Stuart Leavenworth
@sleavenworth.bsky.social
State Editor, Los Angeles Times | Ex WaPo, McClatchy, SacBee, N&O | Repatriated Californian | Banana Slug | Community Volunteer | Cyclist | Liverpool fan | No, I don’t care how many followers you have.
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I put together this woefully incomplete starter pack of California journalists. Ping me if want to be added here, or to Pack #2 once this one hits the max 150.
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California is letting teen farm workers toil amid heat & toxic pesticides, unable to complain, for fear of ICE and boss retribution.
Proud to have helped guide this investigative project, in collaboration with Capital & Main, Robert J. Lopez and Barbara Davidson.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Proud to have helped guide this investigative project, in collaboration with Capital & Main, Robert J. Lopez and Barbara Davidson.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
California is letting teen farm workers toil amid heat & toxic pesticides, unable to complain, for fear of ICE and boss retribution.
Proud to have helped guide this investigative project, in collaboration with Capital & Main, Robert J. Lopez and Barbara Davidson.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Proud to have helped guide this investigative project, in collaboration with Capital & Main, Robert J. Lopez and Barbara Davidson.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
@postopinions.bsky.social seems fine serving as a platform for investors who see opportunity in the US carrying out extrajudicial killings — on Trump’s orders — and then invading Venezuela.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Why this Nobel Prize winner is backing Trump’s Venezuela strategy
María Corina Machado wants to cut cash flows to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@postopinions.bsky.social seems fine serving as a platform for investors who see opportunity in the US carrying out extrajudicial killings — on Trump’s orders — and then invading Venezuela.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Machado said Trump “absolutely” deserves a Nobel Peace Prize of his own due to the “incredible events that are taking place currently in the world.”
Begs the question — did the Nobel committee award her this peace prize to suck up to Trump?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/a...
Begs the question — did the Nobel committee award her this peace prize to suck up to Trump?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/a...
Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize winner calls on Trump to stop Maduro’s ‘war’ on her country | CNN
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last week, has called for greater US support to stop what she described as a “war” on her country by Presi...
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Machado said Trump “absolutely” deserves a Nobel Peace Prize of his own due to the “incredible events that are taking place currently in the world.”
Begs the question — did the Nobel committee award her this peace prize to suck up to Trump?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/a...
Begs the question — did the Nobel committee award her this peace prize to suck up to Trump?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/a...
To help the shipping industry continue polluting without costs, the US launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the Trump administration’s combativeness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
To help the shipping industry continue polluting without costs, the US launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the Trump administration’s combativeness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Judge Immergut disputed Trump’s claim that antifa, at least in Portland, is an organized and cohesive group working against the federal government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Judge Immergut disputed Trump’s claim that antifa, at least in Portland, is an organized and cohesive group working against the federal government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt claims California has receiving Prop. 50 ballots from undocumented immigrants who could not legally vote.
“There’s countless examples and we’d be happy to provide them.”
When asked to provide examples, the WH did not respond.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“There’s countless examples and we’d be happy to provide them.”
When asked to provide examples, the WH did not respond.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California officials push back on Trump claim that Prop. 50 vote is a 'GIANT SCAM'
Gov. Gavin Newsom dismissed the president's claims on X as ]the ramblings of an old man that knows he’s about to LOSE.'
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt claims California has receiving Prop. 50 ballots from undocumented immigrants who could not legally vote.
“There’s countless examples and we’d be happy to provide them.”
When asked to provide examples, the WH did not respond.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“There’s countless examples and we’d be happy to provide them.”
When asked to provide examples, the WH did not respond.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Last week, MAGA had a total anti-Indian meltdown on social media, revealing a deep, ugly racism toward South Asians. Plus, tolerance of an anti-Semite who has declared himself part of “Team Hitler.”
Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social
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Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social
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Commentary: MAGA's 'big tent' is burning down amid explosion of antisemitism, racism
Fights among conservatives over racism and antisemitism broke out into the open last week.
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Last week, MAGA had a total anti-Indian meltdown on social media, revealing a deep, ugly racism toward South Asians. Plus, tolerance of an anti-Semite who has declared himself part of “Team Hitler.”
Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
While Trump demolished the East Wing and hit up grovelers to pay for a $300-million ballroom, Newsom worked on a much different project. He raised over $100 million to thwart Trump with Proposition 50.
George Skelton of @latimes.com still bringing the fire.
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
George Skelton of @latimes.com still bringing the fire.
