Garrett Lenoir
@saccyclist.bsky.social
Sacramento Bicyclist. Pedals down, let’s roll!
AIDS/LifeCycle 2025: https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/43289
NorCal AIDS Ride: https://charity.pledgeit.org/NCAC/@garrett
AIDS/LifeCycle 2025: https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/43289
NorCal AIDS Ride: https://charity.pledgeit.org/NCAC/@garrett
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Garrett Lenoir
@saccyclist.bsky.social
· Dec 30
🚴♂️ Rolling into 2025 with Purpose! 🚴♀️
This year, I’m taking on two huge challenges to help end the AIDS era, and I need your support. Please support if you can.
👉AIDS/LifeCycle Link: giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/...
👉NorCal AIDS Ride Link: charity.pledgeit.org/NCAC/@garrett
This year, I’m taking on two huge challenges to help end the AIDS era, and I need your support. Please support if you can.
👉AIDS/LifeCycle Link: giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/...
👉NorCal AIDS Ride Link: charity.pledgeit.org/NCAC/@garrett
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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🚨 3.4 million Californians are at risk of losing Medi-Cal under Republicans’ Big Ugly Law.
Not because they refuse to work, but because of bureaucratic red tape and burdensome paperwork.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Not because they refuse to work, but because of bureaucratic red tape and burdensome paperwork.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Millions of Californians may lose health coverage because of new Medicaid work requirements
The nation's first mandated work requirement for Medicaid recipients, approved by the Republican-led Congress and signed by President Trump, is expected to have a seismic effect in California.
www.latimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨 3.4 million Californians are at risk of losing Medi-Cal under Republicans’ Big Ugly Law.
Not because they refuse to work, but because of bureaucratic red tape and burdensome paperwork.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Not because they refuse to work, but because of bureaucratic red tape and burdensome paperwork.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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They have never, ever expressed anything close to this level of pain and sympathy for school shooting victims.
September 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
They have never, ever expressed anything close to this level of pain and sympathy for school shooting victims.
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If Trump does nothing in response to a Russian attack on Poland, "Europeans will have to stop fooling themselves and face the fact that the Americans really aren’t there for them," Robert Kagan argues:
NATO’s Moment of Truth
This is when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to Europe’s defense.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If Trump does nothing in response to a Russian attack on Poland, "Europeans will have to stop fooling themselves and face the fact that the Americans really aren’t there for them," Robert Kagan argues:
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NEW: Senate Republicans have BLOCKED Schumer's effort to release the Epstein files. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Senate Republicans Vote Down Democrats’ Push on Epstein Files
Democratic leader Chuck Schumer decries “coverups,” while GOP leader John Thune calls the measure a political stunt.
www.wsj.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
NEW: Senate Republicans have BLOCKED Schumer's effort to release the Epstein files. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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tfw you've just stripped healthcare from 17 million Americans and ensured the closure of rural hospitals
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
tfw you've just stripped healthcare from 17 million Americans and ensured the closure of rural hospitals
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The Netanyahu Regime is out of control and out of its mind.
This is the most deranged Israeli politics has been in my lifetime.
Whatever sickness infected parts of America has infected Israel also.
There’s a sadism—a bloodlust—behind Israeli policy that has nothing to do with Judaism or goodness.
This is the most deranged Israeli politics has been in my lifetime.
Whatever sickness infected parts of America has infected Israel also.
There’s a sadism—a bloodlust—behind Israeli policy that has nothing to do with Judaism or goodness.
June 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Netanyahu Regime is out of control and out of its mind.
This is the most deranged Israeli politics has been in my lifetime.
Whatever sickness infected parts of America has infected Israel also.
There’s a sadism—a bloodlust—behind Israeli policy that has nothing to do with Judaism or goodness.
This is the most deranged Israeli politics has been in my lifetime.
Whatever sickness infected parts of America has infected Israel also.
There’s a sadism—a bloodlust—behind Israeli policy that has nothing to do with Judaism or goodness.
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I love my beloveds with autism, and each and every single person I know who has autism has demonstrable talents (music, physics, visual art) and panache galore, unlike the joyless ghoul RFK jr. Cannot wait until this administration is in the rearview mirror
May 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I love my beloveds with autism, and each and every single person I know who has autism has demonstrable talents (music, physics, visual art) and panache galore, unlike the joyless ghoul RFK jr. Cannot wait until this administration is in the rearview mirror
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Right now, Republicans are trying to pass a budget vote in the Rules Committee under the cover of night!
Reps. @repbrendanboyle.bsky.social, @scanlon.house.gov, and @fernandez.house.gov spoke with protesters outside on the Capitol steps about Republicans’ plan to take a chainsaw to Medicaid.
Reps. @repbrendanboyle.bsky.social, @scanlon.house.gov, and @fernandez.house.gov spoke with protesters outside on the Capitol steps about Republicans’ plan to take a chainsaw to Medicaid.
