the mjl (michael j leblanc)

I want them all prosecuted. Every last one of them.

MIT >> Harvard

Terrorism. There’s no other word to describe what we’re witnessing.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation. A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

"HE'S ONLY THE SUPREME ABSOLUTE LEADER OF MY RELIGION! WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO HIM!?!?" 😂🤷‍♂️

Breaking the law so he can endanger the nation, Russ Vought arches an eyebrow as he strokes a white Persian cat on his lap.

I am old, tired and jaded. I gave up my place to those younger and better equipped, I told myself.

So why did I just buy an inflatable frog costume?

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

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Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age.

Oh for sure

YEEEEES!

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

crazy boy can't even dig a fucking hole in the desert w/o breaking the law 😂

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

I see these 'weight loss drug' ads and my first thought is "gee, how many diabetics get to die because your vanity drove the price up...?"

Sorry. Not Sorry. 😡

They are keeping congress out of office until October 20. No Kings is October 18. I believe they are gearing up to declare insurrection act and martial law, taking away our right to assemble. I hope I’m wrong. 😑

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UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

I mean... SHE IS NOT WRONG! 😂🤷‍♂️

Grab the popcorn.

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

I love this image.

Somehow a dead nun who liked basketball is more important than a super station journalist being assaulted and detained by federal secret police for no reason on ABC Evening News @davidmuir-abc.bsky.social

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

October 10, 1961: Variety TV show "The Bob Newhart Show" premieres on NBC in the USA.

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YouTube video by CNN MAGA backlashes after Hegseth announces Qatar Air Force site in Idaho

MAGA draws the line at Qatar base in Idaho. WTF did they think the jet was? A 🎁?

“Quid pro quo, Clarice” - Hannibal Lecter 👺

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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like? What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

An executive who cannot be removed but whose power is fenced in is one thing. An invulnerable executive whose power has expanded to encompass nearly all of daily life begins to look like a monarch with a defined term. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-this-wh...