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Heather Thomas

@heatherthomasaf.bsky.social
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Actress writer activist flyfisherwoman closet farmer co-founder LA CAFE co-founder www.dontgetpurged.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h
‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – live
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‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – live
Defense secretary summons military leaders for speech railing against diversity policies * Sign up for the Breaking News US email Rachel Leingang and Riley Messer Some of the biggest food and agriculture corporations in the US are funding a campaign that pays social media influencers to combat elements of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again platform, according to an investigation by the Guardian and Documented, an investigative watchdog and journalism project. Continue reading...
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 6h
Many states have engaged in wrongful purging and there are just days left until those same states close voter registration. Please stay fierce and keep checking! www.dontgetpurged.org
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Verify Your Name is Still on Your State’s Registered Voter Roll
You have the power to beat voter suppression, glitches and Russian hacking!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
this guy can barely talk, folks
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just like with everything else, he’s trying to rebrand AI to something less scary…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
RFK Jr text bubble meme
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
"There is every reason to believe that if the polls are accurate and Michael Whatley goes down to ignominious defeat, Trump will in fact attempt to take revenge on North Carolina’s voters and political leaders. He thinks he’s entitled and that when you’re president, they let you do it."
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The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nate Silver’s latest Senate polling averages show Democrats ahead in TEN key races: 🔵 GA: Ossoff +9.1 🔵 NC: Cooper +8.9 🔵 NH: Pappas +5.0 🔵 OH: Brown +4.5 🔵 ME: Jackson +3.5 🔵 MN: Flanagan +2.8 🔵 MI: El-Sayed +2.8 🔵 TX: Talarico +2.7 🔵 AK: Peltola +1.7 🔵 IA: Turek +0.8
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026
Perfect.
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The Calitaliano Kid 😎🇺🇦🗽 @moved2italy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026
Saturday, Newsom signed 13 bills designed to keep Trump and anyone else from screwing with California’s elections. 🗳️ Seize ballots or machines - Felony 🗳️Interfere w/mail ballots - Felony 🗳️Use law enforcement to disrupt polls - New restrictions 🗳️Target election records - The state gets notified
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump Lashes Out as CNN, MS NOW, and Politico All Sue Him Trump’s White House media ban isn’t exactly turning out how he imagined.
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Trump Lashes Out as CNN, MS NOW, and Politico All Sue Him
Trump’s White House media ban isn’t exactly turning out how he imagined.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
Tammy Bruce: "We love him for his transparency & passion. That's in part why he's the president. There's no guess that this will be an inspiring speech. It'll be forward looking ... the American people voted in him in a landslide b/c they trust him. They know he knows things that we're not aware of"
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For the folks that said they support him because he says what he means, they sure burn a *lot* of calories telling us "what he really meant was..."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on data centers: "Unfortunately, I don't think the American people are digesting all of the information. I mean, look, nothing against golfers out there, but golf courses use 40 times more water than data centers ... we welcome them"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
Bessent: "The press cares more about the press than anything else ... Same thing with the aircraft in Ankara. The presidential pool said, 'Oh, we were so vulnerable!' They were there to kill the president, and the Secret Service made a decision."
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
Bessent on Trump's ban on the free press: "I've been traveling. I don't know much about it." (Note that the administration has even lost Joe Kernen on this ... )
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Could have sworn you were just in DC, gushing at Jake Paul.
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Jim Treanor @jimtranr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This one's at least in part on the senators who knew Hegseth was problematic at best but voted to confirm him, anyway.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Louisiana’s ballot is bigger than the races everyone recognizes. Down-ballot choices determine who represents communities and helps shape decisions close to home. Know the candidates. Read the entire ballot. Every race deserves your attention. #Pinks
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As an aside it’s weird that Harp and other Trump staffers were wearing green, like they assume every day in Ireland is St Patrick’s Day
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Céad míle fáilte Pedolf
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” debuts at #1 on the US album charts 28 years ago today — making Hill the first woman since Debbie Gibson to debut at #1 with a song she wrote, recorded, and produced on her own. Five Grammys. 🔥 “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/09/2026
Republicans don’t suddenly discover empathy. They discover proximity.
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Patricia Marie @mychickadee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We’ve been organizing since Musk bought Trump the White House because they were both headed to prison. Join us… ❌👑 OCTOBER 17 - NO KINGS 4 Vote Early Campaign Kickoff Find an event near you. NoKings.org
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Heatwave broke and my pinks got extra voluptuous. Check your voting status.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bless these neighbors.
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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am grateful that Amy Acton is safe, and hope those who were injured recover quickly. What a terrifying moment. www.wlwt.com/article/amy-...
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Amy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injured
Amy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
DHS is stealing Haitians money while they deport them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/w...
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Haitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded (Gift Article)
Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.
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SaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
russia Faces Rising NATO Tensions, Fuel Shortages and Repression as War Costs Mount mezha.net/eng/news/9... 9/10
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Russia Faces Rising NATO Tensions, Fuel Shortages and Repression as War Costs Mount | Ukraine news - #Mezha
Behind the week’s headlines, a deeper pattern emerged: pressure abroad is rising while the Kremlin tightens control and absorbs the war’s costs. The review of the independent and émigré segments of the Russian-language information space for the past week covered 2,423 publications across 23 channels, with a total reach of approximately 124.5 million views. As […]
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SaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Vietnam’s Rafale Pivot Challenges China—and russia’s Defence Dominance defencesecurityasia.... 8/10
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Vietnam’s Rafale Pivot Challenges China—and Russia’s Defence Dominance - Defence Security Asia
Vietnam’s Rafale evaluation could challenge Chinese airpower, weaken Russian defence dominance and reshape the military balance across the South China Sea.
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SaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
ANALYSIS: Explainer: russia’s Influence Tendrils in Western Academia www.kyivpost.com/ana... 1/10
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Analysis: Russia’s Influence Tendrils in Western Academia
By spreading Russian propaganda points via academics beholden to them, Moscow can influence thought leaders.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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Minnesota Mary @minnesotamarys.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
✔️✔️✔️
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I really thought this was a fake tweet from Trump. He’s bragging about profiting off the presidency and his followers are clapping like obedient seals. Pathetic.
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Walter (🎃👻 RIP 🪦💀) @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
And I am considering changing the name of spaghetti
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is … a group of the president’s immediate circle who could not say no.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Also almost certainly a Hatch Act violation
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Rep. McClain represents "the thumb" of Michigan but he politics are more "middle finger"
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Let’s just sit with the ominious depravity of one of those cronies who can’t say no being our current Attorney General of the United States.
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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026
them: we need you to get with the program, be expert tech-embracers me: i have a literal PhD in something literally called Science & Technology Studies and i actually think this tech is bad them: not like that (it's almost funny to me. *almost*)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good thing he's not a Twitch streamer without any formal role in government or his entire political party would be compelled by the media to denounce him. Just a Nazi working in the State Department. No big deal!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The party of pedophiles protects pedophiles but will attack people from the party that does not protect pedophiles
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Or maybe have some online comments on the network's website ready to read. "Kristen, user Martha489 says -- in the official forum for this CBS News article -- that she thinks we should kill every Iranian. Is that your own stance as well? Why haven't you disavowed him?" "Moving on. User Funky55.."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This punt was so good I made my wife look up to watch the replay. I still got it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026
Vivek Ramaswamy takes credit for "calling out the epidemic of woke capitalism, educating the country on that"
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