Leslie Boyd

Leslie Boyd

@lesboyd.bsky.social

Retired journalist, activist and advocate for social, economic and racial justice. Poor People's Campaign organizer in NC. I'm also a mom, grandma and great-grandma and I love my two cats. Oh, and my husband. I love him, too. No PMs. I will delete you.

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Protecting the pedophile-in-chief. At some point, this has to stop.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Epstein survivor Dani Bensky on meeting with Blanche:   "Todd Blanche treated the meeting as a mere 'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation. He danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith."

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-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.

I’ve been away for too long. My only surviving child died May 11 after a short but epic battle with colon cancer. I’m back home and have rejoined the Resistance.

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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

About 30 of us walked from the Fresh Market in Hendersonville to one of US Rep. Chuck Edwards’s McDonald’s restaurant. The Brass Your Heart marching band led everyone into the restaurant as they played and we marched and played for a few minutes, then demonstrated outside. What a hoot!

Ii’ve been away too long. My son’s cancer is stage 4 and I’m trying to navigate the emotions of the realization that I will bury both my children. I’m back and fiercer than ever.

So, a few of us did a thing over the weekend: We called for a boycott of the McDonald's restaurants owned by Rep. Chuck Edwards and had a picket line on Friday and Sunday. We actually had a couple people thank us and go somewhere else. Please don't feed the oligarchs. They have too much already.

I’ve been offline for a couple weeks as my son battles colon cancer and complications from surgery. He’s mending slowly, and I’m back in the fight. Release the Epstein files!

I can’t even find words for all this. Our “president” posts a cartoon of him dropping shit — literally, shit— on all of us. 7 million people turn out to protest the uncontrollable toddler in the White House and our so- called leaders collectively shrug and say, “Meh.”

Probably the same point as the did something about Mitch McConnell refusing to hold confirmation hearings on Obama’s Supreme Court pick for a year. No one has done a damn thing about any of this fascist coup.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

20 years ago my younger son was diagnosed with colon cancer. He had no real access to health care and he died in 2008. Today my only surviving son was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. Fuck.

I was arrested with Bishop William Barber in June for praying in the Capitol Rotunda. They hate peace and justice.

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social

Chump And ICE want us to Retaliate So They Can Declare Martial Law.........

I can’t think of anything more efficient than what they’re doing now.

Keith Olbermann@olbermann.bsky.social

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.