Leisa Bailey

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis ) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

Narrator: This is fascism.

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation

Using massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud.

Virginia AG Candidate Faces Backlash Over Texts Musing About Shooting Political Opponent Early voting has already begun in Virginia’s off-year statewide races.

Early voting has already begun in Virginia’s off-year statewide races.

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

> @governor.ca.gov

Rep. Madeleine Dean: "It looks like the president is trying to take us off the world stage in terms of our credibility as the indispensable nation. I want the speaker to go to the president and say it's recognizable what you are doing and your deterioration."

Liberal MP says it’s time to stop the clock on daylight time Liberal member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde wants to call a halt to the annual ritual of springing forward and falling back.

Please let this pass…

“Liberal member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde wants to call a halt to the annual ritual of springing forward and falling back.

The Ottawa-area MP plans to table a private member’s bill next week to end what she calls the “outdated practice” of daylight time.”

#Canada

ICE agents have been abducting our neighbors, brutalizing protesters, and operating with impunity. Tomorrow I will be speaking alongside other local leaders at 1930 Beach St in Broadview, IL. Tell your elected officials to take a stand alongside us.

ICE agents have been abducting our neighbors, brutalizing protesters, and operating with impunity. Tomorrow I will be speaking alongside other local leaders at 1930 Beach St in Broadview, IL. Tell your elected officials to take a stand alongside us.

This was always the plan.

Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

MIKE JOHNSON: They want to give taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens again

CRAIG MELVIN: I had a hankering feeling you were going to bring that up. I actually did look at it. That's a bit misleading

Burgum: "China doesn't shut down their government ... they're charging ahead seven days a week, 365 days a year."

Playbook: Shutdown pain points And Kevin Hassett talks shutdown, inflation, tariffs, federal layoffs and keeping the Fed independent.

“.. AOC and Bernie are like a Phish show: they can just jam out in their niche, and fans go wild,” he said. By contrast, “Schumer has to do the Super Bowl halftime show and make half the country happy. .. AOC just has to keep growing her email list."

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Finally found my Mexican Mayan irrigation channel hike picture!

Wow you disagreed with me and said something rude. I might l lose sleep over it, but probably not 😂

My face when you think you made some incredible breakthrough point but you just made yourself look dumb...... 😂

Who are the best democratic messengers?

From her lifetime of pioneering work with chimpanzees to her
tireless advocacy for the environment...

Jane Goodall was a one-of-a-kind treasure to the world!

I was lucky enough to be able to thank her personally when our paths crossed not long ago.

Thanks again, Ms. Goodall. You will be missed. ♥️

Gov is shutdown. Let’s see who picks it up this time 🤣

This morning in rapid succession I walked into a door and then stepped in cat puke, so it's pretty clear to me this Thursday can just go fuck itself

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

PLAYBOOK: “.. Fine dining on the first night of a government shutdown? Those Democratic attack lines almost write themselves.”

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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

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