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John Roberts made Trump's authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy Steven Greenhouse 5 Uncle Joe 52 min ago 8 min ago 3 143

There Is No Method to Trump's Madness. He's Simply Insane. 7 douglas9 1 hr ago 43 min ago 8 297

Trump delivers a piece de resistance in defense of the English language. Bravo! 41 Zorro Mar 10 2 hrs ago 70 4462

Why angels and demons underpin modern physics 2 Celerity 5 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 4 225

Feel like nothing you do matters? It may be "learned helplessness" 1 Bumbles 4 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 2 181

White House Lawbreaking is On The Rise 0 99MainSt 3 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 3 175

The "free speech" facade fronting political censorship 0 marmar 4 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 3 157

'The Brave New World of Oligarch Lordships--Apparently They're AWESOME!' 0 sop 4 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 2 179

Former Aide Reveals How Vladimir Putin Played Donald Trump Like A Fiddle On Phone Call 4 Emrys 14 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 17 527

Republicans split on spending cuts, Medicaid as they seek path forward on Trump tax cuts 5 Dulcinea Yesterday 6 hrs ago 12 1191

Joy-Ann Reid 3/17/25 - WTF Chuck: America is falling apart, while Chuck Schumer's on a book tour 1 eShirl 7 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 1 219

60 percent of Danes now reject new US bases in Denmark 2 TomWilm 15 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 7 210

White House's defense for not recalling deportations 'one heck of a stretch', says judge 0 Eugene 15 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 3 173

Trump Memo Reveals Plan to Throw Social Security Into Chaos 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 7 354

Looks like one El Salvador-bound flight took off during a break in the hearing 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday 16 hrs ago 6 277

Top DC prosecutor Ed Martin, who promoted false 2020 voter fraud claims, forms 'election accountability' unit 1 Eugene 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 3 141

Undue Process 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 6 181

Deported Ivy League doctor Rasha Alawieh will remain in Lebanon as judge hears arguments over Trump ignoring court order 0 Eugene 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 2 146

No, Donald Trump Cannot Invalidate Joe Biden's Pardons 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 9 265

Jeff Tiedrich - Donny doesn't want to hear about your devastating storms, he's too busy golfing 10 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 12 354

Why do Republicans now think it's okay to pay more for everything? 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 5 222

Ron Filipkowski - This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 92 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 4 128

History teaches us that we Americans who love liberty must keep working to expand our freedoms -- or we will end up 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 2 114

Democratic Senate minority doesn't seem to get how dangerous Trump is to our democracy. 1 lees1975 Yesterday 19 hrs ago 6 189

from Brian Schatz of Hawaii, in response to a constituent letter: 9 elleng Sunday 19 hrs ago 8 414

Be Outraged with Me: The Trump List so Far 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 5 197

Can U.S. House Republicans cut $880B without slashing Medicaid? It's likely impossible 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago 21 hrs ago 2 75

The Borowitz Report: Trump Gets New Podiatrist's Note in Preparation for War with Canada 1 FakeNoose Yesterday 22 hrs ago 7 207

Harry Litman - Where Law Ends, Trump Begins 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 2 77

What promise to 'review the data' could mean for health 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 1 77

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Learning costs of ignoring environment the hard way 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 5 109

Russia Is Losing the War of Attrition 1 Emrys Sunday 23 hrs ago 22 544

"I work for the president. I need to do what the president tells me to do," Dudek said ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 23 hrs ago 10 348

CECOT: What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there 0 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 7 214

America, for So Long a State of Mind, Is Losing Its Sense of Mission 1 Zorro Yesterday Yesterday 3 166

The Interview Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat 3 reACTIONary Sunday Yesterday 7 139

Trump says he's invalidating some Biden pardons, claiming power he doesn't have 3 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 6 168

Timeline: Trump's race against courts to deport alleged gang members under Alien Enemies Act 0 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 1 74

'The city is just gone' 2 Passages Yesterday Yesterday 13 397

Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks 0 Dulcinea Yesterday Yesterday 1 75

