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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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In a healthy democracy, there would bipartisan Articles of Impeachment on the floor of the House by tonight
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
In a healthy democracy, there would bipartisan Articles of Impeachment on the floor of the House by tonight
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
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WATCH NOW: The full deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith released by the House Judiciary Committee
🚨 FULL JACK SMITH VIDEO DEPOSITION ON TRUMP CRIMES
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December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
WATCH NOW: The full deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith released by the House Judiciary Committee
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Yet another reminder that when billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yet another reminder that when billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
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I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
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Democrats asked for ONE THING today to reopen the govt: Keep health insurance subsidies where they are at now for one year. That is IT. Nothing else.
Republicans said no.
So all the lies they tell every day about things Dems are asking for is BS.
Republicans OWN this shutdown.
Republicans said no.
So all the lies they tell every day about things Dems are asking for is BS.
Republicans OWN this shutdown.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Democrats asked for ONE THING today to reopen the govt: Keep health insurance subsidies where they are at now for one year. That is IT. Nothing else.
Republicans said no.
So all the lies they tell every day about things Dems are asking for is BS.
Republicans OWN this shutdown.
Republicans said no.
So all the lies they tell every day about things Dems are asking for is BS.
Republicans OWN this shutdown.
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Texas Democrats aren’t running away from anything. They’re fighting, with every tool they have, to save our democracy.
Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.
Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.
August 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Texas Democrats aren’t running away from anything. They’re fighting, with every tool they have, to save our democracy.
Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.
Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.
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Trump has made it abundantly clear that any person who dares to tell the truth in any government agency will be fired.
It is also clear when you take a look at his appointees that all are willing and eager to lie for him constantly and effortlessly without remorse or regret.
It is also clear when you take a look at his appointees that all are willing and eager to lie for him constantly and effortlessly without remorse or regret.
August 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Trump has made it abundantly clear that any person who dares to tell the truth in any government agency will be fired.
It is also clear when you take a look at his appointees that all are willing and eager to lie for him constantly and effortlessly without remorse or regret.
It is also clear when you take a look at his appointees that all are willing and eager to lie for him constantly and effortlessly without remorse or regret.
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Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
BREAKING: Trump says he has told his team to fire the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
This announcement comes after worse than expected jobs numbers in July, and a downward revision of -258,000 jobs for the May and June jobs reports.
This announcement comes after worse than expected jobs numbers in July, and a downward revision of -258,000 jobs for the May and June jobs reports.
August 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
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I would argue that the ICE funding was actually the real point of the bill.
That and buying off billionaires to ensure in advance they do not object to a dictatorship.
That and buying off billionaires to ensure in advance they do not object to a dictatorship.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I would argue that the ICE funding was actually the real point of the bill.
That and buying off billionaires to ensure in advance they do not object to a dictatorship.
That and buying off billionaires to ensure in advance they do not object to a dictatorship.
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Seen the movie CIVIL WAR? We're hurtling toward it.
Trump has just made ICE his personal army—one of the best-funded on Earth.
Even if the USAF tried to save America at some point, ICE would now engage it militarily in the streets and we'd have almost exactly what happened in that film.
So scary.
Trump has just made ICE his personal army—one of the best-funded on Earth.
Even if the USAF tried to save America at some point, ICE would now engage it militarily in the streets and we'd have almost exactly what happened in that film.
So scary.
July 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Seen the movie CIVIL WAR? We're hurtling toward it.
Trump has just made ICE his personal army—one of the best-funded on Earth.
Even if the USAF tried to save America at some point, ICE would now engage it militarily in the streets and we'd have almost exactly what happened in that film.
So scary.
Trump has just made ICE his personal army—one of the best-funded on Earth.
Even if the USAF tried to save America at some point, ICE would now engage it militarily in the streets and we'd have almost exactly what happened in that film.
So scary.
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It might be easier for some in the press to get it right if the Founding Fathers had used "Bribe" instead of "Emolument."
