Leo
@leoglickman.bsky.social
Civil rights and elections lawyer with a hard core soccer habit. Siempre Antifascista.
Holy shit this is crazy. And the professor is right, how is this even attractive politically in what I'm told is our rugged-individualist country?
I know this is an obvious and old point, but it still shocks me how quickly the culture of the GOP has come to defined by the absurd personality type of the "toad-licking, ass kissing alpha." Amazing that they've built an audience that finds such deportment appealing, rather than disqualifying.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Holy shit this is crazy. And the professor is right, how is this even attractive politically in what I'm told is our rugged-individualist country?
Masterful.
CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Masterful.
The perception that the US took the rule of law deadly seriously has been an investment magnet and a source of our country's wealth for many years. That perception is in rapid decline, and Canada is smart to position itself in the breach.
What is the difference between between investing in Canada and investing in the USA?
“We have rule of law.”
- PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
“We have rule of law.”
- PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The perception that the US took the rule of law deadly seriously has been an investment magnet and a source of our country's wealth for many years. That perception is in rapid decline, and Canada is smart to position itself in the breach.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
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Schumer was terrified of national Democrats being tied to Mamdani, but he should be a lot more worried about being tied to THIS
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Schumer was terrified of national Democrats being tied to Mamdani, but he should be a lot more worried about being tied to THIS
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
I am suddenly feeling the call of the church.
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I am suddenly feeling the call of the church.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
Holy fuck. I understand that the NY Times needs to have conservative voices in its opinion pages, but my god they have announced that nothing is out of bounds.
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Holy fuck. I understand that the NY Times needs to have conservative voices in its opinion pages, but my god they have announced that nothing is out of bounds.
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re pinochet: ourtime.substack.com/p/in-defense...
In Defense of Political Violence [guest post by Ross Douthat]
3,000 executions after a period of civil strife seems rather tame
ourtime.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
re pinochet: ourtime.substack.com/p/in-defense...
Yes!
🟢 It’s official: former Assemblyman Michael Blake is running for Congress in NY-15, challenging Rep. Ritchie Torres.
“I am ready to fight for you and lower your cost of living,” Blake writes, “while Ritchie fights for a genocide.”
“I am ready to fight for you and lower your cost of living,” Blake writes, “while Ritchie fights for a genocide.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Yes!
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I'm sorry, the United States senator is a "guardian" of what country?
I feel like there's one correct answer here, and if that answer isn't "the United States," then we have an issue.
I feel like there's one correct answer here, and if that answer isn't "the United States," then we have an issue.
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Schumer’s decision not to endorse Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race “was driven in large part…by his self-conception as a guardian of Israel, something he considers a core part of his personal and political identity.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Even on Election Day, Schumer Is Mum on Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I'm sorry, the United States senator is a "guardian" of what country?
I feel like there's one correct answer here, and if that answer isn't "the United States," then we have an issue.
I feel like there's one correct answer here, and if that answer isn't "the United States," then we have an issue.
TFW you tune into your daughter's college radio program and she plays "Hysteric" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and you realize that she kind of liked you all this time. I'm crying.
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
TFW you tune into your daughter's college radio program and she plays "Hysteric" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and you realize that she kind of liked you all this time. I'm crying.
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The robber barons of America are going to do everything they can to destroy Mamdani.
They will follow the SF playbook: they will run wedge campaigns, pay PR firms, manipulate social media, encourage cop work slowdowns then crow about crime, and run impeachment campaigns.
They will follow the SF playbook: they will run wedge campaigns, pay PR firms, manipulate social media, encourage cop work slowdowns then crow about crime, and run impeachment campaigns.
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The robber barons of America are going to do everything they can to destroy Mamdani.
They will follow the SF playbook: they will run wedge campaigns, pay PR firms, manipulate social media, encourage cop work slowdowns then crow about crime, and run impeachment campaigns.
They will follow the SF playbook: they will run wedge campaigns, pay PR firms, manipulate social media, encourage cop work slowdowns then crow about crime, and run impeachment campaigns.
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I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
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Mamdani's gonna trans everyone's gender, the end goal of the most radical of Sharia.
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Mamdani's gonna trans everyone's gender, the end goal of the most radical of Sharia.
Oh fuck yeah.
Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Oh fuck yeah.
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I get the sense that many leading Democrats, in New York and elsewhere, don't really register the extent to which their brand of non-committal, finger-to-the-wind politics has fallen out of favor with voters.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I get the sense that many leading Democrats, in New York and elsewhere, don't really register the extent to which their brand of non-committal, finger-to-the-wind politics has fallen out of favor with voters.
Like, I honestly think that there were things in the de Blasio administration worth celebrating. The fact that stop and frisks declined by at least 90% while crime declined is something progressives should be proud about. But my god, he just doesn't get NYers. He honestly thinks he's adorable.
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Like, I honestly think that there were things in the de Blasio administration worth celebrating. The fact that stop and frisks declined by at least 90% while crime declined is something progressives should be proud about. But my god, he just doesn't get NYers. He honestly thinks he's adorable.
FFS, this is real.
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
FFS, this is real.
I don't dance on the graves of democratically elected office holders and I won't start today. But I was standing 5 blocks away when the first plane hit the Towers, I was in city govt working at the Command Center in the aftermath. It was a tragic but also profound time. And I had some tiny hope...
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I don't dance on the graves of democratically elected office holders and I won't start today. But I was standing 5 blocks away when the first plane hit the Towers, I was in city govt working at the Command Center in the aftermath. It was a tragic but also profound time. And I had some tiny hope...
Stephen Miller endorses Cuomo.
Just the face you want to see endorsing your campaign on the eve of the election
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Stephen Miller endorses Cuomo.
Aloof wife
happy life
happy life
[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Aloof wife
happy life
happy life