Lee West
@whodat35.bsky.social
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST
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Live: Protesters oppose Border Patrol presence in New Orleans
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Anti-voting activist Cleta Mitchell, who played a key role in Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 elections, said she is “praying” the DOJ obtains Fulton County, GA ballots to investigate debunked allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election | Democracy Docket
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Cleta Mitchell ‘Praying’ DOJ Seizes Georgia Ballots in Probe of Debunked 2020 Election Claims
Read more here.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Anti-voting activist Cleta Mitchell, who played a key role in Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 elections, said she is “praying” the DOJ obtains Fulton County, GA ballots to investigate debunked allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election | Democracy Docket
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Proof positive that Trump sees his ridiculous binge pardons as nothing but loyalty oaths…
Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned. | TNR
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Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned. | TNR
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Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned
The president is extremely upset with Texas Representative Henry Cuellar.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Proof positive that Trump sees his ridiculous binge pardons as nothing but loyalty oaths…
Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned. | TNR
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Trump Explodes at Democrat He Recently Pardoned. | TNR
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People keep asking me if I have a block list.
The largest purveyors of propaganda on this platform today.
Here it is:
The largest purveyors of propaganda on this platform today.
Here it is:
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
People keep asking me if I have a block list.
The largest purveyors of propaganda on this platform today.
Here it is:
The largest purveyors of propaganda on this platform today.
Here it is:
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Farm bankruptcies spiked thr last time Trump did tarrifs in 2018- than needed to bail out farmers.
Less farms = more expensive food
Trump printed trillions for tax cuts
All in -$8 trillion added to deficit
Tarrifs didn't bring in -8 trillion
Less farms = more expensive food
Trump printed trillions for tax cuts
All in -$8 trillion added to deficit
Tarrifs didn't bring in -8 trillion
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Farm bankruptcies spiked thr last time Trump did tarrifs in 2018- than needed to bail out farmers.
Less farms = more expensive food
Trump printed trillions for tax cuts
All in -$8 trillion added to deficit
Tarrifs didn't bring in -8 trillion
Less farms = more expensive food
Trump printed trillions for tax cuts
All in -$8 trillion added to deficit
Tarrifs didn't bring in -8 trillion
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Amee Vanderpool : Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in svca for seniors. @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
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Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in svca for seniors. @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
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Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in services for seniors.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Amee Vanderpool : Medicare Benefits Decreasing
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in svca for seniors. @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/shero/p/...
Rising health care costs is always an issue, but the Senate's failure to pass legislation that covers the cost of ACA subsidies might be causing a disastrous decrease in svca for seniors. @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/shero/p/...
Bessent Divested From Soybean Farms After Ethics Office Warning. | NY Times gift 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
December 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Bessent Divested From Soybean Farms After Ethics Office Warning. | NY Times gift 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
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this is some pretzel logic from the republican senator from utah. good grief.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
this is some pretzel logic from the republican senator from utah. good grief.
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Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
👀 The ghost of J. Edgar Hoover Christmas past is back… just in time for the holidays.
He’s got a list (enemies list a mile long) and he’s checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. 🎵
He’s got a list (enemies list a mile long) and he’s checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. 🎵
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
👀 The ghost of J. Edgar Hoover Christmas past is back… just in time for the holidays.
He’s got a list (enemies list a mile long) and he’s checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. 🎵
He’s got a list (enemies list a mile long) and he’s checking it twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. 🎵
Manchild Musk gets his feelings hurt by Europe; decides to bring the wrath of Krasnov down by amplifying Nat Security Strategy doc that parrots Russian propaganda & goes against U.S. treaty allies, U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessments of Russia + large bipartisan majorities in the U.S. Congress.
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Manchild Musk gets his feelings hurt by Europe; decides to bring the wrath of Krasnov down by amplifying Nat Security Strategy doc that parrots Russian propaganda & goes against U.S. treaty allies, U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessments of Russia + large bipartisan majorities in the U.S. Congress.
ICYMI: Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry actively pushed to redirect public funds to private schools through his "LA GATOR" Education Savings Account (ESA) program… which was basically a cookie cutter piece of SPN legislation used in other red states like Tennessee & Texas. www.wwno.org/education/20...
Senate approves Landry's plan to give parents public money for private school
The heavily amended bill passed largely along party lines, with four Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ICYMI: Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry actively pushed to redirect public funds to private schools through his "LA GATOR" Education Savings Account (ESA) program… which was basically a cookie cutter piece of SPN legislation used in other red states like Tennessee & Texas. www.wwno.org/education/20...
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Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito received over $2.4 million in "unreported gifts" from conservative billionaires with business before the Supreme Court, funneled through an organization whose mission is to pack the SCOTUS with their right-wing judges.
Unrig the Supreme Court.
Unrig the Supreme Court.
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito received over $2.4 million in "unreported gifts" from conservative billionaires with business before the Supreme Court, funneled through an organization whose mission is to pack the SCOTUS with their right-wing judges.
Unrig the Supreme Court.
Unrig the Supreme Court.
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Trump’s FBI is building a list of individuals and groups who oppose and protest Trump, support immigrants and LGBTQ+ people, and criticize capitalism —in order to label and investigate them as domestic terrorists.
This is the fascism we were warning about.
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This is the fascism we were warning about.
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FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
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December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Trump’s FBI is building a list of individuals and groups who oppose and protest Trump, support immigrants and LGBTQ+ people, and criticize capitalism —in order to label and investigate them as domestic terrorists.
This is the fascism we were warning about.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
This is the fascism we were warning about.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
Protesters in New Orleans made it nearly impossible for Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino to lead an operation to detain undocumented immigrants. | Raw Story
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'You're scaring everybody!' Protesters cripple Border Patrol chief's new operation
Protesters in New Orleans made it nearly impossible for Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino to lead an operation to detain undocumented immigrants.As Bovino and his men walked throughout the city on Fr...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Protesters in New Orleans made it nearly impossible for Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino to lead an operation to detain undocumented immigrants. | Raw Story
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Mouth breathers?
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Mouth breathers?
Today’s musings…
Why the Dire State of Local News Matters – And Some Reasons for Hope
Local news fosters connection – and staves off corruption.
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Why the Dire State of Local News Matters – And Some Reasons for Hope
Local news fosters connection – and staves off corruption.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today’s musings…
Why the Dire State of Local News Matters – And Some Reasons for Hope
Local news fosters connection – and staves off corruption.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
Why the Dire State of Local News Matters – And Some Reasons for Hope
Local news fosters connection – and staves off corruption.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
Who’s next Homan? Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, French-Americans, German-Americans? Fill-in-the-blank immigrant descendants. You know since more than 90% of Somali-Americans ARE American citizens. As are Vietnamese Americans and Hispanic-Americans.
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Homan defends Trump after president calls Somali community ‘garbage’
The border czar said he “100 percent” supports the president’s immigration crackdown.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Who’s next Homan? Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, French-Americans, German-Americans? Fill-in-the-blank immigrant descendants. You know since more than 90% of Somali-Americans ARE American citizens. As are Vietnamese Americans and Hispanic-Americans.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Louisiana is living proof that not only is multiculturalism a great thing, but it creates such a vibrant culture that is greater than the sum of it's parts. Creole culture has produced the MOST uniquely American food, language, music, art, and culture. We are MORE American bc it exists only here.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Louisiana is living proof that not only is multiculturalism a great thing, but it creates such a vibrant culture that is greater than the sum of it's parts. Creole culture has produced the MOST uniquely American food, language, music, art, and culture. We are MORE American bc it exists only here.
While the French Revolution (1789-1799) occurred after most French colonization of Louisiana, revolutionary ideals influenced the territory, and key figures like Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (brothers who 🧵
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
While the French Revolution (1789-1799) occurred after most French colonization of Louisiana, revolutionary ideals influenced the territory, and key figures like Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (brothers who 🧵
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At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
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As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & #humanrights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation.
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
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December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & #humanrights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation.
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what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job.
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job.
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...