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Science Fiction Romance author, geek, suburban mom. Explore my books at heathermassey.com

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Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 2h
His "Get the Facts" page is ANYTHING but truthful. www.wittmanwatch.com/p/get-the-ch...
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Get the (cherrypicked) facts?
Rob Wittman can only defend attacks on his record by leaving out the details
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 22h
INBOX: The strike at RVA's botanical garden keeps getting uglier. The union is out with a press release claiming that Lewis Ginter's boss "cancelled healthcare coverage" for striking workers. It's a particularly nasty union-busting tactic that seems strategically risky for the once-beloved org.

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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden CEO Cancels Healthcare Coverage for All Employees, Sparking Outcry 
 
Brian Trader shocks employees by ripping away healthcare insurance with four days' notice to workers
 
 

Richmond, VA - The CEO for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Brian Trader, abruptly cancelled healthcare coverage for all Lewis Ginter employees effectively today, October 1, 2026, sparking sharp rebuke from community members and workers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
About 30 states have adopted programs that allow families to spend public money on private school tuition. But our investigation found that many states have little interest in overseeing private schools. Join us Oct. 6 for a virtual discussion. RSVP: events.propublica.org/wild-west-sc...
Virtual Event: The Wild West of School Vouchers. Tuesday, Oct. 6. 4 p.m. Eastern time. Illustration: A giant orange pencil points up and to the right. In the background is a pattern made up of gray school chairs.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 8h
More confirmation that the Trump Administration is staying underground with its anti-abortion plans until after the midterms. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 19h
Preach!
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NPR @npr.org · 20h
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. n.pr/4z0FPpq
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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 19h
Whoa. A loss like that is hard enough without adding more loss to it, but he sure found a way. Sad.
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 20h
Yeah, even with all his millions he ends up with a cheap looking ad. He's been coasting alright!
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 20h
#VA-01, vote for Shannon Taylor so we can #FlipTheFirst! shannontaylorva.com
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Shannon Taylor for Congress
Shannon Taylor has spent the past 14 years as Henrico County’s top prosecutor, protecting families. She’s never backed down from a fight – she's locked up
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 20h
During the ad, Wittman is squinting practically the whole time. Plus, there’s a weird orange flare that keeps appearing. Was a UFO landing near him when he was shooting this ad??!
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 20h
Why you gotta bring your deceased parents into your ad, Rob? That’s just morbid and weird. The sympathy ploy ain’t gonna cut it when kids are starving, your constituents are losing their healthcare, and gas, grocery, and utility bills are sky high.
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 20h
Not gonna link to #VA-01 Congressman Rob Wittman’s “Facts matter” campaign ad (it’s on his FB page) but holy moley is he ever FLAILING!!! He’s trying so hard to refute facts about him we all know are true and failing miserably. The pressure’s working, so keep it up!!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The techno-dystopia I actually fear is a future where most people think truth is whatever Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok say, and the very small number of people who control those systems use that to manipulate for their own ends, making our current epistemic crisis seem small in comparison.
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bulldogmom.bsky.social @bulldogmom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I received this timely email from Rob Wittman today. I called his office to see if he would be at tonight’s town hall so he could discuss these bills directly with his constituents. His office said they couldn’t say where he was planning to be today but we know he won’t show! He’s a coward!
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ms Brown is entirely right here Every word of this 👇🏻❤️👇🏻
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
Background on my obsession with haunted doll horror films: bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
It’s October, so here are the horror films/shows I plan to watch this month for some Halloween fun: The Conjuring: Last Rites The Nun II I Saw the TV Glow And for some haunted doll action: Puppet Master Finish season 2 of Chucky Dead Silence
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
For anyone following hyperscale data center development in central Virginia, here's an update: “Action Needed to Stop Data Centers on Goochland/Henrico Border” via @neighbors4change.bsky.social neighbors4change.com/action-neede...
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Action Needed to Stop Data Centers on Goochland/Henrico Border | Neighbors For Change
There’s a lot going on with data centers in Eastern Goochland bordering Henrico that we should all be paying attention to. Read More
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Do you want to be a science writer? Or just learn more about science writing? This is a fantastic *paid* opportunity to sharpen your skills. @theopennotebook.bsky.social @siricarpenter.bsky.social www.theopennotebook.com/early-career...
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Early-Career Fellowship Program - The Open Notebook
Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors. This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: We dive deep into Trump "shadow president" Russ Vought in the new episode of PAPER TRAIL, @propublica.org's podcast. I'm so excited about this. You will hear Vought - on tape! - in a way you haven't before. Pls listen — and subscribe to PAPER TRAIL www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...
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Who’s the Shadow President?
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
A great deal for an informative and riveting book ⬇️
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
Dear #VA-01 Democratic candidate @shannontaylorva.com, If anyone asks you about trans athletes during your Oct 7 town hall, please don’t respond by parroting GOP anti-trans propaganda. Punching down on trans issues is bad strategy. Thanks, Me, who voted for you www.mobilize.us/shannontaylo...
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The Cost of Corruption: Townhall with Shannon Taylor and End Citizens United · Shannon Taylor for Congress
Join ECU President Tiffany Muller and VA-01 candidate Shannon Taylor for a townhall about rooting out the corruption and corporate influence that Rob Wittman represents in Washington. Together, they w...
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
Background on why Rob Wittman is “too impotent to oversee our armed services”: (via @wittmanwatch.bsky.social) www.wittmanwatch.com/p/seniority-...
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Seniority is not power
We can't afford to keep Rob Wittman in Congress
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 01/10/2026
A tale of low expectations: that Congressman Rob Wittman, my rep and the Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, has conducted any kind of productive oversight regarding this very bad breach of the Pentagon’s personnel records. #VA-01 techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/h...
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Ericka Kopp @erickakopp.com · 01/10/2026
Healthcare in America: where a medically necessary ultrasound costs $250 WITH health insurance.
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Ali Faruk @alifarukrva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public school pta’s have to hold fundraisers to help pay for school supplies, materials etc. Tax the billionaires and give the people free universal early childhood education, Medicare for all, paid leave etc.
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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SHANNON +4!!!! WE. CAN. DO. THIS!!!!! LET'S GO!!!!!!! @wittmanwatch.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social @chesterfielddemsva.bsky.social @shannontaylorva.com
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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026
Careless companies doing careless things with half-baked tech products, resulting in real world harm - absolutely a thing. That is not “x-risk.” In the cult of AI, “x-risk” = a more-powerful-than-people synthetic entity autonomously decides to do something that wipes out humanity.
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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026
I absolutely know who needs to hear this, though I won’t name names. Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.
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Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A pic of the Bell Creek Rd & Mechanicsville Tpke protest from earlier this week. They completely overwhelmed Wittman’s campaign signs! 🤩
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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Over 300,000 transgender citizens could face barriers to voting at the polls in the 2026 midterm elections   www.qsaltlake.com/news/2026/09...
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Over 300,000 transgender citizens could face barriers to voting at the polls in the 2026 midterm elections   - QSaltLake Magazine, Utah's LGBTQ Community Hub
Utah's magazine for the LGBTQ and ally community
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ll have more in a newsletter going out shortly, but something to flag in the meantime: The AGs are seeking PATIENT INFORMATION, asking for “complete identification of the individuals...to whom [plaintiffs] prescribed and dispensed abortion drugs” to cross-check against Medicaid databases
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.
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Charlottesville Tomorrow @cvilletomorrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Virginia Hunger Study found that 42% of households statewide — and 51% of households with children — are food insecure.
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Food insecurity increases in central Virginia amid massive SNAP cuts
Federal cuts to food assistance have hit Virginia families hard, according to a new study.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yesterday, Trump’s America dot gov site answered factual questions like “who won the 2020 election” accurately. Today, it no longer does.
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Yesterday, asked about its chatbot's many debunkings of Trump, the White House said it "will continue to be updated to provide more features, resources, and the most accurate information from the federal government."
Today...lots of accurate answers have been simply forbidden, with the chatbot framing information like who won the 2020 election as forbidden "political commentary." x.com/ddale8/status/...

Daniel Dale * @ddale8 • 20m
Yesterday: Trump administration chatbot says it's not true that Trump inherited the worst inflation in history.
Today: Says it can't answer such questions...
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Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rob Wittman voted away healthcare for thousands in #VA01 to fund tax cuts for his wealthy donors. TOMORROW you can share your story and hear from others who’ve been impacted by his recklessness. Sign up here. act.seiu.org/a/cardboard-...
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hanovervadems.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Come to the Mechanicsville Library (7112 Mechanicsville Tpke) on Sat, Oct 3rd from 10am to12noon and write postcards in support of VOTE YES (don't guess!) on the 3 constitutional amendments, @shannontaylorva.com, and @tomperriello.bsky.social. Cards & addresses are provided.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The #VA01 race is now rated as a "Toss Up" by Sabato's Crystal Ball. GET OUT THE VOTE FOR @shannontaylorva.com!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as election season sets in, a reminder: if you've come to rely on our reporting (& our election guides and breakdowns of local elections) we love your support! we have no paywall, but you can set-up a subscription (or a one-time gift) at whatever amount. boltsmag.org/donate
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The proposed rule is from OMB, the office run by Russell Vought -- who has a history of opposing government efforts to expand access to voting.
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Heather Massey @heathermassey.com · 29/09/2026
tfw you, a self-published author, get caught up in making a groovy promo graphic that few will see for a book you haven’t even finished writing
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Superman 2025 Mr Terrific
Alt: Superman 2025's Mr. Terrific as he pulls aside a curtain and discovers Lex Luthor's latest scheme. The subtitle reads, "Unbelievable."
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
My statement on the Trump-Vance Administration's rollback of protections for survivors of assault on campus and LGBTQ students:
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Wittman Watch @wittmanwatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@jess4va.com, VA House Rep for #HD71, knows a bit about Fake Rep. Rob Wittman and #VA01. She's on the money here - and not just because she agrees with us. Check out her latest post!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Connection Virginia @connectionva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tonight at 6 pm, Williamsburg Regional Library.
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