Landon Gonsalves

Landon Gonsalves

@leftstandingpod.bsky.social

Tired. What I do ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/@LeftStandingPod

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He keeps bragging about getting a perfect cognitive test score 😅. That’s like bragging you can successfully tie your own shoes. Congratulations…or something?!

Philip Bump@pbump.com

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Had a marvelous dream last night. It was so vivid.

Landon Gonsalves@leftstandingpod.bsky.social

Legitimately just closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and thought about how I’m going to feel on our “underground bunker day”. That’s the only way this ends right? What…he’s gonna run? To Russia? North Korea? No shot.

Not surprising. On nights like tonight I can’t help but remember this—which feels like 30 years ago—but was only 8 months ago. Trump to Chief Justice Roberts after a pseudo-state of the union address: “Thank you again, thank you again, won’t forget” with a nice pat on the shoulder. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026

The midterms are going to be interesting. I know it’s easy for us to wonder how ppl could vote in favor of the BS happening around us, but it’s SO IMPORTANT that WE remember that WE are the outliers. On 🦋 talking politics. “Normies” aren’t. So a swing like TN7 should inspire you to keep fighting.

Landon Gonsalves@leftstandingpod.bsky.social

Alright Tennessee, let’s see what you got.

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It's okay for some campaign promises to be about optics rather than policy. "We're going to bulldoze his monument to himself on Day One and rebuild the East Wing" would be a very good one for 2028.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

“It is something that has been needed and desired at the White House for over 150 years, but something which no other President was equipped to do…”

The worst thing Democratic lawmakers can do to their Republican counterparts is make the lives of Republican voters better. They don’t want their lives to be better. You can’t win elections if the lives of people are getting better and you don’t have anyone to blame for why it sucks.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

“I just want to find…11780 votes” Where’s Batman when you need him because our justice system fucking sucks.

NPR@npr.org

JUST IN: The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.

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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.

Nolan Hicks@ndhapple.bsky.social

“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.” “‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...

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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills

Armin Ronacher@mitsuhiko.at

Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?

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A video surfaced showing the brutalization of community members by ICE and the St. Paul, Minnesota PD after ICE abducted two of their neighbors. As a result of the chemical munitions and police beatings, eight people, including a journalist, were hospitalized. 11/25/25

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"Earlier this year, scientists warned that bird flu had sparked the worst die-off on record for southern elephant seals... "The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females." phys.org/news/2025-11...

phys.orgBird flu wipes out nearly half of breeding female elephant seals on South GeorgiaThe world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday.

Spoiler: Definitely not legal. Over/under on Hegseth fleeing the country first?!

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: In the past 10 months, the Trump administration has pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers and repeatedly steamrolled or sidestepped government lawyers who questioned whether the provocative policy was legal.

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Ya don’t say…. Maybe telling Black people to stay the fuck out your stores was a bad idea? And maybe doing everything under the sun EXCEPT fixing that part isn’t going to work!

If you disagree, you’re wrong. That’s just the way it is.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble. A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments. We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.

“The mob doesn’t want to be fed, it wants to hunt. And once you’re a target, it doesn’t matter what you did before. It doesn’t matter how loyal you were. You’re just another goat to be devoured.” MTG helped build that mob. Now she’s discovering what everyone else already knew. Readhe full piece ⬇️

open.substack.comMarjorie Taylor Greene Is Politically HomelessDonald Trump's lies have left 'America First' true believers out in the cold

Drain the swamp though—amirite?!

Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social

Pam Bondi firing the DOJ’s top ethics advisor because she wanted to keep a box of cigars gifted to her by Conor McGregor is maybe the perfect example of this administration’s corruption. If my dad—a retired FBI agent—had accepted a cup of cheap coffee from anybody, he would’ve lost his badge.

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man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw

Sam Levin@samtlevin.bsky.social

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

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Feels like we're at the stage where Nixon caved to the pressure and released transcripts of the Oval Office recordings, which turned out to have been heavily edited and misleading. We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though. But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?

Virginia Scharff@vscharff.bsky.social

Attention, historians of Watergate! I'm getting flashbacks from the months of back and forth, reversals and blunders over release of White House records. What stage are we at with the Epstein Files? Drip, drip, drip, as we used to say. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.