Kiss My Ass, I'm Irish: Celtic Pride Against White Supremacy 1 douglas9 Yesterday Yesterday 4 114

Claude Malhuret's Speech, Europe is waking from a long slumber 2 littlemissmartypants Yesterday Yesterday 4 135

The Life and Mystery of Luigi Mangione 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Yesterday 1 145

Tesla warns White House over tariffs in unsigned letter: It's a polite way to say that bipolar tariff regime is screwing 6 Dulcinea Sunday Sunday 2 512

Final report into Trump's handling of classified documents should never be released: DOJ 3 Dulcinea Sunday Sunday 6 515

This is Trump's America! 1 red dog 1 Sunday Sunday 8 187

'As Trump-Musk Target Social Security, Seniors Share Stories of Benefit Cutoffs' 3 sop Sunday Sunday 3 204

Trump can't erase the Education Department with an executive order. Here's why. 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Sunday 12 171

The World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse 16 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Sunday 75 2350

Project 2025 author Paul Dans says Trump's adoption of his ideas are beyond his 'wildest dreams' 2 Eugene Sunday Sunday 10 108

What other countries are taking away from Trump's battle with Canada 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Sunday 3 121

Borowitz - Traitor of the Week: Quisling No. 4 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Sunday 8 128

Elon Musk brought a Silicon Valley mindset to Trump's Washington. It's been a disaster 3 Zorro Sunday Sunday 6 99

Altruism is actually a fantastic survival strategy 2 marmar Sunday Sunday 10 223

Whitewashing American history The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 9 107

A timeline of how the Trump administration raced to use the Alien Enemies Act yesterday 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 3 74

Trump tapped Kari Lake to run VOA. Then he dismantled it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 2 96

Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside 5 Passages Sunday Sunday 6 298

DOJ, 1:30 a.m.: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 6 372

'Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic' 3 sop Sunday Sunday 3 200

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The religion of the political right is Pseudo-Christianity 6 lees1975 Friday Sunday 12 249

The Old Idea That Could Give New Life to Progressive Politics 3 elleng Sunday Sunday 7 301

I'm making a cup of herbal tea b/cI am going to quote David Frum on DU 4 irisblue Saturday Sunday 10 399

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Sunday Sunday 0 152

Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries 1 milestogo Saturday Sunday 2 209

The Fault Line in Democratic Politics 1 Passages Saturday Saturday 8 282

Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning 4 Passages Saturday Saturday 1 239

'They lied to us from the beginning': Deported Louisiana family says ICE lured them with ruse 2 Eugene Saturday Saturday 6 192

Great Mark Hamill post on Bluesky today 0 red dog 1 Saturday Saturday 18 626

Mark Elias post on Bluesky about Trump targeting him in a speech yesterday 0 red dog 1 Saturday Saturday 11 432

How Trump's 'America First' MAGA movement turned the Republican Party into an 'arm of the Kremlin' 2 Eugene Saturday Saturday 7 205

Protecting and defending the Constitution is up to us, "We, the people." 0 lees1975 Saturday Saturday 2 149

Jeff Tiedrich - this week in stupid: March 15 edition 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday Saturday 9 406

Don't gut Medicaid for richest Americans' tax cuts 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday Saturday 6 198

America's fatal division is nothing new: It was baked in from the beginning 5 marmar Saturday Saturday 6 319

Canadians were urged to boycott travel to the US in response to tariffs -- and numbers suggest they listened 0 Eugene Saturday Saturday 8 262

Takeaways from Donald Trump's airing of grievances at the Justice Department 9 Dulcinea Saturday Saturday 3 317

Government deficit rose 4% in Trump's first full month in office, despite DOGE. UBS says the U.S. is slashing confidence 4 Dulcinea Saturday Saturday 4 580

The Government Knows A.G.I. Is Coming 5 intrepidity Friday Saturday 2 478

Trump's breaking point could come soon, analyst tells BI 8 Dulcinea Saturday Saturday 9 1228

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