JP Leskovich 🌈🕊💙
@jplesko97.bsky.social
If not now, when? • opinions my own • he/him
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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Appreciation post for @aftynbehn.bsky.social! What an incredible candidate, organizer, and leader. She scared the entire regime and all their donors. The swing we're seeing tonight implies a blue tsunami next year if Dem voters choose fighters like Aftyn in the coming primaires. Thank you Aftyn!!!
We’re so grateful to @aftynbehn.bsky.social for running an incredible grassroots campaign that made Republicans sweat in a deep-red district. Thank you to everybody in #TN07, across Tennessee, and nationwide for making this special election closer than anyone imagined it could be.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Appreciation post for @aftynbehn.bsky.social! What an incredible candidate, organizer, and leader. She scared the entire regime and all their donors. The swing we're seeing tonight implies a blue tsunami next year if Dem voters choose fighters like Aftyn in the coming primaires. Thank you Aftyn!!!
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republicans who think you have a safe seat: no you don’t
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
republicans who think you have a safe seat: no you don’t
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There is no money in the world to cover EVERY R+12 seat or less in a last minute resource dump in Nov 2026
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
There is no money in the world to cover EVERY R+12 seat or less in a last minute resource dump in Nov 2026
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If you knew, read, or wrote that #TN07 went for Trump by 22 points last year, that's almost certainly thanks to The Downballot's complete collection of presidential results for all 435 congressional districts—a massively difficult project we undertake every four years.
The Downballot's calculations of presidential election results by congressional district, sponsored by Grassroots Analytics
Our one-of-a-kind collection spans from 2008 to the present
www.the-downballot.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If you knew, read, or wrote that #TN07 went for Trump by 22 points last year, that's almost certainly thanks to The Downballot's complete collection of presidential results for all 435 congressional districts—a massively difficult project we undertake every four years.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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the avg special swing for special elections in the 2026 cycle is 13 points to the left, according to The Downballot -- so we are seeing an above average shift here in TN-07, even with Trump's late intervention docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the avg special swing for special elections in the 2026 cycle is 13 points to the left, according to The Downballot -- so we are seeing an above average shift here in TN-07, even with Trump's late intervention docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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That the GOP had to spend *this* much and it's *this* close? Coooooked.
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
That the GOP had to spend *this* much and it's *this* close? Coooooked.
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Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
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The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
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Florida DOT, like the current US DOT, is doing what it can to reverse the very feeble efforts US cities have made to dedicate road space to users other than drivers.
WOW: It appears that the Florida Department of Transportation and state Republicans used a flawed study to illegally dismantle dedicated bus lanes along a federally funded BRT project that was completed on time and under budget
www.tampabay.com/news/transpo...
www.tampabay.com/news/transpo...
FDOT study used to scrap SunRunner lane ‘incomplete,’ ‘unfair’, experts say
The dedicated bus lane on Pasadena Avenue was removed after the state said there was a rise in crashes.
www.tampabay.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Florida DOT, like the current US DOT, is doing what it can to reverse the very feeble efforts US cities have made to dedicate road space to users other than drivers.
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The longer this goes on, the more likely the Court sides with Texas. After all, Justice Alito's administrative stay while the Court considers the issue has let everyone proceed as though the new maps will be in place.
I expect a stay and dissents.
I expect a stay and dissents.
6 days from the Texas candidate filing deadline, and somehow it's still crickets from the Supreme Court. We're now 11 days after Alito issued the administrative stay on the lower court order.
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The longer this goes on, the more likely the Court sides with Texas. After all, Justice Alito's administrative stay while the Court considers the issue has let everyone proceed as though the new maps will be in place.
I expect a stay and dissents.
I expect a stay and dissents.
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Politico on how Gretchen Whitmer autographed a newspaper with the photo of her hiding in the Oval Office the next time she visited the White House. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
This 2028 possibility is Trump’s favorite Democrat
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to work with the White House stands in stark contrast to potential 2028 rivals such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Politico on how Gretchen Whitmer autographed a newspaper with the photo of her hiding in the Oval Office the next time she visited the White House. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Americans know the economy is rigged against them.
President Trump is doubling down by allowing big corporations to rip people off with impunity.
President Trump is doubling down by allowing big corporations to rip people off with impunity.
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Americans know the economy is rigged against them.
President Trump is doubling down by allowing big corporations to rip people off with impunity.
President Trump is doubling down by allowing big corporations to rip people off with impunity.
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you might be wondering "who goes to see the avatars?" it's me, i go to see the avatars. i love that shit.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
you might be wondering "who goes to see the avatars?" it's me, i go to see the avatars. i love that shit.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Fuck you if you support him.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fuck you if you support him.
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the problem is not that "Ed Markey is old as shit and Pressley would be better" it's "Ed Markey is old as shit and could very well lose a primary to the party's leading transphobe"
Markey fucking retire challenge
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
the problem is not that "Ed Markey is old as shit and Pressley would be better" it's "Ed Markey is old as shit and could very well lose a primary to the party's leading transphobe"
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🚨BREAKING: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee advanced a blatantly unconstitutional bill Tuesday to exclude noncitizens from the decennial census counts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP Advances Bill Limiting Census Counts For Congressional Seats to Citizens
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee advanced a blatantly unconstitutional bill Tuesday to exclude noncitizens from the decennial census counts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Just say “we will ensure justice is done” and then note that Trump has no authority to issue pardons for various non-American tribunals
dems should start saying that presidential pardons dont apply to international war crimes and in fact implicate the president, no idea if thats true but they should start saying it
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just say “we will ensure justice is done” and then note that Trump has no authority to issue pardons for various non-American tribunals
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Bar is so low for the media that I'm feeling encouraged that an obvious war crime generated a second news cycle.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Bar is so low for the media that I'm feeling encouraged that an obvious war crime generated a second news cycle.
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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there's no reason to not at least try and cry foul
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
there's no reason to not at least try and cry foul
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the thing that really drives people mad is that the base understands you need to always be screaming at the top of your lungs about the headline of the day and/or your preferred message but our electeds absolutely hate the idea of...doing politics 24/7, the thing they unequivocally signed up for
Trump "self disqualification" failed because social media gave Americans the brains of a goldfish. Play the cards you're dealt.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
the thing that really drives people mad is that the base understands you need to always be screaming at the top of your lungs about the headline of the day and/or your preferred message but our electeds absolutely hate the idea of...doing politics 24/7, the thing they unequivocally signed up for
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There's zero conflict here. Shri Thanedar said he was considering it (he did a Trump one earlier this year that Jeffries whipped against). Jeffries also said he's opposed and dishonestly claimed it couldn't get a vote even though that's not true. Thanedar and Jeffries are two different people.
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
There's zero conflict here. Shri Thanedar said he was considering it (he did a Trump one earlier this year that Jeffries whipped against). Jeffries also said he's opposed and dishonestly claimed it couldn't get a vote even though that's not true. Thanedar and Jeffries are two different people.