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"I do not like them, Sam Alt Man"

It's funny that the Democratic Party is so unpopular, but it's also a superlatively dangerous, flashing red sign of democratic crisis.

Opposition parties to elected autocrats can become very unpopular because they're trapped between 'business as usual' politics & escalating constitutional conflict.

i’d like for some people to grapple with the fact that “the most important election of our lifetime,” if you actually mean it, implies that the governance period following it is also the most important governance period of our lifetime, and adjust their demands/expectations/behaviors accordingly

nominative determinism hall of fame

Sure sounds like somebody at DOGE took the Social Security numbers and personal information of every American on record, and put it on a thumb drive to bring home to Elon Musk’s AI company.

Promising breakthrough creates plastics that self-deconstruct on cue: Study Plastics have a gigantic built-in problem: They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s,…

Chemists have developed a "self-deconstructing" plastic that can be programmed to break down on cue.

Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a method to modify materials so they break down into molecular components at a specific time or in response to triggers.

Story by Claire Asher.

one day, this will be in counseling curriculum text books in the “hey, don’t do that” section

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

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Oh god, somebody's going to start selling protein whiskey.

how are we not experiencing a nationwide constipation epidemic

I don’t think Platner is a Nazi. I think he’s a goddamn moron who also learned to never apologize or admit a mistake because that’s what little people do. It might explain failing out of the uber-elite Yale feeder school too.

realistically speaking, senators are the only legislators who need to be concerned about foreign policy impacts. that's why its complete absence is so jarring here. this is simply unacceptable behavior from a senator. it would be unacceptable if they were a state department appointee. it's shameful.

Stephen Miller currently lives at Fort McNair in Southwest DC and on the 28th, we’re going to bring the message straight to his doorstep that we want him out of our community and out of power.

Organize your crew and make your plans now to join us there! freedcproject.org/event-list/n...

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
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Pluralistic democracy isn't separate from the fight against antisemitism. It's the foundation of it. Protecting Jews requires protecting everyone.

When you build a machine to target people based on gender, race, or any other identity, it ends up targeting Jews too.

New deposition testimony shows a DOGE staffer flagged a Holocaust documentary—about Jewish women forced into slave labor by the Nazis—for termination.

His reason is shocking.

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Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

Dems, at the top, are not an opposition party. The base is though, which seems like a problem that must be addressed.

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The College Republicans of America have named Kai Schwemmer as the organization's political director. Schwemmer is an avowed and overt supporter of racist antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

If the name Kai Schwemmer sounds familiar to you, he was interviewed by The New York Times two weeks ago. (He also led the Utah March for Life):

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New York AG James investigating death of blind refugee Shah Alam NY Attorney General Letitia James, in a letter Friday, told Rep. Kennedy her office is investigating the death of Shah Alam, the blind refugee

New York’s attorney general is now investigating the death of a nearly-blind refugee soon after he was released from custody by Border Patrol, the Investigative Post reports.

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

GOP bill to extend child support to conception is really an abortion ban, critics say | Arizona Mirror Arizona House passes a prenatal child support bill critics say enshrines fetal personhood and threatens the state's abortion rights amendment

Abortion rights advocates warn that House Bill 2144 not only imperils reproductive health care for individual women but also violates the Arizona Constitution

story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

Stand With Crypto profile page Juliana Stratton Democratic Political Figure from Illinois Crypto letter grade of F Strongly against crypto Based on 1 statement and 0 votes. Vote History No recent votes. Statements Juliana Stratton @JulianaStratton x.com logo We have the momentum. Raja Krishnamoorthi and his allies know that, and it's why his MAGA-backed crypto bros are dumping $7 million into this race to try to stop me. Illinoisans aren't buying it. pic.x.com/5iqNcwSvWM tweet image @JulianaStratton Mar 3, 2026 on X Very anti-crypto

The Coinbase-backed "Stand With Crypto" advocacy group has declared Illinois Senate candidate Juliana Stratton to be "strongly against crypto" solely because she made a statement criticizing the $5.5 million the crypto industry had already spent to oppose her

ICE has a playbook for buying warehouse detention centers: move fast, tell nobody, and let communities find out from property records or news leaks. It's happened in at least 20 towns across the country. A thread. 🧵

A woman’s face made up of different pictures.

DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

Must read: xAI is poisoning Mississippi, captured via thermal imaging.