LeslieBDoyle

LeslieBDoyle

@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Strategic Development Consultant nonprofits and cultural institutions. Progressive. Happily married. Hip-Hop & Dance music enthusiast. No bio, no follow.

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LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

I detest Spotify’s platform. I’ll choose YouTube any day.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream. Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads. Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”

nbcnews.comTop military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikesThe lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Holy shit!

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social

IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Excellent article.

ProPublica@propublica.org

How did Trump’s “shadow president” Russ Vought execute his vision of dismantling the government and putting bureaucrats “in trauma”? On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, join our reporter @andykroll.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA about Vought’s playbook: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Use your billions to run ads, billboards, all of it. Media blitz is required.

Governor JB Pritzker@govpritzker.illinois.gov

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Well said.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social

Trump's call to release "pertinent" Epstein grand jury info represents only a portion of the evidence that would make up the so-called "Epstein files" — and it's the portion that has the most obstacles to release, given strict grand jury secrecy rules courts are reluctant to lift

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Bravo to the person who did this.

PBS News@pbsnews.org

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

America lost the plot. 20 years in the making to get this Supreme Court in place which began with Alito.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards. Me, via “One First”:

stevevladeck.com161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal CaseThe majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social

propublica.orgDismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.

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Will Bunch
@willbunch.bsky.social

Someone left the cake out in the rain

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

U.S. military is planning for a sustained deployment of 500-1,000 troops at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, Army source tells me. Text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268 if you know anything about this.

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Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Racist fucks!

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social

“[S]teps from Harvard’s campus, Bannon took credit for Trump’s fusillade of orders restricting federal funding to universities *** ‘Once you cut the money off,…that’s a bitch slap, right?’ he said.” Event panelist Amy Wax said “it’s important to have a European majority.” 2/11/25 (Link post 2) 1/

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Thorough thread. Well done. Wake up America.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social

“Peter Thiel’s protégés: a common thread runs through Trump’s tech team *** Thiel isn’t a visible part of Trump 2.0—but his fingerprints are everywhere.” 5/21/25 1/ fortune.com/2025/05/21/p...

fortune.comPeter Thiel’s protégés: a common thread runs through Trump’s tech teamVice President J.D. Vance and Elon Musk are among Thiel's Silicon Valley collaborators that now find themselves in Trump's D.C. circle.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

Replying to @propublica.org

We need your help to see the full picture of how the dismantling of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is affecting students, parents, school employees and their wider communities. Here's how to reach out.

propublica.orgHelp Us Report on How the Department of Education Is Handling Civil Rights CasesHave you recently filed a civil rights complaint or do you have a pending case? We need your help to get a full picture of how the dismantling of the Office for Civil Rights is affecting students,…
LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

I can’t say this loudly enough!

50501 New York@50501newyork.bsky.social

A Palantir database on all Americans is a frightening step towards fascism. Musk gets a lot of attention—rightfully so—but Peter Thiel is the techno-fascist billionaire hiding behind the scenes pulling the strings to end democracy. Thiel and his techno-fascist followers are threats to the world.

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Bill McCarthy
@billmccarthy.bsky.social

“Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried,” Donald Trump said during today’s White House meeting with South Africa’s president. The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo. www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...

barrons.comTrump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African 'Genocide'US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.

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Sherrilyn Ifill
@sifill.bsky.social

Devastating. The cowardice and the betrayal of an incomparable news brand.

TheDesk.net@thedesk.net

Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music. Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Of course.

Neil deGrasse Tyson@neildegrassetyson.com

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

People should sue Elon. Hell, Trump just awarded Ashli Babbitt’s estate $5M, that we, the taxpayers are on the hook for.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM. All three Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed. There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..." www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

kentucky.comDid staffing cuts at weather service affect Kentucky’s tornado response?Due to staffing shortages, the National Weather Service in Jackson no longer has overnight staff. But NWS and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear say the office was staffed Friday night and early Saturday.
LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

RealPage is part of Harlan Crow (Clarence Thomas’ sugar daddy) real estate holdings.

David Sirota@davidsirota.com

This is where the Abundance Movement's push for deregulation inevitably ends up. In the name of "eliminating red tape," we get legislation preventing any state/local regulation of Big Tech, which delivers Rent Increases For All 👇

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

@chrislhayes.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com did you ever report @propublica.org article on Teneo? This move to place tariffs on the film industry is right in line with Leonard Leo’s plans. www.propublica.org/article/leon...

propublica.orgInside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo Network, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.
LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

Trump’s push to add tariffs to films is another move backed by the Federalist Society & Leonard Leo to crush Liberal dominance in entertainment industry. TENEO. @ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/leon...

propublica.orgInside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo Network, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.
LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

@aoc.bsky.social Badass. WEPA❣️🇺🇸🇵🇷👏

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care? There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

God forbid they’d back down on anything. They perceive backing down makes them wrong when in fact being flexible is a sign of strength.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

DOJ provides no new information on Abrego Garcia but says if he manages to return to the US, they'll detain him and remove him to a different country (not El Salvador) or seek to "terminate" his order of removal and send him back to El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

@wired.com has become a great source for breaking news.

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Ever more ways to disempower citizens and empower oligarchs with citizens’ personal data www.wired.com/story/palant...

wired.comPalantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data ProjectFor the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.
LeslieBDoyle
@lbdoyle.bsky.social

They don’t care.

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory