Leo Smith
leosmith.bsky.social
Leo Smith
@leosmith.bsky.social
Life long Michigander in SW Michigan. Retired social services worker. Politically; Slightly to the left of Bernie Sanders. Looking for serious conversations with serious people. But also like a good joke. or even a bad pun..
To be clear, I am only calling for the US to disarm. I am not convinced giving Nukes to every other country is a good idea. But I am not suggesting other countries should forced to disarm.
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions" This should be national.
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Elissa Slotkin
“The bottom line is that President Trump wants to look tough by attacking countries abroad to distract from his failure to attack the core issue of the cost of living at home.”
This not whole thing, but this is as strong as it gets. Pathetic. www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/01/03/s...
Slotkin Statement on President Trump’s Venezuela Strikes and Ousting of Maduro  - Senator Elissa Slotkin
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s strikes in Venezuela and ousting of Nicolas Maduro:  “President Trump’s decisio...
www.slotkin.senate.gov
January 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Anyone that continues to watch a TV network that condones the state murder of innocent human beings are themselves condoning this. People should be calling the cable providers and complaining about it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This is a great attention getting, but unilateral nuclear disarmament should be on the table, as it always should have been.
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wondering if there is any evidence at all that anyone inside the administration views this as a failure, rather than confirmation of intended results.
January 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I don't trust God with the consequences.
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 AM
God, I hope they all these fucks have to pay for what they have done.
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Yes, This is a good way to think about AI, pretend it really is a person an look what derives from that. It works for Art in general also. If you gave the prompts to a person instead to AI, and they did what AI did, no one what say the person who wrote the prompts was the "artist."
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I know nothing about the voracity of their threat, but I support there right to make it.
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Related, is the trust and potential for cooperation it cultivates among your allies.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
There is really no guarantee that the US is going to hold Venezuela for any length of time. Even if they do get control. The oil companies know the situation is to unstable to put in that much investment.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM