10 stories tagged us-politics, newest first.
19 points by embedding-shape | 0 comments
A Substack post by T. Chaz Stevens questioning the White House Press Secretary's claim to be a lawyer, referencing Florida bar status.
336 points by LucidLynx | 157 comments
A personal blog post arguing that lobbying in the US amounts to corruption, responding to a George Hotz piece explaining lobbying to non-Americans.
134 points by smilelamp | 40 comments
A satirical blog post by George Hotz explaining American lobbying and campaign contributions as thinly disguised bribery.
325 points by ibobev | 407 comments
Stephen Diehl blog post criticizing the state of crypto in 2026, citing a presidential memecoin, prediction markets on military actions, and shadow dollar systems.
456 points by mitchbob | 422 comments
Guardian article on how Trump administration science funding cuts are driving young researchers abroad and threatening US biomedical research leadership.
337 points by ourmandave | 182 comments
Hindustan Times news article on X's new feature showing account country of origin, revealing many purportedly US political accounts are run from abroad.
381 points by luu | 432 comments
Mastodon post by Rob Ricci, behind a content warning, reporting that all NSF staff overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Experimentation program are gone.
1402 points by medler | 2254 comments
WIRED article reporting on young engineers aged 19 to 24, mostly linked to Musk's companies, who are helping DOGE take control of federal infrastructure.
1614 points by koolba | 7578 comments
The Hill news article reporting that Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, securing a second, non-consecutive term.
766 points by jsheard | 1137 comments
Joe Biden's X post saying he will not accept the Democratic nomination and endorsing Kamala Harris as the party's 2024 nominee.