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Lapsed novelist, #RoughBeast author, PREVAIL columnist & podcaster, co-host of The Five 8, enjoyer of Friday Manhattans. https://bio.site/gregolear

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Face, meet leopards.

27.01.2026 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Add Tim Pool and Curtis Yarvin to the list of people who need to be sued for telling lies about Alex Pretti, who was murdered by ICE.

27.01.2026 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 177    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.

27.01.2026 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6332    ๐Ÿ” 2120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110

Heโ€™s also the guy that thinks that men own their wives.

27.01.2026 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โค๏ธ๐Ÿ™

27.01.2026 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Great Whitening Obama Derangement Syndrome

. @ninaburleigh.bsky.social great as always.

open.substack.com/pub/american...

27.01.2026 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Yes please.

27.01.2026 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fuck My Bleeding Heart, by Susan Levine track by Susan Levine

My friend Susan wrote & recorded this great protest song. ๐ŸŽต

theliedtos.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-m...

27.01.2026 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Removal is the only way forward.

open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

27.01.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Thanks. Youโ€™re probably right, they will try.

27.01.2026 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As I say in the piece, if all of the forces are united in wanting him gone, those six cowards are not gonna stand in the way. At a certain point, it becomes a question of legitimacy. And thatโ€™s ultimately for us to decide.

27.01.2026 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes!!!!

27.01.2026 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let THEM make the argument after the fact. Why do we ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS cower in the face of what MIGHT be?

27.01.2026 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The sun is setting on our democracy. Thereโ€™s not much daylight left. This is the moment to be boldโ€”or there will be nothing left but the darkness.

Removing the Trump regime is not just possible; it's a moral imperative.

#Removal #Section3

27.01.2026 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Spoken like a true Chuck Schumer disciple.

A risk I'm willing to take, since there won't be a next Congress otherwise.

27.01.2026 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The #Section3 #Removal Plan: A(nother) Quick, Legal, and Nonviolent Way to End the Trump Regime The country is under occupation by a lawless, vicious Gestapo. Our democracy is on life support. Donald's removal is not only possible; it is a moral necessity.

A variation on #Liz48 that is quicker and easier:

"There will be neither general strikes nor mass protests if Trump is declared ineligible, I assure you. They only thing people will be doing in the street is dancing."

#Section3 #Removal

27.01.2026 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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The Five Farcical Principles of the โ€˜CBS Evening Newsโ€™ Tony Dokoupil and Bari Weissโ€™s new broadcast has been one debacle after another. Let's try to make sense of it all, with or without whiskey.

This piece by @brianphillips.bsky.social is outstanding.

"Could Whiskey Friday possibly start on Tuesday, the way it does at my house?"

www.theringer.com/2026/01/21/m...

26.01.2026 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Itโ€™s way too good to be AI slop. Thx for the link!

26.01.2026 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s the same thing with Putin and the Russian oligarchs, who depend on western banking systems and civil courts to extract and protect their plundered wealth.

26.01.2026 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A timelapse of the enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest in Chicago yesterday (Sun Jan 25, 2026).

Theyโ€™re trying to tell you itโ€™s a Minneapolis story, that protests are small and confined.

Theyโ€™re lying.

(๐ŸŽฅ Craig Shimala)

26.01.2026 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 725    ๐Ÿ” 284    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Are they recruiting PR people from prep school proms?

26.01.2026 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Know the playbook.

26.01.2026 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of the best things Iโ€™ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28639    ๐Ÿ” 10705    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 981
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The Ninth Circle of Hell.

open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

25.01.2026 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The gaslighting is not effective. It doesnโ€™t work on this, especially when itโ€™s coming from the likes of JD Vance, Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and Todd Blanche. Disgusting liars, all of them.

25.01.2026 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 272    ๐Ÿ” 75    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Stay safe out there, and know the country stands with you -- those of us with souls, I mean.

25.01.2026 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunday Pages: "Fire and Ice" A poem by Robert Frost

@gregolear.bsky.social

This could be the most imortant thing you read while you are hunkered down during these snowy days...

25.01.2026 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, Patricia...and I commend you excellent use of emojis there!

25.01.2026 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"...and in short, I was afraid."

I love that one.

Thanks, Grant!

25.01.2026 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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