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MizLeslie

@mizleslie.bsky.social
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Old lady living in Georgia. Currently watching the destruction of America from the sidelines.

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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 1h
It’s truly incomprehensible that anyone who votes for the excellent @ossoff.bsky.social would also vote for this creep Jackson.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 7h
Altman seems to live exclusively in some self-contained world of fantasy and sci fi.
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 8h
Trump and MAGA have unleashed ethnic cleansing, concentration camps, and shocking incidents of fascist murder upon America. It is such a brutal, visceral betrayal of the "we're the good guys!" US national psyche, that it's opening up all kinds of fascinating electoral possibilities.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
HOW do the adults in this system live with themselves? How do they go home and sleep at night after supporting and performing in this absolute travesty of “justice” or even basic human decency?
cnn.com
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What cosplay is this clown auditioning for? He is beyond ludicrous into some new realm of the preposterous . . .
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The arrogant, grasping stupidity of these people is truly hard to grasp.
nytimes.com
Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes yes and yes. Almost nothing could be more important because the current court majority seems bent on destroying our democracy. Reform is vital.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He's right, of course.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Vladimir Putin is running the United States diplomatic and, probably, military policies. Is this a problem? @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social he’s right. Dems need to show what a forceful legal fight against rampant illegality looks like. We need to see the American gov operate according to our Constitution again even as we crush these fascists.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brainstorm: How do we use this to taint everyone getting funding from Musk. "Backed by the guy demanding the right to disseminate fake pictures showing you naked"?
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 02/10/2026
I strongly encourage Republicans to run on this message!
Screen shot of a Fox News clip with Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett saying: "The higher mortgage rates are actually a good sign for the economy because corporations are borrowing money to build things like data centers instead of lending to homeowners."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
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Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller - emptywheel
When announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that...
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More confirmation that the Trump Administration is staying underground with its anti-abortion plans until after the midterms. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
washingtonsun.com
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/10/2026
⁨Arizona was hit hardest by SNAP cuts. A 52% reduction in recipients - that's 400,000 people, including hungry children, who have been kicked off assistance. Juan Ciscomani voted for this in the BBB and expects Arizonans to forgive him?⁩
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They are smoking some funny stuff over at DOJ--dreaming of Nixon who, I admit, looks like a good guy compared to trump. Good thing we don't have any problems/scandals/crises in the present.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent, clarifying piece about this creepy guy's claims to almost superhuman accomplishment in becoming a "self-made" man, a "feat" that left him ungenerous, unpleasantly judgmental and so ungrateful that he wants to prevent the state from helping those in need, as he once was.
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Rick Jackson claims to be a self-made man. Let’s unpack this American myth.
Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson is touting his story as a self-made man who owes nobody anything, but that feeds into an old and dangerous American myth.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Since John Roberts seems bent on destroying American democracy, removing our civil rights and enshrining a dictator, I have to say that I'm fine with his Maine summer house neighbors making him uncomfortable.
nytimes.com
John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Give yourself the pleasure of listening to "Johnny Cash’s version of the old gospel song “God’s Gonna Cut You Down," linked in the story. And, hope it comes for Stephen Miller and Russell Voght, too.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out
Voters are showing a growing determination to repudiate his presidency.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Men Explain Rape to Me.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If this preposterous statement is meant to buttress JD's would-be hyper-masculine image, I don't know what to tell him . . .
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This database program is, obvs, a terrible idea, and its use for mass surveillance would most likely be unconstitutional.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hereby . . .
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Enjoy this romp as the author eviscerates the moron Senator Schmitt with the able assistance of Senator Foghorn Leghorn. These guys are a national embarrassment.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someone’s gotta document and make public that all of this is lawless. Not to mention brutal and the result of one man’s sociopathic obsessions.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus Christ dude
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interesting. After the elction, there will be 34 non-Republican senators left in the Senate to 31 Repubs. Quite a bit of room for hardball maneuvering, if needed to combat trump efforts to steal the election.
theguardian.com
How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congratulations! It’s a gorgeous painting.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apparently a feature, not a bug.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And then, of course, there is the matter of the woman’s life—which, if not ruined, will be forever damaged. Sexual assault is not something you “just get over with.”
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evelyn maguire @evelyn.fyi · 28/09/2026
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I'm starting my annual awareness posting a couple weeks early. A study came across my feed this morning that quantifies what I and so many other…...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I'm starting my annual awareness posting a couple weeks early. A study came across my feed this morning that quantifies what I and so many other surv...
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unless this counts military or other international ballots that may have separate rules, I'm not sure what this count means in Georgia. Requested absentee ballots can be mailed to voters starting Oct 5. Early in-person voting doesn't begin until Oct 13.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 28/09/2026
ICE posted "mortality reviews" for 30+ people who've died in its custody—
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FOIA ICE Library
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Slavery seems to be the model.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes. The cap is ridiculous.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The man is correct! What a couple of brilliant, practical ideas. Of course, it helps that he's a doctor and has to wrestle with the other sides of our broken systems.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AND, get the illegally deported detainees back from these countries. We are far into war crime territory.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To be clear, Mr. Attorney General, the 1st Cir struck down your policy after full adversary briefing on 9/18. Rather than seek clarification on whether it took effect immediately, you tried to fly still more people to 3d countries so it would be too late for them. On 9/23 it found out & stopped you.
Without even allowing the government a chance to respond, and in the dark of night, a federal appeals court blocked us from conducting all third-country removals of illegal aliens, an entirely legal and invaluable tool to stem the tide of illegal immigration. We will immediately seek relief from the Supreme Court, which previously granted a stay in this very same case.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jon Husted just voted to continue the Iran war for the 14th time. While Ohioans are paying record high costs at the gas pump and the grocery store, Jon Husted is voting for more war – and costing you more money – every chance he gets.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is America today, where we used to be a nation of laws. Great thread by some truly dedicated lawyers trying to defend their clients in the face of lawless behavior by our government.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mini-thread. Sums it all up.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Important piece.
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Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW exclusive from me: Health officials moved money out of the Office of Minority Health to help pay for the ballooning costs of RFK Jr.'s security gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t think so, Tom. You’re not reading the room. People think what you are doing is cruel and disgusting and they don’t even get paid a bribe to listen to you.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The final solution, huh?
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@msnowreports.bsky.social What happened to @crooked.com at 9:00 PM Saturday and 8:00 PM Sunday this weekend? It’s still on the schedule and it’s what I want to watch. Very disappointed.
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MizLeslie @mizleslie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"“The way that a country and a govt treats its children and children in their custody is a direct representation of the level of morality or immorality of that govt and those individuals,” [US Rep] Escobar said. “And so it is shameful the way that this administration has chosen to treat children.”"
theguardian.com
Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation
Exclusive: Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates
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