Reposted by Leon HelminkMike Masnick @masnick.com · 14hRemembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening. 3234001019
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 13hA musical with a singing and people devouring plant but casting a female as Seymour is problematic.🙄 So fricking tired of this conservative bs and this country sliding backwards 😫 www.wfaa.com/mobile/artic...wfaa.com 000
Reposted by Leon HelminkBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It’s long past time for the U.S. to get a new president. 1354592733
Reposted by Leon HelminkCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire. 487236954257
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Congrats Spain!🇪🇸 Well deserved, shame on Argentina for an ugly, embarrassing performance, just committing fouls, a final unworthy. #FIFA #Worldcup 062
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I like Messi, and I want to thank him for missing that penalty and showing he's human. Maybe now the commentators can dial back the near constant deification, plz? 000
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Any thoughts on Babylon 5? I believe J. M. Straczynski had the five year story arc all planned out, and except for some cast changes and studio meddling got it pretty well done. 100
Reposted by Leon HelminkTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026People at the time crapped on "Space: Above and Beyond" for a too-pretty cast ("Melrose Space") but I thought it was a terrific show and anybody who disagrees with me a Chig-lover 18813
Reposted by Leon HelminkAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 27/05/2026Let’s all be real clear: This does not mean Trump is powerful. He is a kingmaker in a party that is slipping further and further into chaos. 772806411
Reposted by Leon HelminkTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Exactly. They could have ended Trump's role in public life in 2021. They didn't. So he ended theirs. 35983176
Reposted by Leon HelminkNathanael T. Booth (he/him) @nathanaeltbooth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026“This is not an effort to rededicate the nation to Christ, or even to God. It's an effort to deceive the country into thinking it was always meant to be dedicated that way.” 629158
Reposted by Leon HelminkHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! Of all the billions of animals on Planet Earth, you are one of the very very best. Thank you. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 344786
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Feeling nostalgic/old, I gave our recently acquired cassette player a go. Takeaway: feels more satisfying than selecting play on Spotify, feels like it sounds better (I'm sure it doesn't) and "Driving the last spike" is an underrated masterpiece. 000
Reposted by Leon HelminkMicah @rincewind.run · 23/04/2026please continue injecting this shit into my veins after literal decades of “suck it losers” preening from republicans every time they get called out for horribly gerrymandered bullshit the shoe is on the other foot and I simply cannot get enough you want to end this? unfuck your own districts too 342428362
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I did get a notification earlier today, and asked my wife "So these are just domestic disturbances now?" And this wasn't just Fox like in this screenshot, I believe my notification was from CBS. 000
Reposted by Leon HelminkTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The key to democracy is showing up in large numbers 733005560
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Loved seeing Tony Becker again on "The Pitt". "Tour of Duty" was an awesome series with a great cast and fantastic music. Still got the tapes. 😂 Forever hoping that one of my all time favorite series will get a bluray release but not holding my breath.😔 000
Reposted by Leon HelminkElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This will fail. Tell everyone you know that this is desperate shit from a desperate man. Our duty is to vote and get everyone we know out to vote no matter what he does. 314659
Reposted by Leon HelminkSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Her grin knowing how this arrest looks (Published in The Atlantic today) 5969661879
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right 143127124010
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026In another installment of Evil Ages You, I'd like to point out that this bald gray asshole is only 47 years old. 1071796283
Reposted by Leon HelminkPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This is the FCC Chairman, who is ostensibly a non-partisan industry regulator, openly bragging about conducting a political purge of the media. 571847673
Reposted by Leon HelminkWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 28/03/2026it's not right vs left. it's the rich vs the rest of us. 2619343
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/03/2026The right will try to repeat their lies that the Mueller Report "exonerated Trump" or "proved Russiagate was a hoax," but it did no such thing. It was a damning account of Trump's corruption by a foreign power, whose impact was limited by a cowardly Congress and complicit press. 482240636
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Leaving aside how rude it is to bring up Pearl Harbor here, he's taking a question about how the US didn't alert its *allies* about a surprise attack and responding with a complaint that Japan didn't alert *the target* of its surprise attack. 961457317
Reposted by Leon HelminkElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I worked with Malcolm Kenyatta’s campaign against him and it’s not like there weren’t ROUTINE, LOUD discussions about the fact that he had pulled a shotgun on a random Black jogger when he was mayor of Braddock because he heard some noises he thought was gunfire. Everyone wants to blame the stroke. 221239
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026When we grumble that congressional Democrats need to do more to hold the Trump regime accountable, the things that @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social do are basically what we have in mind. Use your position to demand accountability and when they try to dodge that, start yelling and don't stop. 252114516
Reposted by Leon HelminkWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 18/03/2026Two headlines. One day apart. 6246107
Reposted by Leon HelminkChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Mullin is so clearly unqualified to run DHS that any senator who votes to put this man in charge of any federal agency, let alone DHS, is announcing their own disqualification for office. 7448901189
Reposted by Leon HelminkElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026"Gas prices are higher than they've been since the last time Trump was president, and that's Biden's fault." AYFKM. 107723
Reposted by Leon HelminkMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century. 82190853185
Reposted by Leon HelminkMike Rhone @mikerhone.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Immediately disqualifying for the job for which he has been nominated. The 4th Amendment specifies it’s “the right of the people,” not of citizens. We cannot allow someone who doesn’t understand the 4th Amendment to be the head of DHS. 833431822
Reposted by Leon HelminkElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I had five calls today with new and developing activists from Texas to Connecticut. People are doing shit everywhere. And not small things. Don't let anyone tell you all hope is lost. 421229
Reposted by Leon HelminkStephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The Crook-In-Chief robs the US of $1.6 BILLION with his (paid for) pardons alone. That's only so far and he's only getting started. 5461166
Reposted by Leon HelminkRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Why isn't this a WAY bigger story? Planning to be retired in 2040? Or still alive and on Medicare any time after that? Good luck with your healthcare.fortune.comIn less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A | FortuneThe CBO estimates that benefit reductions would start at 8% in 2040 and steadily climb to a 10% cut by 2056. 281034577
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Again, I know it feels good to send a donation to someone who is finally going to send Mitch McConnell or Lindsey Graham packing, but you're going to see a *lot* more bang for your buck with less exciting but much more meaningful state legislative races. This is a great way to do that: 231233465
Reposted by Leon HelminkJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026This one hits hard. 7713572310539
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Just an amazing string of coincidences that the Republican Party has so many pedophiles, pedophile enablers and pedophile protectors in its ranks. 1382620940
Reposted by Leon HelminkPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich 460203526520
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Everyone knows that when the federal government deports a murderer, Wal Mart adds another 38 cents to the hourly wage of its cashiers. Come on, it's just basic economics! 551209206
Reposted by Leon HelminkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.campaign-trails.ghost.ioDiversity Is Our StrengthThis morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns There's ... 631706520
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Really enjoyed their performance, well done! Hope to see more in the future. @nocnsf , you really need to update your rules. Can't believe they almost weren't allowed to go. #MilanoCortina2026 000
Reposted by Leon Helminklaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell 20490792531
Leon Helmink @leonhelmink.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Seahawks and Patriots better up their game. I think this halftime show deserves a better #Superbowl . 000
Reposted by Leon HelminkElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This New Yorker cover— my god. 1521585
Reposted by Leon HelminkPop Base @popbase.tv · 02/02/2026Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year: “As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.” 302310766466
Reposted by Leon HelminkHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans." 152207413623
