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A. De Leon

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La vida es (un) sueño - Pedro Calderón de la Barca 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇲🇽 Living in Los Angeles and loving it.

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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 14h
We Know How to Fix Homelessness. Look at Denver. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...
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Opinion | We Know How to Fix Homelessness. Look at Denver.
It takes doing things that both conservatives and progressives dislike.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 15h
Elon Musk Throws Trump Under the Bus for Ukraine Intel Disruption newrepublic.com/post/216645/... via @newrepublic.com
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Elon Musk Throws Trump Under the Bus for Ukraine Intel Disruption
The tech billionaire said that systems that went offline during a Russian missile attack that killed nine are “owned and controlled” by the U.S. military and “ultimately POTUS.”
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump Is Encouraging Airlines to Scam Passengers in Every Way Possible newrepublic.com/article/2164... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Is Encouraging Airlines to Scam Passengers in Every Way Possible
Biden cracked down on carriers’ junk fees and hidden fees, flight delays and cancellations, and deceptive pricing. Trump is undoing all of that progress.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Ossoff: "You stand here and say you're gonna be a champion for Black Georgians when you elevate to positions of leadership in your political organization people with ties to the Ku Klux Klan."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/10/2026
This is fantastic! Mayor Karen Bass is helping breathe new life into Downtown LA while creating opportunities for small business owners. The “Vacant to Vibrant” initiative is turning empty storefronts into art galleries, small businesses, and spaces for local entrepreneurs.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Big Ugly Bill cut taxes for the richest people in America. It is the biggest wealth transfer from poor folk to rich folk that we've seen.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know. Turns out, Elon Musk’s pimply minions didn’t actually want to cut government spending. They wanted to get a piece of it for themselves. newrepublic.com/article/2165... via @newrepublic.com
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Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.
Turns out, Elon Musk’s pimply minions didn’t actually want to cut government spending. They wanted to get a piece of it for themselves.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump Secretly Pulls 180 on Pete Hegseth’s Plans for Public Execution. The Defense secretary is ready to go. But the president is getting the ick. newrepublic.com/post/216524/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Secretly Pulls 180 on Pete Hegseth’s Plans for Public Execution
The Defense secretary is ready to go. But the president is getting the ick.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If the Nidal Hasan Execution IsLivestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation newrepublic.com/article/2165... via @newrepublic.com
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If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation
The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanistan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans. Yes, we have an immigration problem but it is not the guy mowing your lawn. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil. Ten years of various Trump-driven conspiracy accusations and yet no evidence, no trials, no convictions, but apparently plenty of incompetence. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. It doesn’t say much for the voters of our country if , after all the non stop chaos and grift it takes higher gas prices for them to reconsider. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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How Trump Has Alienated Republican Voters Ahead of the Midterms
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Siberian Plague Scare Reveals That America Is Unprepared www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Opinion | Here’s What Worries Me About the Russian Plague Scare
America is not prepared for a major disease outbreak.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The New York Times reports that the office has resorted to hiring lawyers with criminal records, misconduct allegations, and a love of conspiracy theories to fill the void left by the departure of nearly 300 employees. newrepublic.com/post/216315/... via @newrepublic.com
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Justice Department Hired Criminals as Veteran Employees Fled
A new report reveals how the DOJ’s civil rights division has replaced longtime staffers with the worst of the worst.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States. Will voters in Iowa and Alaska fall for his fake steel mill and gas pipeline? newrepublic.com/article/2162... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States
Will voters in Iowa and Alaska fall for his fake steel mill and gas pipeline?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. days after co-founder Palmer Luckey was named to a Pentagon future weapons task force.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why the Hell Is Kash Patel’s FBI Making Campaign Ads? Patel has turned the bureau into a P.R. agency for Donald Trump. newrepublic.com/post/216292/... via @newrepublic.com
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Why the Hell Is Kash Patel’s FBI Making Campaign Ads?
