AB4Democracy
ab4democracy.bsky.social
AB4Democracy
@ab4democracy.bsky.social
Floridian who cares about keeping our democracy alive.
The right falls for them as well … Qanon, pizzagate, ivermectin, all the covid conspiracy theories …
July 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Yes, it appears that the family did indeed make up the story, which is itself unfathomable. I updated and closed the petition and am contacting Change to have it removed (I can't delete it myself). It's telling that the story was believable enough that many credible news orgs ran it.
July 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If those reading this story are as outraged as I am, please sign this petition calling on the federal government to retrieve Luis Leon and apologize publicly to him and his family:
www.change.org/p/bring-home...
Sign the Petition
Bring home Pennsylvanian Luis Leon, 82
www.change.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"While the President no doubt has the authority to manage the Executive Branch, our system does not allow the President to rewrite laws on his own under the guise of that authority."
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"... or a preschooler’s opportunity to learn in a safe environment. The details of the programs that this executive action targets are the product of policy choices that Congress has made—a representative democracy at work."
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM