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Leslie Nuss
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First single from my new release called “Ticket to Mars” out now :). Singer-songwriter fighting tyranny. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leslienuss/ride-at-dawn-the-new-12-track-vinyl-lp-cd-by-leslie-nuss
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Leslie Nuss @nussforus.bsky.social · Jul 16
Hey! If you need a lift, watch my video :)

youtu.be/_w0jYcuXGr0
Ticket to Mars
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nussforus.bsky.social
What a tragic place to be in where this information is needed.
lafayetteindivisible.com Greater Lafayette Indivisible ❌ 👑 @lafayetteindivisible.com · 1d
Not every hospital has a designated forensic nurse, but we still think this sounds like good advice. Pls share widely. 🙏 #ResistanceIsNotFutile #StrongerTogether
January 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
nussforus.bsky.social
Dang Todd Young! Where’s your bravery?
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d
Under pressure from Trump, Republicans Josh Hawley and Todd Young have FLIPPED on the Venezuela war powers resolution, now voting to "de-privilege" and effectively sink it. It's now at a 50-50 tie, which VP Vance can break and prevent it from advancing.
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
nussforus.bsky.social
Music to my ears!
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
nussforus.bsky.social
I love it!! Singing + Resistance! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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jenmercieca.bsky.social
Fearless speech/truth-telling:

Duty: They believe they have an obligation to speak the truth.
Frankness: They speak freely and directly.
Truthfulness: They speak all that they know.
Criticism: They speak truth to those in positions of power.
Danger: They tell the truth despite the consequences.
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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portlandken.bsky.social
Having served in multiple countries run by ruthless dictators, I am accustomed to their tactics for keeping their populations under control. One of them is to employ a legion of fake opposition figures who promote the false narrative that "all parties are the same, so why bother voting?"
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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ourshallowstate.bsky.social
To be ABSOLUTELY clear:
Trump does NOT have a protracted strategy or plan, ever.
What he THINKS he has, is instincts.
What he ACTUALLY has, are personality disorders.
Everything he says is in pursuit of grandiosity, wealth, or a distraction to cover up crimes.
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
nussforus.bsky.social
We need something like a 12 Step program for the Patriarchy- “We realize that elevating females over males has brought us to ruin,” etc etc.
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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mariopro.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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webanalyst.bsky.social
In the budget discussions, Dems should refuse to fund ICE unless agents can’t wear masks, they must identify themselves and must read people their Miranda rights. Even with these conditions, ICE funding should be limited to border operations.

Stop further shootings.

Repost if you agree. #BlueCrew
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
nussforus.bsky.social
Woah. Total insanity
capopp.bsky.social Capitalist Oppressor @capopp.bsky.social · 8d
Trump lusts after October surprises. Maduro will be incentivized to admit he fixed the 2020 election on orders from Biden.

Rodríguez is already “cooperating” and is in place to affirm that it is true, and produce Venezuelan governmental records that prove it.
January 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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livelarge15.bsky.social
Active duty or retired, or even if you left after just one enlistment, you know this is true. Please share far and wide.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social
reptedlieu.bsky.social Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 10d
There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.

If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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txfreedomread.bsky.social
Remember when they told us they were only interested in removing (ie censoring) books that are “obscene” and “harmful” to children?

They lied. 😑
penamerica.bsky.social PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10d
PEN America condemns educational censorship at Texas A&M after a professor is told not to teach Plato, a foundational thinker in the study of Western philosophy, merely because his writings discuss questions about love, gender, and human identity. pen.org/press-releas... #censorship #highereducation
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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justmejanis.bsky.social
Call 💥 Your 💥 Representatives

202-224-3121

They work for you. Remind them.
robinkelly.house.gov Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 10d
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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glitterjedi.bsky.social
How about this bonkers corruption that Heather Cox Richardson wants us all to pay attention to so it’s not lost in the terrible events of today. Please share far and wide. Trump
is putting the oil money in offshore accounts. Follow her @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Heather Cox Richardson • 1h • S Today has been bonkers, and tonight's letter will reflect that. But while we are copyediting that letter, I want to call out something in it, toward the end, that I don't want to have overawed by everything else that's happened today. It's this: "Today, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told an audience at a Goldman Sachs energy industry event in Miami, Florida, that the United States will take control of all oil from Venezuela for the foreseeable future. Lisa Desjardins and Nick Schifrin of PBS Newshour reported this afternoon that Trump administration officials have told lawmakers that they plan to put the money raised from their to put the money raised from their seizure of Venezuelan oil into bank accounts outside the U.S. Treasury. Desjardins clarified that '[s]ources said they understood these as similar [to] or decidedly "off-shore" accounts.!' Yesterday, Trump announced that, as president of the United States, he would control the money from the sale of Venezuelan oil." I'll put the sources for this paragraph in the comments. This note is not tonight's letter, which should be forthcoming before midnight (I hope!). But this information— which sure looks like Trump just announced he was planning to take control of Venezuela's oil personally and is planning to stash the cash in off-
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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bobkopp.net
50. US withdraws from @ipcc.bsky.social, @ipbes.net, @irena-official.bsky.social, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water, @ununiversity.bsky.social, UNFCCC, among others (Jan. 7, 2026)
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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capitolhunters.bsky.social
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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jp1102.bsky.social
Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with.

Tech is out of control.
December 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
nussforus.bsky.social
I cried. So deeply moving. Having a child with multiple disabilities and working with children with autism I can only imagine. ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
nussforus.bsky.social
Wow and yes!
lafayetteindivisible.com Greater Lafayette Indivisible ❌ 👑 @lafayetteindivisible.com · 25d
We note that it was the orange 🤡's redistricting plan, with a sick-making 🤮bending-the-knee performance 🧎 from Mike the Prawn 🦐. But other than that, 🎉 & #Indiana, you rock!
December 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
nussforus.bsky.social
I don’t know about you, but I send out Holiday cards-over 200! And I am so emotional over the deliberate breaking of the US Post Office. I sent my cards out a week ago and they haven’t even gotten to people in my town! Why isn’t this more of a rallying cry against these goons?arrrrggggghhhhh
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM