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Neal Leblanc

@nealleblanc.bsky.social
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Eclectic, bizarre, Canadian father, former cognitive scientist that had to get a "real job", humanist, believer that basic human rights are universal, burnt-out fake fan of the Ottawa Senators, and unapologetic Disney adult.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 09/10/2026
It’s not just Donald Trump. It’s the Republican Party. Tired of this shit? Show them this November. youtu.be/iqFjrxJvUEA
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NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: They Defended Him
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026
we're seeing it in the senate and we're seeing it in the house: a lot of Rs who haven't had to run a competitive general election in years - or ever, really - are suddenly in a position where they have to, and none of them know how to do it
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Behind the Bastards is apparently eligible for a Golden Globe this year I can't imagine we'll win, given the number of podcasts by famous Hollywood people on the list. But it's nice to be considered eligible! goldenglobes.com/articles/bes...
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Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed - Golden Globes
Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed The Golden Globes announced the 30 podcasts that are eligible to submit for consideration in the Best Podcast category for the 84th Golden G...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/10/2026
In a normal world, the 26 Republicans up for election in our target districts would condemn Trump for his treasonous comments last night. But they won’t.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i think this is often the case. there's often a need to believe the story is much more complicated below the surface, but sometimes it's not.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The sitting president of the United States just stood before a “crowd” of his supporters & suggested Iran “take out” two American cities, adding that it would be a “small price to pay”, and somehow that’s not the lead story on every newscast this morning. Not even in the top 5.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’d argue the entire media does this consistently
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 "An unimaginable position to hold. Stop this right now." @timmiller.bsky.social calls out Democrats like @repbillfoster.bsky.social & Sen. @cortezmasto.senate.gov who appear ready to let Trump's corporate allies get away with corruption🧐. #BananaRepublic 🍌 Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjK...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026
Stevens: Endorses Abdul Slotkin: Endorses Abdul Nessel: Endorses Abdul Peters: Endorses Abdul Whitmer: Endorses Abdul Harris: Endorses Abdul DSCC: $30M helping Abdul OBAMA: Endorses Abdul Leftists: "WHY DO MODERATES WANT ABDUL TO LOSE???" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/b...
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Barack Obama is to appear with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit
Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"I take Utahns’ voting rights very, very seriously. They are sacred, and they ought to be protected, and they ought to be preserved, and they shouldn’t be mucked around with for political purposes.” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/utah...
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Utah’s top election chief says Trump admin’s ‘gamesmanship’ with voting keeps her up at night
Editor’s note: This story is part of We Vote Utah, a partnership between KUER, PBS Utah and Utah News Dispatch to cover Utah’s 2026 elections.The top election official in the red state of Utah has bee...
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
it would be nice if this was accurate but it is not. nothing that even vaguely resembles modern generative AI is possible without mass copyright violation.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tell me again about the violent left-wing rhetoric.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026
that this is over the daylight savings bill of all things is ten times funnier
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need Dan Rather in our main stream media again. He was not a coward in his reporting.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
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GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Once again, Dunning and Kruger for the win.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 03/10/2026
Elephant in the room - Alberta separatists have gone to DC offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support & Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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alex @alexgilligann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
that’s my fucking captain right there
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nothing like opening a season by beating the Leafs in their arena. #Sens
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wow. This does make it so much worse.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In July, I led several Senators in a request to the Secretary of the Air Force to disclose how much money is being stolen from taxpayers to pay for Trump’s luxury Qatari jet. Today I got a reply. 100 words. Telling Congress to screw off. Can’t wait for a Democratic Senate!
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If only there were a mechanism for a recall election so he could prove it ..
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's problem was that he didn't brag enough. That was it
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If it's the election board asking, aren't they effectively saying that they are either too corrupt or too incompetent to run the midterms?
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DEVELOPING: A federal judge is initiating a “fact finding” process to determine whether the U.S. attorney’s office intentionally misled her in the “Broadview Six” case, a rare step that could lead to criminal contempt charges or other sanctions. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Judge to begin inquiry that could lead to criminal contempt charges in ‘Broadview Six’ case
A federal judge on Thursday said she’d initiate a “fact finding” process to determine whether potential criminal contempt charges are warranted against prosecutors in the “Broadview Six” case.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right?
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dark thread. Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think it's hilarious he can't even go through the motions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/2026
3rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training
Opinion under seal for now.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 30/09/2026
From the team that brought you AI John Cena Who Sexts Your Kids comes a profoundly bad new way to hoover up your data.
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Neal Leblanc @nealleblanc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This should probably be shared and repeated until Natalie feels she needs to print it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
New in PN: Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith "The GOP playbook relies on an absolute lack of shame, so Schmitt dutifully bellied up to the microphone to celebrate his flawless victory with the chuds keeping the grift alive in Charlie Kirk’s old studio."
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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