@missleighb.bsky.social
Reader, writer, hand-wringer, trying to maintain my enthusiasm for leaving unhinged voicemails to my Congressional rep.
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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Baseball is the least exciting sport, except when it's the most exciting.
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Baseball is the least exciting sport, except when it's the most exciting.
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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What's "small" here is John Fetterman, a person so weak of mind and devoid of principles, so used to the lazy grift he switched to after winning office, that he won't even criticize corruption so brazen it has no parallel in American history, the President literally paying himself a fortune.
Fetterman describes Trump trying to steal $230 million from taxpayers as "small ball, and I think we have much bigger problems than worrying about those things."
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What's "small" here is John Fetterman, a person so weak of mind and devoid of principles, so used to the lazy grift he switched to after winning office, that he won't even criticize corruption so brazen it has no parallel in American history, the President literally paying himself a fortune.
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"too"
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"too"
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We need a Democratic Party led by people who understand and take seriously what it means to be the opposition party under an authoritarian regime. That has to be the framework in which all decisions are made. As individuals we won't always agree on the strategy but we have to agree on the problem.
September 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We need a Democratic Party led by people who understand and take seriously what it means to be the opposition party under an authoritarian regime. That has to be the framework in which all decisions are made. As individuals we won't always agree on the strategy but we have to agree on the problem.
All the President’s Men seemed like a fitting kick-off to the Redford-a-thon that will no doubt be happening here, if for nothing else than to compare and contrast corrupt presidents as well as the response of the press, filmmakers, and the public.
September 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
All the President’s Men seemed like a fitting kick-off to the Redford-a-thon that will no doubt be happening here, if for nothing else than to compare and contrast corrupt presidents as well as the response of the press, filmmakers, and the public.
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donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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ADL report, 'Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2023', Feb 2024:
(Apologies, the first post was, of course, supposed to read ADL, not the ADF)
www.adl.org/resources/re...
(Apologies, the first post was, of course, supposed to read ADL, not the ADF)
www.adl.org/resources/re...
September 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
ADL report, 'Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2023', Feb 2024:
(Apologies, the first post was, of course, supposed to read ADL, not the ADF)
www.adl.org/resources/re...
(Apologies, the first post was, of course, supposed to read ADL, not the ADF)
www.adl.org/resources/re...
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CSIS, June 2020, 'The Escalating Terrorism Problem in the United States', covering terrorist plots and attacks in the US between 1994 and 2020:
September 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
CSIS, June 2020, 'The Escalating Terrorism Problem in the United States', covering terrorist plots and attacks in the US between 1994 and 2020:
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'A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world', July 2022 - study using data on 'Individuals Radicalised in the United States' and the global terrorism database:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
'A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world', July 2022 - study using data on 'Individuals Radicalised in the United States' and the global terrorism database:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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According to various research studies conducted by groups from across the political spectrum inc ADF, CSIS, Maryland CCJS, the Prosecution Project, Cato Institute, and a host of others, right wing terrorism far eclipses that of anything comparable on the left.
Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left."
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
According to various research studies conducted by groups from across the political spectrum inc ADF, CSIS, Maryland CCJS, the Prosecution Project, Cato Institute, and a host of others, right wing terrorism far eclipses that of anything comparable on the left.
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There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
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You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta
Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...
apnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
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Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"
I love reading obits generally but try to never miss one by @jmooallem.bsky.social
Mary Shields was 29 in 1974 when she entered the second-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the punishing, 1,000-mile dash across Alaska. She completed the race in 28 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes and 30 seconds. on.wsj.com/4oyvJIi
August 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I love reading obits generally but try to never miss one by @jmooallem.bsky.social
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Roy Cooper: We built a coalition in North Carolina that allowed us to expand medicaid and help rural counties.
Washington Republicans are going to strip it away.
I'm going to do something about it.
So many people in Washington just want to be something. I want to do something.
Washington Republicans are going to strip it away.
I'm going to do something about it.
So many people in Washington just want to be something. I want to do something.
July 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Roy Cooper: We built a coalition in North Carolina that allowed us to expand medicaid and help rural counties.
Washington Republicans are going to strip it away.
I'm going to do something about it.
So many people in Washington just want to be something. I want to do something.
Washington Republicans are going to strip it away.
I'm going to do something about it.
So many people in Washington just want to be something. I want to do something.
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Lisa Murkowski is responsible for this.
www.ktoo.org/2025/07/25/j...
www.ktoo.org/2025/07/25/j...
Juneau’s hospital projected to lose millions under Medicaid changes
CEO Joe Wanner said — in a worst-case scenario — the hospital stands to lose between $3 to $4 million annually in Medicaid spending once the law goes into effect.
www.ktoo.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Lisa Murkowski is responsible for this.
www.ktoo.org/2025/07/25/j...
www.ktoo.org/2025/07/25/j...
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We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
July 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
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Kristi Noem must resign now.
July 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Kristi Noem must resign now.
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the u.s. is an outlier in violence among developed countries and we talk about it a lot. the u.s. is an outlier in traffic deaths and injuries and we don't www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
the u.s. is an outlier in violence among developed countries and we talk about it a lot. the u.s. is an outlier in traffic deaths and injuries and we don't www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
open.spotify.com/track/0dy0Y6...
Great protest song from Jim Ford, good friend of Sly Stone who no one has ever heard of. Good line in it for this moment: “what if nobody would pay their taxes.” 🎶🤔
Great protest song from Jim Ford, good friend of Sly Stone who no one has ever heard of. Good line in it for this moment: “what if nobody would pay their taxes.” 🎶🤔
Sounds of Our Time
Jim Ford · Rare Singles and Previously Unreleased Masters, Vol. 1 · Song · 2007
open.spotify.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
open.spotify.com/track/0dy0Y6...
Great protest song from Jim Ford, good friend of Sly Stone who no one has ever heard of. Good line in it for this moment: “what if nobody would pay their taxes.” 🎶🤔
Great protest song from Jim Ford, good friend of Sly Stone who no one has ever heard of. Good line in it for this moment: “what if nobody would pay their taxes.” 🎶🤔
For real. I hate how she’s like oh it’s so hard to speak up, it’s agonizing to vote yes. Ok Lisa, find your spine. Her term is up in 2029
Honestly didn't expect Thom Tillis to have more integrity than Lisa Murkowski
July 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
For real. I hate how she’s like oh it’s so hard to speak up, it’s agonizing to vote yes. Ok Lisa, find your spine. Her term is up in 2029