Leo Smith
@leosmith.bsky.social
Life long Michigander in SW Michigan. Retired social services worker. Politically; Slightly to the left of Bernie Sanders. Looking for serious conversations with serious people. But also like a good joke. or even a bad pun..
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Leo Smith
@leosmith.bsky.social
· Aug 17
People need to understand- self serving, attention whore, Democratic politicians like Gavin Newsom who throw vulnerable populations under the bus in a cynical attempt at Carville style triangulation are not the solution to fascism, they are what got us here.
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Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
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Don't look away. Soliman: "My experience was more traumatizing than my detention in Egypt....I don't think this gov't will stop....Immigrants will be the first target. After that, they will target any opposition. Violating due process this time means they will violate it again and again and again."
Opinion | We Followed the Rules. ICE Jailed Us Anyway.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Don't look away. Soliman: "My experience was more traumatizing than my detention in Egypt....I don't think this gov't will stop....Immigrants will be the first target. After that, they will target any opposition. Violating due process this time means they will violate it again and again and again."
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Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Why do journalists have no apparent solidarity whatsoever? This rancid POS jabs his finger in a woman reporter's face and calls her "piggy" and none of the other journalists there says a word?
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This is, quite literally, the concluding chapter from years of vice signaling as politics. There is no better evidence for how putting Trump, a charlatan and moral void, at the center of our politics for a decade has resulted in the literal rotting of the soul and character this nation.
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is, quite literally, the concluding chapter from years of vice signaling as politics. There is no better evidence for how putting Trump, a charlatan and moral void, at the center of our politics for a decade has resulted in the literal rotting of the soul and character this nation.
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Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
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you ever get the feeling Tradcath is just as much code for "I invented an imaginary christianity that caters to me" as evangelicalism is for protestants
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
you ever get the feeling Tradcath is just as much code for "I invented an imaginary christianity that caters to me" as evangelicalism is for protestants
It is all fine until it effects them. Narcissism from the top down.
I honestly can’t process how they see this as something new. It’s his whole deal! Always has been!
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It is all fine until it effects them. Narcissism from the top down.
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8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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I don’t think there’s any political cost for a Democrat running for office to just completely and explicitly and repeatedly saying fuck Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I don’t think there’s any political cost for a Democrat running for office to just completely and explicitly and repeatedly saying fuck Chuck Schumer
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Lots of people comparing Senate Democrats to Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but that analogy only works in a version where Lucy has told Charlie Brown she's going to pull it away, and also that afterwards she's going to have Snoopy executed in a foreign prison
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lots of people comparing Senate Democrats to Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but that analogy only works in a version where Lucy has told Charlie Brown she's going to pull it away, and also that afterwards she's going to have Snoopy executed in a foreign prison
This is exactly true.
Exactly. They say they don’t want to be doxxed but the whole point is we have a right to know who they are. It’s the exact opposite for protestors— they have a right to anonymity
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is exactly true.
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⬆️ this. They collectively picked that eight to walk plank so they could go home for thanksgiving. Generational failure
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
⬆️ this. They collectively picked that eight to walk plank so they could go home for thanksgiving. Generational failure
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Why does the House, the larger of the two legislative bodies, not simply eat the Senate
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Why does the House, the larger of the two legislative bodies, not simply eat the Senate
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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What do you call a leader with no followers? Just a guy taking a walk.
He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.
He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What do you call a leader with no followers? Just a guy taking a walk.
He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.
He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
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There’s still no evidence that Trump knows what a dog is or does
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There’s still no evidence that Trump knows what a dog is or does
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This is just about setting the defaults so that ‘high value’ / high profile users and corporations don’t see people yelling at them for being shit.
The reason Bluesky is doing the "rude" post labeling based on keywords or downvotes is that for them it's an easy-to-do performative thing.
"Hey, we're doing something!"
Meanwhile actual harmful accounts (e.g. transphobes) can post their tripe freely because Jay thinks those are valuable ideas.
"Hey, we're doing something!"
Meanwhile actual harmful accounts (e.g. transphobes) can post their tripe freely because Jay thinks those are valuable ideas.
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is just about setting the defaults so that ‘high value’ / high profile users and corporations don’t see people yelling at them for being shit.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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The Republican plan for healthcare? Not have one.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Republican plan for healthcare? Not have one.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
I hate to be overly judgmental, but I am skeptical a "time out" is gonna fix what's wrong with someone who posts things like this.
sometimes I think we need a report button for people who aren't really breaking any rules but desperately need to log off for a while. hit the "time out" button everyone
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I hate to be overly judgmental, but I am skeptical a "time out" is gonna fix what's wrong with someone who posts things like this.
"the exact moment when not knowing became impossible." This line, used twice in the article, is also relevant to a certain Maine Senate candidate.
I wrote about Nazism in a small Michigan town, and in a large North American country; about the uses of and limits of shame; and on the importance of holding shared standards. www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
The Death of Shame
Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"the exact moment when not knowing became impossible." This line, used twice in the article, is also relevant to a certain Maine Senate candidate.