Francis Leigh
@verdemanalishi.bsky.social
“A country that tolerates evil means - evil manners, standards of ethics - for a generation, will be so poisoned that it never will have any good end.”
-- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
-- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
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The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Remember when this pic of Elián González was a national scandal instead of a daily occurrence?
June 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Remember when this pic of Elián González was a national scandal instead of a daily occurrence?
Peter Thiel has always been the one behind so many of the visible players. He groomed Vance, gave him every job he ever had, and got him to the VP spot. And has many other people placed in positions of power.
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Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American
Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway.
newrepublic.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Peter Thiel has always been the one behind so many of the visible players. He groomed Vance, gave him every job he ever had, and got him to the VP spot. And has many other people placed in positions of power.
newrepublic.com/post/195904/...
newrepublic.com/post/195904/...
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There was no Russian hoax first time.
Trump's campaign manager, foreign policy advisor, NSA, personal lawyer, & rat-fucker were all adjudged to have lied to cover up his ties to RU. And Kirill Dmitriev has picked up right where RU left off in 2017 when investigation halted efforts.
Trump's campaign manager, foreign policy advisor, NSA, personal lawyer, & rat-fucker were all adjudged to have lied to cover up his ties to RU. And Kirill Dmitriev has picked up right where RU left off in 2017 when investigation halted efforts.
TODAY the NYT publishes an investigation into the Trump memecoin $TRUMP and how it has turned into a extraordinary venue for foreign influence campaigns. What we are seeing is potentially corrupt attempts to change US policy by paying the Trump family money. This is no "Russian Hoax" nyti.ms/4kkv7D7
Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity (Gift Article)
When the bidding stops Monday, the top buyers of a Trump family crypto coin will win a tour of the White House.
nyti.ms
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There was no Russian hoax first time.
Trump's campaign manager, foreign policy advisor, NSA, personal lawyer, & rat-fucker were all adjudged to have lied to cover up his ties to RU. And Kirill Dmitriev has picked up right where RU left off in 2017 when investigation halted efforts.
Trump's campaign manager, foreign policy advisor, NSA, personal lawyer, & rat-fucker were all adjudged to have lied to cover up his ties to RU. And Kirill Dmitriev has picked up right where RU left off in 2017 when investigation halted efforts.
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A new exclusive DC club launched by Don Jr.
Invite-only, $500,000 fee “meant to ensure members have access to Trump advisers and cabinet members without the prying eyes of the press…and democrats”
It’s called the “Executive Branch”.
It’s literally The Deep State.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Invite-only, $500,000 fee “meant to ensure members have access to Trump advisers and cabinet members without the prying eyes of the press…and democrats”
It’s called the “Executive Branch”.
It’s literally The Deep State.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump-aligned club for the ultra rich launches in Washington
The launch of “Executive Branch” comes as Trump world looks to remake Washington.
www.politico.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A new exclusive DC club launched by Don Jr.
Invite-only, $500,000 fee “meant to ensure members have access to Trump advisers and cabinet members without the prying eyes of the press…and democrats”
It’s called the “Executive Branch”.
It’s literally The Deep State.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Invite-only, $500,000 fee “meant to ensure members have access to Trump advisers and cabinet members without the prying eyes of the press…and democrats”
It’s called the “Executive Branch”.
It’s literally The Deep State.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Trump nominated a former congressman who reportedly put his mistress on his campaign payroll to be inspector general of the Labor Department.
So someone with alleged ethical lapses would be in charge of rooting out ethical lapses...
So someone with alleged ethical lapses would be in charge of rooting out ethical lapses...
Trump finds a curious new job for a defeated former Republican congressman
Anthony D’Esposito was nominated to serve as the Labor Dept.’s inspector general. That might not have been a good idea.
www.msnbc.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump nominated a former congressman who reportedly put his mistress on his campaign payroll to be inspector general of the Labor Department.
So someone with alleged ethical lapses would be in charge of rooting out ethical lapses...
So someone with alleged ethical lapses would be in charge of rooting out ethical lapses...
What's going on now is literally what the American Revolution was fighting against.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to ...
skywriter.blue
April 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What's going on now is literally what the American Revolution was fighting against.
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skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):
MSN
www.msn.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Two days later, everyone at VOA has reportedly been fired.
REPORTER: What about the president's plan to expel Palestinians out of Gaza?
TRUMP: Nobody is expelling any Palestinians. Who are you with?
REPORTER: I'm with Voice of America, sir.
TRUMP: Oh, no wonder.
TRUMP: Nobody is expelling any Palestinians. Who are you with?
REPORTER: I'm with Voice of America, sir.
TRUMP: Oh, no wonder.
March 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Two days later, everyone at VOA has reportedly been fired.
This is fucking insane
tl;dr: the EPA asked for a 24-hour adjournment of a TRO hearing as a courtesy, got Climate United’s consent, and then used that time to terminate CU’s funding in a way that likely would have been enjoined if the hearing had proceeded as scheduled
March 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is fucking insane
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Email from Columbia President Armstrong makes clear that admin still has no idea what it’s dealing with. No amount of “serious action to combat antisemitism” (read: punish Palestine activists) will satisfy the Nazis. They see universities as an enemy institution to crush underfoot.
March 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Email from Columbia President Armstrong makes clear that admin still has no idea what it’s dealing with. No amount of “serious action to combat antisemitism” (read: punish Palestine activists) will satisfy the Nazis. They see universities as an enemy institution to crush underfoot.
@tomsuozzi.bsky.social and Rep Laura Gillen suck for voting to censure the bravery of Rep. Green.
Truly shameful.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Truly shameful.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House votes to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's speech to Congress
The vote was 224-198, with 10 Democrats joining all Republicans in approving the resolution.
www.nbcnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@tomsuozzi.bsky.social and Rep Laura Gillen suck for voting to censure the bravery of Rep. Green.
Truly shameful.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Truly shameful.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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🚨 BREAKING: France has already stepped into the role of supplying Ukraine with military intelligence after the United States stopped.
France has its own spy satellites and vast reconnaissance capabilities. 👍
France has its own spy satellites and vast reconnaissance capabilities. 👍
March 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🚨 BREAKING: France has already stepped into the role of supplying Ukraine with military intelligence after the United States stopped.
France has its own spy satellites and vast reconnaissance capabilities. 👍
France has its own spy satellites and vast reconnaissance capabilities. 👍
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NEW: Trump Shifts the Costs of Climate Change Onto Individuals by @abrahm.bsky.social
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
www.propublica.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Trump Shifts the Costs of Climate Change Onto Individuals by @abrahm.bsky.social