JP Leskovich 🌈🕊💙
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The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.
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Making this horrific choice, especially during Hanukkah and in the immediate aftermath of the Bondi Beach attack, is disgusting. Swastikas and nooses aren’t “potentially divisive” – they are explicit endorsements of hate against Jews and the Black community. Reverse this now.
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Making this horrific choice, especially during Hanukkah and in the immediate aftermath of the Bondi Beach attack, is disgusting. Swastikas and nooses aren’t “potentially divisive” – they are explicit endorsements of hate against Jews and the Black community. Reverse this now.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has escalated its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly into an official Command Investigation under military law, further targeting a sitting U.S. senator for constitutionally protected speech.
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has escalated its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly into an official Command Investigation under military law, further targeting a sitting U.S. senator for constitutionally protected speech.
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Amanda Seyfried refuses to apologise for calling Charlie Kirk hateful: 'Pretty damn factual'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/11/amanda-seyfried-refuses-apologise-charlie-kirk-hateful/?utm_content=1765747200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/11/amanda-seyfried-refuses-apologise-charlie-kirk-hateful/?utm_content=1765747200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Amanda Seyfried refuses to apologise for calling Charlie Kirk hateful
Amanda Seyfried has doubled down on calling Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk 'hateful' following his death in September.
www.thepinknews.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Amanda Seyfried refuses to apologise for calling Charlie Kirk hateful: 'Pretty damn factual'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/11/amanda-seyfried-refuses-apologise-charlie-kirk-hateful/?utm_content=1765747200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/11/amanda-seyfried-refuses-apologise-charlie-kirk-hateful/?utm_content=1765747200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Baseline shifting doesn’t just numb us, it erases meaning. And if we allow that, the losses keep piling up while our response keeps shrinking.
We cannot afford that. Not now.
We cannot afford that. Not now.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Baseline shifting doesn’t just numb us, it erases meaning. And if we allow that, the losses keep piling up while our response keeps shrinking.
We cannot afford that. Not now.
We cannot afford that. Not now.
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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We are putting innocent people in wildcat internment camps where a steady stream of credible evidence and testimony reveals rampant torture, rape, and basic medical/sanitary deprivation and we get a press release about how Trump needs to respect the process.
December 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We are putting innocent people in wildcat internment camps where a steady stream of credible evidence and testimony reveals rampant torture, rape, and basic medical/sanitary deprivation and we get a press release about how Trump needs to respect the process.
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If I was the federal government of the richest country in the history of the world I would be inclined to fund the development of open source incident tracking software that fire departments could use freely but what the hell do I know
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If I was the federal government of the richest country in the history of the world I would be inclined to fund the development of open source incident tracking software that fire departments could use freely but what the hell do I know
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I think it's really cool that we have democratic leadership that is largely silent about this issue. A leadership that believes making a "tsk tsk" press release once every month counts as a form of political opposition while otherwise dropping the issue in its entirety.
An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I think it's really cool that we have democratic leadership that is largely silent about this issue. A leadership that believes making a "tsk tsk" press release once every month counts as a form of political opposition while otherwise dropping the issue in its entirety.
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Everyone in this admin, from the president on down, rushes to social media to put things out rather than act responsibly and prudently. Always looking to declare victory while seeking praise.
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Everyone in this admin, from the president on down, rushes to social media to put things out rather than act responsibly and prudently. Always looking to declare victory while seeking praise.
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We are shattered by the antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia. Antisemitism is a crisis that demands urgent, comprehensive action to keep all our communities safe.
Read our full statement: jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
Read our full statement: jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are shattered by the antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia. Antisemitism is a crisis that demands urgent, comprehensive action to keep all our communities safe.
Read our full statement: jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
Read our full statement: jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...
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This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, officials said. No one was in custody, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect for the campus. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, officials said. No one was in custody, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect for the campus. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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the entire thing is a spectacle based on a professional provacateur who comically gut put in charge of CBS news interviewing the bereaved wife of a far right political rabble rouser. No big mystery why adverts are squeamish. anyone w a media background says no shit
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
the entire thing is a spectacle based on a professional provacateur who comically gut put in charge of CBS news interviewing the bereaved wife of a far right political rabble rouser. No big mystery why adverts are squeamish. anyone w a media background says no shit
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Indiana Senate Republicans displayed more backbone to Trump this week than the leaders of Columbia and Northwestern and many law firms and countless other corporate leaders.
December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Indiana Senate Republicans displayed more backbone to Trump this week than the leaders of Columbia and Northwestern and many law firms and countless other corporate leaders.
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dreher and his friends would save us all a lot of time if they just said “jews”
Ok great. Guess we will have to take the personal reassurance of a guy responsible for a 250 page forum argument about whether or not his jacket fitted that Trump does not seek to subvert Western democracy
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
dreher and his friends would save us all a lot of time if they just said “jews”
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NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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real police state stuff
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
real police state stuff
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I do agree with this point from Greg, something I wrote about over the spring — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told... — and that has become all the more clear since. It should be noted, however, that aspects of this plan — particularly as to third-country removal — have largely been successful
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I do agree with this point from Greg, something I wrote about over the spring — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told... — and that has become all the more clear since. It should be noted, however, that aspects of this plan — particularly as to third-country removal — have largely been successful
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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If you commit murder you should definitely fear "personal legal blowback."
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug bo...
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you commit murder you should definitely fear "personal legal blowback."