Leslie ❄️. Brown
@leslielkb.bsky.social
PhD, Curator, Photohistorian, Educator, and Scholar. Believer in wonder & kindness. Lover of art, music, history, science, rocks, weather, & tiny things.
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Everything in the US is for sale to the wealthy all over the planet, whether friend or foe. Citizenship, work visas, security guarantees, key industries, advanced military capabilities, AI and sensitive tech. For the right price, anyone can have whatever they want from us. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Lutnick on the Trump Gold Card: "For an individual, it's $1 million. And for a corporation, it's $2 million."
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Everything in the US is for sale to the wealthy all over the planet, whether friend or foe. Citizenship, work visas, security guarantees, key industries, advanced military capabilities, AI and sensitive tech. For the right price, anyone can have whatever they want from us. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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These are similar words to those I was asked to removed from a US DOT grant. Guess what? They terminated the grant anyway
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
These are similar words to those I was asked to removed from a US DOT grant. Guess what? They terminated the grant anyway
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But for we academics, this means our conferences will have no international scholars. We will need to try to go abroad to collaborate. (Which isn’t possible for many of us with already-inadequate research funding.)
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
But for we academics, this means our conferences will have no international scholars. We will need to try to go abroad to collaborate. (Which isn’t possible for many of us with already-inadequate research funding.)
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This would just mean a drop in tourism. Reasonable people don’t want a government to have access to their private data for just a week vacation.
According to a new report, CBP this week filed a new proposal that would force visitors to submit up to five years’ worth of social media posts for inspection before being allowed to enter the country.
Trump Plan Could Require 5 Years of Social Media Posts From Tourists Entering US
Immigration agents also plan to ask prospective tourists to provide email addresses they’ve used over the last decade.
truthout.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This would just mean a drop in tourism. Reasonable people don’t want a government to have access to their private data for just a week vacation.
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People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
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🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
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Stealing random oil tankers is such low-rent stuff even for this country. Temu ass evil empire.
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Stealing random oil tankers is such low-rent stuff even for this country. Temu ass evil empire.
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
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Support from Trump administration officials played a crucial role in the release of Andrew Tate from Romania, where he is accused of rape and coercing women into pornography, a New York Times investigation found.
How Andrew Tate, Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking, Was Freed
Barred from leaving Romania, Andrew Tate courted powerful figures on the American right, from Tucker Carlson to Barron Trump. Then an extraordinary order let him go.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Support from Trump administration officials played a crucial role in the release of Andrew Tate from Romania, where he is accused of rape and coercing women into pornography, a New York Times investigation found.
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So...Bari Weiss deposes yet another journalist of color - Maurice DuBois - to install CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil as lead anchor of the CBS Evening News. I guess DEI is okay if it works in certain directions? https://loom.ly/fNDlGDE
Paramount Press Express | TONY DOKOUPIL NAMED ANCHOR OF THE CBS EVENING NEWS
Dokoupil Will Assume the Role on Jan. 5 Tony Dokoupil – an Emmy Award-winning journalist known for his fairness, curiosity and doggedness – has been n
www.paramountpressexpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So...Bari Weiss deposes yet another journalist of color - Maurice DuBois - to install CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil as lead anchor of the CBS Evening News. I guess DEI is okay if it works in certain directions? https://loom.ly/fNDlGDE
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This guy? Anchor? Rewarded for horrible behavior. "Mediocre white guys continue to stumble upwards." That's the lead.
This guy? Anchor? Rewarded for horrible behavior. "Mediocre white guys continue to stumble upwards." That's the lead.
Exclusive | CBS’ Tony Dokoupil offers ‘regrets’ at teary staff meeting after grilling anti-Israel author
“CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil told staffers during an emotional meeting that he “regretted” putting them in a difficult position amid the brewing scandal at the netwo…
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December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This guy? Anchor? Rewarded for horrible behavior. "Mediocre white guys continue to stumble upwards." That's the lead.
This guy? Anchor? Rewarded for horrible behavior. "Mediocre white guys continue to stumble upwards." That's the lead.
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The first thing I thought of when I heard the news: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/b...
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The first thing I thought of when I heard the news: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/b...
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Q: What happens to the oil on the tanker you seized?
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Q: What happens to the oil on the tanker you seized?
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
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Imagine, for just a second, Biden saying this about Fox News.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
Trump: "I think the people that have run CNN are a disgrace. I think it's imperative that CNN be sold because you certainly wouldn't want to just leave those people with some money so they can spend even more spending poison. It's lies. I wouldn't want to see the same company end up with CNN."
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Imagine, for just a second, Biden saying this about Fox News.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
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This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is still VERY illegal. The Trump admin says anyone who pays $1 million will be deemed to have "exceptional business ability" and become eligible for an employment-based immigrant visa.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
But there's nothing stopping someone from just getting a loan or using parents' money.
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This is unrecognizable as America. Failed state kind of stuff.
An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is unrecognizable as America. Failed state kind of stuff.
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$140m.
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
$140m.
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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A tanker? We just doing straight up piracy now?
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A tanker? We just doing straight up piracy now?
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No lies detected
DENMARK INTELLIGENCE REPORT:
“.. The United States uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will, and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“.. The United States uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will, and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
No lies detected
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Defense technology procurement and adoption is usually about solving problems. Accomplishing tasks. Meeting current and anticipated future challenges.
Hegseth's AI order is to just use this new tech, without identifying any challenge it helps address, nor how any personnel should actually use it.
Hegseth's AI order is to just use this new tech, without identifying any challenge it helps address, nor how any personnel should actually use it.
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Defense technology procurement and adoption is usually about solving problems. Accomplishing tasks. Meeting current and anticipated future challenges.
Hegseth's AI order is to just use this new tech, without identifying any challenge it helps address, nor how any personnel should actually use it.
Hegseth's AI order is to just use this new tech, without identifying any challenge it helps address, nor how any personnel should actually use it.
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I think it would be good to have a president who has a vague connection to the reality of how things work
Trump says he doesn't know why America can't achieve 25 percent annual economic growth
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I think it would be good to have a president who has a vague connection to the reality of how things work
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If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site