Lesla Sheeder
@leslas.bsky.social
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind
--Dr Seuss
--Dr Seuss
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers.
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers.
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror
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It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
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“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
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"Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct 'a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza', with a statue of the him and a sign calling him a 'modern civil rights leader'..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct 'a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza', with a statue of the him and a sign calling him a 'modern civil rights leader'..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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$1 million dollars per day.
The cost of the National Guard deployments in DC.
$1 million per day after but no money to hire additional doctors, researchers, nurses, or support staff at the VA.
$1 million per day while food assistance programs are cut, leaving millions of Americans hungry.
The cost of the National Guard deployments in DC.
$1 million per day after but no money to hire additional doctors, researchers, nurses, or support staff at the VA.
$1 million per day while food assistance programs are cut, leaving millions of Americans hungry.
August 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
$1 million dollars per day.
The cost of the National Guard deployments in DC.
$1 million per day after but no money to hire additional doctors, researchers, nurses, or support staff at the VA.
$1 million per day while food assistance programs are cut, leaving millions of Americans hungry.
The cost of the National Guard deployments in DC.
$1 million per day after but no money to hire additional doctors, researchers, nurses, or support staff at the VA.
$1 million per day while food assistance programs are cut, leaving millions of Americans hungry.
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It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure: The problem isn’t just the crisis of the administration defying the courts. It’s the failure of the legislative and judicial branches to check the president. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
washingtonmonthly.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure: The problem isn’t just the crisis of the administration defying the courts. It’s the failure of the legislative and judicial branches to check the president. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
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Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.
June 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.
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"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Controversial senator trying to sell millions of acres near Yosemite, Tahoe
258 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. could be eligible for sale.
www.sfgate.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing.
Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.
Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
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Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.
Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
(1 of 2)
June 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing.
Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.
Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
(1 of 2)
Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.
Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
(1 of 2)
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Adrian Andrew Martinez, a U.S. citizen, tried to intervene as federal immigration agents questioned another man in a Walmart parking lot. ICE agents violently swarm him. Now missing.
By law, he has a right to an attorney.
This is how police states operate.
By law, he has a right to an attorney.
This is how police states operate.
June 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Adrian Andrew Martinez, a U.S. citizen, tried to intervene as federal immigration agents questioned another man in a Walmart parking lot. ICE agents violently swarm him. Now missing.
By law, he has a right to an attorney.
This is how police states operate.
By law, he has a right to an attorney.
This is how police states operate.
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The WA State Nurses Assn will lead w/ courage & devotion to our patients & practice.
@wsna.bsky.social is joining eight other Washington-based health care organizations in a lawsuit against the federal government. They’re demanding the restoration of removed content and an end to further deletions
@wsna.bsky.social is joining eight other Washington-based health care organizations in a lawsuit against the federal government. They’re demanding the restoration of removed content and an end to further deletions
May 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The WA State Nurses Assn will lead w/ courage & devotion to our patients & practice.
@wsna.bsky.social is joining eight other Washington-based health care organizations in a lawsuit against the federal government. They’re demanding the restoration of removed content and an end to further deletions
@wsna.bsky.social is joining eight other Washington-based health care organizations in a lawsuit against the federal government. They’re demanding the restoration of removed content and an end to further deletions
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Trump 2.0: Armed fed'l agents burst in (apparently a no-knock warrant). Since they'd worked the case, they knew who they were looking for. Instead, they found a mom & her 3 girls. Nonetheless, they sent them out into the rain in underwear & then took all their $ as evidence. kfor.com/news/local/w...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trump 2.0: Armed fed'l agents burst in (apparently a no-knock warrant). Since they'd worked the case, they knew who they were looking for. Instead, they found a mom & her 3 girls. Nonetheless, they sent them out into the rain in underwear & then took all their $ as evidence. kfor.com/news/local/w...
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Three American children aged two, four and seven -- one of whom has a rare form of cancer -- have been deported from the United States alongside their undocumented immigrant mothers, campaigners announced Saturday.
US deports 3 American children, including cancer patient: rights groups
by Jonathan BROWNThree American children aged two, four and seven -- one of whom has a rare form of cancer -- have been deported from the United States alongside their undocumented immigrant mothers, ...
www.rawstory.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Three American children aged two, four and seven -- one of whom has a rare form of cancer -- have been deported from the United States alongside their undocumented immigrant mothers, campaigners announced Saturday.
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More than 75% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, new poll finds. 👍
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
More than 75% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, new poll finds
A recent survey by the New York Times and Siena College Research suggests most Americans consider President Trump's second term "chaotic."
www.usatoday.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
More than 75% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, new poll finds. 👍
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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The orange moron has ordered sweeping cuts at the IRS to increase "efficiency and effectiveness" at the agency. Experts say these stupid decisions will cost the government $1-2 trillion in losses from failing to collect taxes due. 🤦♀️
www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...
www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump's 'attack' on the IRS could cost the government $1 trillion, former Treasury Secretary says
Larry Summers said Trump's cuts to the IRS could cost the government $1 trillion. A Yale economist told BI that's a conservative estimate.
www.yahoo.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The orange moron has ordered sweeping cuts at the IRS to increase "efficiency and effectiveness" at the agency. Experts say these stupid decisions will cost the government $1-2 trillion in losses from failing to collect taxes due. 🤦♀️
www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...
www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...
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*veterans.
They fired thousands of veterans and treated them worse than dog shit
They fired thousands of veterans and treated them worse than dog shit
April 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
*veterans.
They fired thousands of veterans and treated them worse than dog shit
They fired thousands of veterans and treated them worse than dog shit
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Questions are swirling around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after a new report found that $10 million from a Medicaid settlement was diverted through a charity linked to his wife to political committees to kill a ballot initiative.
'Fraud': DeSantises under fire from GOP after millions diverted to kill ballot measure
Questions are swirling around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after a new report found that $10 million from a Medicaid settlement was diverted through a charity linked to his wife to political committees to kill a ballot initiative.That's according to a new report in The New York Times on Thursday evenin...
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April 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Questions are swirling around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after a new report found that $10 million from a Medicaid settlement was diverted through a charity linked to his wife to political committees to kill a ballot initiative.
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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Charlie Angus never disappoints. Listen to our latest interview on the MeidasTouch Podcast!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77jj...
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77jj...
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April 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Charlie Angus never disappoints. Listen to our latest interview on the MeidasTouch Podcast!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77jj...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77jj...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."