Maureen LeFay
@maureenlefay.bsky.social
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness; writer: modern mythologist; study certain historical eras; reincarnation; a woman who has lived through some shit.🖖✨
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Maureen LeFay
@maureenlefay.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity - Sprouts - Learning Videos - Social Sciences
Dietrich Bonhoeffer argued that stupid people are more dangerous than evil ones. This is because while we can protest against or fight evil people, against stupid ones we are defenseless — reasons fal...
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ICYMI - 'There’s no longer any question about Trump coyly trotting out old KKK narratives and propaganda that led to the Holocaust. The question now is what are all of the rest of us, and especially the so-called MAGA community, going to do about it?'
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#Somalis
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#Somalis
PERRY: Aurora worries as Trump crosses a line with racist rant about Somali immigrants - Sentinel Colorado
'Rather than duck and run for the door, Trump’s servile cabinet applauded the president’s racist spasm'
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December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ICYMI - 'There’s no longer any question about Trump coyly trotting out old KKK narratives and propaganda that led to the Holocaust. The question now is what are all of the rest of us, and especially the so-called MAGA community, going to do about it?'
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#Somalis
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#Somalis
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How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
First in the Nation: A Courageous Editorial Board Calls for Trump’s Impeachment
American Democracy is under siege. The President of the United States is subverting the Constitution. One patriotic Editorial Board rises to the moment.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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The Reagan National Defense Survey,released Thursday,found that the majority of Americans favor sending lethal aid to support 🇺🇦
This confirms what we've known all along:that so many US people firmly stand with us.Friends, we're beyond grateful.
Thankful to everyone supporting Ukraine on all levels
This confirms what we've known all along:that so many US people firmly stand with us.Friends, we're beyond grateful.
Thankful to everyone supporting Ukraine on all levels
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Reagan National Defense Survey,released Thursday,found that the majority of Americans favor sending lethal aid to support 🇺🇦
This confirms what we've known all along:that so many US people firmly stand with us.Friends, we're beyond grateful.
Thankful to everyone supporting Ukraine on all levels
This confirms what we've known all along:that so many US people firmly stand with us.Friends, we're beyond grateful.
Thankful to everyone supporting Ukraine on all levels
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Every Western European country scores higher on the global ranking of freedom and democracy than the U.S. does, according to Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit that ranks countries according to measures such as election process, rule of law and individual rights.
U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy
An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Every Western European country scores higher on the global ranking of freedom and democracy than the U.S. does, according to Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit that ranks countries according to measures such as election process, rule of law and individual rights.
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The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
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Will someone release the video so we can shut down these disgusting excuses?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Will someone release the video so we can shut down these disgusting excuses?
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September 17, 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
September 17, 2024.
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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Schmitt is a former state attorney general. Of course he knows about this case.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Schmitt is a former state attorney general. Of course he knows about this case.
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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."
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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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Schiff: "I think that all of these strikes are unlawful. They are a form of extrajudicial killing. These boats are not invading the US in an armed assault ... the fact the administration may put a group of organizations on a list doesn't confer on a president the ability to kill them at sea."
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Schiff: "I think that all of these strikes are unlawful. They are a form of extrajudicial killing. These boats are not invading the US in an armed assault ... the fact the administration may put a group of organizations on a list doesn't confer on a president the ability to kill them at sea."
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Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"
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🚨NEWS:
After I led a bipartisan coalition calling for immediate action, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act has been scheduled for a vote next week!
Proud to have led the push in getting this crucial lifeline for rural communities in Western Colorado and beyond to the House floor.
After I led a bipartisan coalition calling for immediate action, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act has been scheduled for a vote next week!
Proud to have led the push in getting this crucial lifeline for rural communities in Western Colorado and beyond to the House floor.
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🚨NEWS:
After I led a bipartisan coalition calling for immediate action, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act has been scheduled for a vote next week!
Proud to have led the push in getting this crucial lifeline for rural communities in Western Colorado and beyond to the House floor.
After I led a bipartisan coalition calling for immediate action, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act has been scheduled for a vote next week!
Proud to have led the push in getting this crucial lifeline for rural communities in Western Colorado and beyond to the House floor.
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As energy costs skyrocket, the Trump administration’s solution is apparently a useless advisory “National Coal Council” which, incidentally — 9 months later — still has no members! 🤦🏽♂️
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As energy costs skyrocket, the Trump administration’s solution is apparently a useless advisory “National Coal Council” which, incidentally — 9 months later — still has no members! 🤦🏽♂️
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A Blue Revolution Is Brewing
King Trump's Indifference to Affordability Will Cost MAGA Everything.
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King Trump's Indifference to Affordability Will Cost MAGA Everything.
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A Blue Revolution Is Brewing
King Trump's indifference to affordability will cost MAGA everything.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A Blue Revolution Is Brewing
King Trump's Indifference to Affordability Will Cost MAGA Everything.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
King Trump's Indifference to Affordability Will Cost MAGA Everything.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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No more excuses
JUST IN: US judge clears Justice Department to release Epstein grand jury transcripts reut.rs/3XDpbM5
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
No more excuses
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The arguments Trump’s DoD is making about legitimate targets could be used against members of the American military. A sobering thought.
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The arguments Trump’s DoD is making about legitimate targets could be used against members of the American military. A sobering thought.
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Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
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It would be all too easy to overlook this case with everything else that's going on, but it's too important to miss, so I wrote a rare midday post. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It would be all too easy to overlook this case with everything else that's going on, but it's too important to miss, so I wrote a rare midday post. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social wrote a fabulous book and the audio version is great!
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social wrote a fabulous book and the audio version is great!
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Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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A remarkable threat from the Deputy AG: DOJ’s No. 2 official suggested Thursday that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they’ve publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Blanche warns lawyers who criticize Justice Department
DOJ’s No. 2 official said says prosecutors see "inconsistency" in attorneys’ private pleas and public commentary.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A remarkable threat from the Deputy AG: DOJ’s No. 2 official suggested Thursday that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they’ve publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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How are we supposed to trust the FBI & DOJ after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate & politicize them? That question was brought into sharp focus by the arrest earlier this week of Brian Cole, Jr., on bomb planting charges. joycevance.substack.com/p/charges-in...
Charges in the RNC/DNC Bomb Planting Case
Can we trust the FBI and this Justice Department after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate and politicize those previously independent agencies?
joycevance.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
How are we supposed to trust the FBI & DOJ after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate & politicize them? That question was brought into sharp focus by the arrest earlier this week of Brian Cole, Jr., on bomb planting charges. joycevance.substack.com/p/charges-in...
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva shares her point of view from an ICE raid in her district where she and her staff were pepper sprayed and shot at with pepper balls.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva shares her point of view from an ICE raid in her district where she and her staff were pepper sprayed and shot at with pepper balls.