Leibz
@benleibz.bsky.social
Elon Musk is a clown shoe so I’m here now.
Red Sox | Suns | Bills fan; Pokemon nerd; Pessimistic Progressive; He/Him
Red Sox | Suns | Bills fan; Pokemon nerd; Pessimistic Progressive; He/Him
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It's as if we took a Rodney Dangerfield character with dementia and elected him president
Q: What goals do you have for '26 in Congress for your agenda?
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
TRUMP: I have great executive orders. Like, water coming out of a sink. The water wouldn't come out. They had all sorts of restrictions. I took them off. Straws. They don't have to be paper anymore. I'd like to have all that confirmed.
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 AM
It's as if we took a Rodney Dangerfield character with dementia and elected him president
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It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
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“The Democratic Party will bow to public pressure”
sir if that was the case, Donald Trump would never have been elected the FIRST time, let alone now
sir if that was the case, Donald Trump would never have been elected the FIRST time, let alone now
January 21, 2026 at 1:39 AM
“The Democratic Party will bow to public pressure”
sir if that was the case, Donald Trump would never have been elected the FIRST time, let alone now
sir if that was the case, Donald Trump would never have been elected the FIRST time, let alone now
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🚨 We need just 23 Republicans to stop this madman from starting a World War. Three in the House and 20 in the Senate to join Democrats and impeach, convict, and remove Donald Trump.
Here are their names. Call them if you are a constituent.
Here are their names. Call them if you are a constituent.
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 AM
🚨 We need just 23 Republicans to stop this madman from starting a World War. Three in the House and 20 in the Senate to join Democrats and impeach, convict, and remove Donald Trump.
Here are their names. Call them if you are a constituent.
Here are their names. Call them if you are a constituent.
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Threatening WWIII because you weren’t awarded a peace prize is peak Trump insanity. The prize is awarded by an independent organization, not by the Norwegian government — and he’s also threatening the wrong country. There has never been a clearer need to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Threatening WWIII because you weren’t awarded a peace prize is peak Trump insanity. The prize is awarded by an independent organization, not by the Norwegian government — and he’s also threatening the wrong country. There has never been a clearer need to invoke the 25th Amendment.
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I will admit the high price of groceries is really hitting me right now because I’M BUYING GROCERIES TO DELIVER TO MY NEIGHBORS WHO CAN’T LEAVE THE HOUSE BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT AN OCCUPYING FORCE OF FUCKSTICKS TO MY CITY.
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I will admit the high price of groceries is really hitting me right now because I’M BUYING GROCERIES TO DELIVER TO MY NEIGHBORS WHO CAN’T LEAVE THE HOUSE BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT AN OCCUPYING FORCE OF FUCKSTICKS TO MY CITY.
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Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
What a pathetic whiner. This is not an "all Jews have dual loyalty" bias, it's a "this specific dude was so into Israel that he implied he was in the IDF when he wasn't."
Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
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if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
Is everyone in MN a hero?
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
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“Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening." www.thehandbasket.co/p/queer-tran...
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
“Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening." www.thehandbasket.co/p/queer-tran...
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“Trump invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its president, stole a bunch of its oil, sold it, and stashed the money in banks in Qatar” is a stone-cold CLASSIC of this genre
The stuff in the GOP bill is some of the clearest ever examples of "if you explain what Republicans are doing in straightforward factual terms an otherwise under-informed normie will think you have entirely lost your mind and can't be trusted"
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 AM
“Trump invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its president, stole a bunch of its oil, sold it, and stashed the money in banks in Qatar” is a stone-cold CLASSIC of this genre
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Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔
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Step 1: Create street violence
Step 2: Blame enemy group for street violence
Step 3: Brutally oppress enemy group in the name of ending street violence
Step 4: Tell goons to provoke less violence for a sec
Step 5: "You have to give us more power so we can prevent street violence in the future."
