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Washington State dem💙. Retired educator, older mom of two Genzies. Gardening, playing music, cooking, reading, nature stuff, cats and yes, watching some football and baseball are my things🏈🎸👩‍🌾 🧑‍🍳📚🙃. DM🚫🚫

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leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · 14h

Wenatchee WA #nokings #washingtonstate #PNW

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
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Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 17d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · 25d

Komo 4 paid advertisers:

Photo lists various advertisers on Komo 4 Seattle.

Photo lists carious advertisers for Komo 4 Seattle.

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ChuckCjmmn @chuckcjmmn.bsky.social · 28d

This absolutel vile piece of maga shit. No surprise at all that he’s been taking bribes and the Trump DOJ shut it down.

The entire Trump team is filled with rapists, grifters, liars and thieves.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Aug 30

I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The firefighter, whose name has not been made public, has lived in the US for 19 years after arriving with his family at the age of four. He received a U-visa certification from the US attorney's office in Oregon in 2017 and submitted his U-visa application with US Citizenship and Immigration Services the following year.
The U-visa program was established by Congress to protect victims of serious crimes who assist federal investigators, and the man has been waiting since 2018 for the immigration agency to decide on his application, according to Stephen Manning, a lawyer with Innovation Law Lab, a Portland-based nonprofit representing the firefighter.
Another homeland security policy says agents cannot detain people who are receiving or have applied for victim-based immigration benefits, his lawyer said. Charging the man with an immigration violation was "an illegal after-the-fact justification" given his U-visa status.

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leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · Aug 10

Just had my Medicare birthday…

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jul 27

This sucks

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Jun 9

"If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to 'reevaluate' longstanding pediatric vaccines."

RFK Jr.’s War on Vaccines Is Here

Anyone who thinks he’ll stop with COVID shots is deluding themselves. The time to raise hell is now.

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leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · Jun 4

FYI

Press release on active search for Travis Decker who is suspected of killing his three daughters in Chelan County, WA.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · May 28

A viral post is spreading fear on all platforms, supposedly from Liz and Me, about a nonexistent bill—just like the far right used to do. We cannot become what we’re fighting. The truth still matters. We win by being better, not louder.

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Don’t Fight Lies With Fear—Fight Them With Truth

If we abandon integrity in the name of urgency, we lose ourselves.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · May 22

I contend that there is no hell on earth worse than trying to find good care for a child with mental illness. It is a completely failed system. I don’t see a word about that in the report—just a clear agenda to deprive kids of necessary medication.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · May 21

Imagine illegally shipping legal immigrants to a concentration camp overseas — then crying on national TV because someone pointed out you don’t know the damn law.

She’s not a victim. She’s the architect of state violence. Save your sympathy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 21

Boyle: "This is really the breaking news ... because of the size of the deficits, because of the paygo act, that would trigger sequestration of Medicare, and it would total over $500 billion. The official figure that CBO confirms is $535 billion in cuts to Medicare."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · May 12

Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · May 3

The orange felon is throwing himself a dictator military parade which will cost over $90M, the MAGA regime are paying money to domestic terrorist Ashli Babbitt’s family and a racist woman raised money after calling a kid the N-word.

Fascism and hate are in full display.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Apr 29

POETIC JUSTICE FOR TRUMP:

On the same day Liberal candidate Mark Carney wins in Canada, Trump told a journalist that he runs the country…and the world.

Donald, you can’t even run your mouth without tanking the economy. And the world hates you.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Apr 25

Seriously, why is RFK Jr worried about dyes in food when his department is cutting safety standards for milk and chicken?

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leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · Apr 20

Wenatchee WA today…

leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · Apr 20

Wenatchee, WA

leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · Apr 17

Ready for Saturday!!!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Apr 15

Breaking:

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen just announced he'll depart tomorrow (Wednesday) for El Salvador to attempt to secure the release of Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

"We must urgently continue working to return Kilmar safely home to Maryland."

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leighasinfree.bsky.social @leighasinfree.bsky.social · Apr 14

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