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
Column: California's sleazy redistricting beats having an unhinged president
It’s all sleazy, but Trump started it.
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
While Trump demolished the East Wing and hit up grovelers to pay for a $300-million ballroom, Newsom worked on a much different project. He raised over $100 million to thwart Trump with Proposition 50.
George Skelton of @latimes.com still bringing the fire.
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
George Skelton of @latimes.com still bringing the fire.
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
Immigrants made the Dodgers—Blue Jays series a true World Series, with one team representing a nation tormented by tariffs and insults from the leader of a country once considered their closest ally.
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Immigration beatdown? Not with Dodgers epitomizing baseball's international flair
Your morning catch up: The Dodgers' United Nations path to World Series title, thousands find food banks as SNAP benefits lapse and more big stories.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Immigrants made the Dodgers—Blue Jays series a true World Series, with one team representing a nation tormented by tariffs and insults from the leader of a country once considered their closest ally.
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Truly a World Series. For the first two games, the average viewership in Japan was almost as high as in the US, despite a population one-third as large, and the average viewership in Canada was 10 times greater than last year.
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series matchup a boon for viewership in Japan and Canada
For the first two games of the World Series, the average viewership in Japan was almost as high as in the United States, despite a population one-third that of the U.S.
www.latimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Truly a World Series. For the first two games, the average viewership in Japan was almost as high as in the US, despite a population one-third as large, and the average viewership in Canada was 10 times greater than last year.
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
Reposted by Stuart Leavenworth
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
“This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the vote.”
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Justice Department says it will monitor California poll sites amid Prop. 50 voting
The U.S. Justice Department said it was asked to monitor polling sites in California in November by state GOP officials.
www.latimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the vote.”
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
The dominant aesthetic of the Trump administration comes not from antiquity but from A.I. slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better.
Column by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Column by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The dominant aesthetic of the Trump administration comes not from antiquity but from A.I. slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better.
Column by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Column by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Some fine images of #nokings today by my friends Renee & Paul of @sacbee.com
Photos: ‘No Kings’ protests in Sacramento and Roseville
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Photos: ‘No Kings’ protests in Sacramento and Roseville
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Photos: ‘No Kings’ protests in Sacramento and Roseville
See some of our most colorful pictures of demonstrations against the Trump administration held in the Sacramento area.
www.sacbee.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Some fine images of #nokings today by my friends Renee & Paul of @sacbee.com
Photos: ‘No Kings’ protests in Sacramento and Roseville
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Photos: ‘No Kings’ protests in Sacramento and Roseville
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
This is another bad-ass podcast by @latimes Christopher Goffard —a damning indictment of a sheriff so pumped up with his power he tried to intimidate a young female FBI agent. He failed in spectacular fashion.
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is another bad-ass podcast by @latimes Christopher Goffard —a damning indictment of a sheriff so pumped up with his power he tried to intimidate a young female FBI agent. He failed in spectacular fashion.
Even FoxNews — generally a mouthpiece for the Trump administration — is refusing to abide by its Pentagon media restrictions.
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Fox News among broadcasters refusing to sign Pentagon press pledge
Fox News, along with ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, said that the Pentagon policy violates their “core journalistic protections.”
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Even FoxNews — generally a mouthpiece for the Trump administration — is refusing to abide by its Pentagon media restrictions.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Next step in this extortion racket: You want federal money, you sing sweet words about fossil fuels and you don't talk about climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Next step in this extortion racket: You want federal money, you sing sweet words about fossil fuels and you don't talk about climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Pope Leo XIV: “Every day, there are reporters who put their lives at risk to inform people about what is really happening…Many have died while carrying out their duties…We must not forget them!
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www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
The Pope calls for journalists to protect the truth - Poynter
The pope told media executives that journalists had a moral duty to protect the truth and continue reporting in the face of misinformation.
www.poynter.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pope Leo XIV: “Every day, there are reporters who put their lives at risk to inform people about what is really happening…Many have died while carrying out their duties…We must not forget them!
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Trump to spend $50 million on Greenland’s polar bears as he guts efforts to combat climate change, which makes their extinction inevitable.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland’s polar bears
Documents reviewed by The Post show the administration may spend millions to protect vulnerable wildlife, proposals that stunned critics of its moves to gut foreign assistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trump to spend $50 million on Greenland’s polar bears as he guts efforts to combat climate change, which makes their extinction inevitable.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...