Patel has turned the bureau into a P.R. agency for Donald Trump.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Guess Who Gives Kash Patel His Orders? Hint: It’s Not Just Trump. Patel reportedly regularly fields calls from the White House, specifically Stephen Miller, telling him what to do. newrepublic.com/post/216201/... via @newrepublic.com
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Guess Who Gives Kash Patel His Orders? Hint: It’s Not Just Trump.
Patel reportedly regularly fields calls from the White House, specifically Stephen Miller, telling him what to do.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show. Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show
Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How the Supreme Court Caused a Botched Execution in Tennessee. There is a straight line between the high court’s grisly machinations and the horrors that befell Christa Pike in the execution chamber. newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
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How the Supreme Court Caused a Botched Execution in Tennessee
There is a straight line between the high court’s grisly machinations and the horrors that befell Christa Pike in the execution chamber.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Begs Europe to Help Him Bring Down Diesel Costs He Drove Up newrepublic.com/post/216163/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Begs Europe to Help Him Bring Down Diesel Costs He Drove Up
France proposed to release some of its diesel stockpiles after an emergency G7 meeting.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone Hates Private Equity. Trump Is Bailing It Out. newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
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Everyone Hates Private Equity. Trump Is Bailing It Out.
The industry has become the midterms’ most indelible political symbol for Wall Street’s reckless greed.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Roberts and His Island www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a fucking moron. GOP Senator Was Warned Attempt to Trap Jack Smith Might Backfire. Senator Eric Schmitt knowingly used unvetted information in his effort to have a “gotcha” moment. newrepublic.com/post/216064/... via @newrepublic.com
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GOP Senator Was Warned Attempt to Trap Jack Smith Might Backfire
Senator Eric Schmitt knowingly used unvetted information in his effort to have a “gotcha” moment.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kristi Noem Files for Divorce After 34 Years of Marriage www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Kristi Noem Files for Divorce From Bryon Noem After 34 Years of Marriage
Ms. Noem, a former homeland security secretary and governor of South Dakota, filed court papers there seeking to end her marriage to Bryon Noem, an insurance salesman.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Marco Rubio Knowingly Gave Federal Contract to Kremlin-Tied Company. The State Department agreed to the partnership after Oxygen Forensics’ Russia links had been exposed. newrepublic.com/post/215980/... via @newrepublic.com
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Marco Rubio Knowingly Gave Federal Contract to Kremlin-Tied Company
The State Department agreed to the partnership after Oxygen Forensics’ Russia links had been exposed.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly. Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground. newrepublic.com/article/2158... via @newrepublic.com
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The Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly.
Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Most Laughable of Trump’s Many Lies www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Most Durable Lie: Election Rigging
“Rigged.” “Fraud.” “Hoax.” The president is a broken record.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content
Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversatio...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She unwittingly voted for a man and a political party that killed her daughter. I have little doubt that if it had been someone else's daughter killer, she would have approved of the killing. Typical MAGAt.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wall Street Journal👇
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Video Podcasts Are the New Late Night. Interview shows like Amy Poehler’s Good Hang are taking the place of traditional TV. newrepublic.com/article/2150... via @newrepublic.com
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Video Podcasts Are the New Late Night
Interview shows like Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” are taking the place of traditional TV.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
President Trump and his aide Nataie Harp are the targets of a new lawsuit over the “Truth API” program, which offers Truth Social users early access to the posts from government officials for $100,000-a-month. newrepublic.com/post/215722/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump and Natalie Harp Sued Over Truth Social Insider Trading Scheme
The president and his controversial aide are being sued over the controversial “Truth API” program.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go newrepublic.com/post/215697/... via @newrepublic.com
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MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go
The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency. He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses. newrepublic.com/article/2156... via @newrepublic.com
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Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency
He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses.
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A. De Leon @aru90015.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Many Republicans Are Brave Enough to Denounce Trump’s Media Ban? Spoiler alert: It’s not a lot. newrepublic.com/post/215660/... via @newrepublic.com
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How Many Republicans Are Brave Enough to Denounce Trump’s Media Ban?
Spoiler alert: It’s not a lot.
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