Leskatspr
@leskatspr.bsky.social
Old woman finding amusement where she can.
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Reporter: What’s your message to the 24 million Americans who are about to see their health insurance premiums go up.?
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reporter: What’s your message to the 24 million Americans who are about to see their health insurance premiums go up.?
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
Trump: Don’t make it sound so bad
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jesus
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
jesus
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So this is the second act of piracy America has done in the last three days?
US forces raided ship headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean, WSJ says reut.rs/3XURCoX
US forces raided ship headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean, WSJ says
A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S. officials.
reut.rs
December 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So this is the second act of piracy America has done in the last three days?
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There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/IfI9Omg
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/IfI9Omg
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Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved.
The GOP blocked extension of the ACA subsidies. This is morally repugnant, and also everybody knew this fight was lost the second that Senate Dems surrendered on the shut down last month. In the coming primaries, we're looking for Dems who will actually use their power and fight back.
The Senate struck down both a Democratic and a Republican-backed proposal on health care.
https://www.notus.org/senate/health-care-proposals-aca-subsidies
https://www.notus.org/senate/health-care-proposals-aca-subsidies
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved. Remember the Dems who caved.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump claims he has granted a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a state sentence.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
BREAKING: Donald Trump claims he has granted a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a state sentence.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
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🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🙏🙏🙏
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Russia's attacks on Chernobyl are dirty bombs. This *IS* nuclear weapon! Where is the press? Where is the outrage? NATO must stop Putin now!
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Russia's attacks on Chernobyl are dirty bombs. This *IS* nuclear weapon! Where is the press? Where is the outrage? NATO must stop Putin now!
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hechingerreport.org/a-new-soluti...
This country is a failure.
This happened to us, too. Teachers. So many people.
M
This country is a failure.
This happened to us, too. Teachers. So many people.
M
A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: a parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars
More colleges are looking at emergency housing solutions, including have students sleeping in alumni’s homes, napping pods, Airbnbs and even an assisted living facility.
hechingerreport.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
hechingerreport.org/a-new-soluti...
This country is a failure.
This happened to us, too. Teachers. So many people.
M
This country is a failure.
This happened to us, too. Teachers. So many people.
M
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Private equity firms want to carve up New Mexico’s utilities. Blackstone has offered $2 billion more than the utility is worth. Advocates say that’s because “they’re going to sweep us clean.” From James Baratta: trib.al/2QHANmX
Private Equity’s Utility Spending Spree Threatens New Mexico - The American Prospect
Two firms are vying for control over much of New Mexico’s energy infrastructure, but consumer advocates are fighting back.
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Private equity firms want to carve up New Mexico’s utilities. Blackstone has offered $2 billion more than the utility is worth. Advocates say that’s because “they’re going to sweep us clean.” From James Baratta: trib.al/2QHANmX
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An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
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Duffy wants pull-up bars in airports, but won’t require airlines to compensate passengers when their flights are disrupted by carriers??
America: Open your eyes and see what this Administration truly is.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/u...
America: Open your eyes and see what this Administration truly is.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/u...
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Duffy wants pull-up bars in airports, but won’t require airlines to compensate passengers when their flights are disrupted by carriers??
America: Open your eyes and see what this Administration truly is.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/u...
America: Open your eyes and see what this Administration truly is.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/u...
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“Tincher said she’s even more motivated after her arrest to volunteer to support immigrants …”
“I’m just so concerned about our neighbors, our peaceable neighbors, being abducted, and the worries their families are going through,” she said. “I just don't want this to be happening in our country.”
“I’m just so concerned about our neighbors, our peaceable neighbors, being abducted, and the worries their families are going through,” she said. “I just don't want this to be happening in our country.”
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Tincher said she’s even more motivated after her arrest to volunteer to support immigrants …”
“I’m just so concerned about our neighbors, our peaceable neighbors, being abducted, and the worries their families are going through,” she said. “I just don't want this to be happening in our country.”
“I’m just so concerned about our neighbors, our peaceable neighbors, being abducted, and the worries their families are going through,” she said. “I just don't want this to be happening in our country.”
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The FIFA World Cup is a massive shakedown. FIFA makes billions, host countries and cities share all the financial burdens and risks, and tens of thousands of people are nevertheless lining up to provide free labor as volunteers. 🤯
2026 World Cup to cost US host cities upwards of $250m after ‘worst deal in history’
The US federal government may be forced to cover the shortfall caused by a restrictive deal with Fifa
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The FIFA World Cup is a massive shakedown. FIFA makes billions, host countries and cities share all the financial burdens and risks, and tens of thousands of people are nevertheless lining up to provide free labor as volunteers. 🤯
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A reminder that he has virtually unrestricted nuclear launch authority as you watch all the unhinged, racist, and sexist shit that Trump is spewing.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A reminder that he has virtually unrestricted nuclear launch authority as you watch all the unhinged, racist, and sexist shit that Trump is spewing.
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1) Gross to hear RFK Jr. talk about breasts
2) The average time to return to work for moms after giving birth in the US is 7.2 weeks so unless he's *also* introducing mandatory 6 month leave (which would be great but I'm skeptical) he can STFU. Breastfeeding an infant is basically a full time job
2) The average time to return to work for moms after giving birth in the US is 7.2 weeks so unless he's *also* introducing mandatory 6 month leave (which would be great but I'm skeptical) he can STFU. Breastfeeding an infant is basically a full time job
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
1) Gross to hear RFK Jr. talk about breasts
2) The average time to return to work for moms after giving birth in the US is 7.2 weeks so unless he's *also* introducing mandatory 6 month leave (which would be great but I'm skeptical) he can STFU. Breastfeeding an infant is basically a full time job
2) The average time to return to work for moms after giving birth in the US is 7.2 weeks so unless he's *also* introducing mandatory 6 month leave (which would be great but I'm skeptical) he can STFU. Breastfeeding an infant is basically a full time job
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#UkrainianView
I mean, they openly admitted it.
I mean, they openly admitted it.
Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#UkrainianView
I mean, they openly admitted it.
I mean, they openly admitted it.
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Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
Obamacare isn’t perfect, but it’s better than what we had—and what the GOP proposes.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Is money flooding high school sports now too? How the Unruly Black Market for High-School Athletes Tore a Family Apart
How the Unruly Black Market for High-School Athletes Tore a Family Apart
Ohio State wide receiver Phillip Bell III was dragged through the world of Southern California youth football, where a secret market for top talent has heated up.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Is money flooding high school sports now too? How the Unruly Black Market for High-School Athletes Tore a Family Apart
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Great thread in which the congressman uses the plot Beverly Hills Cop to expose the lawlessness behind the “stablecoin” scam
When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Great thread in which the congressman uses the plot Beverly Hills Cop to expose the lawlessness behind the “stablecoin” scam
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Tossing to the crowd: any ideas, folks?
Hmm, maritime law question:
How does the Law of the Sea wrt salvage work for drones? Is a drone vessel every truly abandoned? Can you claim it if it temporarily loses satellite connection?
This is outside of @faineg.bsky.social & @atherton.bsky.social's wheelhouses but they might know people.
How does the Law of the Sea wrt salvage work for drones? Is a drone vessel every truly abandoned? Can you claim it if it temporarily loses satellite connection?
This is outside of @faineg.bsky.social & @atherton.bsky.social's wheelhouses but they might know people.
December 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Tossing to the crowd: any ideas, folks?
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This is extremely true
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 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is extremely true
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Seriously. Did he eat paint chips as a child? Has anyone tested him for lead poisoning
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Seriously. Did he eat paint chips as a child? Has anyone tested him for lead poisoning