Leslie A. Larson
@lesliealarson.bsky.social
WOKE marketing pro in WA who values diversity & equality in all forms. Opposes #Felon47. Let’s #SaboDOGE!
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Annually heartbroken by my #SeattleMariners ⚾️
Books, music, science, politics. Follow back original & vetted content - reposts & memes, not so much.
Annually heartbroken by my #SeattleMariners ⚾️
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
DO NOT LOOK AWAY. Imagine the trauma of the children witnessing this!
Reposted by Leslie A. Larson
Senator Patty Murray is demanding the release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez after an ICE agent allegedly lured him out of his home, unleashed a dog on him, and then denied him proper medical care inside the Tacoma detention center.
Senator Murray Calls for the Release of Man Mauled by ICE Dog
Washington Senator Patty Murray is calling for the immediate release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez from the Northwest ICE Detention Center. He was arrested on November 14, outside of his home, and attacke...
www.thestranger.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Senator Patty Murray is demanding the release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez after an ICE agent allegedly lured him out of his home, unleashed a dog on him, and then denied him proper medical care inside the Tacoma detention center.
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Whoa!
AP finds federal and state authorities in Louisiana are monitoring the online activities of ICE critics. Chilling. apnews.com/article/immi...
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans.
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Whoa!
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Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
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Reader Tom B. is matching up to $15K in gifts for ProPublica via GoFundMe.
He says: “I want to see ProPublica even stronger, and I’m backing that up with my own money. In the face of chaos, let’s stand with the facts.”
➡️ Help him support us and double your impact: www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-ra...
He says: “I want to see ProPublica even stronger, and I’m backing that up with my own money. In the face of chaos, let’s stand with the facts.”
➡️ Help him support us and double your impact: www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-ra...
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Happy Saturday! Resisting works!!
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy Saturday! Resisting works!!
Babies should continue to get the hep B vaccine shortly after birth, the WCHA said Friday — disagreeing with a federal advisory committee’s new recommendation to delay.
The multistate group (WA, OR, CA and HI) strongly supports the 30 year old guidance.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
The multistate group (WA, OR, CA and HI) strongly supports the 30 year old guidance.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
WA, other states still recommend hepatitis B vaccine for newborns
The West Coast Health Alliance pushed back against new federal guidance around the hepatitis B vaccine, saying changes were not credible or evidence-based.
www.seattletimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Babies should continue to get the hep B vaccine shortly after birth, the WCHA said Friday — disagreeing with a federal advisory committee’s new recommendation to delay.
The multistate group (WA, OR, CA and HI) strongly supports the 30 year old guidance.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
The multistate group (WA, OR, CA and HI) strongly supports the 30 year old guidance.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
More on why to boycott the World Cup.
The World Cup is only months away and FIFA is failing to ensure players fans, and immigrant communities here will be protected from increasingly authoritarian ICE activity.
FIFA must commit to enacting protections against racial profiling, arbitrary detention, and unlawful immigration enforcement.
FIFA must commit to enacting protections against racial profiling, arbitrary detention, and unlawful immigration enforcement.
‘Fifa cannot be silent’: human rights groups speak out over 2026 World Cup concerns
Fifa risks becoming ‘a public relations tool of an increasingly authoritarian US government’, human rights organisations have warned
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
More on why to boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the World Cup.
US President Donald Trump was just awarded the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize.”
But his administration’s appalling human rights record certainly does not display “exceptional actions for peace and unity.”
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qbQiu7
But his administration’s appalling human rights record certainly does not display “exceptional actions for peace and unity.”
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qbQiu7
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Boycott the World Cup.
Reposted by Leslie A. Larson
The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
This is how true Christians do it.
Nativity display outside Saint Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus were swapped out for an ICE sign.
Below it, another message claims “the holy family is safe in our church” and instructs people to call a number if they see immigration agents.
Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus were swapped out for an ICE sign.
