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Len Grossman

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"The willful doomscrolling of one's own soul." Retweets and Quotetweets (including quoted text) do not necessarily reflect my own views.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · Jan 19

I often retweet items and threads that intrigue me, whether I agree with them or not. Almost every night I quote tweet rolled up threads from authors I follow on the
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and insert pull-quotes from the threads that I find interesting.

Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 2h

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MÉRE NOEM - DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Hits the Malls

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 3h

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The Worst Photo Of All "Time" | GOP To Blame For Airport Chaos | No Kings Protests Return

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 3h

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Frogs Together Strong! (Portland ICE protest song parody)

YouTube video by Patrick Fitzgerald

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

I presume that orchestra people have vicious stereotypes about clarinetists that could be deployed here. I once heard three performers riff on violists for ten minutes and it was frightening.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

I suppose this story makes my newsletter from last night even more timely joycevance.substack.com/p/are-we-the...

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

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 4h

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A Nobel Prize for Trolling?

The distinguished awards further illustrated that Trump is wrong on just about everything

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

A huge and consequential argument in the SCOTUS tomorrow. Is SCOTUS hell-bent in gutting the Voting Rights Act?

The Two Section Twos
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The Two Section Twos

The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 12h

Jack Smith Speaks, by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Jack Smith Speaks

You have choices about where you get your news and analysis.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 13h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

(3) Leftist Blind Spots - YouTube
With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @mikefeinberg.bsky.social and Anastasia Lapatina

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Leftist Blind Spots

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

(3) הבאנו שלום עליכם/ Hevenu Shalom Alehem /Jerusalem Academy flashmob for Taglit at Ben Gurion Airport - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_n...

הבאנו שלום עליכם/ Hevenu Shalom Alehem /Jerusalem Academy flashmob for Taglit at Ben Gurion Airport

YouTube video by האקדמיה למוסיקה ולמחול בירושלים

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

Hevenu Shalom Aleichem | Shlomirosenfeld www.shlomirosenfeld.co.il/en/hevenu-sh...

Hevenu Shalom Aleichem | Shlomirosenfeld

כמוסת זמן ישראל Israel 1923 - 2023 הבאנו שלום עליכם

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

Gilbert finds grand jury probe unwarranted.

Bondi and Blanche's aides “frustrated” with the answer, blame 20+ year vet prosecutor.>

They order Gilbert to sideline that prosecutor.

He refuses; they tell him he’s fired; he resigns.

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Thread by @KlasfeldReports on Thread Reader App

@KlasfeldReports: Extraordinary NYT story: Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted. They wanted a case...

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

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U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

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Thread by @JuddLegum on Thread Reader App

@JuddLegum: 1. In 2022, Jeff Bezos promised to give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime. It is not going well. Since making the pledge, his net worth has almost doubled to $240 billion...

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 14h

(3) NEW FILM - Der Ballon - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxzJ...

NEW FILM - Der Ballon

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 16h

O'Hare and Midway airports won't show Kristi Noem video criticizing Democrats for government shutdown - CBS Chicago www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

O'Hare and Midway airports won't show Kristi Noem video criticizing Democrats for government shutdown

O'Hare and Midway airports in Chicago have decided not to show travelers a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticizing Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 17h

“A dive into Justice Kennedy’s new memoir” electionlawblog.org?p=152505

Kennedy still thinks Citizens United was correctly decided

“A dive into Justice Kennedy’s new memoir” #ELB

SCOTUSblog: Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy’s memoir, Life, Law and Liberty, comes out today, Oct. 14…. Throughout his time on the court, Kennedy wrote some of its most important cases. In the book h...

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

Every person on the planet has countless numbers of microplastic particles in their body and we have no idea how much damage this will do over a lifetime. Yet plastic production is still increasing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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