LS
@larryspiewak.bsky.social
Pro-Choice, Pro-LGBTQ+ Husband, Dad, GDad, retired Database Admin guy. I consider myself Liberal; a recovering conservative (since 2014). White, eastern European ethnicity, darn baby-boomer.
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LS
@larryspiewak.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Just started here on BlueSky yesterday.
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Trump Middle East trip raises mental health concerns
May 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump Middle East trip raises mental health concerns
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Trump is now claiming the AUTOPEN helped steal the 2020 election. He’s losing it in real time, and no one around him can stop it.
May 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump is now claiming the AUTOPEN helped steal the 2020 election. He’s losing it in real time, and no one around him can stop it.
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Terminating #TPS for Venezuelans will send families to a country the U.S. tells its own citizens to avoid due to a
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
NEW: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to resume its termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants, staying a lower court decision that had halted the process. Only Justice Jackson notes her dissent.
May 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Terminating #TPS for Venezuelans will send families to a country the U.S. tells its own citizens to avoid due to a
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
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PS. This is also a grift, with a huge portion of this going to Trump allies.
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“Two people briefed on the matter said the Justice Department has agreed to pay just under $5 million to Babbitt’s family, with about one third to go to their attorneys, who include the conservative group Judicial Watch and Alexandria, Virginia, lawyer Richard Driscoll.”
May 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
PS. This is also a grift, with a huge portion of this going to Trump allies.
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"The bare minimum will reach the population - simply so the world doesn't stop us and accuse us of war crimes."
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May 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"The bare minimum will reach the population - simply so the world doesn't stop us and accuse us of war crimes."
www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat — theonion.com/u-s-military... They did not mention if the Johnny Cash 'boy named Sue' would explicitly be excluded! 😂
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that...
theonion.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat — theonion.com/u-s-military... They did not mention if the Johnny Cash 'boy named Sue' would explicitly be excluded! 😂
media.licdn.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/04/07/l...
Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools • Wisconsin Examiner
Milwaukee's lead crisis is the result of decades of intentional neglect from state policymakers who starve public schools of resources
wisconsinexaminer.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/04/07/l...
On Crimes Against Humanity
open.substack.com/pub/newslett...
open.substack.com/pub/newslett...
On Crimes Against Humanity
The Trump Administration is engaged in them right now. What will you do in response?
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
On Crimes Against Humanity
open.substack.com/pub/newslett...
open.substack.com/pub/newslett...
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My piece about the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil reprinted in @truthout.org. "We are faced with an all-out assault on our very ability to speak out, protest, and otherwise pursue justice in the United States."
They Came for Mahmoud Khalil in the Night, and They Will Come for Us, Too
We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.
truthout.org
March 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My piece about the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil reprinted in @truthout.org. "We are faced with an all-out assault on our very ability to speak out, protest, and otherwise pursue justice in the United States."
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I've been at DOJ for so many important speeches & presentations. Today, my heart is filled with sadness for my former colleagues & our country as a convicted felon who doesn't understand justice or the meaning of the rule of law & why both are essential to our democracy stands there.
March 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've been at DOJ for so many important speeches & presentations. Today, my heart is filled with sadness for my former colleagues & our country as a convicted felon who doesn't understand justice or the meaning of the rule of law & why both are essential to our democracy stands there.
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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March 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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AOC, (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), becomes the first person to surpass 2 MILLION followers on Bluesky.
March 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
AOC, (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), becomes the first person to surpass 2 MILLION followers on Bluesky.
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“I want to live. I want to be healthy. I want to have my health care.” — Renee, a Wisconsinite who relies on Medicaid to live.
President Trump is refusing to own up to his plan to cut Medicaid and didn’t even utter the word “Medicaid” last night. www.weau.com/2025/03/05/b...
President Trump is refusing to own up to his plan to cut Medicaid and didn’t even utter the word “Medicaid” last night. www.weau.com/2025/03/05/b...
Baldwin and a Wisconsin native highlight impacts of Medicaid cuts ahead of President’s address
A Wisconsin women suffering from stage four breast cancer will be among those watching the President’s speech tonight in the nation’s capital.
www.weau.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“I want to live. I want to be healthy. I want to have my health care.” — Renee, a Wisconsinite who relies on Medicaid to live.
President Trump is refusing to own up to his plan to cut Medicaid and didn’t even utter the word “Medicaid” last night. www.weau.com/2025/03/05/b...
President Trump is refusing to own up to his plan to cut Medicaid and didn’t even utter the word “Medicaid” last night. www.weau.com/2025/03/05/b...
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Republicans are making veterans’ lives harder so they can make billionaires richer.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...
Veterans are being hit hard by Trump administration firings | CNN Politics
When the Department of Government Efficiency swings an axe, it’s bound to hit a veteran who voted for President Donald Trump.
www.cnn.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Republicans are making veterans’ lives harder so they can make billionaires richer.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...
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Wisconsin farmers work hard on tight margins to make world-class products. While Donald Trump and Elon Musk work to claw back the funding our farmers were promised, I’ll continue to stand up for Wisconsin’s dairy businesses.
urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease...
urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease...
Baldwin Successfully Pushes Trump to Release Wrongfully Withheld Funding for Dairy Farmers
urbanmilwaukee.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wisconsin farmers work hard on tight margins to make world-class products. While Donald Trump and Elon Musk work to claw back the funding our farmers were promised, I’ll continue to stand up for Wisconsin’s dairy businesses.
urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease...
urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease...
I called my Senator Baldwin.
Asked for them to
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Asked for them to
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I called my Senator Baldwin.
Asked for them to
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Asked for them to
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
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CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre.
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March 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education
Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...
sign.moveon.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
So are we going to get an agreement for Russia to cease getting weapons and manpower from its supporting nations (China and NK)? Probably not.
Putin is considering demanding a halt to weapons supplies for Ukraine as a condition of any ceasefire, suggesting that the terms agreed by US/Ukraine yesterday will be rejected (though either way, don't expect an answer soon).
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So are we going to get an agreement for Russia to cease getting weapons and manpower from its supporting nations (China and NK)? Probably not.
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This is one of the best Starter Packs on Bluesky! Thank you for including me @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social!
Great Resisters to follow!
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February 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Great Resisters to follow!
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Great Resisters to follow!
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Too little, too late!
Mitch McConnell decides he finally wants to stand on principle only after he has one foot out the door and the other one in the grave.
February 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Too little, too late!
Yeah. Its OK when their conservative court knocks down the regs and expertise of Federal agencies and puts it in the hands of judges to make or break Federal law?
We can’t say this enough: When people in Trump‘s orbit deliberately lie about how our constitutional democracy works, they violate the oaths they take to uphold the law. & they violate the trust the American people place in them.
Karoline Leavitt: "The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch."
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yeah. Its OK when their conservative court knocks down the regs and expertise of Federal agencies and puts it in the hands of judges to make or break Federal law?
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Trump's "goal has always been clear: destroy functioning government, cripple the nonprofit sector and obliterate the hard-earned bonds and benefits of 80 years of post-war American progress."
Trump Aims To Destroy American Civil Society. Here’s Why He Must Be Stopped.
Opinion | I think there’s a strong adjunct role for most of us building anti-MAGA strength in the 21 months left till the U.S. midterm elections in 2026.
www.democracydocket.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump's "goal has always been clear: destroy functioning government, cripple the nonprofit sector and obliterate the hard-earned bonds and benefits of 80 years of post-war American progress."