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Heidi Stevens

@heidikstevens.bsky.social
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Don't forget this is the same guy who turned a significant chunk of the voting population against trans people under the guise of ... protecting women's sports. My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/25/h...
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Heidi Stevens: Dissenting Americans keep making lemonade out of Trump’s lemons — including his hockey call
Trump has made a big deal about championing women’s sports. But his call to the USA men’s hockey team spoke volumes, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
My new column: If people want the horrors of ICE to end, we must oust the GOP. All Democrats must vote for the Dem in the primary who can win the general ... and in the general vote blue no matter who. No 3rd party voting or staying home. That's deadly. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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I worked with ICE when I was at DOJ. Abolishing it won't bring justice.
You think Immigration and Customs Enforcement is bad? Letting Trump build a new agency from the ground up would be a disaster.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I cheered when Elana Meyers Taylor won gold. I cheered even louder when she thanked her nannies. My column 🏅 www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/18/h...
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Heidi Stevens: I cheered when Elana Meyers Taylor won gold. I cheered louder when she thanked her nannies.
I love that Elana Meyers Taylor shouted out her nannies alongside her husband and parents and kids, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
If we can’t agree, as a nation, that childhood should not be spent in captivity, I truly don’t know where we go from here. My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/h...
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Heidi Stevens: Letters show how a Disney dream vacation became part of America’s immigration nightmare
No policy in the world can justify scarring children the way we’re doing in the name of immigration reform, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Dr. Dana Suskind @drdanasuskind.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
As a surgeon and researcher, I’m driven by one mission: children’s healthy development, in the short- and long-term. The current approach to immigration is deeply detrimental to both. I’m grateful to @thehill.com for letting me weigh in on this crucial topic. thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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Dr. Dana Suskind @drdanasuskind.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Coming in July! “Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity, and Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI” A troubling fear nags at me: that human connection—the one thing children need most—is at risk of becoming a rarity. My book, I hope, provides families a line of defense 💚
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Dr. Dana Suskind @drdanasuskind.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
As a pediatric physician, as an early childhood researcher, and as a child development expert, I am compelled to state, in no uncertain terms: the current approach to immigration reform is deeply detrimental to children, in both the present and long-term. 🧵
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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Where are the folks who thought masks and remote learning were government overreach? Who thought vaccine mandates were fascism? Who thought capacity restrictions were tyranny? I'm having a hard time reconciling all that with what's happening now. My column www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/23/h...
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Heidi Stevens: As federal agents target citizens, where are the folks who cried ‘tyranny’ over pandemic restrictions?
I’m wondering how federal immigration agents’ actions sit with those who saw vaccine mandates as government overreach, writes Heidi Stevens.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
i think standing too close to ICE is what has been getting people killed
Someone on Threads writes: I. Stand. With. ICE.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The new vaccine schedule—arrived upon with no scientific input—represents the unraveling of a pretty key component of the American Dream: the part where you give your children a better life than the one you had. My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/h...
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Heidi Stevens: Stripping science from vaccine schedule chips away the dream of a better future for our children
I fear that skepticism and scorn have been elevated to the upper echelons of power, where fateful decisions are being made, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com · 02/01/2026
An inspiring, life-affirming column from @heidikstevens.bsky.social to start the New Year, reminding us to find the joy wherever we can & take care of one another ✨️ #NewYear2026 #newyear
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
From the Leo High School choir's joyful energy, to the Chicago Marathon’s collective humanity. From every act of resistance, to every holiday card writer. From every sunrise, to every sunset. 25 things I'm carrying with me into 2026. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/h...
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Heidi Stevens: At the end of an imperfect year, a list that reminds us what tomorrow is for
There’s still more growing, healing, loving and protecting to do, so here are the things I’m carrying into 2026, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Victoria Noe @victorianoe.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Thanks to Heidi spotlighting Pinta Pride Campaign from the beginning, I continue to send out holiday cards every year to people I don't know and will likely never meet. We can also send them year-round. Birthdays, Halloween, Pride, whatever. A creative and impactful way to be an #LGBTQ #ally.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It's easy to feel like you don't recognize this country right now. But a campaign to write holiday cards to LGBTQ+ folks shunned by their families is sending tens of thousands of notes to strangers. That's also who we are. My column ❤️ www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Heidi Stevens: In these fraught times, a growing holiday card campaign perhaps means a little bit more
The Pinta Pride Project raises awareness and support for the LGBTQ+ community despite the cruelty and chaos of our political climate.
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Illinois Families for Public Schools @ilfps.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters.” open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Thought-provoking column by the always brilliant @heidikstevens.bsky.social, who makes the connection between “Quiet, piggy” and why women who’ve been abused don’t come forward.
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Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Great piece on Trump's 'Quiet, piggy' moment. This phrase could be the new shorthand way to explain how abusers silence their victims. Keep quiet or be punished cruelly. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...
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Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 20/11/2025
Worth a read
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The president of the United States, when asked about his documented friendship with a convicted sex offender, replied, “Quiet, piggy.” We’re done asking why sexual assault survivors don’t come forward, right? My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...
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Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
This, by @heidikstevens.bsky.social, is a gut punch “We’re waiting to see what we stand for. Stand for meaning what defines us, and stand for meaning what we’ll allow. What we cherish, what we’re willing to concede. Who we’ll protect from abuse of power, and whose abuse of power we’ll protect.”
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Heidi Stevens: It’s morning in America, and we have no idea if the day will bring help and hope — or more cruelty
Our country and our city are at a precipice, and we may soon see what we stand for, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Trump’s “mental faculties are crumbling like blue cheese, and major media need to write prominent stories about this alarming problem – not just stick a sentence into the 14th paragraph of a news story.” My free Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Media must cover — not cover up — Trump’s unfitness
The president benefits from the failure to focus on his broken brain
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Shannon @smakuakane.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
“I want to see a world — not just for my son, but for everybody who is neurodivergent or has a disability — that accepts them and allows them to be who they are,” he continued. “That doesn’t see them as other. That doesn’t take away their human value. There’s good for everybody in that.” Same.♥️
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Grotesquely transparent racist.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
What's left if we continue this path of wreckage—to historic landmarks, to national parks, to museums, to libraries? To institutions that belong to all people, that welcome all people, that see worth and promise and humanity in all people? My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/h...
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Heidi Stevens: What we lose when our leaders choose to tear down what connects and nourishes us
And what will our country look like if we continue this path of wreckage — to national parks, to museums, to libraries, asks Heidi Stevens
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Jim Schneider @jimschneider.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
My son is one of millions of kids who benefit from an individualized education program (IEP), and who stand to lose with continued cuts at Department of Education. I shared my family’s story with columnist @heidikstevens.bsky.social. Check out her latest column and make your voice heard! #IDEA #IEP
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Windy Girl @windygirl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It was never about saving children.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
7.5 million US children have disabilities. When you chip away at special ed, you chip away at the promise of our country. You chip away at education as the great equalizer. You chip away at our potential, our productivity and our moral character. My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/h...
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Heidi Stevens: Gutting special education services is a betrayal of conservative ideals and our collective values
When you chip away at any child’s ability to access education, you chip away at the full promise of our country, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Christine Thomas @babysoft777.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Follow @petedominick.bsky.social and @heidikstevens.bsky.social What a great listen this was while getting my walk on this morning.
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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Tomorrow is the great Chicago Marathon. I had a great conversation about the war ravaged city and how they are dealing with Trump invasion with "Chicago's Conscience" and Polar Bear @heidikstevens.bsky.social FOLLOW HER!!! standupwithpete.libsyn.com/1457-chicago...
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A WGN staffer was detained by Border Patrol agents in Lincoln Square, neighbors say. blockclubchi.co/3KHHYCJ
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
My city is preparing for its 47th marathon—when people from everywhere cheer for people from everywhere. My city is also preparing for more troops. One of these things is not more reflective of Chicago —or humanity—than the other. My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/h...
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Heidi Stevens: Chicago isn’t defined by Trump’s immigration blitz — or any single moment, beautiful or heartbreaking
We have it in us to cheer for people from everywhere and to make room for people from everywhere, writes Heidi Stevens.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10/10/2025
Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
“It’s an affront to the gospel, plain and simple.” They’re shooting pastors with pepper balls. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Seems kinda bad that all of a sudden the government is just Stephen Miller and the guy who wrote Project 2025
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2025
Federal agents landed a helicopter on a South Shore building last week, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. trib.al/noHsmsk
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After military-style raid on South Shore apartment, Congress members rally around residents
Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building at 7500 S. South Shore Dr. on Wednesday morning, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2025
Illinois sued President Donald Trump early Monday morning over the deployment of National Guard troops into the state against the wishes of Gov. JB Pritzker. The lawsuit names Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem among the defendants. trib.al/VdUdLr0
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Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment
The lawsuit comes hours after a federal judge in Oregon barred Trump from deploying federalized members of the any National Guard troops under Trump's command to Oregon.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/10/2025
Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.
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Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown
Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 03/10/2025
In a video taken by a witness and shared with the Sun-Times, cars could be seen blocking the white, unmarked SUV before a masked agent rolled down his window and dropped the canisters. Smoke spread around the vehicle and passersby began to scream.
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Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning'
Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 03/10/2025
“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Johnson said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Heidi Stevens @heidikstevens.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
“It seems reasonable to expect that in an American city, you could go a block away from your own house and not worry about getting tear gassed when you’re just getting home from preschool.” t.co/ccpyMj34DZ
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https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/family-grocery-shoppers-run-as-masked-agent-throws-smoke-bomb-onto-busy-chicago-street/
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
They think this is their country. They think a majority shares their twisted views and wants the same kind of world they want. They are woefully wrong on both counts, and their overconfidence and overstepping will backfire. Keep your heads up.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Veterans are speaking out against ICE's "mob tactics" in Broadview. "Our democracy is being crushed." blockclubchi.co/475z6iV
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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' @blockclubchi.bsky.social's Mack Liederman & I went in the already rundown apartment. We saw severe damage — doors kicked in, water damage, blood & clothes on the floor etc blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s...
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“How is any of this making America safer? Crueler? Certainly. Merciless? Absolutely. Heartless? We’re heading there.” This whole column by @heidikstevens.bsky.social is excellent, but that last paragraph is a gut punch
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Heidi Stevens: ‘We’re going to throw our humanity out?’ Immigration crackdown taking us down a cruel path
It’s hard to believe that this blitz has anything to do with public safety or ensuring that people come to the U.S. the so-called right way.
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