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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
@threadreaderapp
and insert pull-quotes from the threads that I find interesting.

Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 59m

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

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 · 1h

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

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Leftist Blind Spots

YouTube video by #DogShirtTV

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 1h

(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 · 1h

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 · 1h

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 · 1h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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

www.nytimes.com

Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 1h

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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 · 2h

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

NEW FILM - Der Ballon

YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 3h

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.

www.cbsnews.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

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

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

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.

www.newsweek.com

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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 4h

“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 · 20h

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

www.theguardian.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

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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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.