Leslie S. Leff
@lesliesl.bsky.social
"Woke just means you give a damn about other people."
Opinion: Gaza: What Have We Become? www.amherstindy.org/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion: Gaza: What Have We Become? - Amherst Indy
by Rabbi Devorah Jacobson and Jeffery Gold (.with co-signers: Tom Weiner, Sara Weinberger, Leslie Schwartz Leff and John Reiff) In her powerful Daily Hampshire Gazette column on July 21, Sara Weinberg...
www.amherstindy.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Opinion: Gaza: What Have We Become? www.amherstindy.org/2025/07/27/o...
No doubt facism is here!
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
No doubt facism is here!
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Goal achieved: An unusual number of people in an unusual number of places. 1,300 globally. There were probably more than 10,000 speakers alone at rallies today. Baffling to think about this scale!
April 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Goal achieved: An unusual number of people in an unusual number of places. 1,300 globally. There were probably more than 10,000 speakers alone at rallies today. Baffling to think about this scale!
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That many white women, caught up in the mass firings of federal workers, are now discovering that they have been the biggest beneficiaries of DEI initiatives, should lay to rest any questions about why white women vote the way they do in presidential elections.
March 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
That many white women, caught up in the mass firings of federal workers, are now discovering that they have been the biggest beneficiaries of DEI initiatives, should lay to rest any questions about why white women vote the way they do in presidential elections.
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Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
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Awful: Delivery of life saving treatment to nearly 400,000 severely malnourished kids abroad is in doubt amid USAID firings, the product's manufacturers tell me.
The treatment is a paste made of peanuts, milk and sugar for kids on edge of starvation.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
The treatment is a paste made of peanuts, milk and sugar for kids on edge of starvation.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.
newrepublic.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Awful: Delivery of life saving treatment to nearly 400,000 severely malnourished kids abroad is in doubt amid USAID firings, the product's manufacturers tell me.
The treatment is a paste made of peanuts, milk and sugar for kids on edge of starvation.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
The treatment is a paste made of peanuts, milk and sugar for kids on edge of starvation.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
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I've recently been in touch with @othmanabdrabou.bsky.social. Othman and I are both journalists born in 1995. He lost five siblings and his home in the genocide. Please consider donating to help him rebuild and find a safe home for his family: www.gofundme.com/f/help-AbdRa...
Donate to Help Othman’s family in Gaza survive, organized by HuBB Humans Before Borders
In March 2023, we met Othman and his father, Abdel Fattah Nazmi … HuBB Humans Before Borders needs your support for Help Othman’s family in Gaza survive
www.gofundme.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've recently been in touch with @othmanabdrabou.bsky.social. Othman and I are both journalists born in 1995. He lost five siblings and his home in the genocide. Please consider donating to help him rebuild and find a safe home for his family: www.gofundme.com/f/help-AbdRa...
GOP lawmaker whines about his "preferred pronouns" after being misgendered by clever constituent - LGBTQ Nation
GOP lawmaker whines about his "preferred pronouns" after being misgendered by clever constituent - LGBTQ Nation
The red state legislature passed a bill legalizing misgendering. The first person to complain about it was a Republican lawmaker.
www.lgbtqnation.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
GOP lawmaker whines about his "preferred pronouns" after being misgendered by clever constituent - LGBTQ Nation
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While you weren't looking, Trump rolled back Biden's ethics rules prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting major gifts from lobbyists.
So much for "drain the swamp."
So much for "drain the swamp."
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
While you weren't looking, Trump rolled back Biden's ethics rules prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting major gifts from lobbyists.
So much for "drain the swamp."
So much for "drain the swamp."
“Everybody in this country should be outraged that Donald Trump is standing up on that podium and lying to you — deliberately lying to you...Every single senator and member of Congress should call him out for how disgraceful it was.”
Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump
The third-term senator from Connecticut is eschewing caution and throwing out the traditional political playbook as he seeks a broader audience for his critiques of the president and his agenda.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Everybody in this country should be outraged that Donald Trump is standing up on that podium and lying to you — deliberately lying to you...Every single senator and member of Congress should call him out for how disgraceful it was.”
Just saw the incredibly powerful documentary, "No Other Land." How any person who cares about justice and humanity could watch this and still think that Israel's actions are in any way justified boggles my mind.
Our film is going to the Oscars. But in Masafer Yatta, we’re still being erased
As the world watches ‘No Other Land,’ Israeli settlers are raiding our villages while soldiers arrest us, abuse us, and demolish our homes.
www.972mag.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just saw the incredibly powerful documentary, "No Other Land." How any person who cares about justice and humanity could watch this and still think that Israel's actions are in any way justified boggles my mind.
