Lea Leander

Lea Leander

@lealeander.bsky.social

Classic movies, film history, bicycles, Jersey beaches. DSA. The rent is too damn high. Please: No DM's. Thanks.

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Lea Leander
@lealeander.bsky.social

Excellent talk.

The Brian Lehrer Show@thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social

This morning on the show, Mahmoud Khalil discussed his new book, "No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention", sharing details from his time in a Louisiana detention camp, and more. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

wnyc.orgMahmoud Khalil's Story | WNYCMahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian born in a refugee camp in Syria, former Columbia SIPA student fighting deportation and the author of No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention (Metropolitan Books, 2026) ...

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NYC Public Library Action Network
@nycplan.org

Replying to @nycplan.org

The full zine shows how library spending compares at several locations across the USA. For NYC, do you know how our funding stacks up? See a few snapshots from this amazing resource below:

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Francesca D'Annunzio
@francescadnunz.bsky.social

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

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Boycott Citizens
@boycottcitizens.org

A must-read. We all need to talk more about 287(g), including people in places that don't participate. What's happening in my state is what's freeing up more ICE agents to invade yours.

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

propublica.orgThe Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His NeighborsIngram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...

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paws4justice.bsky.social
@paws4justice.bsky.social

This should be illegal. Especially in Alaska where some places are so remote.

Democratic Activists@democratswin.bsky.social

TELL ME AGAIN, EVERYONE SCREAMED VOTE BLUE, HOW THE MIDTERMS WILL END THIS? A Democratic lawmaker sounded the alarm Friday over at least 18 rural Alaska polling places that were advertised online but hadn’t opened, all in villages the New York Times described as “key to Democratic hopes.”

rawstory.comOutrage as voting sites 'key to Democratic hopes' stay closed: report

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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Mark Jacob
@markjacob.bsky.social

If you’re thinking of buying an Audi, don’t forget that an Audi executive appeared at a Trump rally this weekend to try to boost an American dictatorship. Make your car-buying decision accordingly.

apnews.comTrump announces at a Georgia campaign rally that Audi will build a new auto factory in the statePresident Donald Trump has announced that Audi will build a new auto factory in Georgia. The Republican president's announcement Saturday at a campaign rally comes as he tries to deliver on his promis...

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

This is explosive. In the Witkoff/Kushner discussions with the Kremlin with respect to the sale to a Trump-backed consortium of LUKoil's foreign assets, Trump has offered a slice of his big Alaska project to a Russian major close to Putin. The structure is designed to entangle US investments

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Dr. Michael MacKay
@michaelmackay.bsky.social

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney points out that Elon Musk crippling Starshield for Ukrainian defenders is resulting in direct casualties because more russian attacks are getting through. Musk and Trump have destroyed the reputation of the United States. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caCarney says 'direct casualties' are result of Ukraine's restricted access to Musk's Starshield | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney on Friday criticized a decision to restrict Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's military-grade satellite network, saying the move is costing lives.

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Stephen Moran.
@moranstephen1000.bsky.social

She has her knockers but here's Anna Kelly. Polymarket & Kalshi prediction markets listed the talented Kelly as a top(heavy) frontrunner to potentially move up to the role of Whore House Press Secretary

Lea Leander
@lealeander.bsky.social

This has been going on since trump's first term.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Dutch intelligence allegedly accessed Jared Kushner's iPhone, exposing secret Gulf accounts, a new book claims. Saudi Arabia and the UAE allegedly paid $750 million into one account, while another $1 billion was transferred to Israel for Kushner.

yacnews.comDutch spies watched Kushner use a UAE account fed US$750 million by Gulf rulersDutch intelligence allegedly accessed Jared Kushner's iPhone and uncovered secret Gulf accounts holding billions of dollars, according to a new book excerpt. The claims implicate Saudi and Emirati rul...

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Ron Filipkowski
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

I remember when media did a whole bunch of stories about Joe Biden’s shoes to emphasize that he was old. But Trump can randomly blurt out random noises, fall asleep constantly in meetings, and walk like a drunk failing a sobriety test, and we get almost nothing.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

propublica.orgBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social

Some TN counties used BMDs (touchscreen where it marks a paper ballot you then turn in) or DRE/VVPAT (counts straight from the touchscreen but also prints a paper trail). These are inferior to hand-marked optical scan ballots. Touchscreens can be poorly calibrated and have higher error rates.

Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social

Dolly Parton's sister claims voting machines in Tennessee changed her vote to the Republican candidate.