LS Leal

LS Leal

@lsleal.bsky.social

Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. ~MLK

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LS Leal
@lsleal.bsky.social

Not everyone that makes it into a casket is a saint

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

LS Leal
@lsleal.bsky.social

Talk like fascist, walk like a fascist, cuff like a fascist. They are fascist.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Senator Alex Padilla has been physically shoved to the ground and handcuffed for entering Kristi Noem's press briefing to ask a question.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride. If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.

axios.comIsrael plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's tripTrump has effectively given Netanyahu a green light to do as he sees fit, Israeli officials say.

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Elizabeth Warren
@warren.senate.gov

Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans: 1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk. 2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

The GOP's tax cuts for their billionaire donors ballooned the deficit, so they're blaming the problem on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — demanding cuts to programs that millions of Americans rely on. It's socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

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Tim Mak
@timkmak.bsky.social

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Zelenskyy said a deal with Russia is pointless w/o security guarantees. Here’s why: Kyiv made this mistake before. Moscow broke ceasefire after Minsk agreements. International lawyer Oleksandr watched it all unfold.

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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Just as the strong record of the Great Society was eclipsed by Vietnam, Biden’s domestic accomplishments were likewise overshadowed for the left by Gaza.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

In general, Biden was more accommodating of the left than any Dem president in my lifetime and, to a first approximation, it got him *nothing*. No credit, no support, not even acknowledgement.

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Joy-Ann Reid@joyannreid.bsky.social

Jimmy Carter was right about climate change. He was right about the Mideast conflict and apartheid in Israel and South Africa and the ongoing plagues of poverty and racism. It was he not Reagan who freed our hostages in Iran. A true man of God, he died beloved, which not many presidents do or will.

LS Leal
@lsleal.bsky.social

When they catch the shooter of the United Healthcare CEO, we should have a nationwide election to determine if he should be punished…. I mean, that’s the way it’s done in the US nowadays , right?

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Andrew Weinstein
@andrewjweinstein.com

Bluesky has done a remarkable job of dealing with the post election explosion of new users, but if it wants to take the next step as a trusted platform, a reliable verification system is absolutely necessary.

LS Leal
@lsleal.bsky.social

Trusting banks to self regulate wa a disaster. They walked the US into the2007 financial meltdown that the taxpayers had to bail them out of. Elon doesn’t know what is talking/tweeting about .

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

The idea that CFPB is duplicative is horseshit. The reason it was created is that there is no other regulatory agency whose job it is to look out for consumers being ripped off by complex financial products. Thats why ppl like Musk having being trying to eliminate it since its creation.

LS Leal
@lsleal.bsky.social

A couple of days ago as I saw Trump administration shaping up , I thought, "But where are the clowns. Send in the clowns" But now, the next line from Sondheim takes root, "Don't bother, they're here."

LS Leal
@lsleal.bsky.social

Enough tears and second guessing. Time to prepare for the next four years of Trump. This time we know what he is and this time he got the popular vote. We need to work the crowd.

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