Gerard LeConte III
@gerardleconte.bsky.social
US government and politics watcher. 145k on TikTok. Mostly just a voter with takes. I do a lot of typos, and BlueSky won’t let me fix them.
A rising, bipartisan sentiment that really bums me out is the idea that experience in public office is irrelevant, if not bad, when choosing executive leadership in government.
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A rising, bipartisan sentiment that really bums me out is the idea that experience in public office is irrelevant, if not bad, when choosing executive leadership in government.
This hunter biden interview got me like
July 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This hunter biden interview got me like
We had to say goodbye to one of our best friends today. He had a lot of names, he wore a lot of hats, and he helped me through many challenges. A dog might be man’s best friend, but a cat is man’s best roommate. You were a real one, Bean. Love you forever.
May 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We had to say goodbye to one of our best friends today. He had a lot of names, he wore a lot of hats, and he helped me through many challenges. A dog might be man’s best friend, but a cat is man’s best roommate. You were a real one, Bean. Love you forever.
What’s the deal with Australian beef?
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What’s the deal with Australian beef?
From the NYT editorial board yesterday. Note that the current administration is hyper-focused on personal identity and Americans' differences. Especially race, gender, sexuality, and religion.
March 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
From the NYT editorial board yesterday. Note that the current administration is hyper-focused on personal identity and Americans' differences. Especially race, gender, sexuality, and religion.
“People celebrated William F. Buckley, and I think I’m like Buckley, but people don’t celebrate me. In fact, people these days would be more likely to celebrate James Baldwin instead of be appreciative that Baldwin was even allowed in the same room as Buckley. Therefore, down with the Constitution.”
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“People celebrated William F. Buckley, and I think I’m like Buckley, but people don’t celebrate me. In fact, people these days would be more likely to celebrate James Baldwin instead of be appreciative that Baldwin was even allowed in the same room as Buckley. Therefore, down with the Constitution.”
The message I'm sending my Senators in case anyone finds it helpful:
March 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The message I'm sending my Senators in case anyone finds it helpful:
Park rangers at Yosemite National Park are flying a large upside-down American flag in distress. There have been mass layoffs at the National Park Service since Trump took office, with thousands of pending job offers rescinded. Trump has not nominated a park services director.
February 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Park rangers at Yosemite National Park are flying a large upside-down American flag in distress. There have been mass layoffs at the National Park Service since Trump took office, with thousands of pending job offers rescinded. Trump has not nominated a park services director.
Oh snap. New all-time high for egg prices just dropped.
February 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Oh snap. New all-time high for egg prices just dropped.
We’re dealing with people who think mortgage rates are high because the national debt is high, who think Elon Musk is going to just delete the government into a balanced budget, and in a truly impressive display of mental gymnastics, thinks one would be owed a refund check for deficit spending.
February 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We’re dealing with people who think mortgage rates are high because the national debt is high, who think Elon Musk is going to just delete the government into a balanced budget, and in a truly impressive display of mental gymnastics, thinks one would be owed a refund check for deficit spending.
Omg I found it
February 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Omg I found it
This is what you get when you go to the USAID website right now. This is wildly illegal and unconstitutional.
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is what you get when you go to the USAID website right now. This is wildly illegal and unconstitutional.
This headline from Josh Barro’s newsletter this morning is quadruple distilled US centrism in 2025 lol
February 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This headline from Josh Barro’s newsletter this morning is quadruple distilled US centrism in 2025 lol
Canada is cool, and it’s dumb to start a trade war with them.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Canada is cool, and it’s dumb to start a trade war with them.
I want to see @skylight.social succeed where other video platforms have failed.
January 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I want to see @skylight.social succeed where other video platforms have failed.
And just like that… the magic’s gone.
Hocking a big fat loogie and spitting it right into so many of their creator’s faces. Unbelievable.
Hocking a big fat loogie and spitting it right into so many of their creator’s faces. Unbelievable.
January 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
And just like that… the magic’s gone.
Hocking a big fat loogie and spitting it right into so many of their creator’s faces. Unbelievable.
Hocking a big fat loogie and spitting it right into so many of their creator’s faces. Unbelievable.
Hahahahahaha
Gotta hand it to em. They do propoganda well
Gotta hand it to em. They do propoganda well
January 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hahahahahaha
Gotta hand it to em. They do propoganda well
Gotta hand it to em. They do propoganda well
Hell of a read
January 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hell of a read
Congrats, America.
January 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Congrats, America.
That this is not a story is all anyone needs to know about the media in the United States of America.
January 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
That this is not a story is all anyone needs to know about the media in the United States of America.
Look up this thread and read the comments if you want to better understand the primary reason I’m skeptical these guys will be able to capitalize on the opportunity they have to capture durable cultural standing: they’re a bunch of complete and absolute dorks.
December 30, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Look up this thread and read the comments if you want to better understand the primary reason I’m skeptical these guys will be able to capitalize on the opportunity they have to capture durable cultural standing: they’re a bunch of complete and absolute dorks.
St. Beauty’s Running to the Sun has steadily remained in my rotation for going on 7 years. “Borders,” is such a banger.
December 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
St. Beauty’s Running to the Sun has steadily remained in my rotation for going on 7 years. “Borders,” is such a banger.
If you’re listing 6 decontextualized statistics and then drawing from them a sweeping conclusion, that conclusion is probably wrong (or at least incomplete). Yet, this conclusion confirms peoples’ priors, so it has 1300 likes, 161 reposts, 56 shares, and it has been viewed 27k times in just 2 hours.
December 29, 2024 at 5:18 PM
If you’re listing 6 decontextualized statistics and then drawing from them a sweeping conclusion, that conclusion is probably wrong (or at least incomplete). Yet, this conclusion confirms peoples’ priors, so it has 1300 likes, 161 reposts, 56 shares, and it has been viewed 27k times in just 2 hours.
That Republican optimism bump sure was short lived.
December 26, 2024 at 4:01 PM
That Republican optimism bump sure was short lived.
This movie shows absolutely no mercy.
December 24, 2024 at 6:58 PM
This movie shows absolutely no mercy.