Leslie Fain 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈
@lesliefain.bsky.social
Resistor, LGBTQ+ ally, BLM, animal rescuer, ready to fight on.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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Read this and be petrified. And then get organized.
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Read this and be petrified. And then get organized.
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So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
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More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.
Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.
Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.
Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.
Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.
Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.
Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.
Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.
Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.
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History’s tyrants followed this same path — and those citizens who failed to resist lost their nations forever…
hartmannreport.com/p/is-america...
hartmannreport.com/p/is-america...
Is America Sleepwalking Into The Dictator’s Playbook?
History’s tyrants followed this same path — and those citizens who failed to resist lost their nations forever…
hartmannreport.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
History’s tyrants followed this same path — and those citizens who failed to resist lost their nations forever…
hartmannreport.com/p/is-america...
hartmannreport.com/p/is-america...
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I’d like one newspaper to try out the headline “Republicans fail to attract Democratic votes they need to end shutdown” as a little treat.
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’d like one newspaper to try out the headline “Republicans fail to attract Democratic votes they need to end shutdown” as a little treat.
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This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming
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Remember that new study?
Yeah we been knowing. 96% of BLM protests were peaceful; same for 99% of the pro-Palestine protests…
And while I saw lots of reports on the study, I can’t say the same for the bigger news:
That Trump scraped the study from all government websites — like it never existed!
Yeah we been knowing. 96% of BLM protests were peaceful; same for 99% of the pro-Palestine protests…
And while I saw lots of reports on the study, I can’t say the same for the bigger news:
That Trump scraped the study from all government websites — like it never existed!
US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence
Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Remember that new study?
Yeah we been knowing. 96% of BLM protests were peaceful; same for 99% of the pro-Palestine protests…
And while I saw lots of reports on the study, I can’t say the same for the bigger news:
That Trump scraped the study from all government websites — like it never existed!
Yeah we been knowing. 96% of BLM protests were peaceful; same for 99% of the pro-Palestine protests…
And while I saw lots of reports on the study, I can’t say the same for the bigger news:
That Trump scraped the study from all government websites — like it never existed!
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It is sadly clear that the legacy media is unwilling to stand up to Trump and is capitulating. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and pro-democracy.
It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise
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September 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It is sadly clear that the legacy media is unwilling to stand up to Trump and is capitulating. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and pro-democracy.
It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise
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It will never bow down. It will never give in. It will never compromise
Sign up to support its work! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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NEW: We’ve spent the past 4 months investigating a detention center on the tarmac of a rural airport in Alexandria - a legal “black hole” & Trump’s deportation hub
We uncovered a pattern of alleged due process violations, poor medical treatment, overcrowding, health emergencies, abuse & long stays:
We uncovered a pattern of alleged due process violations, poor medical treatment, overcrowding, health emergencies, abuse & long stays:
Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear
A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
NEW: We’ve spent the past 4 months investigating a detention center on the tarmac of a rural airport in Alexandria - a legal “black hole” & Trump’s deportation hub
We uncovered a pattern of alleged due process violations, poor medical treatment, overcrowding, health emergencies, abuse & long stays:
We uncovered a pattern of alleged due process violations, poor medical treatment, overcrowding, health emergencies, abuse & long stays:
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ICE arrested the husband of a Dem candidate, a disabled U.S. Army vet in a wheelchair, at his own naturalization hearing.
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has lived here 25+ yrs, earned multiple medals, & served with Veterans for Peace. He has a green card.
This is racist political persecution.
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has lived here 25+ yrs, earned multiple medals, & served with Veterans for Peace. He has a green card.
This is racist political persecution.
August 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ICE arrested the husband of a Dem candidate, a disabled U.S. Army vet in a wheelchair, at his own naturalization hearing.
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has lived here 25+ yrs, earned multiple medals, & served with Veterans for Peace. He has a green card.
This is racist political persecution.
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has lived here 25+ yrs, earned multiple medals, & served with Veterans for Peace. He has a green card.
This is racist political persecution.