"As long as Israel remains an exclusivist occupier, a raving belligerent demolishing human beings and lands at will, and a deviant democracy dedicated to securing rights only for its Jewish citizens, it can never fulfill its promise of being a safe haven for Jews or anyone else."
If I were a Zionist, I'd be Z: How Generations of Jews have Abandoned their Children to Face the Reckoning Alone
If I were a Zionist, I’d be Z.
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"As long as Israel remains an exclusivist occupier, a raving belligerent demolishing human beings and lands at will, and a deviant democracy dedicated to securing rights only for its Jewish citizens, it can never fulfill its promise of being a safe haven for Jews or anyone else."
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We told you this was coming.
February 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We told you this was coming.
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"Erasing History" from the U.S. to Germany: "Wars Are Won by Teachers," Says Yale Prof. Jason Stanley
“Erasing History” from the U.S. to Germany: “Wars Are Won by Teachers,” Says Yale Prof. Jason Stanley
As the Trump administration attempts to dismantle higher education in the United States by redefining discrimination in schools, fighting so-called woke ideology, attacking diversity, equity and inclusion...
www.democracynow.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Erasing History" from the U.S. to Germany: "Wars Are Won by Teachers," Says Yale Prof. Jason Stanley
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Some don’t even realize they’re actually eating all the faces.
February 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Some don’t even realize they’re actually eating all the faces.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened Thursday to sue Google after it changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico in its maps, in compliance with Donald Trump’s superficial executive order.
Mexico’s President Threatens to Sue Google for Bowing to Trump
Google has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.”
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened Thursday to sue Google after it changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico in its maps, in compliance with Donald Trump’s superficial executive order.
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And I'm going to post this cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social so the world never forget #January6th !
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And I'm going to post this cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social so the world never forget #January6th !
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February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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And I'm going to post this cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social so the world never forget #January6th !
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And I'm going to post this cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social so the world never forget #January6th !
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For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, I reviewed antisemitism reports by Columbia, Penn, UCLA + the University of Washington--reports that could classify as antisemitic the research done by those university's own scholars of Israel-Palestine
jewishcurrents.org/the-perils-o...
jewishcurrents.org/the-perils-o...
The Perils of Universities’ Unscholarly Antisemitism Reports
By relying on pro-Israel organizations’ analysis of antisemitism—rather than recruiting the scholars on their own campuses—university antisemitism task…
jewishcurrents.org
February 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, I reviewed antisemitism reports by Columbia, Penn, UCLA + the University of Washington--reports that could classify as antisemitic the research done by those university's own scholars of Israel-Palestine
jewishcurrents.org/the-perils-o...
jewishcurrents.org/the-perils-o...
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Meanwhile, so much for “free speech” over at The Bad Place.
February 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Meanwhile, so much for “free speech” over at The Bad Place.
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A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams.
There's power in fighting back.
There's power in fighting back.
Judge temporarily halts mass firings at CFPB, preserves agency data
The order also blocks acting CFPB Director Russ Vought from taking steps to defund the agency.
www.politico.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams.
There's power in fighting back.
There's power in fighting back.
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“I personally believe that national mythologies should not be literal oaths to be sworn to, but collective narratives to be interrogated deeply.”
rabbibrant.com/2025/02/14/s...
rabbibrant.com/2025/02/14/s...
Standing at Sinai: Interrogating our National Myths of Unity
In the week’s Torah portion, Parashat Yitro, the Israelites stand at Mt. Sinai and collectively enter into a covenant with God. With a message conveyed through Moses, God says to the people: “(If) …
rabbibrant.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“I personally believe that national mythologies should not be literal oaths to be sworn to, but collective narratives to be interrogated deeply.”
rabbibrant.com/2025/02/14/s...
rabbibrant.com/2025/02/14/s...
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Thanks, Elon. My salary is public, as is my financial report. But since you ask, when will you be releasing yours?
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thanks, Elon. My salary is public, as is my financial report. But since you ask, when will you be releasing yours?
Adding $4 trillion to the national debt limit is a deeply ironic move for a party that is currently allowing the richest man in the world to destroy crucial federal institutions that he doesn’t like, in the name of “efficiency.”
Republicans Finally Reveal How They’ll Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich
Mike Johnson has just released House Republicans’ budget plan—and it’s not good.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Adding $4 trillion to the national debt limit is a deeply ironic move for a party that is currently allowing the richest man in the world to destroy crucial federal institutions that he doesn’t like, in the name of “efficiency.”
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NEW: A military fighter jet has crashed into San Diego Bay. This is the 6th plane collision (and 2nd military collision) since Trump took office.
Military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay off Point Loma coast
An ABC 10News crew was at the scene reporting on another story when they saw what appeared to be a military aircraft crash into the water.
www.10news.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NEW: A military fighter jet has crashed into San Diego Bay. This is the 6th plane collision (and 2nd military collision) since Trump took office.