Step 2: Blame enemy group for street violence
Step 3: Brutally oppress enemy group in the name of ending street violence
Step 4: Tell goons to provoke less violence for a sec
Step 5: "You have to give us more power so we can prevent street violence in the future."
Repressive regimes always create the very conditions of instability & unrest that they claim to "solve."
January 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Step 1: Create street violence
Step 2: Blame enemy group for street violence
Step 3: Brutally oppress enemy group in the name of ending street violence
Step 4: Tell goons to provoke less violence for a sec
Step 5: "You have to give us more power so we can prevent street violence in the future."
Step 2: Blame enemy group for street violence
Step 3: Brutally oppress enemy group in the name of ending street violence
Step 4: Tell goons to provoke less violence for a sec
Step 5: "You have to give us more power so we can prevent street violence in the future."
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Dems need to stop acting like what ICE is doing is an accident, or a failure of policy, or a tactic of distraction.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Dems need to stop acting like what ICE is doing is an accident, or a failure of policy, or a tactic of distraction.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
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She’s a U.S. citizen and was on her way to pick up seizure medication. ICE has detained her anyway for the past 50 hours at the Sherburne County Jail. www.twincities.com/2026/01/16/f... #NasraAhmed #StPaul
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
She’s a U.S. citizen and was on her way to pick up seizure medication. ICE has detained her anyway for the past 50 hours at the Sherburne County Jail. www.twincities.com/2026/01/16/f... #NasraAhmed #StPaul
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This guy went to war to capture someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize. What an incredibly stupid timeline.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This guy went to war to capture someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize. What an incredibly stupid timeline.
And this is why it’s so dangerous for otherwise decent people to get sucked into this debate and side with the bigots for 1 example or 1 sport in particular, because it’s more about stripping trans folks of civil rights than their bullshit about “protecting children.”
adding this to my folder of ludicrous supposed "trans sports" bans that also includes: chess, pool, darts, sailing, Irish dancing & more. as Molly says, it's simply about removing trans ppl from the public sphere...
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
January 16, 2026 at 2:03 AM
And this is why it’s so dangerous for otherwise decent people to get sucked into this debate and side with the bigots for 1 example or 1 sport in particular, because it’s more about stripping trans folks of civil rights than their bullshit about “protecting children.”
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adding this to my folder of ludicrous supposed "trans sports" bans that also includes: chess, pool, darts, sailing, Irish dancing & more. as Molly says, it's simply about removing trans ppl from the public sphere...
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdownTrump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
adding this to my folder of ludicrous supposed "trans sports" bans that also includes: chess, pool, darts, sailing, Irish dancing & more. as Molly says, it's simply about removing trans ppl from the public sphere...
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Oh, no
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Oh, no
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
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"xAI filed its own lawsuit the same day, accusing St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s 14 known children, of violating its terms of service."
Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI, Alleging His Company Uses “AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims”
xAI filed its own lawsuit the same day, accusing St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s 14 known children, of violating its terms of service.
www.vanityfair.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"xAI filed its own lawsuit the same day, accusing St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s 14 known children, of violating its terms of service."
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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The more info we get about this raid, the worse it becomes. ICE had NO valid warrant (administrative warrants do not authorize forceful entry into a home), the guy's sole prior conviction was a since-dismissed drug charge from 2008, AND he had checked in with ICE just days earlier.
Immigration attorney: The arrest "during a Minnesota immigration crackdown that the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever, was a “blatant constitutional violation,” since the agents did not have a proper warrant..." www.minnpost.com/public-safet...
Attorney: No proper warrant for Minneapolis man's arrest in home
The arrest of Garrison Gibson came in a city increasingly on edge after an immigration agent shot and killed Renee Good last week.
www.minnpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The more info we get about this raid, the worse it becomes. ICE had NO valid warrant (administrative warrants do not authorize forceful entry into a home), the guy's sole prior conviction was a since-dismissed drug charge from 2008, AND he had checked in with ICE just days earlier.