Jonathan Leahy
@jonathanleahy.bsky.social
Film & TV music supervisor @ Aperture Music. History nerd, science geek, denim enthusiast.
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Democrats passed legislation to lower drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices.
As if kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance wasn’t enough, the Trump administration now also wants to force seniors to pay more for medication they depend on.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
As if kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance wasn’t enough, the Trump administration now also wants to force seniors to pay more for medication they depend on.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.
www.wsj.com
August 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Democrats passed legislation to lower drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices.
As if kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance wasn’t enough, the Trump administration now also wants to force seniors to pay more for medication they depend on.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
As if kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance wasn’t enough, the Trump administration now also wants to force seniors to pay more for medication they depend on.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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surely this will go great and not result in any weird cronyism
U.S. set to launch tariff refund system on April 20
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a court filing Tuesday that it has completed developing the initial phase of the refund system, known as CAPE.
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
surely this will go great and not result in any weird cronyism
Took me a decade of politely asking @billjanovitz.bsky.social to release this track, but we finally got there. Love this one: music.apple.com/us/album/loo...
Look After Me - Single by Bill Janovitz & Crown Victoria on Apple Music
Album · 2017 · 1 Song
music.apple.com
March 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Took me a decade of politely asking @billjanovitz.bsky.social to release this track, but we finally got there. Love this one: music.apple.com/us/album/loo...
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While Americans spent the weekend watching gas prices rise because of his illegal war with Iran, Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing.
America’s sons and daughters are being put in harms way because of his rogue and reckless actions, and this is how he is spending his time.
America’s sons and daughters are being put in harms way because of his rogue and reckless actions, and this is how he is spending his time.
March 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
While Americans spent the weekend watching gas prices rise because of his illegal war with Iran, Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing.
America’s sons and daughters are being put in harms way because of his rogue and reckless actions, and this is how he is spending his time.
America’s sons and daughters are being put in harms way because of his rogue and reckless actions, and this is how he is spending his time.
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The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.
Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
February 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.
Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
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A man was visiting his cousin when the latest ICE shooting occurred nearby.
He put his 6 kids into his SUV, but an agent deployed a flash-bang grenade and tear gas under it.
"My car filled up with smoke.”
Two of his kids, ages 2 and 6 months, were hospitalized. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
He put his 6 kids into his SUV, but an agent deployed a flash-bang grenade and tear gas under it.
"My car filled up with smoke.”
Two of his kids, ages 2 and 6 months, were hospitalized. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
Immigration agent shot, wounded man in north Minneapolis
An immigration agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan man in the leg in north Minneapolis Wednesday evening, a week after Renee Good was killed.
sahanjournal.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A man was visiting his cousin when the latest ICE shooting occurred nearby.
He put his 6 kids into his SUV, but an agent deployed a flash-bang grenade and tear gas under it.
"My car filled up with smoke.”
Two of his kids, ages 2 and 6 months, were hospitalized. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
He put his 6 kids into his SUV, but an agent deployed a flash-bang grenade and tear gas under it.
"My car filled up with smoke.”
Two of his kids, ages 2 and 6 months, were hospitalized. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
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Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
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🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
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So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Pardoning unrepentant criminals comes with a cost.
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Pardoning unrepentant criminals comes with a cost.
Today's the day! Nobody Wants This season 2 on @netflix.com along with an original soundtrack album packed with 18 brand new songs, including this gem from Selena Gomez: youtu.be/Qhs3rY80HNE?...
Selena Gomez - In The Dark (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SelenaGomezVEVO
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today's the day! Nobody Wants This season 2 on @netflix.com along with an original soundtrack album packed with 18 brand new songs, including this gem from Selena Gomez: youtu.be/Qhs3rY80HNE?...
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In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
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Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
Nobody Wants This season 2 soundtrack news! All new songs from Teddy Swims, Selena Gomez, Role Model, Alessia Cara, Chris Stapleton and so many more… www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-l...
Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack (Official Tracklist)
YouTube video by Interscope Records
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October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Nobody Wants This season 2 soundtrack news! All new songs from Teddy Swims, Selena Gomez, Role Model, Alessia Cara, Chris Stapleton and so many more… www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-l...
The incredible Casandra Coleman has a single + video out today, it scores our trailer for season 2 of Nobody Wants This, and I’m obsessed with it… youtu.be/ZReOxA5MA6I?...
Cassandra Coleman - Bite My Tongue (from Netflix's "Nobody Wants This" Season 2) [OMV]
YouTube video by Cassandra Coleman
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September 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The incredible Casandra Coleman has a single + video out today, it scores our trailer for season 2 of Nobody Wants This, and I’m obsessed with it… youtu.be/ZReOxA5MA6I?...
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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This is a flagrant attack on free speech.
Remember: authoritarian governments silence and threaten those who criticize or oppose them.
We must protect our democracy and our fundamental rights.
Remember: authoritarian governments silence and threaten those who criticize or oppose them.
We must protect our democracy and our fundamental rights.
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
apnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is a flagrant attack on free speech.
Remember: authoritarian governments silence and threaten those who criticize or oppose them.
We must protect our democracy and our fundamental rights.
Remember: authoritarian governments silence and threaten those who criticize or oppose them.
We must protect our democracy and our fundamental rights.
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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INTERNAL DOCS: “National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of D.C., has assessed its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” promoting “shame” among some troops…” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
INTERNAL DOCS: “National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of D.C., has assessed its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” promoting “shame” among some troops…” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Donald Trump decried The Wall Street Journal's report of a letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein as "malicious and defamatory"—conceding that, were it real, it would be pretty bad. "Guess what? It's real. And it's bad," @jonathanchait argues.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Epstein Letter Is Real, and It’s Bad
The president’s initial strategy of denying that the document exists leaves him with few options now that it has been made public.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Donald Trump decried The Wall Street Journal's report of a letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein as "malicious and defamatory"—conceding that, were it real, it would be pretty bad. "Guess what? It's real. And it's bad," @jonathanchait argues.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Epstein survivors speak out. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Jeffrey Epstein accusers urge Trump to release all the case files and rule out a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Six women, along with relatives of prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, are speaking out as interest in the case returns to Capitol Hill.
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Epstein survivors speak out. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Waste, fraud, abuse
Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.
As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.
With @texastribune.org
As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
www.propublica.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Waste, fraud, abuse
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Senators voting that the White House can cut a program without knowing in advance what they’d cut then publicly hoping/imploring that the president won’t cut parts they like is a pathetic abdication.
The Founders didn’t think legislators would all be good people. But they thought they’d have egos.
The Founders didn’t think legislators would all be good people. But they thought they’d have egos.
July 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Senators voting that the White House can cut a program without knowing in advance what they’d cut then publicly hoping/imploring that the president won’t cut parts they like is a pathetic abdication.
The Founders didn’t think legislators would all be good people. But they thought they’d have egos.
The Founders didn’t think legislators would all be good people. But they thought they’d have egos.