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La Lees

@linda212.bsky.social
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comp lit/classics/theatre/cultural entrepreneur; once Brit Council; ex-TEFAF; Creative Cities Intl; Berkeley PhD; #IStandwithUkraine🇺🇦

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think a lot of people would have started following me when we rescued Rodney in Thailand. How he lived through those first days I’ll never know. To see him and run a couple of laps with him in London this weekend was magical ❤️
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 15/09/2026
It’s not a goddamn “branding dispute,” @apnews.com. Do your job.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We will always love you.
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Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You [Official Music Video]
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What an impressive leader Zelensky has proven to be. Not perfect but courageous, resourceful, intelligent, resilient and very much the man his nation and Europe needed at a critical and dangerous moment.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026
Senate Dems just announced a $40 million ground game investment across 10 battleground states. I’m pleasantly surprised. Instead of blowing it on expensive TV ads, they’re investing in field staff, new offices, volunteer programs, and outreach to Latino, Black, and Alaska Native voters. 1/2
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2026
THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER FASCISM — BRAVERY Before the attacks & the hot takes start, a few facts: Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, a career logistics officer, a NATO officer, and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan… 🧵
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/06/2026
Wow! Iran left a thank you note in their locker room thanking LA for its hospitality during the World Cup. Be sure you read the last line: “May peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations.” (Source: Reuters)
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 21/06/2026
As I just heard someone comment: He has actually failed at surrendering.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hereby drawing attention to the decency, integrity, and dignity of Andy Kim
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 07/03/2026
Hey-o!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 28/02/2026
TRUMP’S IRAN WAR: we are starting a war illegally (ie without congressional approval), in order to obliterate Iran’s nuclear capability, which the White House has said it does not have any more as a result of the Trump administration’s attack on Iran last year? In short: An illegal pretextual war.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is basically the good teacher coming in with a grin and saying, "Okay, everybody back to class" after the bad teacher (Tisch) shrieks, "I'm putting you all on double detention!" The quote-posts saying "He's capitulating to fascism!"...some of you really need to adjust your dials.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Shut down Dilley. www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
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The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley
A baby who needs medicine. A toddler whose detained mom may have breast cancer. A suicide attempt.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Bessent really features an unmatched combination of utter stupidity and smug arrogance.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 20/01/2026
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them: "We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be." "What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Local news Fox9 reports: ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains. "He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview. hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/01/2026
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
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How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
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Permission2BFancy @permission2bfancy.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Calling all my work emails “corporate white papers” from now on
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La Lees @linda212.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Excellent. A+
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy. Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality. John Roberts > Roger Taney. Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 16/11/2025
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/11/2025
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Trump isn’t meeting with Democrats for we have no bribes for him. He can’t make any money from the meeting.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Friends, Trump is gone. Listen to this. It's incredible that there is no national discourse about whether he can continue to do the job.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
MeidasTouch ad censored by Fox News! #cdnpoli It would be a shame if people kept reposting it over and over.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Spot on.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote. zohranfornyc.com/register
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 25/09/2025
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BREAKING: with the news that the new EDVA US Attorney, put in place by Trump to indict Comey when the prior US Attorney seemed to balk, is poised to do just that, here are some thoughts. —The case mu...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/09/2025
Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor. Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.
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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
And now for something completely different… Sofie Amalia Ribbing 1835 – 1894 Swedish painter of the Düsseldorf School. She specialized in portraits and genre scenes, often placed in family settings Boys Drawing (aka Drawing Boys), 1864 Oil on canvas 91.5 cm 79 cm Gothenburg Museum of Art
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Recognition that the MAGA-ized court majority, devoid of judicial integrity, is nothing but a band of partisan hacks should inform democracy advocates’ agenda.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.” He was just taken into ICE custody.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 21/08/2025
New York is ready.
Graphic featuring Governor Kathy Hochul, with overlaying text: "Game on." Governor Kathy Hochul on Texas House Republicans passing Trump's RIGGED congressional maps
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
“People can get huffy that my insanely stupid husband is exposing their children to measles, cancer, and/or death. It’s rather strange and touchy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I am once again asking you to knock on doors to win a city we can afford. zohranfornyc.com/events
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