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Brian Lemaire

@lieutenant-kije.bsky.social
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Wildlife (esp. bears). Reduce overpopulation and ecological overshoot. Get money out of politics. Cole Porter. Secular Humanist Society. Proponent of liberal democracy.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 10h
Pedestrians now have their own walkway over the Hudson (except for during the overnight periods). buff.ly/gr8Ml6P
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Cyclists and Pedestrians Finally Get Their Own Paths on the George Washington Bridge - Streetsblog New York City
The George Washington Bridge finally has 24/7 biking and walking access — but the Port Authority still plans to close one of its two paths each night.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 4h
A group of cops employed by the Department of Sanitation parked their city-issued vehicles in a bus lane and blocked their license plates with plastic bags in order to evade bus-lane tickets while they grabbed lunch, according to a video posted on Instagram. buff.ly/In5NJzz
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Garbage Cops Parked Cars in Bus Lane With Covered Plates - Streetsblog New York City
A group of cops employed by the Department of Sanitation parked their city-issued vehicles in a bus lane and blocked their license plates with plastic bags in order to evade bus-lane tickets while…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1h
NAACP Files New Complaint Against DOJ Plan to Send “Election Monitors,” Arguing That It is a Plan to Intimidate Voters in Violation of the Voting Rights Act electionlawblog.org/2026/naacp-f...
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NAACP Files New Complaint Against DOJ Plan to Send "Election Monitors," Arguing That It is a Plan to Intimidate Voters in Violation of the Voting Rights Act #ELB
Read the complaint.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h
B/C grade source in terms of reliability but likely accurate www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7a210b0...
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Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine
SpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them
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Brian Lemaire @lieutenant-kije.bsky.social · 53m
Drugged? I always view the possibility of foul play.
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Brian Lemaire @lieutenant-kije.bsky.social · 59m
Jen Psaki served Seriously as Biden's White House press secretary from January 2021 until May 2022.
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 2h
Dan Pfeiffer on White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia's firing: The White House is so f*cking incompetent and takes the briefings so un-seriously, that they just were like, "Yeah, of course anyone can do this on a Tuesday."
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Laminariales @kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social · 3h
The Republican Party is gonna open up a potemkin diners full of staffers so NYT journalists have somewhere to go to hear glowing praise of Trump now that he's so unpopular in the real diners. And the staffers are probably already known to the NYT as "undecided voters" featured in previous articles.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h
Here in this Midwest diner, where salt of the earth, blue collar, non-college Real Americans are... Wait. That can't be right. You sure? But... but the narrative! Okay, the data is the data. Well then. Here in this Midwest diner, people are fed up with Trump and plan to vote Democrat for Congress.
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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 3h
The right has spent half a billion dollars in OH and if they lose Mahoning County, whoa Nelly, it's going to be a rough election night for Rs. Imploding in strongholds makes it much more difficult for the administration to successfully pull off any type of election-day chicanery as well.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h
Let Them Eat Bouef
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
I bet Bari Weiss has a job offer to make
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Dona Dickinson @donadickinson.bsky.social · 1h
OH BOY, FINALLY!
MY TRUMP GIBBERISH WTF ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY DECODER RING
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Brian Lemaire @lieutenant-kije.bsky.social · 1h
Was it Mississippi or Alabama that was the home of Bull Connor? apnews.com/article/doj-...
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DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used e...
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ACME Scares Rep. @acmesalesrep.bsky.social · 4h
“His poll numbers are collapsing, but in this Midwest diner…um…oh shit”
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endearing… @blairendearing.bsky.social · 4h
Maybe it’s time for the dinners to interview the Washington press core about their perpetual softballing of the president.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 4h
This would be great, great comedy
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Peace envoys? Really, @nytimes.com? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump makes nice with Russia and whips up hatred of Canada and Europe. That's just what Putin wants.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is Musk actively helping Putin against official US policy? Another investigation for Democrats.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What a putz. An ignorant putz.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
How did the @nytimes.com and @npr.org—especially NPR— recently whitewash the nuttery, racism, conspiracism and Putin-stanning of Tucker Carlson? See the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter: link.motherjones.com/public/47888... Sign up for a FREE trial subscription to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
Don't forget a Flynn.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 5h
JD Vance: "First of all, if somebody's selling access to the White House, that's disgusting and despicable and they should suffer consequences." So, who wants to tell him? 🧵
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
First-rate threading!
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
Not a good look. But the publicity could help her law practice....Oh, wait.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
I know there's much tee-hee-ing going on. But the key thing to remember is that Trump named as press secretary a person who championed the bonkers Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theories. Now that's crazy.
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A S @leftlackpatience.bsky.social · 3h
Mark did a good job. But it’s almost as if they are afraid. The lack of bold editorial leadership that is so easily discernible in the Times‘ reporting was so evident in Healy’s attitude. They are not going to change.
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Bumbles Bounce @bumblsbounce.bsky.social · 3h
Patrick Healy can't admit he or the newspaper has done anything wrong in sanewashing Trump because that would be admitting journalistic failure, and he'd risk losing his job. Healy's goal in the interview was just to show that he's willing to face criticism, thereby proving his "objectivity."
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JB @jb504.bsky.social · 3h
The hallmark of the NY Times is never to engage in self-reflection or accept external criticism. The big tell that Healy absorbed absolutely nothing was him referring to the discussion as "jousting" at the end, as if it was some debating game rather than truth being told to power.
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LunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 3h
Why should a newspaper even exist if puts respect for the mendacious and commitment to clarity on equal footing?
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SkoobyRüe @skoobyrude.bsky.social · 3h
healy is intolerable. reverts to straw man arguments at every turn. complacent and defensive. smug to the point of why do this? who’s the audience for ‘public editor who doesn’t give a shit what u think’?
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Gee @gdd9000.bsky.social · 3h
I wasn't able to withstand even five minutes of Healy's obfuscation. What a tool...
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Solde @soldea.bsky.social · 3h
Exactly. I immediately thought about Mark’s NYT video when I saw that. It’s like they can’t help themselves.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h
Shocking! And here I had thought so much of its honor and integrity….
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h
Watch this discussion between @markjacob.bsky.social and NYT editor Patrick Healy where Jacob calls out the paper for this type of obfuscation and soft-peddling language, and Healy expressly defends it:
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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5h
Every word of this story is mortifying, but in particular, the evidence of complicity by the IDF and Netanyahu in buttressing the violent Israelis who are attacking Palestinians and journalists. Gift Link: wapo.st/4B6E8Jb
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank
The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.
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Colin Jacobson @oatsdad.bsky.social · 6h
Dude, Fox "News" is ALWAYS "fear porn" when it comes to elections. GOP has no policies to run on so they just try to scare voters into supporting them.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 6h
Fox News Fear Porn www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is peddling election "fear porn" about Democrats to rescue Republicans
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Colin Jacobson @oatsdad.bsky.social · 6h
It remains remarkable that someone as smug and unlikable as JD has gone so far in politics.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 6h
I’m old enough to remember his summer book tour, where he claimed his Christian faith had humbled him and vowing that he will lead with love and kindness.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
WATCH: Trump insists Katie Zacharia was “treated very badly” by the “fake news” 🤔 (Reality: He fired her after 5 days because she repeatedly humiliated herself and got caught lying about being a lawyer)
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Brian Lemaire @lieutenant-kije.bsky.social · 7h
Reminds me of when, in 2000, Tim Russert eviscerated Al Gore on TV to hand Bush 43 the presidency.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h
Surprised this interview didn’t end with a trap door opening, then a whoooosh sound like a pneumatic tube as Zacharia vanishes from the screen.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 20h
Thing is, Sarah Sanders and Karoline Leavitt were both extremely good at the performative part of this job. They were driven by a pure, simmering hatred for journalists, anyone who didn't like Trump, and democracy itself. It gave them a dark power. Zacharia doesn't have that pulsing energy.
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Brian Lemaire @lieutenant-kije.bsky.social · 9h
Starting with killing the Voice of America.
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thebeadon.bsky.social @thebeadon.bsky.social · 18h
Thanks for writing this up. One has to make further connections though - 300k tons of diesel fits on between 1-3 oil tankers. Not that many! So - it feels like this it's a cover to send something BACK to Russia on the "empty" ships. Is anyone watching that closely ? Munitions? Weapons ?
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pleasantlypenguin.bsky.social @pleasantlypenguin.bsky.social · 22h
I expect to be seeing the Slava Russkie yard signs any day now. What a putz!
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 22h
Trump’s October Surprise is a pivot to Putin… My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Trump’s October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin
No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?
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