Jack Leff
@jrlefftist.bsky.social
Grassroots organizer, abolitionist, tear gas scholar, and good Jewish boy.
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One of the most joyous feelings in the world is when your local elected officials are happy to see you show up for the small, but vitally important, civic meetings that make a community run. Even better? When they *hate* to see you show up.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
One of the most joyous feelings in the world is when your local elected officials are happy to see you show up for the small, but vitally important, civic meetings that make a community run. Even better? When they *hate* to see you show up.
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School meal debt shouldn’t exist — and help is on the way for Virginia students!
This week, I filed SB 4 for Virginia to offer universal free school breakfast. It feeds kids, saves families money and alleviates an administrative & financial burden on schools. #valeg
lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...
This week, I filed SB 4 for Virginia to offer universal free school breakfast. It feeds kids, saves families money and alleviates an administrative & financial burden on schools. #valeg
lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
School meal debt shouldn’t exist — and help is on the way for Virginia students!
This week, I filed SB 4 for Virginia to offer universal free school breakfast. It feeds kids, saves families money and alleviates an administrative & financial burden on schools. #valeg
lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...
This week, I filed SB 4 for Virginia to offer universal free school breakfast. It feeds kids, saves families money and alleviates an administrative & financial burden on schools. #valeg
lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...
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The misogyny is the point
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The misogyny is the point
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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My "DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN" tweet has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my tweet
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
My "DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN" tweet has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my tweet
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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New York and California wins are amazing, but THIS Mississippi win is phenomenal! Democratic platforms can win outside the so called liberal center when there’s genuine platforms and community work that brings people together.
BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
New York and California wins are amazing, but THIS Mississippi win is phenomenal! Democratic platforms can win outside the so called liberal center when there’s genuine platforms and community work that brings people together.
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RESULT: Democrat Ghazala Hashmi has won the race for Virginia lieutenant governor, the AP calls.
She has flipped the office for Democrats, and will replace Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, who has lost the governor’s.
She has flipped the office for Democrats, and will replace Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, who has lost the governor’s.
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
RESULT: Democrat Ghazala Hashmi has won the race for Virginia lieutenant governor, the AP calls.
She has flipped the office for Democrats, and will replace Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, who has lost the governor’s.
She has flipped the office for Democrats, and will replace Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, who has lost the governor’s.
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Israeli's chief military prosecutor has been arrested and will likely face trial for "perverting the course of justice".
Over the past two years, she provided legal cover for numerous crimes against humanity in Gaza. All this didn't protect her when she pursued a single torture case.
Over the past two years, she provided legal cover for numerous crimes against humanity in Gaza. All this didn't protect her when she pursued a single torture case.
Following the documented rape of a Palestinian prisoner in Sde Teyman, the military prosecutor ordered the arrest of the soldiers involved.
There was govt-supported riots trying to prevent their arrest. In response, she leaked the video evidence.
Now she has been removed by the Israeli govt.
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There was govt-supported riots trying to prevent their arrest. In response, she leaked the video evidence.
Now she has been removed by the Israeli govt.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Israeli's chief military prosecutor has been arrested and will likely face trial for "perverting the course of justice".
Over the past two years, she provided legal cover for numerous crimes against humanity in Gaza. All this didn't protect her when she pursued a single torture case.
Over the past two years, she provided legal cover for numerous crimes against humanity in Gaza. All this didn't protect her when she pursued a single torture case.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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If you were out in the streets today, thanks. If you left feeling inspired, please seek out local ways that you can keep organizing with others.
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you were out in the streets today, thanks. If you left feeling inspired, please seek out local ways that you can keep organizing with others.
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The ADL, the largest ostensible "anti-antisemitism" organization in the US, has made it clear their priority is protecting Israel from criticism, and to do so they are willing to overlook overt antisemitism and even neo-Nazism in their newfound allies. Both Palestinians and American Jews suffer.
The ADL has not yet commented at all on a Republican representative who had a swastika flag in his office. But they found time today to condemn the DSA and Jewish columnist M. Gessen.
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The ADL, the largest ostensible "anti-antisemitism" organization in the US, has made it clear their priority is protecting Israel from criticism, and to do so they are willing to overlook overt antisemitism and even neo-Nazism in their newfound allies. Both Palestinians and American Jews suffer.
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🧵 1. I saw some high-profile pro-Palestine accounts condemning Mamdani for saying "I'm going to have ppl in my admin who are Zionists" & for allegedly putting a "softer spin on his anti-Israel past"
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🧵 1. I saw some high-profile pro-Palestine accounts condemning Mamdani for saying "I'm going to have ppl in my admin who are Zionists" & for allegedly putting a "softer spin on his anti-Israel past"
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...
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Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!
October 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!
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When we talk about new nonviolent tactics emerging and how every action of the regime gives us a chance to be creative, adaptive, and get control of the narrative: the protestors at the Portland ICE facility are giving a master class right now.
Someone showed up with a cart of inflatables. The protest is now a dance party outside the PDX ICE facility. Federal police have mostly stood back but did unleash a toxin into the air @nbcnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When we talk about new nonviolent tactics emerging and how every action of the regime gives us a chance to be creative, adaptive, and get control of the narrative: the protestors at the Portland ICE facility are giving a master class right now.
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They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
October 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
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Knowing who to be mad at truly is praxis.
October 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Knowing who to be mad at truly is praxis.
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There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.
JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.
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"training" is the consistent liberal canard. nope people, this is THEIR JOB. they are doing what they are hired to do.
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"training" is the consistent liberal canard. nope people, this is THEIR JOB. they are doing what they are hired to do.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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Silverio Villegas González was a single father of two boys, 6 and 3. Neighbors said he was a "devoted father" and "kind soul."
He was just trying to go to work when ICE killed him. Please don't forget him.
He was just trying to go to work when ICE killed him. Please don't forget him.
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Silverio Villegas González was a single father of two boys, 6 and 3. Neighbors said he was a "devoted father" and "kind soul."
He was just trying to go to work when ICE killed him. Please don't forget him.
He was just trying to go to work when ICE killed him. Please don't forget him.