Michael Leppert
@michaelleppert.bsky.social
Professor/columnist/novelist. I teach stuff. I write stuff. I never grew out of my ‘why’ phase. michaelleppert.com michaelleppert.substack.com
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Hope Academy is a place that is worthy of its name
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
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Indiana is a state that doesn’t take many chances, so it’s amazing how lucky it got with Hope Academy. The weekly stack. open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
But I thought prices were already down. 🤷♂️ apnews.com/live/donald-...
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits as consumers complain of high prices
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
But I thought prices were already down. 🤷♂️ apnews.com/live/donald-...
Everything about this is sad, particularly how the @nytimes.com is glamorizing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Everything about this is sad, particularly how the @nytimes.com is glamorizing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
So, as if caving wasn’t bad enough, the 8 Democrats were also voting yes on the payout shit too. 😳🙄 www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House
The legislation would keep the government funded through Jan. 30, without extending ACA funds slated to expire. It now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So, as if caving wasn’t bad enough, the 8 Democrats were also voting yes on the payout shit too. 😳🙄 www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They suck so bad at the whole governing thing.
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
They suck so bad at the whole governing thing.
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social speaks for me.
Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social speaks for me.
Indiana is a state that doesn’t take many chances, so it’s amazing how lucky it got with Hope Academy. The weekly stack. open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
Hope Academy is a place that is worthy of its name
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Indiana is a state that doesn’t take many chances, so it’s amazing how lucky it got with Hope Academy. The weekly stack. open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
Garnering/solidifying support from your constituents before the vote is usually a wise thing to do. Explaining it afterward is a position that has weak ethos. (That’s as kindly as I can say it.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Garnering/solidifying support from your constituents before the vote is usually a wise thing to do. Explaining it afterward is a position that has weak ethos. (That’s as kindly as I can say it.)
Yes. Times a million.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Yes. Times a million.
It takes a criminal mind to act like RFK Jr here.
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It takes a criminal mind to act like RFK Jr here.
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RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
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This is what people who cheat at golf naturally do.
This loser is giving himself a faux Nobel Peace Prize at the Kennedy Center on December 5th. I just can’t. 🥴
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is what people who cheat at golf naturally do.
The fewer occasions we spend with each other, you know, in person, the more valuable each live interaction has become. The weekly stack…
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The scarcity of human connection is driving up its value
“This could have been an email,” is something I hear regularly at meetings, usually right after I have taken my chair.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The fewer occasions we spend with each other, you know, in person, the more valuable each live interaction has become. The weekly stack…
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We bought candy to hand out to the kids but then we turned out all our lights and went downstairs to the basement to watch TV. Not one trick or treater came. 🤷♂️
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We bought candy to hand out to the kids but then we turned out all our lights and went downstairs to the basement to watch TV. Not one trick or treater came. 🤷♂️
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Nancy Mace is the "do you know who I am???" of "I want to speak to the manager"s.
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nancy Mace is the "do you know who I am???" of "I want to speak to the manager"s.
This one got me. 😂😂
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This one got me. 😂😂
JD Vance sure belly flopped into the slop today.
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
JD Vance sure belly flopped into the slop today.
In the history of preventable, poorly timed campaign announcements, this one ranks pretty high. www.ibj.com/articles/jen...
Jennifer-Ruth Green announces run for Congress in northwest Indiana - Indianapolis Business Journal
Green, a Republican, was appointed the state’s public safety secretary by Gov. Mike Braun in January but abruptly resigned in early September amid an ethics complaint from the Office of Inspector Gene...
www.ibj.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In the history of preventable, poorly timed campaign announcements, this one ranks pretty high. www.ibj.com/articles/jen...
I’m a little bored with KC in Prime Time every week.
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’m a little bored with KC in Prime Time every week.
I think we can sit Taylor now. @colts.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think we can sit Taylor now. @colts.bsky.social
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complete batshit insanity
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
complete batshit insanity
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Thank you @princess-vimentin.bsky.social for including me in this great Starter Pack✨
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October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thank you @princess-vimentin.bsky.social for including me in this great Starter Pack✨
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Again, I guess this law has just...been rendered moot but it's very much there in black and white
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Again, I guess this law has just...been rendered moot but it's very much there in black and white
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidef...
Omg. Everything is so dumb.
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Omg. Everything is so dumb.
Indiana is having a moment. It’s giving us a chance to connect with each other. The weekly stack. open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
A walk around town will show how sports teams’ impact civic connections
Last week, I was asked to fill in as a proxy for a colleague on the Bloomington Faculty Council at Indiana University.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Indiana is having a moment. It’s giving us a chance to connect with each other. The weekly stack. open.substack.com/pub/michaell...