Mischa Auer
@ronleuty.bsky.social
Personal account. Open-heart surgery guy. Weak-kneed runner. Bicyclist. Once rolled a 288. Called many things, but Glenn Close called me "a sick man."
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Three U.S. bishops: Racially profiling migrants (and Americans) is a betrayal of the Gospel. www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
Three U.S. bishops: Racially profiling migrants (and Americans) is a betrayal of the Gospel
As disciples, we cannot remain indifferent to injustice or the mistreatment of our neighbor. We are called to advocate for a just and meaningful immigration reform that respects human dignity, upholds...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Three U.S. bishops: Racially profiling migrants (and Americans) is a betrayal of the Gospel. www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Trump is frustrated by Russia and Ukraine's failure to agree to end the war. Maybe if he spent some time understanding the conflict, he would not be so frustrated.
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Trump is frustrated by Russia and Ukraine's failure to agree to end the war. Maybe if he spent some time understanding the conflict, he would not be so frustrated.
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Federal judge has issued emergency order this morning, prohibiting the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody once again.
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Federal judge has issued emergency order this morning, prohibiting the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody once again.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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It was never about stopping illegal immigration. It was about stopping ALL immigration. Period. And that’s what they’ve done. Despicable.👇
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It was never about stopping illegal immigration. It was about stopping ALL immigration. Period. And that’s what they’ve done. Despicable.👇
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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The U.S. auto industry, which has deep supply chain roots in Mexico, has been unable to shift its production in a way that avoids tariffs.
Autos sector keeps racking up tariff costs from Mexico, new data shows
The U.S. auto industry, which has deep supply chain roots in Mexico, has been unable to shift its production in a way that avoids tariffs.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The U.S. auto industry, which has deep supply chain roots in Mexico, has been unable to shift its production in a way that avoids tariffs.
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This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
@federalreserve.gov announces reappointment of Federal Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents after a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of each Reserve Bank, along with unanimous support by Federal Reserve Board members: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Federal Reserve Board announces reappointment of Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents
Following a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of the regional Reserve Banks, and the unanimous concurrence of Federal Reserve Board members, the
www.federalreserve.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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If you’ve lost track of the Calif. National Guard case, earlier this week, the Judge issued an important ruling. Why now, seemingly out of the blue? This post explains its significance, as Trump tries to create a national police force & deploy troops in US cities open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Judge Breyer on Trump's Continued Federalization of the California National Guard
Federal District Judge Charles Breyer issued a ruling in the California National Guard case earlier this week.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
If you’ve lost track of the Calif. National Guard case, earlier this week, the Judge issued an important ruling. Why now, seemingly out of the blue? This post explains its significance, as Trump tries to create a national police force & deploy troops in US cities open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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If this song doesn't put some pep in your step and a smile on your heart you might want to have your companions pinch you to make sure you're alive.
youtu.be/z0bBZGgdfUw?...
That's right, folks, David Bowie's "Golden Years" as performed by the inimitable @shinyribs.bsky.social .
youtu.be/z0bBZGgdfUw?...
That's right, folks, David Bowie's "Golden Years" as performed by the inimitable @shinyribs.bsky.social .
Shinyribs "Golden Years"
YouTube video by Music City Roots
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December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If this song doesn't put some pep in your step and a smile on your heart you might want to have your companions pinch you to make sure you're alive.
youtu.be/z0bBZGgdfUw?...
That's right, folks, David Bowie's "Golden Years" as performed by the inimitable @shinyribs.bsky.social .
youtu.be/z0bBZGgdfUw?...
That's right, folks, David Bowie's "Golden Years" as performed by the inimitable @shinyribs.bsky.social .
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We spent weeks on the potential harm a wrapped sandwich does to a bulletproof vest. Meanwhile, folks are getting shot in the face for exercising their 1st Amendment rights.
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
Jurors in Sandwich Thrower Case Found Charges ‘Bunch of Baloney’
Two of the 12 jurors who found the accused DC sandwich thrower not guilty of assaulting a federal officer discuss why the case didn’t hold up.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We spent weeks on the potential harm a wrapped sandwich does to a bulletproof vest. Meanwhile, folks are getting shot in the face for exercising their 1st Amendment rights.
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count!
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count!
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
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Michigan House Republicans upended spending on dozens of so-called "work projects" across state government through a rarely-used state law.
Michigan House GOP abruptly blocks $645M in spending, cutting into 78 programs
Michigan House Republicans upended spending on dozens of so-called "work projects" across state government through a rarely-used state law.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Michigan House Republicans upended spending on dozens of so-called "work projects" across state government through a rarely-used state law.