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Leslie Doyle

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Writer--essays and fiction in NYT, Electric Literature, The Forge, Cutleaf, Brevity Blog, Sunlight Press, Phoebe Journal, and elsewhere. Best Americsn Essays Notable. Environment, New Jersey, Mets, books, kayaking, biking, kindness. Doting grandma.

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TAKE THIS DOWN IT IS FAKE.

26.02.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIXED FEELINGS?

22.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 2341 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 44

So the women’s team only inspires the next generation of girls to play hockey but the men’s team inspires all Americans, got it got it got it.

22.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 2269 πŸ” 419 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 34
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Trump-Administration Officials Describe an Elementary-School Drop-Off Once they’ve identified you as the enemy, every action looks sinister.

Trump Administration Officials Describe A Routine School Drop-Off

16.01.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 251 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 11

Me too

17.01.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

That last line ...

16.01.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

08.12.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

02.10.2025 22:42 πŸ‘ 32077 πŸ” 15411 πŸ’¬ 645 πŸ“Œ 724
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Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal

03.10.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 10154 πŸ” 3175 πŸ’¬ 226 πŸ“Œ 130

The "common good" is a set of shared values about what we owe one another as citizens who are bound together in the same society. A concern for the common goodβ€”keeping the common good in mindβ€”is a moral attitude. It recognizes that we’re all in it together.

13.09.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 5698 πŸ” 1389 πŸ’¬ 216 πŸ“Œ 71

Missed the game, saw this, and then held my breath as I checked the score to see in what direction you were screaming. Whew! Then looked at the box score and pitching lines, and yeah, wow. Screaming time indeed!

06.09.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Substack model is fine for one person writing, but hundreds of writers, researchers, photographers, etc, produce this news, and they deserve to be paid for their labor. It would be nice if your model could achieve that, but I don't see that it would.

05.09.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

Apparently I'm an "elite", so here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

05.09.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.

15.08.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 27127 πŸ” 6978 πŸ’¬ 744 πŸ“Œ 350
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β€œPutin would eat you for lunch.”

Today, exactly that happened.

15.08.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 23460 πŸ” 7498 πŸ’¬ 684 πŸ“Œ 727

Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor.

Have a weekend

09.08.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 8936 πŸ” 2171 πŸ’¬ 290 πŸ“Œ 87

Brilliant.

01.08.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CBS canceled Colbert. Now that’s cancel culture.

18.07.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Writing is thinking.

18.06.2025 01:37 πŸ‘ 3253 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 20

Really shocked that an admin filled with podcasters, social media influencers, reality TV participants, indicted felons, crypto bros, drunks, Fox hosts, drug addicts, weirdos, and unqualified ass kissing toadies can’t keep their shit together for 24 consecutive hours.

05.06.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 24858 πŸ” 5059 πŸ’¬ 572 πŸ“Œ 250

Musk cannot be β€œturned”, β€œflipped”, β€œallied” with. He is a Nazi and he’s killed 300,000 people, mostly children. Anyone considering taking his political contributions or discussing allying with him has no moral compass nor should they be near power.

06.06.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 5743 πŸ” 1366 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 87

That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists β€” and that they both individually wield such massive power β€” is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.

05.06.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 23287 πŸ” 4960 πŸ’¬ 612 πŸ“Œ 243
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Tell your senators to take a stand against the β€œNo Contempt Clause” Congressional Republicans hid a provision deep in their Medicaid-slashing megabill to shield Trump and his cronies from contempt of court orders. Their β€œNo Contempt Clause” would cause chaos for our c...

Tell your senators to take a stand against the β€œNo Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...

01.06.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst

That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.

30.05.2025 18:56 πŸ‘ 16710 πŸ” 5391 πŸ’¬ 1996 πŸ“Œ 616

GOP legislatures in Alaska, Nebraska, and Missouri are trying overturn voter-approved referenda requiring paid sick leave.

And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether.

The GOP can't stand the will of the people.

30.05.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 2800 πŸ” 883 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 51

I have listened to and enjoyed @podsaveamerica.crooked.com for many years, and respected the guys knowledge and thinking, but when I hear:

BlueSky bad
A.I. good

I feel like I'm in opposite world. Really at least expected @jonlovett.bsky.social to have a more nuanced skepticism, especially on A.I.

30.05.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a fourteen year old, I did that in 1973. (Didn't stick too long, as an adult I became more of a baseball fanatic, but I shared the 73 Knicks with my dad who died several months later.)

17.05.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eric Carle's estate should sue.

16.05.2025 01:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So happy for you! Can't wait to read your work there!

12.05.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Make it make sense

09.05.2025 22:36 πŸ‘ 24419 πŸ” 6832 πŸ’¬ 645 πŸ“Œ 350