Below it, another message claims “the holy family is safe in our church” and instructs people to call a number if they see immigration agents.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is how true Christians do it.
Reposted by Leslie A. Larson
President Trump's vile attacks on Somali immigrants—beloved community members in Minnesota & beyond—are steeped in anti-Blackness.
This language seeks to dehumanize our neighbors and normalize state violence. We must stand with one another and reject it for the white nationalist propaganda it is.
This language seeks to dehumanize our neighbors and normalize state violence. We must stand with one another and reject it for the white nationalist propaganda it is.
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
President Trump's vile attacks on Somali immigrants—beloved community members in Minnesota & beyond—are steeped in anti-Blackness.
This language seeks to dehumanize our neighbors and normalize state violence. We must stand with one another and reject it for the white nationalist propaganda it is.
This language seeks to dehumanize our neighbors and normalize state violence. We must stand with one another and reject it for the white nationalist propaganda it is.
Reposted by Leslie A. Larson
Since President Trump's second inauguration, the number of local police departments agreeing to coordinate with ICE has grown by more than 600%.
Deputizing police to be deportation agents doesn't make us safer. Communities nationwide are fighting back.
Deputizing police to be deportation agents doesn't make us safer. Communities nationwide are fighting back.
Why local police officers are helping Trump with ICE raids
Trump has placed a huge bet that thousands of local cops can help.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Since President Trump's second inauguration, the number of local police departments agreeing to coordinate with ICE has grown by more than 600%.
Deputizing police to be deportation agents doesn't make us safer. Communities nationwide are fighting back.
Deputizing police to be deportation agents doesn't make us safer. Communities nationwide are fighting back.
So will they finally turn???
🚨NEW: 46% of Americans say the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they can ever remember it being — including 37% of 2024 Trump voters. They also say the affordability crisis is Trump’s responsibility, with 46% saying it’s his economy now and he’s responsible for the costs they struggle with.
Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis
Americans continue to say affordability is out of control, and they place the responsibility on Trump, The POLITICO Poll found.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So will they finally turn???
He needs to go.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
He needs to go.
Reposted by Leslie A. Larson
This was one of the most conservative members of Congress when he served. He literally was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This was one of the most conservative members of Congress when he served. He literally was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.
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NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.
I approve!
A progressive group is targeting 2 Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spend more than $1 million to push congressional Democrats to take a stronger stand against the president.
apnews.com/article/sena...
A progressive group is targeting 2 Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spend more than $1 million to push congressional Democrats to take a stronger stand against the president.
apnews.com/article/sena...
Progressive group targets Senate Democrats for backing Trump's judicial nominees
A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I approve!
A progressive group is targeting 2 Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spend more than $1 million to push congressional Democrats to take a stronger stand against the president.
apnews.com/article/sena...
A progressive group is targeting 2 Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spend more than $1 million to push congressional Democrats to take a stronger stand against the president.
apnews.com/article/sena...
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Costco again shows how it’s done.
“Costco Wholesale has sued the Trump administration before the Court of International Trade, asking it to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.”
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...
“Costco Wholesale has sued the Trump administration before the Court of International Trade, asking it to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.”
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Costco again shows how it’s done.
“Costco Wholesale has sued the Trump administration before the Court of International Trade, asking it to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.”
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...
“Costco Wholesale has sued the Trump administration before the Court of International Trade, asking it to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.”
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nbcn...
Reposted by Leslie A. Larson
Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
We have 2 Somali homeowners on our street… courteous, quiet neighbors. Never have I despised a president this much.
“They contribute nothing,” Trump told reporters. “Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don’t want them in our country.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“They contribute nothing,” Trump told reporters. “Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don’t want them in our country.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in the US, urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
President Donald Trump says he does not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the ...
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We have 2 Somali homeowners on our street… courteous, quiet neighbors. Never have I despised a president this much.
“They contribute nothing,” Trump told reporters. “Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don’t want them in our country.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“They contribute nothing,” Trump told reporters. “Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don’t want them in our country.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
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RFK! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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