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Andrew Levesque

@andrewlevesque.bsky.social

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In a second trump term, opposition is the place where our actions - legal, philosophical, and activist - will overcome maga impulses. Continuous dialog opposing trumpism is paramount...

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · Mar 17

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 43m

www.axios.com/2025/10/07/w...

Exclusive: White House says it has funding to save food aid program

The administration will transfer funding derived from tariff revenue to keep WIC going for "the foreseeable future."

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 47m

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 53m

“Bullsh*t max reached”

(H/T @gavinnewsom.bsky.social )

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 47m

Unfortuatnely, these troops won't last through the cold of the Autumn...

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To trump's assemblage of billionaires and Fox Entertainment "News" hosts within a lawless Cabinet: take trump out. Use the 25th...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 51m

...Because comedy is paramount right now!...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 53m

I really wish Elon Musk would shoot Stephen Miller into the stratosphere so he can cook upon reentry to the earth...

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 57m

THIS is how it's done! Democrats' support is long overdue!...

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 59m

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Reason For Hope Amid the Wreckage

...If you woke up this morning with the vague sense that you were missing a goodly portion of your brain cells, it’s likely that you watched Pam Bondi’s performance yesterday before a Senate committee... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Reason For Hope Amid the Wreckage

If you woke up this morning with the vague sense that you were missing a goodly portion of your brain cells, it’s likely that you watched Pam Bondi’s performance yesterday before a Senate committee.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Republicans Are Coming for Abortion Records
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Republicans Are Coming for Abortion Records

10.7.25

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

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ACLU and ACLU of PA Launch $500K Campaign to Raise Awareness About State Supreme Court Retention Election - ACLU of Pennsylvania

The ACLU and ACLU of Pennsylvania are launching a campaign to educate voters ahead of the pivotal state Supreme Court retention elections this November.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

themainemonitor.org/abortion-pro...

A small Maine group is pushing to criminalize abortion

The group was founded in 2023, after the Maine legislature passed a law expanding abortion access.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

This was, recall, an oversight hearing - a core constitutional responsibility of Congress to hold the Executive Branch accountable and of the DOJ to provide full and candid answers not just to the Senators but to the American people... open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

A Ridiculous Attorney General

Bondi’s smug evasions revealed volumes about the Administration

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

www.nokings.org
Then we get out to challenge this unitary executive nonsense. Into the streets...The next, national demonstration of dissatisfaction, not to mention support for our democracy and constitution, is on Saturday, 18 October. No Kings Protest, Part 2...

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

One of these days I bet Mike Johnson will open his mouth and an actual fact will come out...One of these days...

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Hypocrisy is an understatement. Republicans-turned-maga have broadcasted double, triple, and quadruple lies piled on top of each other for decades. Impeaching Clinton marked one pinnacle of a changing, lying, hypocritical party today known as "maga" which lies continually...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Bullies work by bullying...

CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 2h

Trump is a bully. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains that this why it is important for Democrats to hold firm during the shutdown fight: "If you are not bullied by the bully, then like half of their job is gone."

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

🤣🤣Excellent post!...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

🤣🤣If only it weren't also really sad...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Potent post...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

This is the Capitol Caller - not broadcasting from Moscow, not from Tehran, or Pyongyang - but from the heart of your own Republic. And last week, you found yourselves gathered not by chance, not by necessity, but by command - from an intoxicated buffoon...
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-capito...

The Capitol Caller Part II: Will the Military Brass Answer the Call?

When your grandchildren ask, “Grandpa, what did you do when democracy was breaking?” What will you say?

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Great move by Comey!...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Bring it...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

And we need to fight this madness...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Out-of-control madness from someone who wanted to stay out of jail and who ran for office for 2 (two) full years to bend his followers...

Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 1h

Sending south Texas troops to cold Chicago will backfire...What could go wrong?...