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Kristen Leist 🫘

@kristenpilates.bsky.social
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Military veteran. Pilates instructor, Harbor Isles Tennis & Fitness Club. Trail runner, Moore Mountain trails. Aerialist. Believer in democracy and bodily autonomy. #leguminati 🫘

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 20h
Here is Megyn Kelly, telling the world that Jane Doe was lucky she got to be raped by seven men and she should be grateful.
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Kathy Byrne @kab-fair.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
remember way back when he told CBS’ Lesley Stahl that he called them fake news so no one would believe them-the flock were the easiest to convince because fox & the other rightwing media has been throwing lies to them for decades & presenting it as factual while stating the ‘others’ just lie & lie
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-... Republicans can’t win without cheating.
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September 2, 2026
A number of pundits, especially Republican pundits, interpreted Trump’s win in 2024 as a permanent political realignment proving that post–World War II liberalism was dead.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For those keeping score at home, the United States is now without an Army Secretary, Army Deputy Secretary, and Senate-confirmed Army Chief of Staff -- all in the midst of an ongoing War with Iran that everyone in D.C. has quietly conceded Trump already lost.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📌Whether you’ve seen this one before or not, it can’t be shared enough.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
So, both the Russians, and the Pentagon are covertly hiring mercenary right wing US influencers to run malign influence campaigns against the US population. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-28-... DHS panders to its base with images of racism and cruelty, while oligarchs pour money into replacing a government that use to work for the people with one that continues to funnel money upward. Republicans only win by cheating; our vote is our power.
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August 28, 2026
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that took place on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., is remembered today primarily because it was the occasion when the final speaker, the Reverend Dr.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-... “[D]ream big dreams; learn everything you can learn; and care for all those who care for you.”
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August 26, 2026
Last night, at exactly 9:25—9 to 5—the top of the Empire State Building in New York City lit up pink.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
apple.news/AgNgMFaLGS16... Sad news. We’ve lost a national treasure and a true humanitarian.
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Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 — Variety
Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, whose glittering country music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died on Aug. 25. She was 80 years old, with her ...
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
MAGA is a death cult. The Republican party is MAGA.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Your electric bill is going up so a server farm can run 24 hours a day. Tell Congress to hit pause: bit.ly/4twnWMU
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Tell Congress: Pass the Bernie Sanders - AOC AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Contact Congress today!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
x.com/jimstewartso...
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Why isn’t this a bigger story?
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ChrisS @mindfulnessweasel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Always and forever
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It should always be mentioned in this context that National Guard personnel, who could be helping to fight the Trump wildfires, are instead doing clown show duty in DC for Donald Trump.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Rudy Giuliani is why a lot of people died during and after 9/11. Has anyone said he shouldn't show up? How about George W. who cut anti-terrorism measures that might've prevented it? Why does racist fantasy harm matter more than real harm; the answer is racism, including in amplifying these voices.
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Its just a flesh wound, darling. @pinogap.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And there it is Now, someone please lecture me about cancel culture and the ruination of men's lives again.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
He's saying there's a significant voting bloc that supports violent misogyny, as evidenced by Trump getting elected twice, and he's right. Dana Bash or Margaret Brennan might have made Miller spell that out, but Tapper doesn't really register the significance of what Miller is saying.
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be-zen.bsky.social @be-zen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Republicans looks weak because Republicans ARE weak. Things Republicans are scared of: books, laws, women, LGBTQIA+, non-white people, science, facts, journalists, renewable energy, clean air, clean water, voting...
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Republican senator states that the Republican controlled Senate is incapable of doing its job.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is grotesque and fascist.
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Courtney @resistasista76.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Blackmail to keep him quiet about breaking the guy’s toddler granddaughter’s collarbone? Classy, GOP. The party of the rapist felon insurrectionist never ceases to appall.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Dr. Anthony Fauci was director of NIAID for 38 years, advising 7 different presidents of both parties. Unhinged Republican Senators vilified and verbally abused Dr. Fauci but never brought ANY evidence that he had broken a law.
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July 29, 2026
Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN reported today that a new CNN poll conducted by the public opinion research firm SSRS found that 70% of adult Americans disapprove of the way President Donald J.
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charliebe82.bsky.social @charliebe82.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oh, FFS. “This weekend, I received the first dosage of the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. As a physician, I remain committed to ensuring access for those who want and need this vaccine,” said Rep. Marshall. www.wibw.com/2020/12/21/s...
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Senator-Elect Roger Marshall receives COVID vaccine
Congressman and Senator-elect Roger Marshall received the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bernie Moreno was a car salesman with a record of wage theft and employment discrimination. Anthony Fauci was the director of NIAID from 1984 to 2022 and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work fighting HIV/AIDS in that role.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026
Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My latest piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members. They decided to share this one with everyone because of the stakes for this election. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
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The GOP has a plan to undermine free and fair elections. We must stop them
The GOP is not acting like a party trying to persuade voters to support its candidates — because it isn’t.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “There’s no law, there’s just power.”
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July 26, 2026
From the time he took office in January 2025, Trump and his cronies have not simply challenged laws or constitutional provisions.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 24/07/2026
Trump: “My time as a child molester has prepared me well for my time as a war criminal.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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dcbluepatriot.bsky.social @dcbluepatriot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
And with no discernible exit strategy, who knows what the toll in human lives, across sides, will ultimately be. This war isn’t necessary. There is no benefit to the American people or to the rest of the world, in fact it’s only made conditions worse for everyone. Trump is an agent of chaos.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... The priorities of the Republican party do not help the American people.
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July 15, 2026
Exactly five years ago, on July 15, 2021, I wrote:
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... The Trump-Vance regime is transforming American democracy from “one that is accessible and of the people to one that is exclusive and fearful of its own citizens.”
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July 10, 2026
Presumably afraid of investigations into his actions, President Donald J.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Trump killed a bipartisan housing bill that would have helped millions of Americans. And while you're paying more for everything in your life, all you get from Trump is taxpayer-funded arches, ballrooms, cage match fights, felon-to-felon slush funds, and more tax breaks for billionaires.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Suzie Wiles vetoed Stephen Miller’s original tarp idea.
Cartoon of a giant Klan hood over the White House.
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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
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Cities, states warn of credit impact from proposed federal grant rule
Discretionary termination of grants allowed under the rule would pose a particular risk, issuer advocates said.
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Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I too talked to Mitch McConnell today. He kept repeating if only we had impeached Trump. If only we had impeached Trump over and over again. Good Talk.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... The unprecedented corruption of theTrump White House.
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July 1, 2026
Today President Donald J.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Read James Talarico’s acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator from Texas. He is one of the new voices of the Democratic Party.
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June 28, 2026
A wide range of Democratic voices are in the process of shaping new political language to move their party, and the country, forward.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “Administration officials and their cronies are turning the country we worked so hard to build into a vehicle for building their own power and their own wealth, and Republicans in Congress have steadfastly refused to stop the looting or even to investigate.”
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June 27, 2026
Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony,...
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Ariana Niko @ariananiko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It’s always interesting how “freedom” suddenly comes with conditions. People can stay, but only if they meet someone else’s definition of “assimilated.” Who gets to decide when someone is American enough? That’s a pretty dangerous standard to normalize.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 25/06/2026
Republicans spend trillions on tax giveaways to the ultra rich, and billions a day for Trump's war with Iran. But when it comes to caring for our veterans suddenly we need "fiscal responsibility." The so called "Take Care of America's Veterans Act" does anything but.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... What is Donald Trump so afraid of?
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June 24, 2026
Today, strategic studies scholar Phillips P.
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hbrackets.bsky.social @hbrackets.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
At times like this it is important to remember that donald trump is a disgusting pedophile, and the entire GOP is complicit in covering up his involvement in a massive child sex trafficking ring.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Trump’s illegal war against Iran is the worst foreign policy blunder in decade. Like the Germans at the end of WWI, Donald Trump signed his surrender document at the Palace of Versailles.
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June 17, 2026
A senior U.S.
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Kristen Leist 🫘 @kristenpilates.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Happy Obama Appreciation Day!
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