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This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world.
I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won"
Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world.
I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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I just witnessed a man dragged onto this bus after a judge did not let him explain how deportation could be a death sentence for him.
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
July 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I just witnessed a man dragged onto this bus after a judge did not let him explain how deportation could be a death sentence for him.
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
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⚡️Propaganda campaign mimics Kyiv Independent to spread fake news, targets US.
Videos and social media posts circulating online impersonate the Kyiv Independent's branding, falsely claiming that President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed sanctions on a list of American citizens.
Videos and social media posts circulating online impersonate the Kyiv Independent's branding, falsely claiming that President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed sanctions on a list of American citizens.
Propaganda campaign mimics Kyiv Independent to spread fake news, targets US
Videos and social media posts circulating online impersonate the Kyiv Independent's branding, falsely claiming that President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed sanctions on a list of American citizens, s...
kyivindependent.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
⚡️Propaganda campaign mimics Kyiv Independent to spread fake news, targets US.
Videos and social media posts circulating online impersonate the Kyiv Independent's branding, falsely claiming that President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed sanctions on a list of American citizens.
Videos and social media posts circulating online impersonate the Kyiv Independent's branding, falsely claiming that President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed sanctions on a list of American citizens.
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Epstein survivor Theresa Helm on Trump possibly pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: "It would mean the complete crumbling of this justice system."
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Epstein survivor Theresa Helm on Trump possibly pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: "It would mean the complete crumbling of this justice system."
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ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
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The Trump administration wants us to be okay with migrants not getting due process, being detained in conditions that members of Congress can't inspect, and dying with no information or transparency about what happened.
75% of migrants deported to CECOT had no criminal records.
Some were legal.
75% of migrants deported to CECOT had no criminal records.
Some were legal.
July 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Trump administration wants us to be okay with migrants not getting due process, being detained in conditions that members of Congress can't inspect, and dying with no information or transparency about what happened.
75% of migrants deported to CECOT had no criminal records.
Some were legal.
75% of migrants deported to CECOT had no criminal records.
Some were legal.
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MEMPHIS — YESTERDAY: “He’s not a criminal!!”
ICE agent clumsily PULLS A GUN on the daughter of a man they grabbed.
Original post: www.facebook.com/share/v/12LM...
ICE agent clumsily PULLS A GUN on the daughter of a man they grabbed.
Original post: www.facebook.com/share/v/12LM...
June 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
MEMPHIS — YESTERDAY: “He’s not a criminal!!”
ICE agent clumsily PULLS A GUN on the daughter of a man they grabbed.
Original post: www.facebook.com/share/v/12LM...
ICE agent clumsily PULLS A GUN on the daughter of a man they grabbed.
Original post: www.facebook.com/share/v/12LM...
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Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."
May 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."
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April 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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ICE agents *know* what they are doing is probably illegal, which is why they try to conceal their identities with scarves and sunglasses. #AmericanGestapo
May 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ICE agents *know* what they are doing is probably illegal, which is why they try to conceal their identities with scarves and sunglasses. #AmericanGestapo
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LA firefighters honored with standing ovation at 97th Academy Awards
We're raising money for a victim of domestic abuse who recently became a victim of the Eaton fires in L.A.
We're relocating her -- but we really need your help to move this along!
Chip in $15, $25, $50 -- whatever you can below:
We're raising money for a victim of domestic abuse who recently became a victim of the Eaton fires in L.A.
We're relocating her -- but we really need your help to move this along!
Chip in $15, $25, $50 -- whatever you can below:
March 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
LA firefighters honored with standing ovation at 97th Academy Awards
We're raising money for a victim of domestic abuse who recently became a victim of the Eaton fires in L.A.
We're relocating her -- but we really need your help to move this along!
Chip in $15, $25, $50 -- whatever you can below:
We're raising money for a victim of domestic abuse who recently became a victim of the Eaton fires in L.A.
We're relocating her -- but we really need your help to move this along!
Chip in $15, $25, $50 -- whatever you can below: