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David Leftwich

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Dad/cook. 2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book winner: at dawn, the first of the first to sing, pubs Fall ‘27. Writer/editor covering Houston food: Houston Chronicle, Edible Houston, Houston Food Finder, Sugar&Rice, Cite. https://www.davidleftwich.net/

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · Sep 3

Some exciting news to share: My manuscript at dawn, the first of the first to sing has been selected winner of the @omnidawn.bsky.social 2025 1st/2nd Poetry Book Contest by @daniela-naomi.bsky.social — get her amazing book Chorus.

I’m honored to be published by an independent press I 1/3 #poetry

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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 1d

No Kings rallygoers in Nashville are lining streets and chanting: the crowd is a mix of ages and genders.

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 1d

But there’s no money to pay air traffic controllers.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

A No Kings organizer in Franconia, VA tells @eggerdc.bsky.social that the turnout has been "beyond anything we had expected"

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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 1d

Houston #NoKings 📸 by @htownmark.bsky.social

Large crowd, signs like no kings, justice for all, couple of inflatable frogs

Close-up of the head of a large inflatable frog with a crown it

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 1d

Harrisburg, PA — there are so many older women in banana suits at the Capitol holding antifa signs and none of that sentence would have made sense to me 10 years ago

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d

Times Square

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings

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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 1d

Live updates: Mainers gather across the state for latest No Kings protests

Organizers say they expect even larger crowds than those that gathered in June to protest the Trump administration's actions. In Maine, rallies are planned for Portland, Lewiston-Auburn, Augusta and d...

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dfortytwo.bsky.social @dfortytwo.bsky.social · 1d

One of the many satellite protests right outside of DC

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings Miami!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The crowd at the #NoKings protest in Orlando is growing so large that the police just closed off the street!!!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have spawned!

Dublin represent! #NoKings

The NoKings protest in front of the US Embassy in Dublin. There are four frogs and a chicken.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings from #NoKings
NEW YORK CITY!!!

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Nusaiba Mizan @nusaiba.bsky.social · 2d

By @houstonchronicle.com columnist Lisa Falkenberg: "Books — actual books, with dust jackets, spines, whimsical illustrations, and characters and cliffhangers — are increasingly unwelcome in the land of worksheets and slide shows." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 1d

Love this: Just saw two older women with walkers standing outside a senior living facility in Houston with #nokings posters.

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ShepGirl 💯💙🇺🇸 @shepgirl.bsky.social · 1d

NYC is packed and it’s just after 11:00 😎

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting.

Now the official line is crumbling. 1/

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Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 6d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 8d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11d

“Some faith activists and leaders have found themselves in handcuffs. The following evening, Rabbi Michael Ben Yosef, a local activist and regular presence at the protests, was among those detained by police at a protest. Footage showed four officers holding him down as he was arrested.”

RNS @rns.org · 11d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social · 11d

The $tr¥mp administration is terrifying cities and communities, making them less safe: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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