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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 4h

She added:

“Human Rights Watch didn’t call for comedians to boycott the Riyadh Comedy Festival, but simply asked them to express their support for free speech by urging the release of Saudi activists unjustly imprisoned.”

T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 4h

“while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them to call for the release of detained Saudi activists,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch.

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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 5h

“states were notified only this week that they could finally place orders for Covid vaccines for kids through the Vaccines for Children program.”

Ahh.

T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 5h

We’re just waiting over here 😆

a man wearing sunglasses and a dodgers jersey is giving a thumbs up while sitting at a table .

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a dodgers jersey is giving a thumbs up while sitting at a table .

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 3d

"Argentines Blow Billions on Jordans and Jeans, Stoking Crisis -

Argentines are going on cross-border shopping sprees, costing Milei's government billions as it tries to prop up the peso."

Argentines Blow Billions on Jordans and Jeans, Stoking Crisis

Argentines are going on cross-border shopping sprees, costing Milei's government billions as it tries to prop up the peso

www.bloomberg.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 5h

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

Response from Sam Lau, Spokesperson, @hrc.org, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization:

"Yes, Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears, that is indeed discrimination. Vote for Abigail Spanberger."

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 7h

AS: My opponent has also previously said that she thinks it’s okay for someone to be fired from their job for being gay. That is discrimination.

WES: That’s not discrimination! (2/2)

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 8h

“Come On! Feel the Illinoise!”

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 9h

All the great Philly sports accounts post about their teams in a way where you can almost smell the plugged-in toaster next to the bathtub

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

It is:

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"Fraud has become a multimillion-dollar problem in America’s booming rehab industry, according to state officials, lawsuits filed by insurers and former clients, and federal indictments and convictions."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 27d

"Even before the steep tariffs took effect, coffee companies were dealing with issues with the global coffee supply, caused partly by droughts in Vietnam and Brazil, that were pushing up the cost of beans.

Some had raised prices earlier to offset the higher global cost of coffee."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 27d

"Even before the steep tariffs took effect, coffee companies were dealing with issues with the global coffee supply, caused partly by droughts in Vietnam and Brazil, that were pushing up the cost of beans.

Some had raised prices earlier to offset the higher global cost of coffee."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10d

"Cut off from the cultural riches of the past, we are condemned to live in a narcissistic eternal present."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 3d

The US recently offered a $20-billion loan to boost dollar reserves, a move lauded even by some of the Trump administration’s critics.

"The bailout is a wise and generous risk,” David Frum wrote in The Atlantic.

“May it proceed and may it succeed.”

@davidfrum.bsky.social

Bail Out Argentina

The Trump administration got this one right.

www.theatlantic.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 3d

The US recently offered a $20-billion loan to boost dollar reserves, a move lauded even by some of the Trump administration’s critics.

"The bailout is a wise and generous risk,” David Frum wrote in The Atlantic.

“May it proceed and may it succeed.”

@davidfrum.bsky.social

Bail Out Argentina

The Trump administration got this one right.

www.theatlantic.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 3d

The US recently offered a $20-billion loan to boost dollar reserves, a move lauded even by some of the Trump administration’s critics.

"The bailout is a wise and generous risk,” David Frum wrote in The Atlantic.

“May it proceed and may it succeed.”

@davidfrum.bsky.social

Bail Out Argentina

The Trump administration got this one right.

www.theatlantic.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"Fraud has become a multimillion-dollar problem in America’s booming rehab industry, according to state officials, lawsuits filed by insurers and former clients, and federal indictments and convictions."

T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"Meta paid $1.5M to charter flights for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg last year.

Zuckerberg owns a jet and bills his company when he uses it for business travel.

I guess this is the C-suite version of you and me putting in for mileage reimbursements when we drive our own cars on work trips."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"A slight majority of the 500 largest U.S. companies by revenue now pay for their CEOs to fly private.

While many of these companies are reducing headcount and asking their remaining employees to do more with less, their collective spending on private air travel is 76.7% higher than in 2020."

Bosses Are Cutting Costs, Just Not the Private Jet

Corporate spending on charter flights is soaring, to the dismay of workers being told to make do with less.

www.wsj.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"Case in point:

An errant public post to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and his other favored targets, was all it took to get what he wanted."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots -

Through command and chaos, Trump has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department,

taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"In a 2023 campaign video, Trump said he would “phase in tariffs and import restrictions to bring back production of all essential medicines to the United States of America where they belong,” referencing a number of common generic drugs.

T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"The decision not to impose tariffs on generics represents a major scaling-back of the scope of the Commerce Department’s tariff investigation into pharmaceuticals.

It is also a reversal of a Trump campaign pledge."

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 10h

"The Trump administration isn’t planning to impose tariffs on generic drugs, narrowing the scope of pharmaceutical levies.

Generic drugs, comprising about 90% of medicines dispensed to Americans, are largely sourced from outside the US."

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Exclusive | Trump Excludes Generics From Big Pharma Tariff Plan

The administration has been weighing duties for months on a range of products and ingredients in a national-security tariff investigation.

www.wsj.com

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 11h

For the refinery workers being laid off — most of whom lack a college degree — it’s unlikely they’ll find another job that pays as well, despite recent efforts by the state to help.

“You have people earning between $80k - $200k a year, and almost everyone is just a high school graduate..."

Oil refinery closures leave workers searching for a job that ‘just doesn’t exist’

As two more oil refineries prepare to close in California, workers who are laid off face limited job opportunities.

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T.L. 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 11h

"When Millspaugh logged in to his insurance portal, he found five different LLCs charged an average of $26,000 a week for services he said he didn’t receive.

In total, Blue Cross was charged half a million dollars over five months, according to his insurance records."

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