Lea Leander
@lealeander.bsky.social
Classic movies, film history, bicycles, Jersey beaches. DSA. The rent is too damn high. Please: No DM's. Thanks.
"ICE obviously thinks it can do whatever it wants without paying any price..."
from @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
from @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
ICE Kills Unarmed American Woman in Minneapolis
Trump decries “radical left;” homeland security screams “domestic terror”
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"ICE obviously thinks it can do whatever it wants without paying any price..."
from @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
from @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
From @willneal.bsky.social at the Daily Beast.
Trump Cornered on ICE Shooting Evidence After His Jaw-Dropping Insult to Slain Mom
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Trump Cornered on ICE Shooting Evidence After His Jaw-Dropping Insult to Slain Mom
archive.is/rRXr5
archive.is
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
From @willneal.bsky.social at the Daily Beast.
Trump Cornered on ICE Shooting Evidence After His Jaw-Dropping Insult to Slain Mom
archive.is/rRXr5
Trump Cornered on ICE Shooting Evidence After His Jaw-Dropping Insult to Slain Mom
archive.is/rRXr5
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.
A government of, by, and for the billionaires.
trump enjoys seeing people get shot.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
trump enjoys seeing people get shot.
Reposted by Lea Leander
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Agree. This is @nytimes.com using its resources to best effect. Huge public service.
TWO KEY IMAGES from Minneapolis. Left: The ICE shooter, who has crossed in front, draws his gun while the car is *in reverse.* Right: when he fires--note the smoke--neither foot is in front of the car. Fool thinks he's Wyatt Earp. Really, he's just another murderer.
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Agree. This is @nytimes.com using its resources to best effect. Huge public service.
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Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...
@cbsnews.com doing a 30 minute commercial for @paramountpictures.bsky.social Jay Kelly. Which isn't nearly as good as @sentimentalvalue.bsky.social. But when you own the network...
January 8, 2026 at 12:51 AM
@cbsnews.com doing a 30 minute commercial for @paramountpictures.bsky.social Jay Kelly. Which isn't nearly as good as @sentimentalvalue.bsky.social. But when you own the network...
yeah crawl in a hole and never show your face again asshole.
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
yeah crawl in a hole and never show your face again asshole.
She had her eyes done.
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
She had her eyes done.
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Please, can Jersey City and Newark government do this for route 1&9 connecting New Jersey's two largest cities together and making it safe for pedestrians and cyclists.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Please, can Jersey City and Newark government do this for route 1&9 connecting New Jersey's two largest cities together and making it safe for pedestrians and cyclists.
This is good cause he was a dirty traitor but wish it were trump.
#DieTrumpDie
#DieTrumpDie
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This is good cause he was a dirty traitor but wish it were trump.
#DieTrumpDie
#DieTrumpDie
Buy Americans healthcare first.
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Buy Americans healthcare first.
holy shit.
"Hours after President Trump urged Republicans looking for a way to address rising health care costs to be “flexible” on a longstanding provision that prevents federal dollars from being used to pay for abortions..."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
"Hours after President Trump urged Republicans looking for a way to address rising health care costs to be “flexible” on a longstanding provision that prevents federal dollars from being used to pay for abortions..."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Michael Gold
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
holy shit.
"Hours after President Trump urged Republicans looking for a way to address rising health care costs to be “flexible” on a longstanding provision that prevents federal dollars from being used to pay for abortions..."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
"Hours after President Trump urged Republicans looking for a way to address rising health care costs to be “flexible” on a longstanding provision that prevents federal dollars from being used to pay for abortions..."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
This is one time I really want to give him what he expects.
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is one time I really want to give him what he expects.
"Western hemisphere" is the new buzzword for the pedo party. They like it better than "affordable".
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"Western hemisphere" is the new buzzword for the pedo party. They like it better than "affordable".
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“… nine months after the mass pardon, police officers arrested Mr. Banuelos on new charges of kidnapping and sexual assault relating to a 2018 incident. He is accused of trapping his victim in his home and beating, strangling and sexually assaulting her.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“… nine months after the mass pardon, police officers arrested Mr. Banuelos on new charges of kidnapping and sexual assault relating to a 2018 incident. He is accused of trapping his victim in his home and beating, strangling and sexually assaulting her.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
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Yes. From 2018: "If Trump senses he may have to make a personal sacrifice, he will sacrifice the world instead."
www.fastcompany.com/40558314/don...
www.fastcompany.com/40558314/don...
Donald Trump Will Do Anything To Avoid Prosecution--And John Bolton Will Help
If Trump distracts us from his own misdeeds, and financially benefits and consolidates power through war, it won't matter to him how many lives are lost.
www.fastcompany.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Yes. From 2018: "If Trump senses he may have to make a personal sacrifice, he will sacrifice the world instead."
www.fastcompany.com/40558314/don...
www.fastcompany.com/40558314/don...
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If your memory is getting a little bit fuzzy, NPR has the cure for you.
Please support NPR when you can.
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
Please support NPR when you can.
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
NPR's archive preserves the facts of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
As the Trump administration tries to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR investigative project is preserving evidence of the crimes committed that day.
www.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If your memory is getting a little bit fuzzy, NPR has the cure for you.
Please support NPR when you can.
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
Please support NPR when you can.
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
Please fucking hurry up and die
www.nbcnews.com/business/ene...
www.nbcnews.com/business/ene...
Trump says the U.S. may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela's infrastructure
Big oil firms will either "get reimbursed by us or through revenue," Trump told NBC News in an exclusive interview.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Please fucking hurry up and die
www.nbcnews.com/business/ene...
www.nbcnews.com/business/ene...