May 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It might be easier for some in the press to get it right if the Founding Fathers had used "Bribe" instead of "Emolument."
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Notice how this works. A year ago, the subhead here would have said “which is expressly forbidden by the constitution.”
But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”
Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.
But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”
Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.
May 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Notice how this works. A year ago, the subhead here would have said “which is expressly forbidden by the constitution.”
But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”
Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.
But Trump floats a crazy assertion and then WaPo retreats to saying “which most legal scholars say..”
Stop he said/she saiding truth. It is expressly forbidden. Period.
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Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
May 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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So far, Trump has...
-Fired federal workers who investigate firefighter deaths
-Rolled back a rule that would have protected miners from contracting black lung
-Planned to shut down 11 of OSHA’s regional offices
Don’t believe his pro-worker posturing for a second.
-Fired federal workers who investigate firefighter deaths
-Rolled back a rule that would have protected miners from contracting black lung
-Planned to shut down 11 of OSHA’s regional offices
Don’t believe his pro-worker posturing for a second.
April 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So far, Trump has...
-Fired federal workers who investigate firefighter deaths
-Rolled back a rule that would have protected miners from contracting black lung
-Planned to shut down 11 of OSHA’s regional offices
Don’t believe his pro-worker posturing for a second.
-Fired federal workers who investigate firefighter deaths
-Rolled back a rule that would have protected miners from contracting black lung
-Planned to shut down 11 of OSHA’s regional offices
Don’t believe his pro-worker posturing for a second.
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What’s on the chopping block under Trump’s FDA?
-Quality control testing for milk & dairy products
-Routine testing for deadly bacteria in grocery items
-Monitoring food packaging for "forever chemicals"
Making America Healthy Again, one foodborne illness at a time.
Hello?
-Quality control testing for milk & dairy products
-Routine testing for deadly bacteria in grocery items
-Monitoring food packaging for "forever chemicals"
Making America Healthy Again, one foodborne illness at a time.
Hello?
April 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What’s on the chopping block under Trump’s FDA?
-Quality control testing for milk & dairy products
-Routine testing for deadly bacteria in grocery items
-Monitoring food packaging for "forever chemicals"
Making America Healthy Again, one foodborne illness at a time.
Hello?
-Quality control testing for milk & dairy products
-Routine testing for deadly bacteria in grocery items
-Monitoring food packaging for "forever chemicals"
Making America Healthy Again, one foodborne illness at a time.
Hello?
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ON US JUST DISAPPEARIN PEOPLE FOR NO REASON (Part 1 of 3)
April 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
ON US JUST DISAPPEARIN PEOPLE FOR NO REASON (Part 1 of 3)
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If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
April 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.
Fascism is here.
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I agree.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I agree.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.
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Monday we will hear about all the big strong men who are walking up to Trump right now with tears in their eyes calling him Sir thanking him for tariffs.
April 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Monday we will hear about all the big strong men who are walking up to Trump right now with tears in their eyes calling him Sir thanking him for tariffs.
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Republicans and DOGE are attacking public broadcasting, claiming it's "wasteful" and promotes an "agenda."
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
March 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Republicans and DOGE are attacking public broadcasting, claiming it's "wasteful" and promotes an "agenda."
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support.
This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
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What Garrett said.
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What Garrett said.
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If the Trump administration is this reckless with our national security, imagine how they treat your Social Security.
That should terrify all of us, and your federal officials should hold them accountable.
That should terrify all of us, and your federal officials should hold them accountable.
March 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If the Trump administration is this reckless with our national security, imagine how they treat your Social Security.
That should terrify all of us, and your federal officials should hold them accountable.
That should terrify all of us, and your federal officials should hold them accountable.
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I know it bothers you as much as it does me that journalism as an institution can’t process that what it’s seeing on a daily basis is evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I know it bothers you as much as it does me that journalism as an institution can’t process that what it’s seeing on a daily basis is evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t