Ward Lehmann
@wardlehmann.bsky.social
Retired academic librarian. Wartime Consigliere.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and FBI Director Kash Patel declared that bringing a gun to a protest is against the law. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, with no evidence, claimed Pretti “attacked” officers and “brandished” a gun.
Have all three forgotten the right’s glorification of Kyle Rittenhouse?
Have all three forgotten the right’s glorification of Kyle Rittenhouse?
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and FBI Director Kash Patel declared that bringing a gun to a protest is against the law. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, with no evidence, claimed Pretti “attacked” officers and “brandished” a gun.
Have all three forgotten the right’s glorification of Kyle Rittenhouse?
Have all three forgotten the right’s glorification of Kyle Rittenhouse?
X 1000.
Only thing I’d add about these videos that are slowly turning middle America against this lawlessness and brutality: They recall the end of Jon Stewart’s 2014 film Rosewater, where Iranian citizens emerge from their homes to start filming their government’s atrocities against citizens.
Only thing I’d add about these videos that are slowly turning middle America against this lawlessness and brutality: They recall the end of Jon Stewart’s 2014 film Rosewater, where Iranian citizens emerge from their homes to start filming their government’s atrocities against citizens.
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
X 1000.
Only thing I’d add about these videos that are slowly turning middle America against this lawlessness and brutality: They recall the end of Jon Stewart’s 2014 film Rosewater, where Iranian citizens emerge from their homes to start filming their government’s atrocities against citizens.
Only thing I’d add about these videos that are slowly turning middle America against this lawlessness and brutality: They recall the end of Jon Stewart’s 2014 film Rosewater, where Iranian citizens emerge from their homes to start filming their government’s atrocities against citizens.
Retaking the House so we can defund ICE is indeed “something.”
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. As Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. As Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Retaking the House so we can defund ICE is indeed “something.”
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. As Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. As Josh told Donna…
Yeah. But sadly, as Josh told Donna… :-/
January 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Yeah. But sadly, as Josh told Donna… :-/
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. We have to outnumber R voters who have no problem with ICE’s violence.
As Josh told Donna…
As Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. We have to outnumber R voters who have no problem with ICE’s violence.
As Josh told Donna…
As Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
What we need is a laser focus on House districts we can win in November. Whether we like it or not, swing voters don’t like violence as a way of solving problems. And, as Josh told Donna…
Co-creator of “The Wire”:
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Co-creator of “The Wire”:
America Firsters: Happy that your boy is starting another overseas war to deflect your attention from the redacting of his name in the Epstein files?
Reuters:
Reuters:
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
America Firsters: Happy that your boy is starting another overseas war to deflect your attention from the redacting of his name in the Epstein files?
Reuters:
Reuters:
When did Dems turn into this?
I thought the Repubs owned the moral scold turf.
I thought the Repubs owned the moral scold turf.
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When did Dems turn into this?
I thought the Repubs owned the moral scold turf.
I thought the Repubs owned the moral scold turf.
Signor Ravelli's first selection will be "Somewhere My Love Lies Sleeping" with a male chorus
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Signor Ravelli's first selection will be "Somewhere My Love Lies Sleeping" with a male chorus
Herod, the king of Judaea, was a tyrant who killed all boys 2 years old or younger. What were Mary & Joseph supposed to do—Wait for their infant son to be murdered? No, they fled to Egypt, next door to Israel. If that’s not a refugee, what is? Should Egypt have turned them back?
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Herod, the king of Judaea, was a tyrant who killed all boys 2 years old or younger. What were Mary & Joseph supposed to do—Wait for their infant son to be murdered? No, they fled to Egypt, next door to Israel. If that’s not a refugee, what is? Should Egypt have turned them back?
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
“Congress is enslaving our children with debt”
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Congress is enslaving our children with debt”
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
“Stop borrowing from our grandchildren”
“Common sense not our children’s last cent”
“Stop financial child abuse”
“Should one generation increase its debt on the next?
Where are these fervent fiscal Tea Partiers now? They must be in Witness Protection.
Trump is bailing out farmers to the tune of $12 million. Yet China has only bought 1/4 the soybeans it promised. Think the 2010 Tea Partiers will be happy to pony up for the bailout, on top of Elon Musk and Jared Kushner and Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook’s tax cuts from the BBB?
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump is bailing out farmers to the tune of $12 million. Yet China has only bought 1/4 the soybeans it promised. Think the 2010 Tea Partiers will be happy to pony up for the bailout, on top of Elon Musk and Jared Kushner and Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook’s tax cuts from the BBB?