Leigh G
@yogaleigh.bsky.social
Writer, yoga & movement teacher, seeker of peace. 50 yrs on left. Quit law long ago; still remember stuff. On mstdn.social @BluegrassRoots Spoutible @yogaleigh Bradenton
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momsagabbott
Socialism says the government runs it all.
Democratic socialism says the people run the government.
One’s a dictatorship. The other’s democracy with compassion.
Don’t let fear mongers blur that line. Learn the difference #txlege #democrats
Socialism says the government runs it all.
Democratic socialism says the people run the government.
One’s a dictatorship. The other’s democracy with compassion.
Don’t let fear mongers blur that line. Learn the difference #txlege #democrats
November 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
momsagabbott
Socialism says the government runs it all.
Democratic socialism says the people run the government.
One’s a dictatorship. The other’s democracy with compassion.
Don’t let fear mongers blur that line. Learn the difference #txlege #democrats
Socialism says the government runs it all.
Democratic socialism says the people run the government.
One’s a dictatorship. The other’s democracy with compassion.
Don’t let fear mongers blur that line. Learn the difference #txlege #democrats
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Please help spread the word about this significant event
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Please help spread the word about this significant event
He's simultaneously keeping MAGA fury on immigrants while deflecting attention from the reality that rich ppl are the ones buying up property up one side and down the other & pricing it out of most ppl's reach. Never forget to blame the rich, the actual authors of everyone's misery.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
He's simultaneously keeping MAGA fury on immigrants while deflecting attention from the reality that rich ppl are the ones buying up property up one side and down the other & pricing it out of most ppl's reach. Never forget to blame the rich, the actual authors of everyone's misery.
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ICE is not acting as a law enforcement agency. To do that, you must follow the law. It’s been clear for a long time…they’re not.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
ICE is not acting as a law enforcement agency. To do that, you must follow the law. It’s been clear for a long time…they’re not.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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Of course. Just like credit cards and revolving credit and RIDICULOUS interest rates and unequal loan application processes and.... *whew*
Usury laws were to keep down predatory lending until the early 80s. Deregulation was a HUGE mistake and needs to be rectified!
lawshun.com/article/what...
Usury laws were to keep down predatory lending until the early 80s. Deregulation was a HUGE mistake and needs to be rectified!
lawshun.com/article/what...
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Of course. Just like credit cards and revolving credit and RIDICULOUS interest rates and unequal loan application processes and.... *whew*
Usury laws were to keep down predatory lending until the early 80s. Deregulation was a HUGE mistake and needs to be rectified!
lawshun.com/article/what...
Usury laws were to keep down predatory lending until the early 80s. Deregulation was a HUGE mistake and needs to be rectified!
lawshun.com/article/what...
When we bring the regime down what are we going to do about the huge number of sociopaths we clearly have running around free in our society?
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When we bring the regime down what are we going to do about the huge number of sociopaths we clearly have running around free in our society?
I'd model the Chilean constitutional proposal and add specifics on equality re indigenous peoples, women, people with disabilities, all ethnic backgrounds etc.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'd model the Chilean constitutional proposal and add specifics on equality re indigenous peoples, women, people with disabilities, all ethnic backgrounds etc.
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Here’s What States Should Do to Fight Climate Change Under Trump newrepublic.com/article/1890... via @newrepublic.com
Here’s What States Should Do to Fight Climate Change Under Trump
It’s not inevitable that we’ll stall or go backward on climate progress in the next four years. States can do far more to accelerate the energy transition than most people appreciate.
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Here’s What States Should Do to Fight Climate Change Under Trump newrepublic.com/article/1890... via @newrepublic.com
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HOLY SH*T this ad doesn’t pull any punches.
And I’m here for it. Because if you’re protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
And I’m here for it. Because if you’re protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
HOLY SH*T this ad doesn’t pull any punches.
And I’m here for it. Because if you’re protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
And I’m here for it. Because if you’re protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming.
Share. This. Everywhere. And follow the ad's creator, @_joejacobson_!
#ReleaseTheFiles
I've seen some folks finding an upside to the "cave" by Ds and suspected there's more nuance than most of us readily see -- I really like this positive view
Reality Bites: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Reality Bites: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I've seen some folks finding an upside to the "cave" by Ds and suspected there's more nuance than most of us readily see -- I really like this positive view
Reality Bites: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Reality Bites: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
I never knew about this resistance movement by GIs during Viet Nam -- really good little piece on that history and how to use what they did now. youtu.be/TXHlleNospg
Carpe Momentum: Revoke Consent
YouTube video by Mary Geddry
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I never knew about this resistance movement by GIs during Viet Nam -- really good little piece on that history and how to use what they did now. youtu.be/TXHlleNospg
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Senator @shevrinjones.bsky.social
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Senator @shevrinjones.bsky.social
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
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Reality is that the public voted to get rid of the Biden-Harris ACA subsidy increases when they voted in Nov 2024 to give the GOP the House, Senate, & WH.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reality is that the public voted to get rid of the Biden-Harris ACA subsidy increases when they voted in Nov 2024 to give the GOP the House, Senate, & WH.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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🚨 The shutdown isn’t over. The Senate vote was a procedural step, not a deal. Nothing is reopening. Nothing is fixed. Eight Democrats helped move an old GOP bill while families go unpaid and SNAP stays frozen.
Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
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Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨 The shutdown isn’t over. The Senate vote was a procedural step, not a deal. Nothing is reopening. Nothing is fixed. Eight Democrats helped move an old GOP bill while families go unpaid and SNAP stays frozen.
Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
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Flood the lines. Call your Senators.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
🧵1/2
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On Nov 15 we will make it clear that the public will not stand for a trillion dollar payout to Elon Musk or anyone else. Join a Day of Action at showrooms and Superchargers in your city. Every voice and every action matters. #NoTrillionaires #TeslaTakedown actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#TeslaTakedown NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action
A TRILLION DOLLARS? Elon Musk and his stooges think they can gobble up the entire world while the rest of us starve. Join us for the NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action Nov. 15, 2025!
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
On Nov 15 we will make it clear that the public will not stand for a trillion dollar payout to Elon Musk or anyone else. Join a Day of Action at showrooms and Superchargers in your city. Every voice and every action matters. #NoTrillionaires #TeslaTakedown actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
A bunch of brands to avoid because of the evil corporate owner: substack.perfectunion.us/p/the-evil-c...
The Evil Company Buying Subway (And the Rest of Your Favorite Chains)
Roark Capital has made billions exploiting 1.4 million workers, fighting minimum wage laws, and stealing workers' pay.
substack.perfectunion.us
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A bunch of brands to avoid because of the evil corporate owner: substack.perfectunion.us/p/the-evil-c...
So basically the #ProDeathRepublicanParty now thinks it's okay to impose the death penalty for being a suspect.
U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
This is the 19th illegal strike, if you are keeping track
This is the 19th illegal strike, if you are keeping track
U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So basically the #ProDeathRepublicanParty now thinks it's okay to impose the death penalty for being a suspect.
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And again, we're not guaranteed to win, and we're not going to sit around hoping for a win. We need to be out there working—out doing the anti-authoritarian work in the streets that needs doing, pushing candidates and electeds to do more, building grassroots infrastructure. Working. Fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And again, we're not guaranteed to win, and we're not going to sit around hoping for a win. We need to be out there working—out doing the anti-authoritarian work in the streets that needs doing, pushing candidates and electeds to do more, building grassroots infrastructure. Working. Fighting.
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Democrats' 2025 election wins go beyond the big races:
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Democrats' 2025 election wins go beyond the big races:
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.