Elon Musk is forcing Americans to destroy Tesla
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But don't let the awesomeness of the #TeslaTakedown fool you. Musk's persistence comes from the same evil machine that props up Trump. Last week offered another in a series of heartbreaking reminders to all Americans who care about freedom, science, and each other: No one is coming to save us.
on Sat, 11AM
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LOLGOP on politics, downballot races, and rebuilding democracy from the ground up
on Sat, 5PM
The Democratic Party won't save us. We must save democracy. Here's the plan.
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How to support democracy's comeback without just giving to Democratic candidates. Be a part of democracy’s comeback. Invest strategically in frontline groups to protect the most vulnerable, block the Billionaire Coup, and win back power. Please join me in giving to MVP’s Comeback Campaign if...
on Mar 10
Why America is on the verge of committing atrocities against our neighbors
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People have to be 'coached' into evil with propaganda. Trump and Musk have turned what our right has done for decades up to 11. During Trump’s first regime, IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis became the book people waved to signal, “Yes, ‘it’ is happening here, and
on Mar 8
The state of the union is... busted
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Musk and Trump are sabotaging America, and we must be the ones who save us. WASHINGTON (AP) — A transcript of the L O L G O P response to the State of the Union address, as delivered by L O L G O P, LOLGOP-Mich., on March 4, 2025: The
on Mar 4
Put your guillotine memes away
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Why a peaceful mass movement is the best—and probably the only—way to defang Elonald’s power grab. The problematic mythologist Sigmund Freud once wrote, “The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” While I don’t like thinking about Freud
on Mar 3
What Elon really wants to eliminate is your ability to rule yourself
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That's why the survival of America depends on the #TeslaTakedown. The devil's greatest trick is getting anyone to believe that Elon Musk—a man who has sucked a fortune from the taxpayers’ teat—gives a shit about budgets. Not giving a shit is the defining aspect of what he imagines
on Mar 2
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on Mar 1
Zelenskyy is standing up to the world's worst billionaires—and their lickspittles
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And that's why they hate him. There’s not much to say about Friday's scatshow in the Oval Office. Donald Trump and JD Vance have made clear their intentions to reward Putin for invading Ukraine (and attacking our elections) for years. They set up this skit to justify what they
on Mar 1
Here's why we must remind everyone that Musk bought Trump's election
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All he wants for his almost $45 billion is the end of democracy and everything that makes America work. You can only catch up if you first admit that you’re behind. And we’re way behind. We’re almost 54 years behind if you start at the beginning of
on Feb 28
We can still stop the GOP from destroying Medicaid
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But it's going to a national pushback that scares Republicans more than Trump. Tuesday night, House Republicans took a big step toward destroying Medicaid and then lying to blame the millions who will lose health insurance for their plight. But it’s just a first step. AOC nails what you
on Feb 26
Here's how Republicans are planning to throw millions off Medicaid and lie about it
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Trump is teaching his minions to say, "We didn't insure anyone"/"They deserved it." A lot of the horror in the Donald Trump sequel is new. Sure, he was terrible the first time James Comey and Vladimir Putin made him president. But his misery couldn’t measured in donated kidneys
on Feb 24
The people who mocked Trump/Russia should be ashamed of themselves
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Our worst fears weren't nearly fearful enough. Nightmares are being realized everywhere. Donald Trump, Elon Musk, the Federalist Society, the Nerd Reich, and all the worst people in this country keep watching their wettest dreams come true. It’s impossible to process the meaning from story...
on Feb 20
This is why we must go after the billionaires
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It's not only our only choice. It's our best choice. The basic idea behind this new project, The Last Billionaires, is that we no longer have a choice. For a while, we presumed we had the luxury of debating whether billionaires should exist. As we were doing that, the billionaires
on Feb 14
It's almost impossible to describe the corruption of Elon Musk
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But we must. If history remembers this time accurately, they’ll say we were frogs boiled in euphemisms. Take this headline and dek from an extremely important story The New York Times published Monday: There are many ways to describe what Elon Musk is doing, and “scores benefits” may be
on Feb 12
We must stand up *in public*—before it gets any harder to do that
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Andrea Pitzer has studied authoritarians around the globe. She says now is the time for us to assert our power outside. When I spoke to Andrea Pitzer the week before the election, I told her we would need to do a project together if things went wrong. And things went
on Feb 7
Democrats better get good at persuading people—fast
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The Trump lie machine has never spewed harder. The labors Democrats face in Trump, Part Tuah are closer to Greek myth than the sort of mid-century science fiction novel Elon would love to garble the way Republicans do a Bible. To save this country from the monarchial impulses of the
on Feb 6
The Trump administration is actively giving babies HIV
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How to find hope when evil is winning. “At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do.” Read that sentence again—if you can stand it. That’s a quote from a report by Kate Knibbs at WIRED, which has been doing some of the best
on Feb 4
Yes, Democrats must 'preach to the choir' about Elon's coup
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Republicans get that they're only talking to their base. Democrats act like we're an obstacle to be ignored. One huge problem is nobody knows exactly what to do. We’ve elected an insurrectionist, and that has now evolved into a coup inside our Treasury Department in which a single unelected
on Feb 2
Musk got to coup Twitter. He doesn't get to coup America.
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The press is treating a 14-alarm fire like a controlled burn, and Democrats must change that. If you’re reading this, you probably know that Elon Musk is now engaged in a coup inside the US government in an attempt to void the Constitution and erase any power Congress has
on Feb 1
No one elected you to enable Trump
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An open letter to my US Senators—Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan. Hello Senators: First, I’d like to congratulate you and quickly remind you of a simple yet vital fact. Both of you were elected when Donald Trump was also on the ballot. Senator Peters, your first
on Jan 26
Democrats need to let America know the emergency has begun
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Why impeachment is the only option. The pardons of the January 6th rioters and coup plotters are the greatest single betrayal by an American president in our history. It doesn’t matter how many people voted for Donald Trump. It doesn’t matter that there’s no hope of real
on Jan 24
'No one has the right to obey'
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In a dark time, you are still accountable to yourself and, ideally, history. We never talk about the second time Sisyphus has to roll that rock up that hill. He was probably still stuck with the thought that this couldn’t happen again. No one could spend the rest of
on Jan 22
Trump just proved the power of repetition. Trump just proved the power of repetition.
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And if we don't use it for good, we're at the mercy of the merciless. Of course, he did. That’s the assessment of anyone who has watched Donald Trump closely over the last eight years. Of course, he pardoned or commuted the sentences of even the most violent insurrectionists.
on Jan 21
Elon and Vivek want you to pay their taxes
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All Trump's rich boy cosplayers are offering is a chance to expose the GOP's lust for cutting billionaires' taxes. Democrats are taking the most generous gift they’ve been offered for years and turning it into a care package for the worst billionaires on earth. And it’s time they
on Jan 13
We know how to solve homelessness
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But Trumpism has gotten in the way—and it's about to get worse. The homeless have always been with us. Sure. But yes, the situation has gotten far worse, fast. The most recent accounting of America’s unhoused by the Department of Housing and Urban Development found a record number
on Jan 12
How to take on the billionaires — and win
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Lessons from how America's greatest living organizer united with one of California's fastest-growing unions to help flip the closest House race in the nation. After a pitch-dark night, the breaking news from California’s 13th congressional district arrived like a burst of orange creeping over...
on Jan 7
Trump and Musk's immigration exploitation is a huge opportunity
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Mass deportations and camps are coming. Democrats need to be loud about a better path forward. If you believe Donald Trump, and totally get it if you don’t, this new year will bring us the most extensive mass deportations in American history. This massive uprooting of human lives will
on Jan 2
5 Concrete Ways You Can Prepare for Trump's Second Stab at Dictatorship
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Celebrate a bit. Then, start with your safety plan. Welcome to 2025. Glad to have you. Sorry everything is such a mess. To greet this new year and this new phase of the assault on our freedoms and self-rule, I'd like to offer you these words from Andrea Pitzer: “What
on Jan 1
Trump and Elon hate American workers even more than they love racism
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What unites these two most is a genuine love of exploiting workers. Because 2024 was a daily tsunami of baffling world historical events sautéed in nonsense, you’ve probably forgotten what may be the definitive moment of our presidential campaign—the moment that cemented the alliance that now...
on Dec 29
Do you think Elon Musk needs a tax cut?
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Here's how we start talking about America's billionaire problem. In 2025, we should resolve to give up the fantasy that we will ever be able to shame the billionaires out of anything. Take Elon Musk. Please. After spending the 2024 election drowning voters in more than a quarter billion dollars
on Dec 27
Start by calling Trump's next tax scam a 'billionaire bailout'
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We need to make it clear who we're fighting for—and against. Let’s head into the holiday with a bit of hope. I was cheered by these 22 seconds from Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the end of last week, as it appeared Donald Trump and his
on Dec 23
Democrats will never win by being the second-best Trump
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There's already a party of using immigrants to divide and conquer. We need to offer an actual solution. I have to say that since Election Day, I’ve become a lot less frightened of Donald Trump. Yes, the past-and-future failed president making the exact play for dictatorship I imagined he
on Dec 21