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Lee Gross

@leegross.bsky.social
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A lifetime supporter of rural America appalled by the Republican voters living there.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 07/10/2026
idk needs work
Picture of hands changing a smoke alarm battery. The text reads: In brightest day. In blackest night. I shall sound with all my might. When there's a fire or when my battery is dead if you forgot to change it. Which you did. Good morning, it's 3AM. Smoke alarms chirp all night! Check the expiration dates on your smoke alarms. Test the batteries. Oath optional.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 07/10/2026
You will never, ever, ever see one of these articles asking why so many parents disown and estrange their queer children.
huffpost.com
I'm 57 Years Old And My Father Just Disowned Me For Being Gay
"My phone rang. It was my father calling. 'It’s about this homosexuality. ... You are not to contact us in any way ever again,' he said.”
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't get it either - the bigots don't get challenged. Just like Republican voters don't get asked why they support such ugliness. Effers get a free pass and go merrily through their day oblivious to the carnage.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No better case for the billionaire tax than how hard they’re working to defeat it
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026
One thing about Copenhagen is that there's tons of dense housing but you *never* find it fronting a busy road with cars racing past, which describes about 90% of the apartments in the US. They manage to make it feel tucked away, private, cozy. (These are all from Sluseholmen, my dream neighborhood.)
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news is always a treat.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How about he just pay appropriate taxes and let we-the-people decide how to invest the money - you know, like a democracy? JFC people, stop with the hero worship already.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good analysis. To offer another perspective: $4.7b with a measley 5% annual return equals $235 million dollars. $10 million sounds like a lot to us ordinary folk, but it's nothing to the billionaires. Sure gets them a lot of flattering press though.
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: SCOTUS gears up for the First Monday of October/new term by using the shadow shitshow docket as the torture docket! Plus, oil companies argue climate change is a problem too big to solve, so states can't try! + Kelly Lytle Hernández on her book RACIST BY DESIGN crooked.com/podcast/the-...
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Hello October!
Alt: Hello October!
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Get Kelly Lytle Hernández's book RACIST BY DESIGN: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control from our friends at bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/raci...
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Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control
In Racist by Design, award-winning historian Kelly Lytle Hernández reveals how generations of lawmakers and law enforcers built the American immigration system to encourage white immigrants while targ...
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Allowing raw milk sales is like letting car dealers disable seat belts. There's a population that thinks both are good ideas.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'll speak frankly. That's some real out of touch Ivory Tower shit Justin. What you advocate can work with the PhD crowd you run with. See how far you get at the typical country diner. Move your office to a rural town in a red county for a year and report back.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's the same crap I hear from Republican voters in my world - yes, I voted for the monstrous cruelty but I'm in no way responsible for the aftermath. Bad decision my arse. He liked what he heard and voted for it.
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Deb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I knocked 60 doors, totaling 85 people today. I can't sit back and hope the election has a good outcome. I'm doing my part.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How about a camp to help children who have been abused and/or sexially assaulted?
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good pic. Where's the nearest... anything? 😉
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This guy has won $23 million on tour while the other guys make $1000/month doing their service. Stupid rule.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Won't be long till Americans are getting their medical advice from this very gorilla.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That helps explain the non-stop coverage of Trump. Something new (99% shitty) every day. Works great for journalists.
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James Risen @jamesrisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Above all, I don't think the public has ever understood the degree to which press coverage is driven by the constant search for something new. As a reporter, you are in constant competition with other reporters. You are constantly aware of what other reporters have written or broadcast.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ok, "good" people of Iowa, here's a chance to live your faith. Protest now and vote for a different party in November.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
“Upon reviewing the disciplinary action we took toward the seven Chi Phi brothers who allegedly gang-raped a student for over seven hours, we have concluded that the mandated two-page minimum on essays was woefully inadequate.” — Michael Kotlikoff, Cornell president
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
ITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri...
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yep.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😲
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This just in, more from my unlikely foray into sports journalism with @pablo.show www.motherjones.com/politics/202... :
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Tim Tebow “pausing” Christian seminar promotion after our investigation
“I think the allegations are extremely serious."
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Once the majority of labor is provided by employees it ceases to be a family farm. After that leave the word family out of it.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They said the eggs tasted funny.
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Allen Tan @tealtan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ok we have all been sleeping on the marvel that is internet radio. get yourself a standalone device (ocean digital makes the one I have), and tune into radio stations around the world. magic!!!
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Read the article.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
😜
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I do.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Attaboy NPR - keep the horse race coverage coming! You're damn good at it.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As do most of their neighbors. Decade after decade. Proves that pundits preaching economic anxiety in the Heartland leading to Republican votes are full of sheitt.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They go all in for Big Red.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Be like Steve.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm packing now....
Short description: A photograph of Steve the otter peering through an aquarium window and extending his paw through a circular opening to shake a visitor’s finger.  
Text in image: “There is an aquarium where you can shake hands with otters.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A porch has a hard roof and is integral to the house. A balcony is a castle feature. The house is nice but no castle. It's a deck. Ask any Midwesterner. That's where you put the grill and toss beer cans from.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Employer steals from employee - just write a check and all's forgiven. Employee steals from employer - handcuffs and jail await. Our legal system needs a major overhaul.
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Sylvia Greenwich @sylviagreenwich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This novel sounds amazing! Can we help a fellow writer out? Even if you can’t buy it, could you please boost it by reposting? Thank you!
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Juana" is harvesting tomatoes by Los Banos CA. "We keep picking even when temperatures reaches 90° or above. It is very difficult to work in this heat - especially as there's very little shade. But the need of providing for my loved ones helps me get through the day." #WeFeedYou
Workers harvesting tomatoes
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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You Americans are going to need a crowd-sourced CorruptiPedia to start tracking all the good policies that need to be reinstated and all the bad policies that need to be repealed. The list is endless. Hopefully current and former staff of each Department will help.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Article here. This will be updated as I learn more, especially about any access difficulties. If a question is unanswered in this article, I don't know the answer yet, but I'm working hard to get more info as quickly as possible.
nytimes.com
What to Know About New Covid Vaccines for Fall 2026 (Gift Article)
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 24/08/2026
We've arrived on Bluesky! We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize. Stay tuned.
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Lee Gross @leegross.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
An empathy purge will set you right.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/08/2026
Fix health care and make the uber-rich pay some damned taxes, and you’re off to a good start.
washingtonpost.com
After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices
As the national debt surpasses $40 trillion, lawmakers may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred choices that will leave few Americans unscathed.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/08/2026
Today is national flag day for #Ukraine Slava Ukrainii! They will win
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Waving Flag of Ukraine with Trident Emblem
ALT: Waving Flag of Ukraine with Trident Emblem
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
That Trickle We Feel, Is RepubliKKKans Pissing All Over Our American Dreams.......
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