Leslie Doyle
@lespdoyle.bsky.social
Writer--essays and fiction in NYT, Electric Literature, The Forge, Cutleaf, Brevity Blog, Sunlight Press, Phoebe Journal, and elsewhere. Best Americsn Essays Notable. Environment, New Jersey, Mets, books, kayaking, biking, kindness. Doting grandma.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal
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The "common good" is a set of shared values about what we owe one another as citizens who are bound together in the same society. A concern for the common good—keeping the common good in mind—is a moral attitude. It recognizes that we’re all in it together.
September 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The "common good" is a set of shared values about what we owe one another as citizens who are bound together in the same society. A concern for the common good—keeping the common good in mind—is a moral attitude. It recognizes that we’re all in it together.
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Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
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“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
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Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor.
Have a weekend
Have a weekend
August 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor.
Have a weekend
Have a weekend
Brilliant.
August 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Brilliant.
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CBS canceled Colbert. Now that’s cancel culture.
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
CBS canceled Colbert. Now that’s cancel culture.
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Writing is thinking.
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Writing is thinking.
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Really shocked that an admin filled with podcasters, social media influencers, reality TV participants, indicted felons, crypto bros, drunks, Fox hosts, drug addicts, weirdos, and unqualified ass kissing toadies can’t keep their shit together for 24 consecutive hours.
June 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Really shocked that an admin filled with podcasters, social media influencers, reality TV participants, indicted felons, crypto bros, drunks, Fox hosts, drug addicts, weirdos, and unqualified ass kissing toadies can’t keep their shit together for 24 consecutive hours.
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Musk cannot be “turned”, “flipped”, “allied” with. He is a Nazi and he’s killed 300,000 people, mostly children. Anyone considering taking his political contributions or discussing allying with him has no moral compass nor should they be near power.
June 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Musk cannot be “turned”, “flipped”, “allied” with. He is a Nazi and he’s killed 300,000 people, mostly children. Anyone considering taking his political contributions or discussing allying with him has no moral compass nor should they be near power.
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That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
June 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...
Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause”
Congressional Republicans hid a provision deep in their Medicaid-slashing megabill to shield Trump and his cronies from contempt of court orders. Their “No Contempt Clause” would cause chaos for our c...
act.indivisible.org
June 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...
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"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
May 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.
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GOP legislatures in Alaska, Nebraska, and Missouri are trying overturn voter-approved referenda requiring paid sick leave.
And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether.
The GOP can't stand the will of the people.
And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether.
The GOP can't stand the will of the people.
May 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
GOP legislatures in Alaska, Nebraska, and Missouri are trying overturn voter-approved referenda requiring paid sick leave.
And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether.
The GOP can't stand the will of the people.
And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether.
The GOP can't stand the will of the people.
I have listened to and enjoyed @podsaveamerica.crooked.com for many years, and respected the guys knowledge and thinking, but when I hear:
BlueSky bad
A.I. good
I feel like I'm in opposite world. Really at least expected @jonlovett.bsky.social to have a more nuanced skepticism, especially on A.I.
BlueSky bad
A.I. good
I feel like I'm in opposite world. Really at least expected @jonlovett.bsky.social to have a more nuanced skepticism, especially on A.I.
May 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have listened to and enjoyed @podsaveamerica.crooked.com for many years, and respected the guys knowledge and thinking, but when I hear:
BlueSky bad
A.I. good
I feel like I'm in opposite world. Really at least expected @jonlovett.bsky.social to have a more nuanced skepticism, especially on A.I.
BlueSky bad
A.I. good
I feel like I'm in opposite world. Really at least expected @jonlovett.bsky.social to have a more nuanced skepticism, especially on A.I.
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Make it make sense
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Make it make sense
I'm really enjoying this new West Wing reboot! #CoryBooker
April 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I'm really enjoying this new West Wing reboot! #CoryBooker
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Mets might've lost, but Francisco Lindor always be winning
March 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Mets might've lost, but Francisco Lindor always be winning
Dandelion for the win!
Thrilled to be published over at @fictivedream.bsky.social today!
You can read my story WEED here:
fictivedream.com/2025/03/14/w...
Thank-You!
#ShortStories #Writing
You can read my story WEED here:
fictivedream.com/2025/03/14/w...
Thank-You!
#ShortStories #Writing
March 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dandelion for the win!
I used to think that The Lottery was an exaggeration--no one would pick up the rocks to throw at their own family because the rules told them to. I've long since realized I was wrong.
The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I used to think that The Lottery was an exaggeration--no one would pick up the rocks to throw at their own family because the rules told them to. I've long since realized I was wrong.
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Every accusation is an intention.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every accusation is an intention.
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well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Tyler Hamilton on Substack
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org