Leslie Ann

#Houston

My favorite sign so far from the protests today.

Lived in Austin for years too! Glad you got out there as that area has always leaned conservative.

Round Rock?

Glenn Thrush & @GlennThrush NEWS: The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration's decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a "failure to zealously advocate" for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov't in federal court.

Via New York Times: “The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.”

WSJ headline: "Trump's nominee to lead the CDC was on his way to his confirmation hearing when he learned his nomination was being withdrawn."

Homer: "Well, it was a good ride while it lasted. Come on, kids, let's go home."

Bart: "We are home."

Homer: "That was fast."

lmao

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access.

It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

CNN (March 13, 2022): Instagram users in Russia are told service will cease at midnight

Tweet from @Acyn (March 23, 2022): Tulsi says Instagram is suppressing her voice. She says she usually gets 250k-300k views and the video she posted last night only got 15k views.

Just a reminder of who Tulsi Gabbard is, via the funniest thing she ever said

I think they make tiny homes/she-sheds with them too!

X post: Elon Musk @elonmusk We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead.

U.S. policy was to help bring an end to apartheid and establish a nonracial, democratic government. In response to this policy and the Act, USAID/South Africa was responsible for financing projects that apartheid victims viewed as critical in promoting social, political, and economic change through peaceful means. The mission enabled community consultation and ensured that the United States did not impose foreign-defined solutions to local problems. USAID created projects and activities to respond to the priorities of the black community and its leaders, maximized black participation and leadership, and ensured activities had a linkage to the general objectives of U.S. policy. First-year funding for the program was $25 million, which was raised to $50 million the second year. The main project areas were community outreach and leadership development to redress the repression of black-led institutions; educational support and training to address the educational crisis in South Africa; black private enterprise development to combat the inhibiting effects of apartheid–induced discrimination in private enterprise; university grants to help create a new generation of economic and political leaders; human rights; legal assistance; labor union training; and health and nutrition

What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.

This seems bad

Oh no…

Still heartbroken 💔 over this RIP Cecile

Houston snow was a nice reprieve this week, back to feeling nauseated about the next 4 years. Anyone share a great book they have recently loved? A new artist or album #bookandmusiclover

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

On a disconcerting day, this is perhaps the saddest thing. I recently interviewed her about her illness and more and she was and will always be an inspiration to me and so many others: 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

It was already going to be a heartbreaking day, I’m so so sad to learn this too 😭😭😭

To each their own- I grew up reading a ton, now I have 3 kids and have to do stuff as I read so audiobooks have won me over as a great distraction while I clean house, etc. I know not everyone has the attention for it. My 15 year old can’t even watch a movie 😳🥹

Was such a time suck, not that sad it’s gone…especially because I have 2 teens and know what it was doing to attention spans.

a cartoon character with the words what a time to be alive below him ALT: a cartoon character with the words what a time to be alive below him

The same situation simultaneously proving that the TikTok Ban was bad politics and justified policy?

The answer is audiobooks

Wild times

a man with a beard wearing a blue shirt and a silver chain around his neck Alt: Mark Zuckerberg

"You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole."

This much is clear: The men in charge of the tech/media platforms consume much of the same red-pilling content as the men who use their platforms.

Forgot how strange the waffle party got as well 😳

When I tell you a swig of coffee with this ‘bug’ hit my lips and scarred me for life…now I sniff my grounds first to avoid that unpleasantness!

Welcome to the bad place 🙃

No, he said it just now in press conference- NOT a joke

Trump: "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."

(He's serious.)