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candysez.bsky.social
Sociologist, 1960s/boomers historian, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World, defender of Democracy, Swiftie over Sixty, and embodiment of the New Old Age. CandyLeonard.com
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If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

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The US State Department has ordered embassies around the world to cancel subscriptions to news outlets that they don't like. Free speech for me, but not for thee?

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This week’s No Mercy / No Malice… DOGE: What Can Be Done? www.profgalloway.com/doge-what-ca...

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“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." As the foundation of #democracy in America crumbles and the vulnerable are under attack from a rogue administration, we, the people, are asking our former presidents to "Say something!”

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I don’t want to be on the side of the bad guys.

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ICYMI: youtu.be/iu4aedISw6g?...

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Here’s how we get peace between Russia 🇷🇺 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 : A negotiating team of babusyas and babushkas develops a plan. No men involved. Only wise women.

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George Harrison supporting the Smothers Bros in their censorship battles w CBS & its corporate overlords who didn’t like their biting antiwar/countercultural humor. The struggle continues youtu.be/_462zXVSDWo?...

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@nytpitchbot.bsky.social pitching these headlines to you.

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A great band www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/a...

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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

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“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 6, 1941

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BREAKING NEWS: Al Franken’s old Senate Seat will be OPEN in 2026! Who else agrees he should run again? 💙

submitted 9 days ago • 1562 comments

I won’t stop posting this.

submitted 10 days ago • 67 comments

@raskin.house.gov is a hero. He maintains my faith in humanity.

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Hey, Dems in Congress, the reason we keep calling & asking you to do more is b/c we need you to do more. From our POV it looks like there’s no strategy & we elected you to represent us. If there’s something you need us to do, tell us & we’ll help but whatever you’re doing now isn’t working.

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President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump are stealing from us.

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

submitted 10 days ago • 570 comments

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

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I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling. He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.

submitted 11 days ago • 111 comments

Banks, payday lenders, and credit card companies can now scam Americans with zero consequences because there is no longer a functioning agency to hold Wall Street accountable. This is a coup and your Members of Congress need to hear from you: indivisible.org/coup?source=...

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