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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

“I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want them to do, without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me. I can make them hurt if I want to.”

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, he needs outing at the highest level. Lots of nasty stuff

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

Ellie Leonard (@redpencilscript)

I found Stephen Miller’s villain origin story…

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

Reading through Stephen Miller's January 6 deposition.
Have a nice night.

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

“He found it invigorating. He liked being with younger people…because they gave him ideas, and they were up-to-date on music and slang.” - Ghislaine Maxwell

Let’s pretend an old man came up to your daughter and was, like, “Hey girl, 6-7…”

Nope.

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

Plot twist:

Ghislaine Maxwell claims that the daughter of Eva Andersson, Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time girlfriend, and a child he was rumored to have had his eye on, was actually his own kid.

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What Jeffrey Epstein Really Wanted With His Ex's Teenage Daughter 🥤 RumourJuice

YouTube video by Rumour Juice

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 1d

I agree

Tara Devlin hosts the unapologetically liberal "Tarabuster" on the Progressive Voices app & Youtube. Liberals created America & made the working class the middle class. We have to save the Grand Exper...

Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it

If you’re not following Tara Devlin of the Political Voices Network, you’re kind of missing out. Her cat wears a cone of shame, and her politics are salty. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
@tarabuster.bsky.social

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Tara Devlin | Substack

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 2d

The amazeballs Cliff Schecter, ladies and gentlemen…

“Oh, if there’s a hell, it’ll be the only proper place to house these cruel, cerebrally-hammered, fecal-corn-fed motherf*kers who take pleasure in cruelty to children.”
@cliffschecter.bsky.social

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Stephen Miller's Own Family Warned Us About "The Face Of Evil"

As Miller Cheers The ICE Horror Show His Own Blood Relatives Are Horrified

The Maxwell Tapes - Part 1 - How They Met

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 2d

If Todd Blanche says “Under-18 woman” one more time, I swear…

They’re kids.

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On July 24-25, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (Trump's former defense lawyer in the Stormy Daniels Hush Money case) sat down to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, in hopes of easing public press...

The Maxwell Tapes - Part 4 - Fat Cats, Pills, and Politics

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 2d

Denied!
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Trigger warning: Discussion of sexual abuse of a minor and suicide

Predatory Victims - Epstein's Accomplices

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 2d

“As part of Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement, four co-conspirators were given full federal immunity from prosecution, all four of whom worked as assistants for Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, procuring young victims.”

(Picture courtesy of The Daily Beast)

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In Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious sweetheart deal, negotiated by his high-powered defense team including Alan Dershowitz, and approved by then-U.S.

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

I’m about to tell you something you already know, but because we live in a time of MedBeds and AI-generated videos of Donald Trump dressed as the Grim Reaper and playing a cowbell on his very-serious-...

Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

His wording was clearly based on cartoon bad guys, and yet he had access to a gun.

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

"They are almost always male, white, young, and single, and because of the communities that draw in these men, namely the incel movement and the bigger manosphere, they lean very far to the right in their political ideology.”
#GunControlNow

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The Lonely White Male

Project 2025 - 4. Department of Defense

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

Stay strong, we will win this fight

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

Project 2025 is once again rearing its ugly head.

It’s long, and it’s complicated, but I try to make it easier to understand. If there’s a section you want to know more about, please reach out.

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Author's note: Recently Tiffany Torres Williams of Project 2025 Takedown approached me and said (paraphrasing), "This Project 2025 stuff is good, but where are you in the conversation? All I hear are ...

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

You have successfully been my best big sibling for 43 years

I’m about to tell you something you already know, but because we live in a time of MedBeds and AI-generated videos of Donald Trump dressed as the Grim Reaper and playing a cowbell on his very-serious-...

Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

Not exactly breaking news, but I'm damn tired of them blaming mass shootings on everything but young men with easy access to guns.

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The Lonely White Male

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently even Truth Social has a sense of humor

Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 4d

Or a really, really bad day…

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to child sex abuse

Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 4d

Donald Trump’s former spiritual advisor.

It would seem that everyone in Trump’s circle is given a sweetheart deal.

“he was given a 10-year sentence, but he will serve only six months in the county jail.“

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Under a plea agreement, Morris was given a 10-year sentence, but he will serve only six months in an Oklahoma jail.

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 4d

Doing documentary work on a project near and dear to my heart this week. Can wait to show you all the story of Esprit.
#film #documentary #translivesmatter
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A lesson from small-town America

In the upper left-hand reaches of the United States is a small logging town that's not known for much, unless you include sparkly vampires or a long waterfront trail contracted by one of America's mos...