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Heather Timmons

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Consumer rights & corporate power @us.the Guardian.com Ex White House editor @Reuters in DC. Hong Kong, New Delhi, London for @QZ & @NYTimes. Tell me about your consumer rage: Consumed@theguardian.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Of all the many things wrong with "Morning Joe," is anything worse than their ceaseless efforts to make Rahm Emanuel into a thing? That they're so clueless about how hated Emanuel is by 95% of Democrats calls into question the validity of their opinions about anything else
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This is what governing on behalf of the people looks like. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New York City becomes first in the US to ban deceptive subscription practices
Rule from Mamdani administration bans companies from trapping customers into paying recurring charges and ‘junk fees’
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Jen Howard @jenhoward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In this kickoff piece for Consumed, a new Guardian series about the "annoyance economy," @heathertimmons.bsky.social lays out what's making it so shitty to be a consumer now, including "company consolidation, regulatory rollbacks, years of court decisions that limit consumer power..." [+]
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Battling big companies in the US? Tell us about your consumer rage www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences
We’d like to hear about your frustrations with companies, from difficulties getting a refund to bad customer service
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16/01/2026
“A group of Home Depot investors is asking the company to review its partnership with surveillance firm Flock Safety and state how its data is used and shared with law enforcement…”
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Amid ICE raids, some Home Depot investors want to know how law enforcement uses its surveillance data
Investors in several companies are increasingly seeking answers to how U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies and enforcement are affecting company operations and reputation.
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Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This is so wildly irresponsible and self centered I thought it was satire at first. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Column | I just set my farm on fire. It was thrilling.
This has been my winter of living dangerously, and my experiences have boosted my sense of well-being.
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Aunt Rove @auntrove.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Not sure why MS NOW is covering the Mamdani inauguration live and talking over it. And now showing us barriers and a CVS while a man is speaking. They could talk about people coming from other states after the event.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
X seems to be almost completely unusable for me atm. Can’t post anything new, user lookup and share not functioning. Anyone else?
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Reuters Live Page on #TrumpTariffs: *How to spot a recession *Trump extends TikTok deadline and a hand to China *Hank Aaron, Hank Hill & Tom Hanks *This is Wall Street's largest evaporation of shareholder value, ever @reuters.com Noel Randewich finds: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/04/2025
The US Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation reut.rs/3FRDy9P
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FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources - www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources
U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
White House is slashing the tax police IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes government - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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US IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees on Thursday in Trump downsizing spree
The move would eliminate roughly 7% of the tax-collecting agency's workforce.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/02/2025
Civil rights, housing and AIDS prevention groups sued US President Donald Trump, saying their federal funding is in jeopardy because of his executive orders concerning diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility reut.rs/4b5Ykye
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Civil rights, housing, AIDS groups challenge Trump DEIA restrictions
Civil rights, housing and AIDS prevention groups sued U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying their federal funding is in jeopardy because of his executive orders concerning diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Today on Reuters LIVE: FACT CHECK: Does Zelensky have a 4% approval rating? Latest video of Zelensky on Trump Trump polling EU sanctions Some GOP angst www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...?
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Ukraine War Live Updates: Zelenskiy says I can't sell our country
Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg arrived in Kyiv to have discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18/02/2025
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing at least 9,500 employees in an unprecedented effort that shows no sign of slowing. Here are details on some of the layoffs reut.rs/4gKe6Qj
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How hard have US agencies been hit by Trump and Musk's layoffs?
U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing at least 9,500 employees in an unprecedented effort that shows no sign of slowing.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/02/2025
A US federal prosecutor agreed to file a motion to dismiss the criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, to spare other career staff from potentially being fired for refusing to do so, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters reut.rs/3CSKiTM
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US prosecutor agrees to seek dismissal of Adams charges under pressure, sources say
A U.S. federal prosecutor agreed on Friday to file a motion to dismiss criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams to spare other career staff from potentially being fired for refusing to do so, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/02/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic who endorsed Donald Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, is inching closer to becoming US secretary of Health and Human Services with the Senate due to vote on his confirmation. Read the full story reut.rs/3CKngi1 1/4
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Kennedy to clear final Senate hurdle in bid for top US health job
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic who endorsed President Donald Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, inched closer to becoming U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services with the Senate scheduled to vote on his confirmation on Thursday.
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Sheri Fink @sherifink.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Podcast episode on the history of USAID and what happened recently when the US government abruptly ordered doctors in Africa to stop caring for and communicating with patients, including research subjects: With @stephanienolen.bsky.social and Michael Crowley: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/p...
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The Demise of U.S.A.I.D. and American Soft Power
In demolishing the government’s biggest provider of foreign aid, President Trump is ending a 60-year bipartisan consensus on the best way to keep America safe.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base. 📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
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Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Semafor is doing a “Restoring trust in news” event w Brendan Carr, who is single handedly trying to dismantle free speech and censor news organizations, and who is currently threatening a news radio station for reporting the news too specifically www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/n...
Screenshot of the flyer for the event showing Brendan Carr on it
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/02/2025
US President Donald Trump has promised a swift end to the Ukraine war but with talks about to begin the author of 'The Art of the Deal' may have already complicated his task by sacrificing leverage reut.rs/4aU8WQJ 1/7
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/02/2025
BREAKING: A car has driven into a group of people in the German city of Munich, leaving several people injured, police said. Officers are working to verify what has happened, a spokesperson said reut.rs/3CKgcC1
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
X seems to be blocking this full thread by @muellershewrote.bsky.social x.com/muellershewr...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/02/2025
President Donald Trump said he will introduce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States, on top of existing metals duties. Here's a summary of the major trade partners it will affect reut.rs/40UeXYK
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/02/2025
The Kremlin said it could neither confirm nor deny whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to US President Donald Trump by phone about finding a way to stop the war in Ukraine reut.rs/3QfEc2M
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Kremlin adopts cryptic stance on contacts between Putin and Trump
The Kremlin said on Monday it could neither confirm nor deny whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone about finding a way to stop the war in Ukraine.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/02/2025
The UN World Food Programme was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of US-funded grants, according to an email seen by Reuters, that was sent five days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver for emergency food assistance reut.rs/4aWKpdF
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UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of U.S.-funded grants, according to an email seen by Reuters, that was sent five days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver for emergency food assistance.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"I thought we voted for America first" Trump Gaza plan divides his party www.reuters.com/world/us/i-t...
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'I thought we voted for America first' - Trump Gaza plan divides his party
U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal that the U.S. take over the war-torn Gaza Strip prompted confusion and skepticism from some of his fellow Republicans on Wednesday, while others backed his "bold, decisive" idea.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
NEW: State Dept. under Rubio has fired about 60 contractors who work on democracy and human rights programs. The contractors are mainly tech and area experts who are critical for programs on China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
The contractors helped enact programs that focus on building up civil society and democratic practices in authoritarian states such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Also notable @stephanienolen.bsky.social is doing the work in the comment section; engaging with readers who don’t understand or are misinformed, patiently explaining and sharing other info, even as many journos have tuned out comments b/c they’re so riddled with insults and opinions seem fixed.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is a searing look at the on the ground impacts of the abrupt US AID shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Governor Tim Walz made Black History Month a state proclamation to protect it.
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"All CEOs are bewildered by these non-strategic tariff tantrums being directed at our closest allies instead of adversaries," said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, professor at Yale School of Management in New Haven, Conn. ✍️ @sidcavale.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/nor...
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North American companies brace for fallout from Trump tariffs
For North American companies, the "wait and see" moment on tariffs is over.
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Health programs shutter around the world after Trump pauses foreign aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is a hostile takeover of the U.S. Government.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
As Musk appears to take greater control of US federal government, it’s worth taking a look back at grave management issues in his own businesses. Here’s our 2023 series www.reuters.com/investigates...
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The Musk Industrial Complex
Reuters exposes grave harms to consumers, workers and laboratory animals across Elon Musk’s manufacturing empire, resulting in investigations by U.S. and European regulators and calls for action from U.S. lawmakers.
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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus... @heathertimmons.bsky.social @reuters.com
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Musk's hand gesture during Trump inauguration festivities draws scrutiny
Billionaire Elon Musk's hand gesture while he spoke during a celebration of President Donald Trump's inauguration drew online comparisons to a Nazi salute on Monday, but a leading tracker of antisemitism said it appeared to represent a moment of enthusiasm instead.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
ok but how am i supposed to fall asleep without watching one or two hundred 20 second videos
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
See Pacific Palisades before and after the devastating Los Angeles fires - www.reuters.com/world/us/see...
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See Pacific Palisades before and after the devastating Los Angeles fires
A Reuters journalist visited Pacific Palisades to retrace a path taken by a YouTube videographer last year. Fire reduced the green, well-landscaped neighborhood to rubble.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/01/2025
President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chef Jose Andres, actor Michael J. Fox, conservationist Jane Goodall and investor and philanthropist George Soros reut.rs/4gFzOWv
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Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox, Denzel Washington
President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chef Jose Andres, actor Michael J. Fox and conservationist Jane Goodall on Saturday in one of his final official acts in office.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/01/2025
The Biden administration notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel, with Washington maintaining support for its ally whose war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands reut.rs/4h5qlI5
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US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel, US officials say
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel, two U.S. officials said, with Washington maintaining support for its ally whose war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/12/2024
Biden administration has set a new US target under the Paris climate agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 61%-66% below 2005 levels by 2035, a goal officials called achievable even if Trump follows through on vows to reverse federal policies reut.rs/3P1idfJ
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US sets new Paris climate target that Trump is expected to ignore
President Joe Biden's administration has set a new U.S. target under the Paris climate agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 61%-66% below 2005 levels by 2035, a goal officials called achievable by states even if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on vows to reverse federal policies.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Trump transition team calls car crash reporting requirement "excessive" data collection, recommends scrapping it www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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Exclusive: Trump transition wants to scrap crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla , according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/12/2024
President-elect Donald Trump is planning a blizzard of more than 25 executive orders and directives on his first day in office, as he seeks to dramatically reshape US policy on issues from immigration to energy reut.rs/4gbE93y
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Trump plans major reshaping of U.S. policies within hours of taking office
Trump is planning a blizzard of more than 25 executive orders and directives on his first day in office.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
No, the Obama magic isn't gone - but it is time for the Democratic Party to find new leaders, Democrats & poltical strategist tell @jeffmason1.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/oba...
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Obama speaks to young leaders as some Democrats push to pass the torch
Former U.S. President Barack Obama, who has largely stayed quiet in the weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris' election loss, will offer advice to a new generation of American leaders on Thursday, telling them it is time to talk to people they disagree with.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Scared to stay in Mexico, afraid of Trump's policies, some migrants look to return home - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Planned obsolescence: 🎄 lights edition - every strand of Christmas lights I bought over the past three years has to be thrown out because of wiring problems. (My father-in-law has been replacing bulbs on the same strand of Christmas lights for 50 years )
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Some scathing critique of the Harris campaign after their @podsaveamerica.bsky.social explainer on what went wrong www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYULR2qX/
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#podsaveamerica #podcast #kamalaharris #ick #nepobaby #groupproject #highstakes
TikTok video by JenOnen917
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