Leo Smith
@leosmith.bsky.social
Life long Michigander in SW Michigan. Retired social services worker. Politically; Slightly to the left of Bernie Sanders. Looking for serious conversations with serious people. But also like a good joke. or even a bad pun..
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Leo Smith
@leosmith.bsky.social
· Aug 17
People need to understand- self serving, attention whore, Democratic politicians like Gavin Newsom who throw vulnerable populations under the bus in a cynical attempt at Carville style triangulation are not the solution to fascism, they are what got us here.
Techno Fascists threaten to destroy world economy, if you don't use their shitty product.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Techno Fascists threaten to destroy world economy, if you don't use their shitty product.
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They continue edging toward the Insurrection Act
There is no way out but through
NEVER OBEY IN ADVANCE
Mass nonviolent resistance is our best chess play in this moment
Get ready, y'all
If they make a move in Minnesota, the rest of the nation must hit the streets and shut everything down
There is no way out but through
NEVER OBEY IN ADVANCE
Mass nonviolent resistance is our best chess play in this moment
Get ready, y'all
If they make a move in Minnesota, the rest of the nation must hit the streets and shut everything down
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
They continue edging toward the Insurrection Act
There is no way out but through
NEVER OBEY IN ADVANCE
Mass nonviolent resistance is our best chess play in this moment
Get ready, y'all
If they make a move in Minnesota, the rest of the nation must hit the streets and shut everything down
There is no way out but through
NEVER OBEY IN ADVANCE
Mass nonviolent resistance is our best chess play in this moment
Get ready, y'all
If they make a move in Minnesota, the rest of the nation must hit the streets and shut everything down
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Happy MLK Day
January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Happy MLK Day
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“If we just keep voting for democrats no matter what this wouldn’t have happened” this is actually exactly how this happened from a long view
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
“If we just keep voting for democrats no matter what this wouldn’t have happened” this is actually exactly how this happened from a long view
The whole government, especially those in the most powerful positions, know Trump is mentally incapable of performing his duties as POTUS and is doing real damage to our country, but are choosing to not act because doing so will damage the ongoing implementation of their fascist political project.
Beyond the fact that this bugfuck insane letter was written and sent to the leader of Norway, the State Dept agreeing to distribute it to other heads of state instead of objecting and honorably resigning or at the very least planning some kind of coverup is a sign of deep institutional collapse.
So this is why Trump is fixated on Greenland. Vengeance strikes again. This guy is dangerous.
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The whole government, especially those in the most powerful positions, know Trump is mentally incapable of performing his duties as POTUS and is doing real damage to our country, but are choosing to not act because doing so will damage the ongoing implementation of their fascist political project.
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It's tied in with the idea that artists have to suffer to make great art, which is a deluded inversion of the hierarchy of needs. People struggling to pay bills then becomes a "starving artist" gag, so you're inherently blamed for your own struggles in this really strange way.
January 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
It's tied in with the idea that artists have to suffer to make great art, which is a deluded inversion of the hierarchy of needs. People struggling to pay bills then becomes a "starving artist" gag, so you're inherently blamed for your own struggles in this really strange way.
I must admit, being a Democratic Socialist, I do have some appreciation for Trump's easy dismal of property rights, we do have disagreements about when, and to whom that concept should be applied.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I must admit, being a Democratic Socialist, I do have some appreciation for Trump's easy dismal of property rights, we do have disagreements about when, and to whom that concept should be applied.
To bad I can't reply, this seems relevant. Last year he vote to to give "express gratitude" to ICE. One of only 3 MI House Dems to do so. One of the others Haley Stevens is running to replace Peters in the Senate. LOL bsky.app/profile/pain...
"ICE is out of control and beyond reform. We must fundamentally change the way we approach immigration: it’s time to abolish ICE."
See, Dems? You can actually say it, and even draft legislation about it! It's possible to do!
See, Dems? You can actually say it, and even draft legislation about it! It's possible to do!
Michigan U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar Introduces Bill to Abolish ICE
Detroit area Congressman Shri Thanedar has introduced legislation in Congress that would abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The proposal, called the ‘Abolish ICE Act’, would dismantle t...
themetrodetroitnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
To bad I can't reply, this seems relevant. Last year he vote to to give "express gratitude" to ICE. One of only 3 MI House Dems to do so. One of the others Haley Stevens is running to replace Peters in the Senate. LOL bsky.app/profile/pain...
She likely believes that the 1st amendment means that, even as a government official, she should face zero consequences for her speech, while I as just some guy, should be investigated by the government as a domestic terrorist, or worse, for calling POTUS a war criminal.
US official Sarah Rogers who is currently the "Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy" falsely claims on Twitter that Germany "imported barbarian rapist hordes"
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
She likely believes that the 1st amendment means that, even as a government official, she should face zero consequences for her speech, while I as just some guy, should be investigated by the government as a domestic terrorist, or worse, for calling POTUS a war criminal.
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
This again is a thing that most workers in the US don't understand. That Universal Health Care isn't just about cheaper health care its about increasing worker momently and freedom. It seems that even advocates fear bringing up this point.
Health insurance not being tied to your employer is a big part of it - you're not literally threatened with a slow and preventable death if you protest
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This again is a thing that most workers in the US don't understand. That Universal Health Care isn't just about cheaper health care its about increasing worker momently and freedom. It seems that even advocates fear bringing up this point.
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The "article" here should be "why do so many people in rural areas believe things that are easily provably false?" as opposed to "why are we so divided?"
It's almost like the former might give you the answer to the latter.
It's almost like the former might give you the answer to the latter.
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The "article" here should be "why do so many people in rural areas believe things that are easily provably false?" as opposed to "why are we so divided?"
It's almost like the former might give you the answer to the latter.
It's almost like the former might give you the answer to the latter.
Not only creating it, but selling the ability to produce child porn as a service.
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Not only creating it, but selling the ability to produce child porn as a service.
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The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money
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Where America is at: Its government “investigates” the victim of a government killing.
Its government refuses to investigate the killing itself.
That seems like a police state.
Its government refuses to investigate the killing itself.
That seems like a police state.
Sorry, what? The federal “investigation” into ICE’s killing of an American is investigating the *victim*?
January 13, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Where America is at: Its government “investigates” the victim of a government killing.
Its government refuses to investigate the killing itself.
That seems like a police state.
Its government refuses to investigate the killing itself.
That seems like a police state.
How would a domestic army be much different?
Sanders: I am very worried that ICE is becoming a domestic army for Trump, and this goes way beyond the issue of immigration. It goes to the movement of this country toward authoritarianism and fear.
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
How would a domestic army be much different?
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The wine moms are turning revolutionary while Dems in congress are insisting the American SS just needs better training all while asking for donations from my new Marxist sisters.
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The wine moms are turning revolutionary while Dems in congress are insisting the American SS just needs better training all while asking for donations from my new Marxist sisters.
He should go and visit.
Trump has just declared himself the "acting president of Venezuela" over on Truth Social in case you're wondering about his mental health.
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 AM
He should go and visit.
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I entreat them to do that very thing.
Italian Prime Minister Meloni reaction to the growing US threat: “Should we close American military bases? Or cut trade relations? Should we storm McDonalds? I don't know what we should do?”
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I entreat them to do that very thing.
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it’s telling that he almost certainly knows he is being recorded. He’s speaking to us, too. it’s a threat.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
it’s telling that he almost certainly knows he is being recorded. He’s speaking to us, too. it’s a threat.
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One measure of liberty is the ratio between these two kinds of policing.
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
One measure of liberty is the ratio between these two kinds of policing.
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There are two kinds of policing. One where officers have to fear for their jobs if they are rude to citizens, and one where citizens have to fear for their lives if they are rude to police.
The two kinds always exist side by side, separated by geography, race, and class.
The two kinds always exist side by side, separated by geography, race, and class.
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There are two kinds of policing. One where officers have to fear for their jobs if they are rude to citizens, and one where citizens have to fear for their lives if they are rude to police.
The two kinds always exist side by side, separated by geography, race, and class.
The two kinds always exist side by side, separated by geography, race, and class.
After a limited free trial period to generate interest and publicity, Musk now providing CSAM generation as a paid service.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
After a limited free trial period to generate interest and publicity, Musk now providing CSAM generation as a paid service.
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I'd like it if we'd all recognize that US owned an operated social media websites are, in fact, just part of imperialism.
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I'd like it if we'd all recognize that US owned an operated social media websites are, in fact, just part of imperialism.
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in the time it took him to pull out his gun he could’ve just.. moved further out of the way
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
in the time it took him to pull out his gun he could’ve just.. moved further out of the way