in my experience it's actually rich people who fail to understand how complicated and expensive it is to be poor because the system treats everyone the same bsky.app/profile/atru...

This is clearly fine with the GOP.

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

In a couple weeks of this "war" those billions could have paid for all the students loans of people who could then put that money into the ECONOMY, into housing, projects, children, all that is good for society. Instead - THIS. A CULTure of death and destruction.

Thank you @timothysnyder.bsky.social 🌻 - I needed the gallows humor in these hellish times.

The good news is that if we lose in Iran and create horror across the region then Jesus comes back and fixes everything. Hegseth Doctrine. jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

absolutely deranged headline from the depths of hell

Schlossberg: If this becomes the new normal and the president is able to trademark America’s birthday and issue his own currency while weakening the dollar, having gold skyrocket, and increasing prices on every commodity and input cost in our economy, we’re getting screwed and he’s getting rich.

Sen. Martin Heinrich: “Remember when Republicans said we couldn't afford those tax credits for your healthcare? Now they’re burning through almost a billion dollars a day on their Iran War”

NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

that the Trump administration is trying to shut down a leading AI company because it’s unwilling to develop autonomous murder systems is terrifying, and should be of grave concern to everyone in the world

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As if you needed any more evidence that "Faux News" is state-run propaganda media:

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Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves

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Oh. “We have agreed” — how nice of them! Surely they’re doing this work pro bono right?

I spit my coffee ☠️😂 Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page, y’all

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Like clockwork.

Major update: Horrible job numbers as the economy sheds 92,000 jobs. Trump acknowledges that Americans may die due to Iranian attacks on the homeland. Russia joins the war to assist Iran. Trump says Cuba is next for likely regime change efforts. Spread the word. Subscribe to support.

It’s almost like we didn’t think this through.

> @samsteindc.bsky.social

This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.

🫩 “Asked if Americans should worry about Iran retaliating against Americans on U.S. soil, President Donald Trump responded, ‘I guess.’” people.com/trump-says-i...

“You’re a U.S. senator!” Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someone👇🏽 This should go great

AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them. I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

Ah. THIS Tom Cotton, undercutting Obama in his efforts for an Iran nuclear deal in 2015. www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/p...

From FT comments

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence. And then he bragged about it on X later.

“There’s no Somali folks in the Epstein Files” Welp

Translation: he didn't have enough weapons to fight his war of choice and so he is blaming Ukraine

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist. He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

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Tim Sheehy is a piece of shit. Warning this is graphic and will make you ill. A marine's arm gets snapped because Tim Sheehy is a bully piece of shit that is trying to be a hero.

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

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NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay

Comer is a LIAR. Fraud is in the WH.

We can’t clean up Washington without restoring integrity to the Supreme Court. That’s why I believe we should expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices. And then, institute term limits. Because an appointment to the Supreme Court shouldn’t mean a lifetime lack of accountability.

Trump: "Spain said we can't use their bases. We could use their bases if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is gonna tell us not to use it" Not receiving consent and moving forward anyway is a consistent theme in his life — as E. Jean Carroll can attest

VOTEVETS SETS A RED LINE: Congress must stop ducking its constitutional duty. We expect all lawmakers to support the bipartisan War Powers resolution on Iran. We will hold Republicans AND Democrats accountable who do not.