Ray Leonardo
@rayrleonardo.bsky.social
Social Science Teacher, Researcher, & Musician 🤘
PhD Student @ Salve Regina University studying International Relations
PhD Student @ Salve Regina University studying International Relations
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Politicians exaggerate, distort, and lie all the time. This is—however regrettable—an accepted part of our democratic politics. But until 2025, it was assumed that important, apolitical government agencies did *not* lie. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Politicians exaggerate, distort, and lie all the time. This is—however regrettable—an accepted part of our democratic politics. But until 2025, it was assumed that important, apolitical government agencies did *not* lie. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
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Why does the Trump White House keep trying to protect men who abuse women?
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Why does the Trump White House keep trying to protect men who abuse women?
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Voters discover that hot stove, yet again, turns out to be hot
Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin.
Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.
63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.
#GOPShutdown
Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.
63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.
#GOPShutdown
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Voters discover that hot stove, yet again, turns out to be hot
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Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.
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The only solution here is impeachment. A Declaration of Independence style list of Trump's high crimes and misdemeanors, from looting the US Treasury to deprivation of constitutional rights to demolishing the White House to murder on the high seas to usurping the reserved powers of Congress.
Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me.
Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse
It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.
newrepublic.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The only solution here is impeachment. A Declaration of Independence style list of Trump's high crimes and misdemeanors, from looting the US Treasury to deprivation of constitutional rights to demolishing the White House to murder on the high seas to usurping the reserved powers of Congress.
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"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general
~pam bondi, US attorney general
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
October 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general
~pam bondi, US attorney general
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
sign.moveon.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Plymouth, MA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Plymouth, MA · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Join Indivisible Plymouth to Fill the Hill for a NO KINGS Power Hour October 18, 1-2:00 at Cole's Hill
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigg...
www.mobilize.us
September 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Plymouth, MA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
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Disney has Tron: Ares, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Rental Family, Zootopia 2, Ella McCay, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Is This Thing On? opening this year. I hope the talent involved in these movies curtails all planned publicity until the company reverses its decision about Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Disney has Tron: Ares, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Rental Family, Zootopia 2, Ella McCay, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Is This Thing On? opening this year. I hope the talent involved in these movies curtails all planned publicity until the company reverses its decision about Kimmel.
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Kimmel statement in other words, not about Kirk, not colorably hate speech, but about MAGA. And accurate besides. Shame on ABC.
September 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Kimmel statement in other words, not about Kirk, not colorably hate speech, but about MAGA. And accurate besides. Shame on ABC.
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“His ambition is fueled by the money of others who would never deign to live in the Midwest. And like other populist charlatans, he has convinced himself that he should be anointed to lead the rubes out of their misery.”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“His ambition is fueled by the money of others who would never deign to live in the Midwest. And like other populist charlatans, he has convinced himself that he should be anointed to lead the rubes out of their misery.”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Democrats consistently condemn political violence.
Republicans do not.
It's completely lopsided not both sided
Republicans do not.
It's completely lopsided not both sided
September 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Democrats consistently condemn political violence.
Republicans do not.
It's completely lopsided not both sided
Republicans do not.
It's completely lopsided not both sided
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Shreveport, LA, the largest city in Speaker Mike Johnson's district, has a murder rate more than twice Chicago's, and a crime rate considerably higher than both the state and national average. And Johnson isn't calling for the military to invade it. One of many ways we know this isn't about crime.
September 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Shreveport, LA, the largest city in Speaker Mike Johnson's district, has a murder rate more than twice Chicago's, and a crime rate considerably higher than both the state and national average. And Johnson isn't calling for the military to invade it. One of many ways we know this isn't about crime.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
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We fired cancer researchers, for this
National guard troops are literally everywhere in DC.
Metro Center stop today.
Metro Center stop today.
August 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We fired cancer researchers, for this
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Big strong men with tears in their eyes … bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bondi: "Our law enforcement officers are telling us that people are coming up to them on the street, they said a lot of people are walking by, whispering, saying 'thank you thank you thank you.'"
August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Big strong men with tears in their eyes … bsky.app/profile/atru...
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He's so unwell. He doesn't give a rat's ass about peace, our country, global stability, or anything like that.
It's all about him, his feelings, his ego.
And until journalists start reporting it that way, they will continue to deceive themselves and those who watch and read them.
It's all about him, his feelings, his ego.
And until journalists start reporting it that way, they will continue to deceive themselves and those who watch and read them.
HOW are you getting it done?
By pushing the victim to surrender.
WHY wouldn’t there be a war if you were president?
Because you would’ve allowed Russia to bulldozer Ukraine.
Also, BORING. YAWN.
By pushing the victim to surrender.
WHY wouldn’t there be a war if you were president?
Because you would’ve allowed Russia to bulldozer Ukraine.
Also, BORING. YAWN.
August 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
He's so unwell. He doesn't give a rat's ass about peace, our country, global stability, or anything like that.
It's all about him, his feelings, his ego.
And until journalists start reporting it that way, they will continue to deceive themselves and those who watch and read them.
It's all about him, his feelings, his ego.
And until journalists start reporting it that way, they will continue to deceive themselves and those who watch and read them.
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.