Tepid take: I am not going to give $20 a month to some guy with a newsletter to tell me what I want to hear and consider that journalism. When all that stands between a draft and an audience is a publish button, there is no accountability to truth, only to their wallet.
July 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Tepid take: I am not going to give $20 a month to some guy with a newsletter to tell me what I want to hear and consider that journalism. When all that stands between a draft and an audience is a publish button, there is no accountability to truth, only to their wallet.
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I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
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Trump's just giving us more reasons not to buy one!
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump's just giving us more reasons not to buy one!
Well thanks for nothing Bob Iger, what a waste of money Hulu is.
March 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Well thanks for nothing Bob Iger, what a waste of money Hulu is.
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Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be *legislators* right now. We need them to be *politicians.*
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
CNN: Is democratic leadership is doing enough?
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be *legislators* right now. We need them to be *politicians.*
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.
Just want to say that some of us would rather not live through the collapse of western civilization or the Great American Famine of 2026-2028 thank you very much.
February 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just want to say that some of us would rather not live through the collapse of western civilization or the Great American Famine of 2026-2028 thank you very much.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
An uninformed opinion: The strange thing is that he only has power because of the constitution. If he undermines the constitution, he undermines his own power.
It’s all just words on a page enforced by institutions, if the institutions crumble, so does the mechanism by which he has power.
It’s all just words on a page enforced by institutions, if the institutions crumble, so does the mechanism by which he has power.
February 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
An uninformed opinion: The strange thing is that he only has power because of the constitution. If he undermines the constitution, he undermines his own power.
It’s all just words on a page enforced by institutions, if the institutions crumble, so does the mechanism by which he has power.
It’s all just words on a page enforced by institutions, if the institutions crumble, so does the mechanism by which he has power.
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Flip it on him. “Elon is using his social media platform to to threaten and attack anyone who acknowledges his crimes and the crimes of his sham government department that threatens to destabilize our country” if he wants to play the victim let’s play the bigger victim.
February 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Flip it on him. “Elon is using his social media platform to to threaten and attack anyone who acknowledges his crimes and the crimes of his sham government department that threatens to destabilize our country” if he wants to play the victim let’s play the bigger victim.
Rewatching the Theranos documentary - a good reminder that the startup model of making young and inexperienced people do things because the experienced and knowledgeable say it’s a bad idea or can’t be done ends in massive fraud and failure.
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Rewatching the Theranos documentary - a good reminder that the startup model of making young and inexperienced people do things because the experienced and knowledgeable say it’s a bad idea or can’t be done ends in massive fraud and failure.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
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Compared with any other major country, the United States has been extremely fortunate in its two immediate neighbors, Canada and Mexico.
Now, incredibly, it is declaring economic war on both of them. This is a war no one can win, and from which tens of millions will lose.
This is insanity.
Now, incredibly, it is declaring economic war on both of them. This is a war no one can win, and from which tens of millions will lose.
This is insanity.
February 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Compared with any other major country, the United States has been extremely fortunate in its two immediate neighbors, Canada and Mexico.
Now, incredibly, it is declaring economic war on both of them. This is a war no one can win, and from which tens of millions will lose.
This is insanity.
Now, incredibly, it is declaring economic war on both of them. This is a war no one can win, and from which tens of millions will lose.
This is insanity.
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Appreciate that @wyden.senate.gov is asking important questions about access to the payments system. Journalists, please raise these up. I hope more actions will be taken ASAP.
www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...
www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Appreciate that @wyden.senate.gov is asking important questions about access to the payments system. Journalists, please raise these up. I hope more actions will be taken ASAP.
www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...
www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne...
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List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
A reminder that the US government and its executive only exist because of the US Constitution. To paraphrase Thomas Paine, the Constitution is not an act of government, but an act of the People. Trump is accountable to us, We hold the power.
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A reminder that the US government and its executive only exist because of the US Constitution. To paraphrase Thomas Paine, the Constitution is not an act of government, but an act of the People. Trump is accountable to us, We hold the power.
Literally the least they can do. And it would at least be something.
yes. that is literally what they should be doing. and not the 'deny cloture' kind of fillibuster. they should not let a single bill or amendment proceed without hours and hours of debate.
how have any of you lived through republicans doing this and not learned it? it works.
how have any of you lived through republicans doing this and not learned it? it works.
The eff's he gonna do, filibuster everything that gets to the senate? MAGA has all of congress, his options are pretty limited.
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Literally the least they can do. And it would at least be something.
Accountability > loyalty.
Loyalty vests power in the already powerful.
Accountability vests power in the populace.
Loyalty vests power in the already powerful.
Accountability vests power in the populace.
February 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Accountability > loyalty.
Loyalty vests power in the already powerful.
Accountability vests power in the populace.
Loyalty vests power in the already powerful.
Accountability vests power in the populace.
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Remember that time the USA was under a cyber attack from the White House? And people rushed to save crucial scientific, educational, historical, arts, public health, and disaster preparedness information in multiple languages on the Wayback Machine web archive? That time is now. Go! web.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Remember that time the USA was under a cyber attack from the White House? And people rushed to save crucial scientific, educational, historical, arts, public health, and disaster preparedness information in multiple languages on the Wayback Machine web archive? That time is now. Go! web.archive.org
So, err, Congressional oversight? Isn’t that a thing that should be happening here?
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So, err, Congressional oversight? Isn’t that a thing that should be happening here?
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We are watching Project 2025 come to life. Thankfully, pro-democracy groups are fighting back in the courts and winning.
@democracydocket.com's 17-person team tracks these lawsuits so you don't have to.
Support their work.
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@democracydocket.com's 17-person team tracks these lawsuits so you don't have to.
Support their work.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We are watching Project 2025 come to life. Thankfully, pro-democracy groups are fighting back in the courts and winning.
@democracydocket.com's 17-person team tracks these lawsuits so you don't have to.
Support their work.
www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
@democracydocket.com's 17-person team tracks these lawsuits so you don't have to.
Support their work.
www.democracydocket.com/member-me/