Reposted by LeslieChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2hThis is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 27557082006
Reposted by LeslieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14hJack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 319114094216
Reposted by Leslietrishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 16hOn Friday the administration announced it is refusing to spend about a billion dollars Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people—a refusal the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says is illegal—and on Saturday, Trump used taxpayer money for his own vanity ads. 212458
Reposted by LeslieStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph: 20456189
Reposted by LeslieFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Trump administration blocked the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium from reapplying for funding, terminating at least 2 clinical trials for children's brain cancer treatment. 18178116
Reposted by LeslieScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity 28621021107
Reposted by LeslieReuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026US finalizes new lower fuel economy standards reut.rs/3TVcuhlreut.rsUS finalizes new lower fuel economy standardsThe Trump administration has finalized new lower fuel economy standards, according to a government notice published on Monday said, officially reversing a push by the Biden administration to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles. 2210846
Reposted by LeslieKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 713143126262
Reposted by LeslieHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Denmark is trolling Trump. 28968992710
Reposted by LeslieAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7935311335
Reposted by LeslieAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 59893503987
Reposted by LeslieDavid Becker @beckerdavidj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In this decision, SCOTUS reaffirms that systematic, mass voter list maintenance is BANNED during the 90 days before any federal election, explicitly acknowledging that only "individualized inquiries" can be conducted within 90 days of an election, consistent with the National Voter Registration Act. 42315
Reposted by LeslieDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system. 1521587997
Reposted by LeslieKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481849695
Reposted by LeslieZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract. 671264548
Reposted by LeslieAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188013840
Reposted by Lesliedavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 23/09/2026"The dropped enrollees account for about 4 percent of the 19 million Americans who receive coverage through the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. Many live close to the poverty line."nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming FraudVice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 1215
Reposted by LeslieKevin 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. 1642597559
Reposted by LeslieSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station. 571472417
Reposted by LeslieKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Denouncing bigotry and refusing to patronize a place that promotes it is, in fact, exactly the same as not denouncing it and continuing to patronize that place as if nothing's wrong." It's the dril tweet, but entirely earnest. I'm in awe. 3159949
Leslie @leslieperry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Abusers are good at finding soft targets. I predict Trump will do the same to force himself on the public, even when the pool isn't doing it for him. 000
Reposted by LeslieScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 805149283702
Reposted by LeslieLouisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Barred from deporting asylum seekers back to places they face jail or death, Trump struck 35 secret deals to send people to places which will deport them there instead. - 25,000 people deported - $410 million spent. - UN aid used to sweeten the deals. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comBanished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation dealsAfter a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea... 9290229
Reposted by Leslienullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939. 17847354
Reposted by LeslieKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Actually, the Democratic mayor of NYC meeting with the Republican President of the United States is *not* remotely comparable to the Democratic House Minority Leader meeting with the unelected, unappointed, unofficial grifting son-in-law of the president. 463116391
Reposted by LeslieSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74251149342
Reposted by LeslieJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/09/20261) Every damn things he's built without Congressional authorization gets demolished on the first day. 2) Christ, he's like a 7-year old. "Oh yeah? Well MY arch is going to be a FORTRESS with GUNS and DRONES and LASERS, you'll be able to CONTROL THE WHOLE CITY from there." 681997365
Reposted by LeslieFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Gifting this article 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...nytimes.comHow President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. 28740
Reposted by LeslieJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Here’s why that matters. This was the literal peak of the Covid’s deadliest wave. It was the “end times” for 3,000 Americans per day. And yet, the laptop class Twitter talkers joked about that & worried about an excess of “doom and gloom.” No one on a Covid unit spoke that way. 511937
Reposted by LeslieChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump is back at the White House after cutting his Camp David stay short. White House offering no explanation for moving the return up a full day. State Department pushed security alerts to Americans in six Middle East countries today, Iran's armed forces went to their highest alert level 9/19 96546251
Reposted by LesliePaul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He is ALWAYS jamming in his form of religion. Always. Without reservation. Or accountability. This is not how any leader should EVER speak to our dedicated and diverse troops of all (and no) religious backgrounds. 2624561
Reposted by LeslieThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026😂 there were more people behind JD (for the camera shot) than in front of him 577103232797
Reposted by LeslieKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws. 29172271874
Reposted by LeslieAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/09/2026tl;dr: The US gets what it already has, Greenland and Denmark get to stop wasting their time on the US or meeting with half wits. Trump's goal was full control of Greenland: goal failed. 50978287
Reposted by LeslieFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Bash: DHS data does not back up the claim of widespread non-citizen voter fraud. Mullin: What you have is wrong Bash: It's your own data. 451147267
Reposted by LeslieNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN 15173082447
Reposted by LesliePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So Trump caves after creating a crisis that was massively costly to key US alliances, and will declare victory for, and lie about the scope of, a “deal” that enshrines the status quo ante but leaves what were good faith relations laden with distrust & resentments. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...nytimes.comU.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump SaysThe full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon. 19504144
Reposted by LeslieDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 18/09/2026Step 1: Slip Trump a copy of the 1951 Defense Agreement, but with the name changed. Step 2: Describe it in the most favorable light possible, since he won't read it anyway. Step 3: Trump goes on "Truth Social" and proclaims himself a genius negotiator. 29832241
Reposted by LeslieJohn Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026University of Florida’s College Republicans chapter was disbanded after members were discovered doing Nazi salutes. The group has come back to life, and, as one of its first acts, hosted Marshall Rawson, the Florida legislature candidate who TPM revealed was at Charlottesville.talkingpointsmemo.comWe Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in CharlottesvilleThis week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in... 18133
Reposted by LeslieMarc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is false. There is no refusal to acknowledge side effects of medical products such as vaccines. There is strong interest to find out how and why some, however rare, experience these. Importantly, to do this and to be successful .... 23312
Reposted by Lesliereginaldedward3 @reginaldedward3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The highest average gas price on record for any year in the U.S. was in 2012, when it reached $3.64 per gallon. We're way above that now thanks to the dingbat occupying the WH. 196
Reposted by LeslieBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267106691
Reposted by LeslieProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026The Trump administration granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)propublica.orgTrump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering... 25548305
Reposted by LeslieKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”nytimes.comRFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.” 382343982
Reposted by LeslieRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs. 2469170293848
Reposted by LeslieGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/09/2026PS after digging into the report a bit, I am even more convinced of a cover-up: prospect.org/2026/09/17/a...prospect.orgAlligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier - The American ProspectAppalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely much worse. 27628
Reposted by LeslieNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump has raked in $2B since returning to the WH His high-volume of stock trades outpace all members of Congress Trump Inc. has a new Trump tower deal w/ a Putin ally And it's just Wednesday I'll get into it w/ @nicollewallace.bsky.social on @ms.now at 5:30👇 -TNbloomberg.comTrump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of CongressDonald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt 20397185
Reposted by LeslieRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks. 291929724
Reposted by LeslieSeung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Fencing goes up around main Kennedy Center building, a day after Trump-aligned board voted to close it for repairs. 174
Reposted by LeslieJim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Impeach Them. All of Them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...thebulwark.comImpeach Them. All of Them.Hegseth is only the beginning. 652007402