Janet Lee

Janet Lee

@janetxlee.bsky.social

NYC based writer. Words in NY Times, Newsweek... Yoga fan. Tennis lover. Fashion addict. "The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology." Edward Wilson

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

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Mayor Mamdani and Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso visited the New York Aquarium to meet some seals and celebrate the impact of the administration’s $2 million investment in the aquarium.

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How racist and desperate do you have to be to look at this and say, “Got ‘em!”?

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

The White House put an AI video of Hillary, Chuck, Hakeem, Kamala, and Ilan jamming out to The Gap Band’s “Outstanding” like a Tiny Desk concert and described Democrats as “washed up,” but damn they never looked cooler. Total self-own.

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Replying to @helenkennedy.com

Besides the whole saving the knowledge of antiquity and the numerals and the science and the exquisite art, it's pretty easy to google Arab Nobel prize winners

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The guy should read a book now and again. Maybe the worm ate the part of his brain that had some history in it.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Wow! I was not expecting that.

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com

Alaska authorities strongly oppose the Trump DOJ’s attempted “interference” in the election. This is significant because there were concerns the state—which sought to DQ the second Sullivan—would take the same side. But it didn’t. Quite the contrary. buff.ly/EJHtDpX

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Nearly twice as many New Yorkers cast their ballots on the first two days of early voting as compared with four years ago. New York understands the assignment.

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As a former teacher, I never scrubbed in for a gender reassignment surgery, but I did instruct the kids on how to get the window screens off in case of an active shooter…

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Jon Husted voted against the release of the Epstein files just weeks after receiving a maximum campaign contribution from an Epstein co-conspirator. Ohioans deserve strong leaders in Washington, not pedophile protectors.

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President Donald Trump ramped up his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Sunday campaign rally. "He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate."

motherjones.comTrump ramps up his Islamophobic attacks against Abdul El-Sayed“He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector,” the president said at a Michigan rally.

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Backed by a GOP supermajority, TN state senator Brent Taylor pushed through half a dozen laws that superseded the priorities & power of local politicians & voters. Now, after gerrymandering split Memphis' Black vote, he's running to represent many of them in Congress. By @wendicthomas.bsky.social

propublica.orgIn a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their InterestsBrent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ U.S. congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white. As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede l...

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“Nobody invokes the Insurrection Act over people walking down the street with signs. It doesn't happen.” 🙄 Trump and his allies are *openly* floating using the Insurrection Act to seize voting machines or ballots in order to upend an election they expect to lose.

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The orientation I want congress to have: productive conflict is GOOD. Dems have a real credibility gap. They need to communicate clearly to the public what they are for. Hold the regime accountable and force Trumpists to oppose popular stuff. Don't muddy the message with watered down bipartisan BS.

Leaders of the No Kings movement are already gearing up for the next major grassroots campaign: Making sure congressional Democrats don’t wimp out. My first piece at @newrepublic.com! (Reposted to update link card) newrepublic.com/article/2168...

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The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

cleveland.comPlain Dealer/cleveland.com endorses Amy Acton for Ohio governorThe Plain Dealer editorial board endorses Democrat Amy Acton for Ohio governor, citing her preparedness and community engagement, while condemning opponent Vivek Ramaswamy's weaponizing of Acton's chi...

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Replying to @owillis.bsky.social

you know what is really potent if you steal the best parts of the right's playbook - simple language, repetition, saturation? THE TRUTH.

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From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

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NEW: A Florida cybersecurity company promised to help clients recover data from ransomware attackers. In a 2019 story, we found the company was making secret payments to hackers and pocketing hefty fees from clients. The CEO was just indicted for fraud.

propublica.orgCybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware VictimsA federal grand jury indicted MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi last month for allegedly defrauding clients of his ransomware data recovery business, which was the subject of a 2019 ProPublica investigat...

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nazis have always hated the disabled

NBC News@nbcnews.com

Republican leaders frame Ohio’s crackdown on Medicaid fraud as a way of protecting tax dollars and vulnerable people. NBC News finds that it has also made it harder for disabled residents to find reliable caregivers, blocking some from getting the daily support they need.

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Khanna: I kind of feel bad for James Carville. It’s like watching an athlete who’s been in ten seasons too long, and you know he’s lost his fastball. Someone has got to just say, “James, you had a great run in 1992. Just enjoy retired life.”

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Van Hollen: The corporate media is essentially doing the bidding of the billionaire class. The exchanges they’ve had with Abdul El-Sayed are a perfect case of that. Because his campaign is built on 3 things… You would never know that, right, from his interviews with folks in the corporate media.

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Replying to @georgepotter.bsky.social

Bolsonaro had corrupt media on his side, Meta interference on his side, US propaganda operations, and his party's officials actively sabotaging public transport in Lula strongholds to prevent turnout. Yet he was still beaten by the power of voter turnout.

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‼️ An “unprecedented confrontation” is unfolding between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir regarding an effort by Israel’s political leadership to order some kind of military action relating to Iran just before Tuesday’s election, Israel’s Channel 12 reports.

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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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As I've said, this is either an impeachable offense that Democrats act on or it's a new precedent.

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Here's Lula celebrating tonight with Erika Hilton, a transgender politician who led the drive to end the six-day work week in Brazil. Erika showed workers solidarity, they showed her solidarity back. Solidarity is how fascism loses.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social

“Democrats have to join Republicans in saying awful things about trans people to win in red and purple states” Citation?