Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing.
Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina
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Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
keep going, senator!!! 👏👏👏
NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
"no ability to bring him back." Holy fucking shit.
Musk's war on government capacity threatens "irreversible losses of crop genetic diversity. Such losses directly undermine the United States’ ability to ensure continued food security and dietary diversity amid challenges to our agricultural systems." 😬
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
DOGE has spent the last six weeks on a supposed crusade to audit the government and stop fraud, waste, and abuse.
But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.
Happy Smash Wednesday to all who celebrate! And many thanks to The Belladonna for publishing my latest monster truck smut/short humor piece. This one’s NSFW.
thebelladonnacomedy.com/excerpts-fro...
Pete Hegseth's white nationalist tattoos.
Would like to report some gang tattoos.
ALSO, if you have a library card, you can read paywall articles for free with the Libby app.
it's so cute how Republicans in Congress are just going along with DOGE cuts that make their jobs redundant like they aren't gonna be next
can we stop calling it a "flurry" of executive orders? dictatorial snowmageddon would be more appropriate
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
did we really just go from brat summer to dictator winter?
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
Come on down for a terrible deal at Donnie's Cars for More Corruption! www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
New work in @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social and that's not sarcasm!
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
