Leslie Blake
lessbkake.bsky.social
Leslie Blake
@lessbkake.bsky.social
Retired
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Despite knowing the people on the search warrant weren't there, the ICE arrest team STILL took this family's phones, laptops, and life savings — and refused to leave a BUSINESS CARD so they could ask to get it back!

This stuff is sadly not unique to ICE; it happens with regular police raids too.
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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April 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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"It’s not clear how or why Geier, who is not a physician and has an undergraduate degree from the Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore County, was chosen...

"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
March 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
March 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
March 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The legislature need to stand up for us and stand up to trump.
March 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
March 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yosemite National Park's annual budget is around $30 million.
About $25 million was blown just so a certain someone could attend the Super Bowl and Daytona 500.
Instead of shutting down the parks, just sit him in front of a TV.
March 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for…

You guessed it.

Food banks.
March 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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They are cutting social security by requiring in-person appointments and then firing so many caseworkers that the social security office cancels those appointments.

We already have reports of several cancelled appointments.

Seniors deserve better.
March 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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President Trump directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: cnn.it/41SJzKY
Trump rescinds security clearances of political rivals Harris, Clinton and others | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump, in a late-night Friday memo, directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President K...
cnn.it
March 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.

These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100B in taxes and receive no benefits or representation. Trump is about to explode the deficit by using the SSA to find and deport them. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump told reporters Friday evening.

So…

(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?

www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
www.cnn.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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The US Department of Agriculture has halted $500 million in deliveries to food banks nationwide that the Biden administration announced last year, multiple food banks told CNN: cnn.it/4iKaGzb
Food banks scramble after USDA halts $500 million in deliveries | CNN Politics
In the coming weeks, the shelves at dozens of food pantries in California’s Fresno County will be a little emptier. Visitors won’t be able to take home as many groceries, and their bags will contain f...
cnn.it
March 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Trump is taking your healthcare.
Trump is taking your education.
Trump is taking you life.
March 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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JUST IN: Trump pulls security clearances of more political/legal adversaries — some of these were previously known but new list includes:

-Kamala Harris
-Liz Cheney
-Joe Biden + Biden family
-Fiona Hill
March 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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BREAKING: Right-wing influencer Ricci Wynne has just been indicted for allegedly forcing minors to make child p*rn that he filmed on his phone.

He is also facing human trafficking charges. Only the best people! 🤡
March 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM