Lesa Tanner
@elsietea.bsky.social
Author of Images of America: Graton. Writer, grandma, and water aerobics devotee. Always moving forward. She/her. Democrat
Do you think the CHP should be hunting down people with suspected traffic violations and grabbing them off the street and throwing them into detention facilities? A traffic ticket and being undocumented are the same level of civil lawbreaking. Why are we tolerating this behavior from ICE?
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Do you think the CHP should be hunting down people with suspected traffic violations and grabbing them off the street and throwing them into detention facilities? A traffic ticket and being undocumented are the same level of civil lawbreaking. Why are we tolerating this behavior from ICE?
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
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He’s utterly mad, mentally unfit to be in that office, and a clear and present danger to this country & the world.
#25thAmendment. It’s time.
#25thAmendment. It’s time.
December 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
He’s utterly mad, mentally unfit to be in that office, and a clear and present danger to this country & the world.
#25thAmendment. It’s time.
#25thAmendment. It’s time.
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Humans need other human beings to survive. I'm sorry that this makes some people lose their shit but it's one of the key truths of life.
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Humans need other human beings to survive. I'm sorry that this makes some people lose their shit but it's one of the key truths of life.
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I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.
August 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.
Every accusation is a confession
Trump: "The numbers are worse than they ever -- don't let anyone tell you they're not. The whole statistical charts they made, the whole thing is a rigged deal. They got rid of the guy because he didn't want to do the numbers the way they wanted to and they put their own numbers out."
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every accusation is a confession
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How quickly would the crime rate drop if we deported MAGA men?
August 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
How quickly would the crime rate drop if we deported MAGA men?
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it has been said over and over but it’s worth reiterating in the face of this horrifying decision: RFK is quite literally joining the war on cancer on the side of cancer
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
it has been said over and over but it’s worth reiterating in the face of this horrifying decision: RFK is quite literally joining the war on cancer on the side of cancer
I love this
Skyline cleanse.. his name is Emmanuel Savary…🔥🔥🔥
August 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The Trump administration has quietly released the first stage of its plan to revoke birthright citizenship from the children of immigrants. It uses dry legalese to conceal the barbaric reality of ICE agents in maternity wards and deportation flights for babies. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.
Try as it might, the government cannot cover up the horrors with bureaucratic legalese.
slate.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Trump administration has quietly released the first stage of its plan to revoke birthright citizenship from the children of immigrants. It uses dry legalese to conceal the barbaric reality of ICE agents in maternity wards and deportation flights for babies. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Celebrating our country’s independence from a monarchy given the state of things feels wrong. Like getting a Facebook birthday notification for a friend who’s dead.
July 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Celebrating our country’s independence from a monarchy given the state of things feels wrong. Like getting a Facebook birthday notification for a friend who’s dead.
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If the bill passes, it will make ICE the nation’s largest jailer, with more funding for prison camps than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons. It would give ICE enough money to have more officers than the entire FBI.
This Is Ethnic Cleansing.
Dear Humans,
www.thegodpodcast.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If the bill passes, it will make ICE the nation’s largest jailer, with more funding for prison camps than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons. It would give ICE enough money to have more officers than the entire FBI.
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There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
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As we see Trump attack Iran in violation of Constitutional law and Democratic leadership respond by writing groveling and impotent tweets, I'm reminded why someone described Republicans as the Uvalde shooter and Democrats as the cops who waited outside and did nothing. Smh.
June 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
As we see Trump attack Iran in violation of Constitutional law and Democratic leadership respond by writing groveling and impotent tweets, I'm reminded why someone described Republicans as the Uvalde shooter and Democrats as the cops who waited outside and did nothing. Smh.
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you mean violence from ICE, the National Guard, and Border Patrol, right? because that’s the violence we’re seeing right now
Violence must stop, and we need to keep the focus on protecting fundamental rights.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
June 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
you mean violence from ICE, the National Guard, and Border Patrol, right? because that’s the violence we’re seeing right now
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immigrants belong in our community. ICE doesn't.
June 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
immigrants belong in our community. ICE doesn't.
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The Trump Admin is considering doing a game show where immigrants compete for citizenship—because in their America, basic human rights are entertainment. This isn’t a game. It’s people’s lives. It’s cruelty as spectacle. It’s vile. The Apprentice: Fascism Edition.
May 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Trump Admin is considering doing a game show where immigrants compete for citizenship—because in their America, basic human rights are entertainment. This isn’t a game. It’s people’s lives. It’s cruelty as spectacle. It’s vile. The Apprentice: Fascism Edition.
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Celebrate Mother’s Day by letting people choose whether or not to be mothers.
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Celebrate Mother’s Day by letting people choose whether or not to be mothers.
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Hitler gave people free train rides.
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hitler gave people free train rides.
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Trump supports the white kind of immigration.
May 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump supports the white kind of immigration.
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the fool notion that our society is a corporation and everything it does must generate profit for a group of shareholders needs to be demolished forever; we own it and the services are the profit it generates for us, if we demolish the services somebody's getting the $$ and it ain't us
May 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
the fool notion that our society is a corporation and everything it does must generate profit for a group of shareholders needs to be demolished forever; we own it and the services are the profit it generates for us, if we demolish the services somebody's getting the $$ and it ain't us
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Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...
May 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...