Leaning Left

Leaning Left

@leaning-left.bsky.social

Bleeding heart in Cincinnati voting blue up and down the ballot for the foreseeable future. Dem activist, dog lover, Bengals fan no matter what. Terrified at the moment - November 17, 2024

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The dictator has spoken! Protests are illegal, according to Trump. Protest and be imprisoned! Protest and be expelled! This isn't how it works in our country. Not yet. Russia, however.....😡

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The Associated Press on Friday filed a lawsuit against top White House officials, accusing them of violating the First and Fifth Amendments by denying AP reporters access in retaliation for references to the Gulf of Mexico in its articles.

nytimes.comA.P. Sues Trump Officials Over White House BanThe wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

Sure, but Trump's too dense to do the math.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Many programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by climate change are ensnared in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle USAID.

No doubt.

The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com

#Medieval records reveal that transgender people existed long before modern medicine or assumptions about gender. An English literature scholar has been diving into 14th-century archives: By Sarah Barringer, University of Iowa 🩺 🗃️ #histsci https://buff.ly/3EGttMl

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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Good afternoon from New York. Protesters showed up outside federal court in Manhattan for today's hearing from a 19-state coalition of AGs challenging DOGE and Elon Musk's access to the Treasury's payment system—temporarily blocked by a federal judge. Arguments for an injunction at 2 p.m. ET.

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USAID provides prosthetic limbs to soldiers injured in Ukraine. Shutting it down hurts us, our allies, and emboldens Putin and Russia. The Kremlin have already taken to social media to celebrate what Musk has done. We need to fight this.

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Replying to @smith.senate.gov

I’ve had people blowing up the phones of my office all day about these tariffs. How will families put food on the table with price hikes? How will small businesses cope with higher input costs? How can farmers keep their operations going? Completely unnecessary chaos.

I wish all reps would follow suit, Senator Smith, but some aren't making a peep.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.gov

I’m getting thousands of calls. We’re trying to answer as many as we can/keep our voicemail inbox clear. Senate phones are having tech issues, but Minnesotans can still reach me below. There’s a lot happening. People are worried. I want to hear from you.

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We understand that big concentrations of wealth and power in this country hurt us and help billionaires like Elon Musk and his friends. They like it that way and use chaos/misinformation to distract us from their end game: Giant tax breaks for big corporations and billionaires. Follow the money.

It's only a matter of time before this relationship bottoms out, but much damage has already been done, including the downloading of our data onto Musk's hard drives.

Ms. M@msmalarkey24.bsky.social

Malignant narcissists cannot share power. Tick tock.

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Associated Press: “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.“

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Washington, D.C. yesterday. "Shut down the Senate, Shut down the Senate." Chanted for hours. More massive #USprotests, ongoing. Sources here report, "Millions of people are getting ready as we speak to take this country back and save the USA. Their days are numbered. Stay tuned." #3E