Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩
@lesleyabravanel.bsky.social
Blue check Xpat, disco-loving, fascism fighting, ex gossip columnist, author, ghost writer, game show champ, twin mama, Mrs., hot sauce collector, Bloody Mary maven, #TurdReichRedux resistor stuck in Floriduh & can't believe we're doing this again
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Why America’s economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
The country’s outperformance is rooted in long-term productivity growth that is the envy of the developed world. Could Trump’s policies endanger its lead?
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Thanks to Joe Biden, America’s economy is soaring ahead of its rivals www.ft.com/content/1201...
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Lock him up.
'This amounts to murder': Trump official faces 'serious legal jeopardy' over 'kill' order www.alternet.org/the-right-wi...
'This amounts to murder': Trump official faces 'serious legal jeopardy'
A Washington Post exclusive details how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave an order on the first Caribbean boat strike, saying to leave no survivors."As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship t...
www.alternet.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Lock him up.
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Witless Witkoff & Javid Kashner are carpet baggers. They seek to profit from the suffering of Ukrainian people by negotiating 'deals' with Russian oligarchs who support Kremlin War Criminals. In doing so Witkoff & Kashner are undermining the security of the the USA. They must be tried for treason⛓️🪓
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Witless Witkoff & Javid Kashner are carpet baggers. They seek to profit from the suffering of Ukrainian people by negotiating 'deals' with Russian oligarchs who support Kremlin War Criminals. In doing so Witkoff & Kashner are undermining the security of the the USA. They must be tried for treason⛓️🪓
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Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
'This amounts to murder': Trump official faces 'serious legal jeopardy' over 'kill' order www.alternet.org/the-right-wi...
'This amounts to murder': Trump official faces 'serious legal jeopardy'
A Washington Post exclusive details how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave an order on the first Caribbean boat strike, saying to leave no survivors."As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship t...
www.alternet.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
'This amounts to murder': Trump official faces 'serious legal jeopardy' over 'kill' order www.alternet.org/the-right-wi...
Conservative media war pits pro-Trump networks against each other www.alternet.org/trump-fcc-ca...
Conservative media war pits pro-Trump networks against each other
Two powerful groups of media executives very friendly to President Donald Trump are currently embroiled in a fight that puts FCC chair Brendan Carr in an awkward position, reports Politico's John Hend...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Conservative media war pits pro-Trump networks against each other www.alternet.org/trump-fcc-ca...
Another sex scandal has rocked the Catholic church, this time with an Alabama priest who met a 17 year old stripper and offered her a 'financial arrangement' in exchange for sexual favors www.alternet.org/send/alabama...
Alabama priest leaves clergy after 'arrangement' with minor discovered
A Roman Catholic priest in Alabama has voluntarily left the clergy after a woman came forward alleging he provided her with financial support in exchange for sex beginning when she was 17-years-old, a...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Another sex scandal has rocked the Catholic church, this time with an Alabama priest who met a 17 year old stripper and offered her a 'financial arrangement' in exchange for sexual favors www.alternet.org/send/alabama...
Inside the 'corrupt bargain' between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
Inside the 'corrupt bargain' between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts
Mother Jones writers Pema Levy and Ari Berman say that President Donald Trump "owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man" — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts."Twenty years ago, John Roberts...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Inside the 'corrupt bargain' between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
Americans blame Trump failures as they cut back drastically for the holidays www.alternet.org/trump-econom...
Americans blame Trump failures as they cut back drastically for the holidays
As Americans continue to feel "rattled" about the state of President Donald Trump's economy, The Guardian says there is major apprehension leading them to cut back on buying gifts for family and frien...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Americans blame Trump failures as they cut back drastically for the holidays www.alternet.org/trump-econom...
3 years later, DeSantis’s New College makeover is a total failure www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinio...
3 years later, the 'new' New College is a total failure | Opinion
The recent, damning Florida DOGE report proves that President Richard Corcoran and his crew have failed at New College of Florida.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
3 years later, DeSantis’s New College makeover is a total failure www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinio...
These two top Trump officials are headed for 'public clash' www.alternet.org/trump-267435...
These two top Trump officials are headed for 'public clash'
The U.S. editor of British conservative weekly The Spectator says that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio may be headed for a very public clash in the wake of the "imbroglio of...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
These two top Trump officials are headed for 'public clash' www.alternet.org/trump-267435...
Trump’s Vicious Mental Spiral Takes Center Stage on Thanksgiving as He Calls Governor, ‘Seriously Retarded’ www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Vicious Mental Spiral Takes Center Stage on Thanksgiving as He Calls Governor, ‘Seriously Retarded’
President Donald Trump reached another low on Thanksgiving night in a rant against immigrants and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump’s Vicious Mental Spiral Takes Center Stage on Thanksgiving as He Calls Governor, ‘Seriously Retarded’ www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
'The walls are closing in': Trump’s Epstein 'mess' keeps getting worse www.alternet.org/send/trump-e...
'The walls are closing in': Trump’s Epstein 'mess' keeps getting worse
CNN host and podcaster S.E. Cupp says that President Donald Trump's "mess" involving deceased convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is only getting worse as the walls are closing in on him. "Donald...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
'The walls are closing in': Trump’s Epstein 'mess' keeps getting worse www.alternet.org/send/trump-e...
Trump voters 'having a hard time keeping up' despite promises on economy www.alternet.org/trump-voters...
Trump voters 'having a hard time keeping up' despite promises on economy
Some supporters of President Donald Trump are feeling the pinch of his faltering economy and likely will be cutting back on purchases this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, reports NBC News.Trump voters ...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump voters 'having a hard time keeping up' despite promises on economy www.alternet.org/trump-voters...
Give Thanks for Incompetence Destroying Trump’s Second Term nymag.com/intelligence...
Give Thanks for Incompetence Destroying Trump’s Second Term
There are no adults in the room, only idiots.
nymag.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Give Thanks for Incompetence Destroying Trump’s Second Term nymag.com/intelligence...
'National disgrace': Former US ambassador blasts Trump’s foreign policy www.alternet.org/trump-foreig...
'National disgrace': Former US ambassador blasts Trump’s foreign policy
Dennis Jett, former American ambassador to Mozambique and Peru, excoriates President Donald Trump's foreign policy in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and says there are massive problems with the presid...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'National disgrace': Former US ambassador blasts Trump’s foreign policy www.alternet.org/trump-foreig...
Another restaurant owner stood up to ICE. She refused to let fear win. Her courage reminds us that ordinary people still hold the power to stop injustice in its tracks. When we speak up, we protect what’s right.
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Another restaurant owner stood up to ICE. She refused to let fear win. Her courage reminds us that ordinary people still hold the power to stop injustice in its tracks. When we speak up, we protect what’s right.
We need to show the full dimension of humanity of immigrants everywhere--as we fight like hell to abolish ICE--video courtesy of Women's March.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We need to show the full dimension of humanity of immigrants everywhere--as we fight like hell to abolish ICE--video courtesy of Women's March.
Happy Thanksgiving! Surely there is something to be thankful for today in the wake of such heinous atrocities out there. Before you eat today, read this. It may help ease or prevent indigestion. Bon appetit and l'chaim! www.alternet.org/send/maga-th...
The one thing you need to ask your MAGA relatives at Thanksgiving
USA Today's Rex Huppke rejects the notion of avoiding politics at Thanksgiving, saying it's "letting them off the hook," and has a suggestion to make the dinner more palatable — especially when it com...
www.alternet.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Surely there is something to be thankful for today in the wake of such heinous atrocities out there. Before you eat today, read this. It may help ease or prevent indigestion. Bon appetit and l'chaim! www.alternet.org/send/maga-th...
'Heinously unwatchable' White House TikTok account reamed in new analysis www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
'Infuriatingly incompetent' White House TikTok account is 'unwatchable': analysis
Margaret Hartmann, senior editor for New York Magazine's Intelligencer section, ponders whether people are strong enough "mentally and physically, to watch what the Trump White House is posting on Ti...
www.rawstory.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
'Heinously unwatchable' White House TikTok account reamed in new analysis www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s message resonates this Thanksgiving week. He’s thanking everyone who defends democracy, freedom, and community — and we’re thanking him right back. His courage, clarity, and relentless fight for all of us make this season feel like renewal and real hope.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s message resonates this Thanksgiving week. He’s thanking everyone who defends democracy, freedom, and community — and we’re thanking him right back. His courage, clarity, and relentless fight for all of us make this season feel like renewal and real hope.
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Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
Conservative 'confusion' after MAGA revealed as 'propaganda coup': constitutional scholar www.alternet.org/conservative...
Conservative 'confusion' after MAGA revealed as 'propaganda coup': constitutional scholar
On Newsweek’s new video podcast "The 1600," constitutional scholar and lifelong conservative Justin Stapley warns that the MAGA movement’s problems run far deeper than any single election cycle.Staple...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Conservative 'confusion' after MAGA revealed as 'propaganda coup': constitutional scholar www.alternet.org/conservative...
America’s 'radical cultish origins' began with the Pilgrims www.alternet.org/us-pilgrim/
America’s 'radical cultish origins' began with the Pilgrims
The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution, writes Jane Borden in The Nation. The Pilgrims and Puritans "left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the America...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
America’s 'radical cultish origins' began with the Pilgrims www.alternet.org/us-pilgrim/