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“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · Jul 27

🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.

A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032.

Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will cause sharp cuts to Social Security by late 2032, a new analysis says.

www.axios.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 2m

Nixon’s AG John Mitchell went to prison. Just saying. Bondi isn’t above the law.

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 5m

This is New Orleans Mikey, not Texarkana. You don’t speak for New Orleans.

ACLU & ACLU of Louisiana Condemn Gov. Landry's Request to Defense Department to Deploy 1,000 State National Guard Troops into Communities. Militarization of Cities is Gross Abuse of Power & Dangerous Political Theater 🎭

ACLU and ACLU of Louisiana Condemn Gov. Landry's Request to Defense Department to Deploy 1,000 State National Guard Troops into Communities | American Civil Liberties Union

Militarization of Cities is Gross Abuse of Power and Dangerous Political Theater

www.aclu.org

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 33m

They’re gonna want BBQ. lol 😂

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 34m

He’s a light weight really. Just an oil lobbyist guy Scalise and Oil & Gas propped up to ramrod dark money funded CP3 LNG project through. He’s also their ChristoFascist poster boy.

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Bill @bdub55.bsky.social · 52m

So so when is Mike Johnson going to swear in Adelita Grijalva?

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 42m

Totally believe that. Trump wants a Civil War. He already provoked an inserrection of his own on J6.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 44m

Texarkana Mikey also doesn’t speak for New Orleans.

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Bill @bdub55.bsky.social · 47m

Father Michael Pfleger is a Catholic priest in the city of Chicago…

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 46m

Good question. He’s an obstructionist.

Note: Exhibit A: the entire government is now shut down and the GOP has the White House, the Senate and House of Reps. So, who is causing the chaos during shutdown really?

Most Americans are against militarizing local law enforcement including New Orleans.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

It’s a “no” as in negatory Mikey. This isn’t that hard.

Louisiana can do better than this. I

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

“I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?” - Gov. Pritzker.

govpritzker @ 6m
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!
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His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street. Separating children from their parents.

Creating fear. Taking people for "how they look." Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers. Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night. Arresting elected officials asking questions.

We must all stand up and speak out. 2/2

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. The charges stem from a politically fraught indictment brought by one of Trump’s former personal attorneys amid public pressure from the president on the DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Comey Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Brought by Trump’s Former Personal Attorney

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

So, what part about going after political enemies does America not understand and how unAmerican this is?

Axios
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Comey due in court for arraignment on charges from Trump's DOJ
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Comey due in court for arraignment on charges from Trump's DOJ
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Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed
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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 1d

The Trump admin’s illegal, vindictive cancellation of CT clean energy grants will only raise energy costs, reduce electricity reliability & create more pollution. I’m writing to DOE Sec. Wright demanding answers about this reckless, revengeful action.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to both counts in a federal indictment.

The plea was entered by his attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who asked for a jury trial. #legal abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...

Former FBI Director James Comey pleads not guilty in 1st court appearance

Former FBI Director James Comey appears in court on Wednesday for the first time since he was indicted last month on charges of lying to Congress.

abcnews.go.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Mayor Johnson says Trump’s troop deployment is about power, not safety: ‘This is about authoritarianism’

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Man in a dark blue suit and blue tie speaks at a lecture with microphones. The American, and Illinois and Chicago flags are in the background.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

‘This is un-American’: Community leaders condemn ICE arrest of U.S. citizen in Waukegan. wgntv.com/news/operati...

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Still screen grab of masked men with border patrol identification and one in full military gear pushing a young woman handcuffed into an SUV on a city street.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago-area military training facility
Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago-area military training facility

Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump's administration, over the objections of local leaders.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Court of appeals to hear arguments over National Guard in Portland Thursday morning

After being temporarily blocked in District Court, Trump has appealed to the Ninth Circuit. They'll hear arguments on the case Thursday. #legal

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Court of appeals to hear arguments over National Guard in Portland Thursday morning

After being temporarily blocked in District Court, Trump has appealed to the Ninth Circuit. They'll hear arguments on the case Thursday.

www.kgw.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Portland | Live updates

Kristi Noem is visiting the ICE facility in Portland on Tuesday, although a precise itinerary for her trip was not announced. www.kgw.com/article/news...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Portland | Live updates

Kristi Noem is visiting the ICE facility in Portland on Tuesday, although a precise itinerary for her trip was not announced.

www.kgw.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

At least our senators don’t run away to Cancun either if the power goes out.

Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Dear Leader regime news: The FBI has shut down a group tasked with investigating public corruption and fired several agents, FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/f...