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Leslie64

@leslie64.bsky.social
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Politics left of center, Tom Petty, Malbec and all things dogs. No DMs please.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 3h
If this is a public service, the "service" is informing the public that Donald Trump wants the public to know how much Donald Trump likes Donald Trump. And the public - that's you - gets to pay for the privilege of receiving this information.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
We’re making all Meidas+ news updates completely paywall-free through the midterm elections. Quality information shouldn’t be locked away right now. This may hurt our business, but some things are more important. Spread the word and join us: meidasplus.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h
Don Jr. & Eric have investments in data centers and AI infrastructure. Don. Jr's firm 1789 Capital also has shares in tech companies working on AI. Donald's own stock portfolio itself is heavily invested in Big Tech. When Trump calls reasonable AI safety concerns a "hoax," follow the money.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6h
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16h
An evergreen concept
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remind me never to get on the wrong side of Paul Krugman. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...
A table showing 30-year Treasury Yield, for the last 45 days or so. It bounces around for August, then after Bessent said, "I am the house" on september 8, it has shot up twice.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night I wrote about consequences, and what happens when the courts give Trump a pass. I hope you'll take a moment to read it, especially in this moment where we see the Court isn't immune to public pressure—Justice Alito just recused from a case because of it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
According to several people involved, the Trump administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail.
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As I discussed last night with Rachel Maddow, after I published my book, "HOW RUSSIA WON," which exposes Russian disinfo ops aimed at the US to help Trump, the Russians dragged me into a disinfo op attacking Dems in the midterms. See my OUR LAND newsletter: link.motherjones.com/public/47685...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27/09/2026
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Conservative Journalist Shared Unredacted Trump Accuser FBI Notes That DOJ Hasn’t Released
He wrote about the missing files. He never mentioned the ones that he publicly posted – and shared with a random person.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Streisand Effect, Activate.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was Helsinki. I think I might have an explanation for why Putin looks so smug and Trump looks so crestfallen. In a June 24, 2018 email, Jeffrey Epstein asked Thorbjørn Jagland, former PM of Norway, to suggest to Putin that Epstein be called to gain "insight" into Trump ahead of Helsinki.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ABC: “A 36yo immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in ICE custody… Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena marks the 55th such case during Trump’s second term… second person to die at the detention facility in Louisiana this year.”
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Costa Rican immigrant died while in ICE custody, agency says
A 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers on Monday.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Translation: He thinks we’re all gullible idiots
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think people are misreading the midterm polling. This is how unpopular Donald Trump is BEFORE Americans realize that gas prices are NEVER coming back down because the foreseeably stupid decisions he made have PERMANENTLY fucked the global energy market.
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Trump is staying out of Saudi Arabia’s war. Americans could pay at the pump | CNN
We touched down, hours late, in the scorching Saudi capital after yet another security scare closed the airspace and delayed flights in and out.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
CNN: "Right now the Chinese communist state media are allowed on the White House grounds, but we are not. I think that says it all." TRUMP IS THE COMMUNIST.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Call your Senator and tell them to vote “NO” on Dr. Heidi Overton 🚫
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RON WHITE: "@jamestalarico.bsky.social didn't cost the state of Texas $6 MILLION... Paxton is a criminal. He's a piece of shit." JOE ROGAN: *pretends not to know anything again*
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Honestly when someone first sent me this story this morning I thought it was from @theonion.com
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The video here certainly offers strong reason to suspect this should be charged as Attempted Murder What will happen instead is that this man, possibly paralyzed, will be sent to an African country for torture while the shooter gets promoted
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Diesel was so cheap under Biden truckers could drive from all over the US to DC to protest Joe
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have a better idea: Hunger Games! Now that's the warrior ethos!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The United States, which once freed prisoners from Germany's concentration camps, is now siding with the war criminals—and obstructing those who would hold them into account. Shameful—if this administration had any shame.
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.
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Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his back
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"We're uprooting fraud by getting rid of these freeloaders who keep paying into the system without taking anything back out" Genius.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Shaheen: "He seemed to say Russian children have also been displaced & kidnapped, & that's just not true. It's Ukrainian children the Russians have taken back to Russia. They've taken them from their families, thousands of them. It is very clear who is violating intl law here, & it's not Ukraine."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping po
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hitler and other top Nazis inspect a scale model of a planned triumphal arch in Berlin, circa 1939.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Underline this. His enablers are refusing to stand up for the United States Constitution. They are just as guilty as he is.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not just weird; it’s delusional. HE. IS. PSYCHOTIC. If your grandpa said things like this, you’d take him in for a full neuropsychiatric workup. And it’s time the media starts interviewing psychiatrists and psychologists to talk about it. DO. YOUR. JOBS.
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