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Michael Leppert
Michael Leppert
@michaelleppert.bsky.social
Professor/columnist/novelist. I teach stuff. I write stuff. I never grew out of my ‘why’ phase. michaelleppert.com michaelleppert.substack.com
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"In the end, American consumers paid $159b in nat'l sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal govt to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." — @schaller67.bsky.social
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Of course, he endorsed Paxton. He’s a criminal too. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/d...
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Trump has publicly championed the U.S. steel industry, and yet, the White House just secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for Trump's $400 million ballroom project.
Tom Llamas, on the evening desk of @nbcnews.com, doesn’t know how to pronounce “mifepristone.” That’s the entire post.
Finding the art you love can be hard sometimes. When you find it, hold on to it tightly. The weekly stack. @noahkahan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
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“If someone tells you it’s raining outside and someone else tells you it’s not… the job of a journalist is to look outside the f***ing window and check if it's raining.” My speech at Zeteo’s two-year anniversary party about the the failure of corporate media and the need to speak truth to power:
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People need conversation. Much like we need exercise. The weekly stack. open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
Outrageous, even for this idiot monster. Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...
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Traditions. Are they good or bad? Yes. #masters2026 open.substack.com/pub/michaell...