Leetz
@leetz13.bsky.social
Nimiipuu. Warm Springs Paiute. Yakama.
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Fair warning:
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
January 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Fair warning:
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
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Marty Two Bulls, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Marty Two Bulls, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
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In her New Year's message, UFW President Teresa Romero shares that farm workers are facing many challenges with the current administration. The UFW will continue to fight for the men and women who are out there harvesting our food and asks you to stand with them. Si Se Puede!
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
In her New Year's message, UFW President Teresa Romero shares that farm workers are facing many challenges with the current administration. The UFW will continue to fight for the men and women who are out there harvesting our food and asks you to stand with them. Si Se Puede!
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
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uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
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Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
Seems about right.
Very funny polling result where ~3/4 of people will say they read a book last year but if you ask them to name the book the share drops 20 points
open.substack.com/pub/theargum...
open.substack.com/pub/theargum...
Some of you are lying about reading
How one polling decision uncovered a lot of untruths
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Seems about right.
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One of the few silver linings that have come from this harsh year of deportations and ICE raids is that it has clarified which people and institutions will use their voices to push back and which will choose accommodation.
Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
One of the few silver linings that have come from this harsh year of deportations and ICE raids is that it has clarified which people and institutions will use their voices to push back and which will choose accommodation.
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There are 3 #MostGifted #FiveStarRated #BestSeller list womensart books to choose from!
On rebels of TEXTILE ARTS or Innovative PAINTERS or fantastic PRINTMAKERS Via any bookshop...
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On rebels of TEXTILE ARTS or Innovative PAINTERS or fantastic PRINTMAKERS Via any bookshop...
Like here bookshop.org/beta-search?...
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There are 3 #MostGifted #FiveStarRated #BestSeller list womensart books to choose from!
On rebels of TEXTILE ARTS or Innovative PAINTERS or fantastic PRINTMAKERS Via any bookshop...
Like here bookshop.org/beta-search?...
On rebels of TEXTILE ARTS or Innovative PAINTERS or fantastic PRINTMAKERS Via any bookshop...
Like here bookshop.org/beta-search?...
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18 years for having a stillbirth. Medical testing showed meth but a med examiner testified he couldnt say it was the cause of death. She’s 1 of at least 20 Alabama women who suffered miscarriage/stillbirth then faced sentencing as severe as for murder, rape or kidnapping. www.al.com/news/2022/09...
She lost her baby, then her freedom. ‘When the judge said 18 years, I couldn’t believe it.’
Brooke Shoemaker suffered a stillbirth in Auburn in 2017. Although a state medical examiner found the cause of death to be undetermined, the county coroner blamed her methamphetamine use. After she lo...
www.al.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
18 years for having a stillbirth. Medical testing showed meth but a med examiner testified he couldnt say it was the cause of death. She’s 1 of at least 20 Alabama women who suffered miscarriage/stillbirth then faced sentencing as severe as for murder, rape or kidnapping. www.al.com/news/2022/09...
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Monsters of 2025: Rappers gone MAGA
Monsters of 2025: Rappers gone MAGA
Donald Trump is collecting rappers like Infinity Stones, and many seem more than happy to be his tokens.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Monsters of 2025: Rappers gone MAGA
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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I’m extremely concerned by reports the Trump administration destroyed a facility during a covert action in Venezuela.
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump says the U.S. took out a 'big facility' in Venezuela amid strikes on alleged drug boats
The president did not provide details about the apparent strike, which NBC News has not independently confirmed.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m extremely concerned by reports the Trump administration destroyed a facility during a covert action in Venezuela.
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Of course they did 😑
BREAKING: The Department of Justice failed to redact the identity of a survivor of Epstein's crimes in a released document, per an exclusive comment to MeidasTouch.
Justice Department Fails to Redact Name and Personal Information of Epstein Survivor
Released documents tied to the Epstein Files Transparency Act reportedly included the name and phone number of Danielle Bensky, raising concerns over survivor privacy and government oversight
meidasnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Of course they did 😑
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As we head into 2026, the pressures shaping tribal economies will feel familiar — but the ground beneath them has shifted. From energy and tax certainty to Native finance and federal contracting, here are key storylines @tribalbiz.bsky.social will be tracking. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/eco...
Storylines we’ll track in 2026
From energy and tax certainty to Native finance and federal contracting, here are the key storylines Tribal Business News will be tracking in 2026.
tribalbusinessnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As we head into 2026, the pressures shaping tribal economies will feel familiar — but the ground beneath them has shifted. From energy and tax certainty to Native finance and federal contracting, here are key storylines @tribalbiz.bsky.social will be tracking. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/eco...
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The US is offering €1.7 billion in humanitarian funding — far less than in previous years — while demanding a radical overhaul of how the UN delivers aid worldwide.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/axAF
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/axAF
December 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The US is offering €1.7 billion in humanitarian funding — far less than in previous years — while demanding a radical overhaul of how the UN delivers aid worldwide.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/axAF
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/axAF
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This is caused by erasure and systemic oppression.
Constantly leaving Natives out contributes to this erasure.
And almost everyone in America excludes Natives.
Constantly leaving Natives out contributes to this erasure.
And almost everyone in America excludes Natives.
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is caused by erasure and systemic oppression.
Constantly leaving Natives out contributes to this erasure.
And almost everyone in America excludes Natives.
Constantly leaving Natives out contributes to this erasure.
And almost everyone in America excludes Natives.
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They're gonna be real upset when they read about literally any of Trump's appointees for anything.
December 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They're gonna be real upset when they read about literally any of Trump's appointees for anything.
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I wrote this column about the aggressive pushback our reporters have received for doing their jobs.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I wrote this column about the aggressive pushback our reporters have received for doing their jobs.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.