Lesley Whittemore
@whitluce.bsky.social
Project 2025 is still steamrolling along
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Project 2025 is still steamrolling along
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It’s late. I should go to bed. But I’m gonna keep scrolling and savor this moment. Hope lives, we’ll keep after it.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s late. I should go to bed. But I’m gonna keep scrolling and savor this moment. Hope lives, we’ll keep after it.
More gains for Nvidia, Amazon and other AI superstars propped up Wall Street on Monday. https://to.pbs.org/4920PCC
AI darlings prop up Wall Street as most other stocks fall
Nvidia was the strongest force lifting the market, much as it has been throughout 2025.
www.pbs.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Moving on from Kavanaugh Stops to Kavanaugh Shootings.
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
#snap
Halloween is over but the ghouls are still here
Halloween is over but the ghouls are still here
Wth
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#snap
Halloween is over but the ghouls are still here
Halloween is over but the ghouls are still here
We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this. He is currently headed to Palm Beach for another golf weekend.
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The world is with the Blue Jays #bluejays
As their biggest UK fans, we made this video to wish them luck and cheer them on. Let’s go Blue Jays!
#WANTITALL #cdnpoli
#WANTITALL #cdnpoli
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The world is with the Blue Jays #bluejays
Good discussion of our present situation
Just went on Substack Live with Reed Galen.
We talked about authoritarianism, Silicon Valley, moral cowardice, and the people who still think “neutrality” is a political position. Too much swearing. Zero euphemism.
We talked about authoritarianism, Silicon Valley, moral cowardice, and the people who still think “neutrality” is a political position. Too much swearing. Zero euphemism.
On the Home Front with Reed Galen
On Authoritarianism, Valley, and Moral Cowardice
www.notesfromthecircus.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Good discussion of our present situation
Inarguably the most newsworthy moment of the episode… but it was only on “OVERTIME”, not the part of @60minutes.bsky.social that actually aired on TV.
Is this the pro-Israel hand of Bari Weiss in action? 🤔Kinda makes ya wonder.
Is this the pro-Israel hand of Bari Weiss in action? 🤔Kinda makes ya wonder.
WATCH: “A MASTER PLAN”
Usually stoic Kushner silently panics as Witkoff spills the beans on the Trump regime’s war profiteering in Gaza - they’ve been working on for ‘TWO YEARS’🤔
(But don’t worry, apparently $50 Billion is “not a lot of money”! 💰🙃)
PSA: This slip-up should be a big deal.
Usually stoic Kushner silently panics as Witkoff spills the beans on the Trump regime’s war profiteering in Gaza - they’ve been working on for ‘TWO YEARS’🤔
(But don’t worry, apparently $50 Billion is “not a lot of money”! 💰🙃)
PSA: This slip-up should be a big deal.
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
MAGA trash
MAGA does this everywhere they go. You should see what it looks like after most country concerts. OP sums it up perfectly, white trash.
White Trash....
September 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
MAGA trash
The repression continues
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The repression continues
Reposted by Lesley Whittemore
The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life.
A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.
No more political violence.
A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.
No more political violence.
In Wake of Charlie Kirk Murder, Sen. Bernie Sanders Addresses Rising Political Violence in America
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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September 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life.
A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.
No more political violence.
A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.
No more political violence.
Watch, please
WATCH: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social on being barred from @kristinoem’s photo op at the airport (in his district) and threatened with arrest as he tried to get info about hundreds taken from NASHVILLE by Trump’s masked Gestapo
(As Noem lashed out at a Latina reporter for doing her job)
(As Noem lashed out at a Latina reporter for doing her job)
July 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Watch, please
Epstein
July 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Epstein
“This is the Biggest Threat to Our Democracy That Nobody’s Talking About”
Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar of Trump’s scheme to gut the Voting Rights Act and gerrymander the 2026 election.
Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar of Trump’s scheme to gut the Voting Rights Act and gerrymander the 2026 election.
“This Is the Biggest Threat to Our Democracy That Nobody’s Talking About”
Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar warns that a move to redraw Texas congressional districts will undermine democracy in the Lone Star State and beyond.
urldefense.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Reposted by Lesley Whittemore
BREAKING: A Trump DOJ investigation has found that this photo does not exist, and if you saw it, no you didn’t
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: A Trump DOJ investigation has found that this photo does not exist, and if you saw it, no you didn’t
Reposted by Lesley Whittemore
⚠️ BREAKING:
U.S. 🇺🇲 Sees 1.701 Million COVID-19 Cases in a Week as COVID-19 Transmission Exceeds to 26.0%
Currently 1 in 197 Americans Infected with COVID-19.
U.S. 🇺🇲 Sees 1.701 Million COVID-19 Cases in a Week as COVID-19 Transmission Exceeds to 26.0%
Currently 1 in 197 Americans Infected with COVID-19.
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
U.S. 🇺🇲 Sees 1.701 Million COVID-19 Cases in a Week as COVID-19 Transmission Exceeds to 26.0%
Currently 1 in 197 Americans Infected with COVID-19.
U.S. 🇺🇲 Sees 1.701 Million COVID-19 Cases in a Week as COVID-19 Transmission Exceeds to 26.0%
Currently 1 in 197 Americans Infected with COVID-19.
More fake ICE agents doing horrible things.
Everyone should be speaking up about this. Masks and no ID required is a ridiculous recipe for horrors. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenJohnson & Sexton should be banning it, not protecting it.
Everyone should be speaking up about this. Masks and no ID required is a ridiculous recipe for horrors. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenJohnson & Sexton should be banning it, not protecting it.
June 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
Reposted by Lesley Whittemore
JUST IN: Never seen this before — the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland over its standing order requiring an automatic two-day stay in habeas cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
JUST IN: Never seen this before — the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland over its standing order requiring an automatic two-day stay in habeas cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Auchincloss: This is about spotlighting the grift in this administration, collecting the receipts, and preparing to investigate and fight back. There are two individuals who are the top lieutenants to RFK Jr. who have the most glaring conflicts of interest…
June 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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2020 TRUMP: “We have laws… we can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.”
(H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
(H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
June 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
2020 TRUMP: “We have laws… we can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.”
(H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
(H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )