cash from the leaders of a group tied to Uganda's Kill the Gays law, a bill that carries the death penalty for being gay. He's running for governor of Arizona on family values. Ask what family values are worth to someone who takes that money and stays quiet.

Accused hate group leader cozy with 'kill the gays' activists sent cash to GOP congressman

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who is running for governor of Arizona, took donations from leaders of an accused anti-LGBTQ+ hate group for which he formerly served as a board member, according to recent sta...

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Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld