Sign in

Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social

@leeannis.bsky.social
2.7K followers 4.9K following 248 posts

FL born Montgomery College historian, Hanover College, Ball State, Howard Baker and James Eastland biographer; Disaffected Eisenhower Republican and Harris voter, #PrinciplesFirst #SlavaUkraini

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
🗃️ In January 1984, President Ronald Reagan hosted Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson at the White House after Jackson successfully secured the release of Navy Lt. Robert Goodman, who had been imprisoned in Syria. A CBS News report detailed the event.
313112
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs. Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
28428151484
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 03/12/2025
Pope Francis, who died in April 2025, left money in his will to purchase ambulances for Ukraine. This was revealed by Sister Lucía Caram.
20734223
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/11/2025
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't know why the administration keeps pursuing the pointless. But yet we see in the WSJ that it's all about trying to make agreements on rare earth minerals and natural gas pipelines, which Ukraine has no part of. Putin does not want peace. The president should see it"
321003237
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Deb @debfly.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
It has taken this country almost 250 years to be $37 trillion in debt! One man alone responsible for 1/3 of 250 years worth of debt! At the same time making the majority of the country poorer, and him and his family raking in billions!
11821021078
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/11/2025
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
24171841936
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
614222448683
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚨 This is serious. Ex Reform UK leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, 52, pleads guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament when serving as a UKIP MEP.
caerphilly.observer
Ex-Reform leader pleads guilty to Pro-Russia bribery charges
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to numerous bribery charges relating to pro-Russian statements.
1114393
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
These have been standard under ever other POTUS. Wonder what's up
0130
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Indrani B. 🌷🐸🐧🐻‍❄️🐈🌿🇺🇦🕯 @theotherindrani.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Massie (R-KY) is just on fire: "I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes." #TrumpEpstein
22784222500
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
8694485012573
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I wish somebody would ask him to specifically list the "seven" or however many wars he claims to have ended and then hand him a map and ask him to show us on it where the wars were.
701136062759
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This paragraph alone should end all Nobel consideration…
192
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Here the WSJ states plainly Trump’s retribution presidency is “worse than we imagined.” No one had to imagine anything. He said he would do this. All you had to do was listen.
521337346
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Jeff Cox @jeffcox.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.
749149783562
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
29061171530
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
No American should accept how this country has treated Kilmar Abrego Garcia. No American. Thread.👇
20845178
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
WTF? Donald Trump just interrupted his own Press Conference to brag about getting a photo from Vladimir Putin that he will be signing and sending back. He then says that Putin wants to be at the World Cup in Washington DC, and says he's been very respectful. What is wrong with this man?
7092008698
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
ICE agents in Lynwood, CA tried to break into a barbershop without a warrant. When the owner refused to open the door, they threatened him: “I’m going to go get your dad and I’m going to get your mom!” Is this the America we want to live in?
35928451375
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Golly, might he be fibbing?
011
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/08/2025
Surprise! Russians don't want to meet with Zelensky www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/w...
cnn.com
1562284608
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
BREAKING: Vladimir Putin is pushing to meet Zelensky in Moscow and Zelensky has obviously turned this down. Why would Zelensky meet Putin in the country that wants him killed? This is all a big joke to Putin. He has no plans on stopping. He has no plans for peace.
1009162354259
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
051
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2025
Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.
702148813826
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Looks like some Trump pals have to pay up
020
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Life comes at you fast
13772816911234
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/08/2025
Predictably, RFK Jr. isn’t helping.
motherjones.com
Anti-vaxxers are making excuses for the CDC shooter
RFK Jr. isn't helping.
14748971309
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Love this.
313140443486
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Vladeck: There’s one video showing a DEA officer telling a D.C. resident he couldn’t drink alcohol on his porch—D.C. law says exactly the opposite. It also highlights how these officers aren’t even trained in the laws they’re purportedly enforcing.
331153064903
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
521720304
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
71653072079
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Great idea
010
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2025
US BUDGET DEFICIT SOARS The deficit jumped 19% to $291B in July. This is despite $21B collected from Americans due to higher import taxes, which led to higher costs on goods like furniture, footwear, and auto parts. The deficit for 2025 is already $1.63 trillion, up 7% from the last year.
43464303426
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Idiot. The Russians tried to establish an airhead outside Kyiv, and were defeated at the battle of Antonov Airport. Then they rolled tank columns down both sides of the Dnieper—using highways!—and were beaten back.
749107602854
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
03911
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Yep
010
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
No excuse
010
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 05/08/2025
share of americans who prefer congressional districts to be drawn to advantage the dems: 9% advantage the gop: 11% not give an advantage to either: 67% (thank you, fellow americans) not sure: 13% -yougov
901745307
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
The man who had his doctor report that he’s 6’3”, 238 lbs fired the person in charge of reporting labor statistics.
549213945125
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Vote Doug Jones 4 AL @petczar.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
062
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Erasing history. Another characteristic of autocrats and dictators.
51271093086
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
You ask where Alberta Prosperity Project separatists get their money from? Danielle Smith’s close friends, Dennis Modry and Jeff Rath, negotiated funding from Trump for their cessation effort. #ForeverCanadian needs your full support. #ableg #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...
desmog.com
Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
20244143
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/07/2025
Does anyone trust the Justice Department to do the right thing here? 🚨 NEW: Justice Department officials are said to be interviewing the imprisoned Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell today in Florida.
9373118859
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Trump knows exactly what he’s doing. www.newsweek.com/barack-obama...
newsweek.com
Barack Obama sees death threat surge after Trump's treason claims
A new report has documented the rise in death threats that the former president has received since Donald Trump accused him of treason.
153
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
1183967853
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
BREAKING: GOP Senator Thom Tillis regarding the Epstein files: "Release the damn files… It makes no sense to me… [its a] “nothing burger in terms of the evidence we have” [or its] "disturbing."
23967821518
Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social @leeannis.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
041
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Russia helped Trump in 2016. Trump welcomed the help. The help made a difference to the election outcome. Some deny those facts because they are motivated to protect Trump. Others deny the facts because they are motivated to protect Russia. But the facts are what they are.
42759175
Reposted by Lee Annis @jleeannis.bsky.social
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Periodic reminder that the Senate Intel Committee, led at the time by a certain future secretary of state Marco Rubio, concluded this in its comprehensive review of Russian interference in the 2016 election: www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
361281567