Leonore (Lee) Carpenter
@leecarpenter.bsky.social
Rutgers Law prof. Into democracy, dogs, and cheese. Knows about LGBTQ+ rights, public interest lawyering, legal ethics, state constitutions, LRW. Too insubordinate for autocracy. 🏳️🌈
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I join the chorus of people from Philly and beyond in thanking @houlahan.house.gov, as well as @deluzio.house.gov and the other four members of Congress targeted by Donald Trump, for your unwavering defense of our Constitution.
There must be no place in our country for political violence. (1/2)
There must be no place in our country for political violence. (1/2)
Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I join the chorus of people from Philly and beyond in thanking @houlahan.house.gov, as well as @deluzio.house.gov and the other four members of Congress targeted by Donald Trump, for your unwavering defense of our Constitution.
There must be no place in our country for political violence. (1/2)
There must be no place in our country for political violence. (1/2)
Americans who know that Puerto Ricans are Americans: “Why can’t other Americans understand that Puerto Ricans are Americans?”
NYT:
NYT:
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Americans who know that Puerto Ricans are Americans: “Why can’t other Americans understand that Puerto Ricans are Americans?”
NYT:
NYT:
Here’s me wondering why I’m exhausted and then realizing it might be because this being Inaugural Micropenis Week is not even the weirdest thing that happened in the last five days.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Here’s me wondering why I’m exhausted and then realizing it might be because this being Inaugural Micropenis Week is not even the weirdest thing that happened in the last five days.
I do not understand anything that is happening here, the most glaring of which is that Trump sounds like a relatively normal person.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I do not understand anything that is happening here, the most glaring of which is that Trump sounds like a relatively normal person.
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Shame on Rep. Clay Higgins & shame on anyone who thinks this is acceptable.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Shame on Rep. Clay Higgins & shame on anyone who thinks this is acceptable.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
Are Women Ruining the Workplace?
Of course it's trite, but imagine if Biden or Obama said this to a reporter?!
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Are Women Ruining the Workplace?
There are a lot of people on here today flipping out at the possibility that other people on here might be giving Rep. Jewish Space Lasers credit for anything. To those people, I remind you that the Allies could not have won WWII without the USSR, so maybe make some tea and just breathe through it.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
There are a lot of people on here today flipping out at the possibility that other people on here might be giving Rep. Jewish Space Lasers credit for anything. To those people, I remind you that the Allies could not have won WWII without the USSR, so maybe make some tea and just breathe through it.
Absofuckinglutely
The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Absofuckinglutely
Today I read that Cecil Rhodes said "I would annex the planets if I could; I often think of that. It makes me sad to see them so clear and yet so far.” And this made Elon Musk snap into historical context in a very specific way.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today I read that Cecil Rhodes said "I would annex the planets if I could; I often think of that. It makes me sad to see them so clear and yet so far.” And this made Elon Musk snap into historical context in a very specific way.
I invite you to join me in imagining the cover art on these VHS tapes.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I invite you to join me in imagining the cover art on these VHS tapes.
The GOP is going to see some seemingly inexplicable erosion of support across different subsets of the 45-64 crowd and it’s going to turn out to be entirely parents of 15 year old girls.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The GOP is going to see some seemingly inexplicable erosion of support across different subsets of the 45-64 crowd and it’s going to turn out to be entirely parents of 15 year old girls.
Posted without comment.
Dave McCormick says John Fetterman will ‘probably’ leave hospital Saturday as GOP floods the Democrat with well wishes
Dave McCormick, Karoline Leavitt and Mehmet Oz were among those sending good vibes to the Democratic senator after he was hospitalized this week after a heart issue caused him to fall.
share.inquirer.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Someone help me understand the double commas.
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Someone help me understand the double commas.
Oh hey, I get to stay married for now so I got that going for me.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oh hey, I get to stay married for now so I got that going for me.
When I was a little kid, my brother and I used to play a game where we were space warriors. Our parents didn’t let us have toy guns so we’d use the nozzle from the garden hose. I’m sure we looked completely ridiculous.
No one has ever reminded me more of that hose nozzle than Chuck Schumer.
No one has ever reminded me more of that hose nozzle than Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
When I was a little kid, my brother and I used to play a game where we were space warriors. Our parents didn’t let us have toy guns so we’d use the nozzle from the garden hose. I’m sure we looked completely ridiculous.
No one has ever reminded me more of that hose nozzle than Chuck Schumer.
No one has ever reminded me more of that hose nozzle than Chuck Schumer.
If she published this post on paper I would buy it in hardcover and give it to my friends for Christmas.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If she published this post on paper I would buy it in hardcover and give it to my friends for Christmas.
Soldiers are going to food banks while Trump rolls out a mortgage you can’t pay off until you’re 90 and the New York Times is still convinced that this whole socialism thing is a fad like the Labubu.
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Soldiers are going to food banks while Trump rolls out a mortgage you can’t pay off until you’re 90 and the New York Times is still convinced that this whole socialism thing is a fad like the Labubu.
These threads never disappoint.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
These threads never disappoint.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping’s Greetings to all!
Five yrs ago today in my role as head of Voter Protection for Biden-Harris in Phila, at right about this moment, I was reaching out to our team to figure out who could sneak into a hastily-called press conference by Rudy Giuliani at the Four Seasons Hotel ... and then, what, it's going to be where??
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Four Seasons Total Landscaping’s Greetings to all!
I’ll believe it when they finally deliver those taco trucks.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ll believe it when they finally deliver those taco trucks.
Sometimes little races say just as much as big ones.
Downingtown elects Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor
Democrat Erica Deuso defeated Republican Richard Bryant in the borough of Downingtown’s mayoral election.
whyy.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Sometimes little races say just as much as big ones.
What’s that cackling, you asked? Oh, that’s just me thinking about how much money Jeff Yass just wasted on junk mail in Pennsylvania.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What’s that cackling, you asked? Oh, that’s just me thinking about how much money Jeff Yass just wasted on junk mail in Pennsylvania.
If there is a better way to troll MAGA without losing an iota of your soul in the process, I have never seen it.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If there is a better way to troll MAGA without losing an iota of your soul in the process, I have never seen it.
I know there aren't a LOT of people in Maine, but I've been there a couple of times and I know that there are at least a handful who 1) are not Susan Collins, 2) are not nearly 80, and 3) don't have Nazi tattoos.
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I know there aren't a LOT of people in Maine, but I've been there a couple of times and I know that there are at least a handful who 1) are not Susan Collins, 2) are not nearly 80, and 3) don't have Nazi tattoos.