Michael J Lentz
mjlsfc56.bsky.social
Michael J Lentz
@mjlsfc56.bsky.social
Retired Hlthcare Administrator, Registered Nurse &Educator. Proud Progressive Democrat. Had 16,000 followers and my acct went haywire ! VOTE BLUE
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Everything is bigger in Texas, including assholes and the sheer number of rubes willing to shitkick their way into a voting booth and pull a lever for them. Can't fence them in.
Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.
September 29, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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There's a new twist in New York's wildest real estate fight.

The Saudi businessman recruited by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to buy the iconic Pierre Hotel was supposed to put down a $100 million deposit weeks ago.

But the money is M.I.A.

www.vanityfair.com/story/pierre...
A New Twist in the Battle for the Billionaires’ Hotel
Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, and the King of Morocco were all approached to buy The Pierre, according to recently released documents reviewed by Vanity Fair. But it was Saudi businessman Motasem Kha...
www.vanityfair.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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The Most Corrupt President in United States History www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
How Trump Became Mob Boss of the United States
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in United States history. He's been preparing to use the government for self-enrichment his entire life.
www.rollingstone.com
September 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Give him time!
Turns out that under Mamdani, the mayor’s office has signed off on every single deployment of the NYPD Strategic Response Group since becoming mayor, except for last week’s appearance at the UNGA protests.

www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Inside Mamdani’s fraught effort to rein in the NYPD unit he pledged to end
The mayor has quietly required the NYPD to seek his office’s permission before the unit conducts arrests.
www.politico.com
October 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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“He was sitting up in bed, he was chatting, he was fine...and then the heat wave hit.”
There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.
Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
insideclimatenews.org
September 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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This El Niño is making California the new Florida.
"The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities" details how American cities, particularly New York and Miami, are unready or unwilling to confront the climate crisis and the cost to people, the built environment, and the natural world of rising seas. #booksky
October 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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When the going gets tough, the GOP gets lying! @nikkimcr.bsky.social, @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social discuss the latest desperate cries coming from Trump and his gang ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction
October 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Shame on America
989 billionaires are now worth 22% of our GDP.

We have more wealth concentration than the gilded age.
October 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Unamerican activity
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.

w/ @regret.bsky.social
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Marco Rubio's former BFF just got 10 years in jail for trying to broke a deal between Trump and the regime in Venezuela.

Which is, of course, now the official policy of the United States.

www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/d...
Former Florida congressman David Rivera sentenced to 10 years in Venezuela lobbying case
Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera was convicted on federal charges stemming from a secret lobbying campaign tied to the Venezuelan government.
www.cbsnews.com
October 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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“We dodged a bullet today,” said Billy Miller, a river guide who was one of the named plaintiffs in the suit. “It means that we can continue to introduce people to the wildness. Their plan was going to ruin the experience of anybody going out there.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas (Gift Article)
The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
October 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Fuck ICE
October 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Shame on the Daily Wired
General consensus here in Livingston, MT where Daily Wire is shooting a pro ICE movie about Minneapolis. Shots are gonna have to be real tight to make Livingston look like MSP. Currently shooting tear gas scene in alley behind boutique Western shop.
October 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Fuck him
October 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Alabama Shakes Say Their Latest Album Is About ‘People Being Unified.’

That Includes Them.
Alabama Shakes Say New Album Is About 'People Being Unified.' That Includes Them
Alabama Shakes reunite for new album 'I Must Be Dreaming,' talk unity, Flock cameras, and touring with Zach Bryan.
www.rollingstone.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Love it. I loved dancing to Disco, love hairspray, love everything drag but brunches are so passe
Disco, Drag Queens, and Hairspray: Miranda Lambert Is Ready to Party

“I don’t know if there’s a more joyful place on Earth than a drag brunch,” says the Grammy-winning country singer, who sells good vibes on her new album, 'Crisco.'

Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Lying criminal pos
Ken Paxton Makes Excuses for Floundering Campaign in New Leaked Audio

The Republican Senate candidate complained that he doesn't "have the ability to change anything" within his campaign.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
OMG you would have doubled viewership!
EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Costello Was in Talks to Become Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Bandleader

"I would've got fired in about three weeks," Costello says, revealing the discussions for the first time.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
And sunk us like 1000 Titanic’s!
October 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. https://to.pbs.org/4zgbIuz
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
This year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.
to.pbs.org
October 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Candidates across the political spectrum have found a common enemy: automated license plate cameras.
Welcome to the Flock elections
Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.
www.motherjones.com
October 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions * Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast When the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its cash rate on Tuesday, with more rate rises in the pipeline, it did so ostensibly to combat an inflation rate swollen by petrol prices and gas bills, not by avaricious wage claims. Apart from a few beneficiaries, among them Pauline Hanson, the RBA’s move amounts to an act of pointless aggression against the majority of Australians. An overheating economy is not the cause of the recent inflation spike. Its cause is a war of choice in the Gulf. Since US and Israeli bombs began falling on Iran, the strait of Hormuz has turned into a toll booth, shipping insurers have tripled their premiums, and tankers have been diverted around the Horn of Africa. In Australia, a tiny minority connected to the energy oligopoly raked in exorbitant profits while the vast majority felt the pain. The interest rate hike deepens the majority’s pain without delivering much gain. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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SENATOR SLOTKIN: If you hear in the next 34 days that there is a new security threat that you’ve never heard of, that somehow requires federal law enforcement or the military and not local police, an alarm bell should go off in your brain. Do not let him get away with that
October 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Say what you will about JD Vance, as long as it's "JD Vance is a fucking asshole."
October 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM