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Alexandra Barnes Leh

@lacheraqui.bsky.social

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Writer, book editor, script consultant. Native New Yorker living in DTLA. Blue to the bone. Bladder cancer survivor. Kriya yogi. Generation Jones. Daughter of guitar legend George Barnes: georgebarneslegacy.com Sorry, I can’t handle DMs 😐

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 29

My little protest-by-post today.
They’re sending their “No on 50” garbage to the wrong girl.
#yeson50

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 27

*poof*

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 6

Jesus.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 2

When we clear the room of MAGA politicians, I’m fairly certain the truth will be revealed.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 1

Rationality should not exclude humanity.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 1

You don’t get that my life is shorter than yours, and I have learned to let it go. I owe you no substantiation. Seriously, sweetie, we’re done.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 1

You know nothing about me, nor do I know anything about you. We are wasting precious time+energy. History will prove what it proves. You go on hating what the Democrats did (btw, I don’t entirely disagree, I’m just not hanging on to the anger), and I’ll support my choices. End of discussion.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 1

We shall see. Your certainty and mine have yet to be proven. All we can do is work forward, to remove MAGA and restore some measure of sanity.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 1

Someday, we’ll learn the truth: that he got illegitimate help from gerrymandering and Elonmandering.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Aug 1

That is all.

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jul 31

Jesus.

How Conservative Christians Cracked a 70-Year-Old Law www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

How Conservative Christians Cracked a 70-Year-Old Law

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you, Irving Berlin… www.instagram.com/reel/DMd_Dqt...

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jul 20

My plea to @mayorofLA @karenbass to help save the #HistoricCore of #DTLA—the literal heart of Los Angeles. www.threads.com/@lacheraqui/...

Alexandra Barnes Leh (@lacheraqui) on Threads

karenbass @mayorofla I’ve lived in LA since 1978, and in the historiccore of DTLA since 2005, when the promise of a renaissance was fresh and exciting, when @antonioforcalifornia was our mayor and a...

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jul 17

#FuckMAGA

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 17

Breaking News: The Senate approved a White House request to cancel $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The House is expected to pass the bill.

Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Funds for NPR and PBS Stations

The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 14

CNN: “Take a look at Trump's net approval rating on immigration… Bad to just downright terrible. The American people have turned against Trump on what was his best issue.”

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jul 4

Feels like this today. #4thofJuly

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jul 4

This is my California representative, Jimmy Gomez, on the steps of the Capital, July 3, 2025.

Me, too, Jimmy.
Me, too.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 14

Facts.

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 14

Mother Nature is decidedly *not* MAGA 💚

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 13

#NoKings won’t just be one day.
#NoKings will be *every* day until he and his fascist thugs are out of office.

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 9

So, I’ve been standing up against this horror for decades.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 9

You don’t know me, so you don’t know how deeply I loathe Trump. I’m a native New Yorker, and have hated him since he first showed his racist ass in 1973. His deployment of the ICE kidnappers and the Natl Guard here in LA has rightly prompted the peaceful protests+violence supports his narrative.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 9

The people causing the violence are *not* legitimate protesters—they’ve gone home. These are criminal agitators, and should be referred to as such.

Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 9

When the sun goes down, there are no more legitimate protesters in the streets; the media need to change their chyrons to read “criminal agitators.” These are the people who feed Trump’s narrative.

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Alexandra Barnes Leh @lacheraqui.bsky.social · Jun 2

One of the things I love about Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Operation Spiderweb is that, while he was being insulted by Trump, Vance, and the other idiots in the Oval Office, Big Z was already 15 months into planning the strikes. So extremely sweet.

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