May 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Right now, Republicans are trying to pass a budget vote in the Rules Committee under the cover of night!
Reps. @repbrendanboyle.bsky.social, @scanlon.house.gov, and @fernandez.house.gov spoke with protesters outside on the Capitol steps about Republicans’ plan to take a chainsaw to Medicaid.
Reps. @repbrendanboyle.bsky.social, @scanlon.house.gov, and @fernandez.house.gov spoke with protesters outside on the Capitol steps about Republicans’ plan to take a chainsaw to Medicaid.
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HAPPENING NOW: Republicans are shamefully planning to slash Medicaid in the middle of the night.
Americans are here with a clear demand: HANDS OFF MEDICAID!
Americans are here with a clear demand: HANDS OFF MEDICAID!
May 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
HAPPENING NOW: Republicans are shamefully planning to slash Medicaid in the middle of the night.
Americans are here with a clear demand: HANDS OFF MEDICAID!
Americans are here with a clear demand: HANDS OFF MEDICAID!
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Rep. Seth Moulton: "The big thing about this bill that people aren't talking about is what it does to the deficit. This reconciliation plan will add over $5 trillion to the deficit...Democrats need to do a better job of talking about the debt."
May 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton: "The big thing about this bill that people aren't talking about is what it does to the deficit. This reconciliation plan will add over $5 trillion to the deficit...Democrats need to do a better job of talking about the debt."
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NEW: A House committee just advanced a bill to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid that would devastate the lives of disabled people and throw millions off the program.
The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
May 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
NEW: A House committee just advanced a bill to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid that would devastate the lives of disabled people and throw millions off the program.
The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
The bill could get a full House vote as soon as next week. Tell your representative NOW to reject these cuts.
Highly recommend reading OWNED. It connected a number of dots I was aware of, but didn't understand their relations.
OWNED is out today. The result of years of research into tech, media, the right, it traces how billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen have used their wealth to influence the media to their ends.
I hope you check it out
I hope you check it out
Owned
A “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ...
www.boldtypebooks.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Highly recommend reading OWNED. It connected a number of dots I was aware of, but didn't understand their relations.
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So many layers of corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So many layers of corruption.
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Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order?
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
Please watch THIS particular interview, shared by @prisonculture.bsky.social to get the play by play on what happened. Getting arrested for protesting is a king move, but that's not what happened here. This was a goddamned grab and sack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...
'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order?
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman?
We need names.
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Sending love and support to our transgender service members. Thank you for your continued desire to serve and protect this country. I’m so sorry this pathetic draft dodger has any say in who can defend our country and the Constitution since he has no intention of doing either. 🤍🏳️⚧️
May 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sending love and support to our transgender service members. Thank you for your continued desire to serve and protect this country. I’m so sorry this pathetic draft dodger has any say in who can defend our country and the Constitution since he has no intention of doing either. 🤍🏳️⚧️
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According to an email viewed by WIRED, the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland was told to stop all experimental work by April 29 at 5 pm.
It has 168 employees, including federal workers and contractors. “The sacrifice to research is immense."
It has 168 employees, including federal workers and contractors. “The sacrifice to research is immense."
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
According to an email viewed by WIRED, the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland was told to stop all experimental work by April 29 at 5 pm.
It has 168 employees, including federal workers and contractors. “The sacrifice to research is immense."
It has 168 employees, including federal workers and contractors. “The sacrifice to research is immense."
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Florida officials took $10M from a Medicaid fraud settlement - meant for taxpayers - and sent it to Casey DeSantis’ foundation. That money flowed to dark money groups and a DeSantis-run PAC. It funded political ads, not aid. This is misuse of public funds at the highest level.
The $10M steered to Hope Florida by the state was Medicaid money, document shows
A draft agreement of a $67 million settlement between the DeSantis administration and a Medicaid contractor that had overbilled the state sheds new light on how $10 million of that amount was diverted...
www.miamiherald.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Florida officials took $10M from a Medicaid fraud settlement - meant for taxpayers - and sent it to Casey DeSantis’ foundation. That money flowed to dark money groups and a DeSantis-run PAC. It funded political ads, not aid. This is misuse of public funds at the highest level.
This dystopian time line needs a reboot.
April 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This dystopian time line needs a reboot.
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This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason
April 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason
Yo, sandiskstorage.bsky.social. Just purchased a "enterprise" class G-Drive that failed on the second use for backups. Told by support to just send back to Amazon - even through it has my encrypted data on it. Horrible security policy. #LostMeAsCustomer
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sandiskstorage.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yo, sandiskstorage.bsky.social. Just purchased a "enterprise" class G-Drive that failed on the second use for backups. Told by support to just send back to Amazon - even through it has my encrypted data on it. Horrible security policy. #LostMeAsCustomer
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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...