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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Why would you say this? There is not a sitting Democrat who voted to confirm any of Trump’s SCOTUS nominees.

Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Isn’t she the idiot who wrote a column after 9/11 about how terrified she was that one time she saw a Muslim on an airplane who didn’t smile back at her?

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I get where you were going here and I agree he mangled everything. The larger concern is all the people who didn’t see where he was going and just blindly cheered at the prospect of taking out two major California metropolitan areas.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is how we know he knows how badly Republicans are going to lose in November. He is terrified of the investigations to come.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sorry, “seat.” And I am not saying there will be no legal challenges or shenanigans because I’m sure there will be. Just trying to separate out the legitimate concerns versus the stuff that just cannot physically happen.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Congress can’t “refuse to seat” Democrats, because there is no Congress. Everyone’s term expires in January. There is no one to refuse to see them because no one will be there.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m out of sympathy for the “brainwashed” excuse. At some point, being that stupid is a conscious choice.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He probably sped up when he saw the man in front of him.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Honestly, they can probably get Hegseth out pretty easily. Even the Republicans hate him.

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Ms. Rosenberg @msrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you remember the cardinal rule of perm maintenance is that you're forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the immonium thygocolate

Katie Britt, looking stunned and upset at a senate hearing

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, in fairness, they also inspect each others’ asses. Obsessively.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If I get to the store and all they have is Charmin on the shelf, I will always go to a different store. That’s how much I hate those bears.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I bet she says “nukular” instead of “nuclear” too!

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s the new “noun, verb, and 9/11.”

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He is already going on talk radio bragging about his gotcha moment. So, probably not.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t think so; I think it is covered under the speech and debate clause. But I’m not a lawyer.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Onion layers of dumb” is my new favorite expression, and I am stealing it forthwith.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Luckily, the Senate does not initiate impeachment; they just vote on it. And not a single Democratic senator voted to acquit him on either of his two previous impeachments. You still need Republicans.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Personally, I think we should extract everything we can out of him until there’s nothing left to get. Then impeach him.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Which 16 Republican senators would be most likely to flip?

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aside from the fact that they had nothing to begin with, *of course* Smith and his team would know that all of their communications would likely become public. Because, unlike our current DOJ, they are not dumbasses.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There is some serious last-gasp energy around this hearing. They are saying all these vile things to Smith, but it is all so half hearted. You can tell even they don’t believe their own bullshit anymore. Even Kennedy looked pretty sheepish when he mumbled his “vomit in my mouth” comment.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey, if we can get the votes in the Senate to convict and remove, I’m all for it. Do you know 67 senators who can make that happen?

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Any legislation that gets passed by a Democratic congress will still need to be signed by Trump, so unless we get a veto-proof majority I'm really worried folks will have unrealistic expectations after November. Not saying we shouldn't pass stuff anyway, but it's not like waving a wand.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I was a sophomore at Ithaca College, a friend of mine was raped at a Cornell frat. That was 1982. Absolutely nothing has changed.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have flown in, out of, and through some of the biggest, most convoluted airports in the world. LAX is the only one that actually made me cry.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just really don’t understand what the problem is about taking no for an answer the first time. Or even assuming the answer is no by default. So you don’t get laid. Big deal.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That’s what Cheney did to boost the Iraq war. He planted a pro-war story with the New York Times and then went on Meet the Press to react to the story. Russert fell for it because Russert sucked.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As I said, I did not rule out the possibility of him trying it.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think mine got tangled up in a very heavy knitted throw. When I was unpacking and took it out of a box, it must have shaken loose. I screamed when I saw it. I really hope you find yours!

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah, I am not saying he will not try it. But even this corrupt SCOTUS does draw certain bright lines. And there’s just no mechanism in the Constitution to retain a president once his term is up.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to add my own periodic reminder that 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees were reported missing on 9/11/01 and Howard Lutnick canceled their paychecks two days later, before they were even confirmed dead. Then he went on TV and pretended to cry about them.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not saying you are wrong, but the presidency doesn’t depend on geography. His term ends when it ends.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I lost a favorite necklace a few years back. I was heartbroken because it was a gift from my sisters. After two moves, it showed up on my bedroom floor, all innocent, winking up at me like it had been there all along waiting for me.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The minute a pet shows up in a book or on a show, I run to www.doesthedogdie.com to see if it’s safe to continue reading/watching. If there’s no info, I stop right there.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Look on the bright side. If a Democrat retakes the White House in 2028, they will find a way to reverse all these rulings!

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He was charged. Do you mean he would have been tried?

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't care where he was; I just didn't want him voting in the Senate. Which he is now doing.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is mocking her disability supposed to be funny?

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maybe everyone should have just left him in the nursing home instead of constantly demanding "proof of life."

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

His supporters really think he's personally sending these, too. What a sad, deluded, worthless bunch.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Side gripe: I wish these reporters would ask ONE question when called on instead of piling on an unrelated question that the admin can pivot to while never answering the first.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Same reason he wants to plaster his name all over the Kennedy Center. He’s a barnacle who leeches off of everyone else’s accomplishments rather than accomplish anything himself.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They didn’t mislead anybody. Even Susan Collins knew what was what. I hated the decision, but everybody who voted for them knew exactly what they were voting for. It was so obvious.

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Leslie Talbot @leslietalbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You are assuming that the Republican senators wanted Roe to be upheld and that’s just not true. There were a whole bunch of senators who voted for them *because* they knew how they were going to vote.

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