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Heather Burbach

@heatherburbach.bsky.social
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Native Oregonian lawyer residing in Rhode Island. Strong Civil Libertarian. Very leftie. Political junkie. Fugitive from X. Here for cute pets and political and legal takes. FoTS

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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 2h
BREAKING: " Videos collected by local investigators make it “pretty obvious” that an ICE officer intentionally ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez during an immigration stop Saturday, which could lead to assault charges, the district attorney said Tuesday."
nbcnews.com
Texas DA says ICE intentionally hit immigrant with a car and may have withheld evidence
Harris County DA Sean Teare told NBC News his office has collected multiple videos for its own investigation but isn’t getting cooperation from the federal government. ICE denied their agent intentio...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 20h
STOP LETTING JD VANCE MEET POPES
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 21h
I will freely ship it to you. You can have ALL of mine.
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Strong disagree. 🤮
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 21h
Saw a quote that I deeply felt: "Candy Corn is Satan's ear wax."
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Remember when Republicans said DEI was hiring an unqualified person based on their looks? ANYWAY.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just the president cheering on his crowd as they physically assault a woman
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ethnic cleansing with American characteristics
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Strongly Co-Sign!!
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Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com · 12/10/2026
“Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them ‘whores’ misogynists.”
variety.com
Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue and Says ‘More Men Need to Be Standing Up’: ‘Speechless That Something Like That Can Exist on Live National Television’
"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis' "Saturday Night Live" monologue, saying that "more men need to be standing up."
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/10/2026
I have called my representatives and demanded that they stand up for Ilhan Omar. It's not just the proximity to an election. If Trump is able to weaponize DHS/DOJ to take out sitting members of Congress without backlash, that's it, that's the whole game.
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!
Old but classic meme, screenshot from Facebook. Person A: "I'll keep observing Columbus Day. Thanks." Person B: "What do you do to 'observe' Columbus Day? Get lost in a grocery store looking for spices?"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge issued a temporary order Sunday blocking the Trump admin from airing those propaganda ads. But the administration blew past that deadline and ran two of the ads into the early hours of Monday, advertising data shows.
washingtonpost.com
Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads
A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Many people" doing all the work there. Unfortunately, those people are exactly the ones being litigated against and for these exact issues. . .
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10/10/2026
The incident comes amid a sharp spike in immigration arrests across Oregon this week. mrf.lu/28HhF
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Shrimp & Grits @shrimpgritscats.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Haley at @friendsofbear.bsky.social has been running into some problems for a bit, please see the attached screenshot from Twitter. One donation option is here, if you are able: www.friendsofbearcatrescue.org/donate
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“A politicized Department of Justice erodes the rule of law,” writes @barbmcquade.bsky.social “Our society becomes less safe and less just, allowing the powerful to prey upon the vulnerable.” share.inquirer.com/OamclM. Part of the @inquirer.com series called “The Case for Impeachment.”
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KTVU FOX 2 @ktvufox2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Public defenders say they will seek decertification of the officers involved in the arrest
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Public defenders allege SFPD, DA cover-up in violent arrest that left man hospitalized
Public defenders say they will seek decertification of the officers involved in the arrest
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Q: Did you personally authorize or approve the livestreamed execution? TRUMP: Did I approve? Absolutely I did
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 Just in: The US has sanctioned the ICC. "We ​will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Marco Rubio said in a statement.
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Nope Never
ALT: Nope Never
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New Details Emerge on Stephen Miller’s Meddling at the Trump DOJ talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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New Details Emerge on Stephen Miller’s Meddling at the Trump DOJ
The Tip of the Politicization Spear Since the dawn of Trump II,...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New research indicates Walmart is working to compile massive amounts of data on individual shoppers and potentially charge them different prices, despite the company’s denial. This shady tactic is called surveillance pricing, and Walmart isn’t the only corporation planning to use it. Watch.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The man accused of stabbing a 2-year-old girl in a stroller and her mother yesterday has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial at least 3 times in previous cases and released into the community, including earlier this year. w/ @chrisgavin.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/08/m...
bostonglobe.com
A toddler was stabbed in a stroller at a Providence school bus stop. The suspect was repeatedly freed in prior cases. - The Boston Globe
The suspect, Nelson Blanco, 46, had been found mentally incompetent to stand trial earlier this year and was freed. He was previously accused of stabbing children in 2003.
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Sue Massa @smassa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Espy @esp1371.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What to make of that? The Russians and Chinese are reading our mail and likely very deep in our government. So, you know, no big deal.
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I thought these were the people in favor of Free Speech, opposed to forced speech or PC terms and opposed to specific pronouns (and adjectives?). . .
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As a ✅️ Lawyer ✅️ ACLU Board Member ✅️ domestic violence advocate ✅️ Planned Parenthood supporter ✅️ woman ✅️ SI Refuser I am just waiting to be flown to Gitmo.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh yeah, those are definitely the Big Two when it comes to understanding socialism. Check out the big brain on J.D. here! He's definitely not an idiot.
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ACLU of Rhode Island @riaclu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
FREE SPEECH: We were just in the federal appeals court in Boston to again defend artists’ free speech. In Sept. 2025, a RI judge ruled that the Nat'l Endowment for the Arts had to remove a requirement that grant applicants wouldn't "promote gender ideology.” The NEA appealed the decision.
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My assessment of the State of the Force: "this Congress is overdue to protect the American military from a civilian leadership that is its greatest threat." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Reducing the Number of Generals Isn’t the Problem
Hegseth is damaging the military and the public’s trust in it.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
rollingstone.com
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh, man, and watch this video mentioned in the obituary, because it's *beautiful*: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Cn...
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Margaret Hamilton by Moonlight: Honoring an Apollo 11 Icon
YouTube video by Google
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So proud of him. Plus a good episode !!!
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My goodness I forgot I brought my inflatable globe with me to the interview 😂🌏. "Space Wars" episode now up, Thank you, @novapbs.bsky.social !
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026
BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s [74] Motion to Unseal is GRANTED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court shall unseal in full the [65-2] Delta PowerPoint. Defendants shall submit to Plaintiff and the Court any proposals for narrowly tailored redactions to the [65-1] JLL Plan, accompanied by particularized and substantial written justifications, no later than October 14, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response to the proposed redactions no later than October 19, 2026. The Court will then review the proposals and rule by separate order.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
motherjones.com
Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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Heather Burbach @heatherburbach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Super excited to watch tonight's new "Nova" on PBS about Space Wars. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi... (Note: it includes my favorite expert, @dburbach.bsky.social )
pbs.org
Space Wars
Inside the escalating military struggle to control space and the satellites we rely on.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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ACLU of Rhode Island @riaclu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PRIVACY: We’re headed into the federal appeals court in Boston to protect the sensitive medical records of minors who have received gender-affirming health care at RI Hospital from being turned over to the Dept. of Justice. We will continue to show up to protect RI kids and their medical privacy!
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ACLU of Rhode Island @riaclu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We made a timeline of the case, which spans multiple federal district courts and many months of work, so you can see how we got here: www.riaclu.org/update-to-do...
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Timeline of DOJ's Subpoena of RI Hospital Minor Patients' Records - ACLU of Rhode Island
Help us protect civil liberties — donate before 6pm on Wednesday, April 1!
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Apparently this kid, Ed 'Big Balls' Coristine, with a screaming red flag criminal background is *still* in a sensitive federal job, head of engineering for the national design studio, which builds high profile public facing govt websites www.wired.com/story/myster...
wired.com
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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