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HeatherA9

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Traipsing around the internet still, politicking and fandom hopping.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections, Human Rights Watch said today." www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The US has a dark history of unaccountability.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
New in PN: The blackmail part out loud "Trump immediately insisted he was 'only kidding.' But that too is a lie — he's already refused to pay promised funds for North Carolina’s relief, FEMA funds to blue states in the wake of disasters, and attempted to use blackmail to swing election results."
publicnotice.co
The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes having our fertilizer shipped from a Russian proxy dictator half the world away is surely a better way to arrange things than getting it from our democratic, once-friendly neighbor here in the North America
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/09/2026
I want Sam on the Court when it’s expanded and the other members of the Court say things like “well, is that still good law due to the corruption of the Alito-Roberts era?”
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
well, now we know why they didn't want him on video
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton's passing is effortlessly proving that if you spend your life being nice and kind and generous instead of mean and cruel and selfish, then apologists for mean cruel selfish bullies won't have to go around scolding people for cheering when you die, because there will be no cheering.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's my story on Texas' drag ban being ruled unconstitutional again. Fun quote from Judge David Hittner, a Reagan appointee: "Finally, for those who find such activities as described in this case offensive, the solution is relatively simple … just don’t go." www.chron.com/culture/arti...
chron.com
'Just don't go': Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
For the second time in three years, a federal judge has ruled Texas' ban on drag shows is unconstitutional.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I struggle to describe what Dolly meant to me as a southern blonde who spent her entire life getting disrespected to my face for being trashy and vain, but I will encourage you today to reflect on the ways YOU have treated women in your life whose aesthetics you find insufficiently respectable
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I place a lot of value on viewpoint diversity (the real one) and on free speech (the real one). It sucks how both concepts have been hijacked to mean “everyone is under a moral obligation to elevate and disseminate discredited claims if today’s political right is into them.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump: tariffs don’t raise prices MAGA: yeah! tariffs don’t raise prices, dumb libs Trump: I’m going to suspend tariffs on imported beef to lower prices MAGA: suspending tariffs will lower prices, dumb libs
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HeatherA9 @heathera9.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I rewatch this one regularly. So good.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/08/2026
All of the LLMs stole from me. Most of the big "A.i." billionaires are horrifying right wingers. Consumer-facing generative "A.i." "writing" and "art" tools deskill people, cheat kids out of real education, spread falsehoods and disinfo, and violate privacy. So no, I ain't using that shit.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"The left does not need to pursue its own exoneration in this moment. There is no reason to indulge the fantasy that we governed the nation during these recent, disastrous years, or that our country's brief flirtation with racial justice was an unthinkable disaster with countless innocent victims."
organizingmythoughts.org
Woke What? Let's Be Fucking Serious
Our politics are not the politics that have detached this country from reality, or normalized increasingly inhuman policies.
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kashwitna.bsky.social @kashwitna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I hope they televise his criminal trial.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/08/2026
The thing about Natalie Harp sleeping in a Bedminster locker room all summer to be close to Trump is bad enough, but the thing that gets me is that Trump wouldn't give her a room at his luxury club that he owns. These are just the worst people in the whole world.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 18/08/2026
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, accusing Abbott of holding up the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro, who is charged with assault in the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
minnesotareformer.com
AG Keith Ellison sues Texas governor for failure to extradite ICE agent charged with assault • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, alleging that Abbott is holding up the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with assault in t...
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Ellis MacVey is Dumb and Gay ⚢🏳️‍⚧️🔆 @ellismacvey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So fucking sick of this stupid bullshit Our society bends over backwards making excuses for abusive, bigoted parents and never once asks them to take accountability for anything
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Just got word: it looks like he isn't going to make it through the day. The time is *now*. Please. They've been the light of his life.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If only the Trump regime could coordinate attacks on Iran with the precision that they coordinated attacks on Jon Ossoff for drawing attention to Donald Trump’s creepy attachment to his Ivanka lookalike, Natalie Harp.
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 19/08/2026
Look I KNOW that food recalls have always happened and we're simply hypersensitive to it at the moment BUT ALSO I want a fully staffed FDA, cooperating food safety organizations, and legislation that punished jackoffs for mixing sawdust into the flour.
courant.com
How cyclospora evaded the U.S. food safety system to sicken thousands
Currently, the FDA has about 440 staff charged with inspecting more than 300,000 registered animal and human food facilities — domestically and abroad.
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The mayor in Knox County, Tennessee blocked a $1,000,000 deal for Flock Safety surveillance cameras. Mayor Glenn Jacobs warns these license plate readers commit frequent errors & constitute 'unconstitutional' mass surveillance
foxnews.com
American cities reject Flock cameras due to privacy concerns | Fox News Video
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs joins ‘The Sunday Briefing’ to discuss why he blocked a $1 million deal for Flock Safety surveillance cameras.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's time for the "progressives are only for New York" crowd and the oh-my-God-they-want-everyone-to-have-healthcare crowd to read the room. Change is happening despite them. Indeed, it is happening to find an alternative to them. Rejecting old failed ways is a plus.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
FLIP IN FLORIDA: The Democratic-backed slate has flipped the school board of Sarasota County. This is a county of 400K that went for Trump by 18%. It's also where Bridget Ziegler has been on the school board. Dem-backed candidates just flipped 2 seats, adding to the 2 they already had (out of 5).
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
SCHOOL BOARD SLATE: WON. GOODBYE MOMS FOR LIBERTY. We knocked doors all summer in these districts.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/08/2026
there's going to be a wide open "look at these gross fucking assholes" lane in the 2028 primary and the current leader is jon ossoff
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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
For the 1 millionth time as someone who works at a university, this was never a thing. Men like Rufo are just mad because women and people of color were finally beginning to be treated as equals in academia, which meant that morons like him couldn't lord their mediocrity over them anymore...
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Spencer Koelle @spencerkoelle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
*sound of my frantically looking for the Onion byline*
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The feds infiltrated leftwing groups, Signal chats. They called it “Operation Puppet Master,” which is funny bc they’re claiming it’s to figure out who funds autonomous organizing but they’re the ones running a bunch of socks in pursuit of their political agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 13/08/2026
Twitch says quiet part out loud: Amazon AI is opt out because "nobody would opt in" aftermath.site/twitch-ai-amaz...
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Greg Ostertag @slacjkaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Manufacturers of branded drugs routinely file borderline-frivolous lawsuits against generic competitors and then “settle” by paying them to hold back rolling out a competitive and much cheaper equivalent, thereby allowing the branded manufacturer to illegally continue monopoly pricing.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The contest brought students ages 14 to 17 together from across America to answer the question: What if your high-school gym teacher walked headfirst into a pole and was then asked to throw an Olympics with a budget of exactly $6 and three weeks’ notice?
theatlantic.com
Are the Patriot Games Great? No. Are They Fun to Watch?
Also no.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It almost seems like the FBI didn't really want to do anything about Epstein. www.rawstory.com/hugh-hefner-...
rawstory.com
Hugh Hefner tried to warn the FBI about Epstein — new docs show they ignored him
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner notified the FBI of Jeffrey Epstein and reported that a Playmate was sexually abused and trafficked by the late financier, according to new court documents reported this we...
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Look, they may call us enemies of the country to a violent base. They may celebrate when we’re fired or have our shows canceled or die. And, yes, they did just make us decoys for an assassination attempt. But have you considered they respond to emails in a timely fashion?” Dear God, grow a spine.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Everything they do is money laundering. All of it.” These guys get it. 👇🏽 The Trump projects aren’t just “vanity” (although they are that too) — they are laundering excuses. And ways to put money in the pockets of Trump, his family, and his friends.
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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
CLACKTON VINCIT
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ok, motherfucker. Go there. Live on the ship. Dick.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for 200+ straight days, and reports say conditions onboard are so bad that multiple sailors have tried to jump off. Our servicemembers deserve better than this. There needs to be an investigation.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Doctors say that childhood vaccines save thousands of lives. A guy who shits himself in public and struggles to pass basic cognitive tests say they cause autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
GREAT DELEGALIZATION WATCH: The last big TPS grant standing is El Salvador. 170K people who've been here since 2001 (not a typo). Set to expire in Sept. DHS was legally supposed to announce whether they were terminating in July. They didn't. But they're now trying to scare employers about it. +
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Josh Sutphin @joshsutphin.com · 13/08/2026
Hell yeah ✊ www.seattletimes.com/business/kal...
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A WA judge ruled the online prediction market Kalshi must stop all operations in Washington.
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HeatherA9 @heathera9.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trying to track down rebar in my neck of the woods for over 2 weeks, *sigh* Everyone is OUT unless I want jobsite kinda amounts. No friend, I need 4 feet for a garden art stake, I do not need a pallets worth.
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Kevin @kevdawgrob.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I can read (and type) much *much* faster than you can speak, unless you are an auctioneer.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/06/2026
this is what it boils down to me, as someone cursed with the kind of brain that finds TikTok shorts to be infuriatingly slow-moving as compared to reading text at hyperspeed until my eyeballs dry out
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