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Heidi Sieck

@heidispeaks.bsky.social
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Founder @VoteProChoice | 30 years building civic power | Obsessed with who holds power and why | Ask me anything about organizing strategy | SF<=>NYC | ✡️ | bit.ly/HeidiSieckBio

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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Old questions? Everyone hates women. All sides agree. That was never a question. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
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Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women
The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I get more new followers when I'm not posting on here than when I do. What's that about?
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Underbabied. My god.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I grew up in the 80s with the National Debt a looming boogeyman of the Regan Era. Under Republican leadership - starting with Regan himself - the debt is now about to grow larger than the economy itself. And no one seems to care? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...
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Going for Broke
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I just spent the last 3 hours using AI to summarize documents that were written by AI We're clearly in the Endgame now.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Ignore the headline. This is gold. We can easily replicate the best practices of the right wing social media and messaging engine. We can do it. We are do close. And it’s not hard. TY @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social ATTN: @democrats.org thecycle.substack.com/p/hell-hath-...
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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned
Elon's latest baby mama exposes the MAGA narrative machine
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Super babies? Really? We’re clearly in the end game now.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Safety for our candidates, especially women and anyone other than het-white-cis male candidates, is a deeply important discussion. It keeps great people from running and threatens our future. @VoteRunLead is diving into solutions. What else is out there? kettering.org/when-women-i...
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When Women in Public Life Are Not Safe, Democracy Is Not Safe
Vote Run Lead, Women’s Democracy Lab, and The Matriots Education Fund work with women at every stage of political leadership, from the moment they consider running to the years they spend governing. W...
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How comforting. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/m...
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We Don’t Really Know How A.I. Works. That’s a Problem.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I’m full on livid now. DCCC Leadership clearly knew. They knew. What are we even doing?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/04/2026
50 former staffers.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Two hours of bad@ss women talking about hormones. So refreshing. So enlightening. Share will all. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Ultimate Guide to Women’s Sexual Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) & Menopause
Podcast Episode · The Mel Robbins Podcast · March 23 · 2h 13m
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Just a reminder that you should start now to help register and persuade people to vote for democracy.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“viktor orban has more integrity than the US president” is not a phase i thought i’d ever say but here we are
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
They are exactly what they are….
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We all need to be tracking the crazy going on in the Courts right now to keep taking away repro freedom. Highly recommend @reprosfightback.bsky.social @angryblacklady.blacksky.app @hegemommy.bsky.social
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
⚖️ BREAKING: Federal court PAUSED Louisiana v. FDA! Mifepristone telehealth access remains unchanged FOR NOW. This is a temporary win—but the fight continues. Anti-abortion militants will keep attacking. #AbortionRights #Mifepristone
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🎉 WISCONSIN WINS! Judge Chris Taylor secures a pro-choice Supreme Court majority until 2030! But shenanigans continues: • FL hiding maternal deaths data • TX CPCs align with death penalty advocates • Trump moving to ban birth control www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... #Abortion #Wisconsin
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Voters expand liberal majority on nationally watched Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin is home to close elections and contentious ideological battles, and its high court could take up cases on abortion, redistricting and election disputes in coming years.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🩺 New from @jessica & @kylietcheung: Is Florida HIDING maternal mortality data? Or just refusing to track it? When states stop counting maternal deaths, women die in the shadows. 🔗 jessica.substack.com/p/is-florida-hiding-maternal-mortality
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Is Florida Hiding Maternal Mortality Data?
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
When your leaders can't answer basic questions about international law, we're in trouble. Q: Does wiping out a civilization constitute a war crime? Marco Rubio: *ignores, walks away* Via @factpostnews 🔗 x.com/factpostnews... #WarCrimes #Rubio #Accountability
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FactPost on X: "Q: Does it constitute a war crime if the U.S. wipes out a civilization? Rubio: *ignores, walks away* https://t.co/z2JZSaJzSk" / X
Q: Does it constitute a war crime if the U.S. wipes out a civilization? Rubio: *ignores, walks away* https://t.co/z2JZSaJzSk
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/04/2026
NEW: To some far-right Christian nationalists, the SAVE America Act's attacks on voting rights isn't enough. Instead, they're vying for even more suppressive measures: Revoking women's suffrage, instituting "family voting" and restricting the vote to property owners.
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‘The 19th Amendment was a bad idea’: The far-right’s wish list for extreme voter suppression
These ideas haven’t made it into legislation — yet. But they’re growing in popularity among far-right Christian nationalists, many of whom are motivated by a belief that women should have no role at a...
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is total cuckoo bananas, right? openai.com/index/indust...
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Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age
Explore our ambitious, people-first industrial policy ideas for the AI era—focused on expanding opportunity, sharing prosperity, and building resilient institutions as advanced intelligence evolves.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 04/04/2026
Our midterms are happening under unprecedented conditions as POTUS turns the government against our own elections. We still have the power. Get our roadmap of the threats ahead and what we can do to protect a government of, by, or for the people. protdem.org/executive-override
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How the Trump administration plans to interfere with the 2026 elections
2026 will be different from any election in American history. The Trump administration is wielding the full power of the government against our own elections.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Today's reminder: we'll have 30+ Dem prez candidates to choose from starting Feb '28. AOC Harris Witmer Slotkin Newsom Shapiro Booker Buttigieg Beshear Pritzker Raimondo Kelly Gallego Khanna Walz Green Warren Yang Moore Warnock Murphy Ossoff Emanuel Sanders Cuban Cuomo S. Smith J. Stuart & more
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Misogyny, operationalized.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Today's reminder of the Daily Political Reminder. We're not choosing any Democratic Presidential candidate now. We're vetting EVERYONE about EVERYTHING, February 2028, we can start narrowing it down. For now, revel in the possibilities.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Anyone know one of these "biblical patriarchy" women personally? I'm so curious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
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The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
What do these corporations all have in common? -Lockheed Martin -Palantir -Microsoft -Amazon -Comcast -Google -Apple -Meta -HP -Nvidia -T-Mobile They all have lucrative government contracts — and they were all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom that's now on pause.
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Still riding the high of Pam Bondi being fired. Enjoy these giggles.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
As we celebrate Passover, remembering the human capacity to seek liberation and expect miracles, here’s a helpful guide to all the Jewish Holidays. Also I ate too much chocolate covered matzah at Seder tonight. Just had to add that.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Did you say LIST OF JEWS????!!!!! ✡️🤯 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Chag Pesach Sameach ✡️ To say this Passover is fraught is a wild understatement. I deeply appreciate my friends at JCRC Bay Area for capturing some of the pain and purpose. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Passover begins at a time of war in Iran and rising antisemitism for Bay Area Jews
OPINION: Usually a celebratory time, this Passover arrives during a moment of deep uncertainty, Tye Gregory and Joy Sisisky write.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
As politicians stoke fear and hatred about immigrants, always remember this...
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We all need to be watching this situation.
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s the night before oral arguments at the Supreme Court and the ACLU is projecting all the names of the 300,000+ people who signed their petition to save birthright citizenship on the side of a huge church. It’s so gorgeous and so is our inclusive, pluralistic society. Long may it last.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Today's reminder: we'll have 30+ Dem prez candidates to choose from starting Feb '28. AOC Harris Witmer Slotkin Newsom Shapiro Booker Buttigieg Beshear Pritzker Raimondo Kelly Gallego Khanna Walz Green Warren Yang Moore Warnock Murphy Ossoff Emanuel Sanders Cuban Cuomo S. Smith J. Stuart & more
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
AI-rony. Here's an AI academic paper about how to apply AI to workflows. It's nearly impossible to read, but it certainly looks like a bunch of smarties thought hard about it I'll be uploading it to Claude to tell me what it says, which is one of the workflows. arxiv.org/abs/2603.206...
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Where can AI be used? Insights from a deep ontology of work activities
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to profoundly reshape how work is executed and organized, but we do not yet have deep frameworks for understanding where AI can be used. Here we provide a compre...
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Hey! Rich people! Be like @craignewmark.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
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Opinion | Craigslist Made Me Rich. Giving the Money Away Is Easy.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This June California Governor's primary is a trip. Usually you can see a frontrunner by now. I'm still a Katie Porter fan but DAYHM. What do you all think about this ?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
March 28, 2026
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March 28, 2026
Almost exactly a year ago, on March 27, 2025, President Donald J.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Republican Party is telling us, with brimming confidence and zero shame, that it intends to make it harder for its opponents to vote and easier to control the outcome of elections. They are prepared to use every tool available to them — legal or not — to stay in power.
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There are no two sides to a confession
Over the years, I have watched the Republican Party morph into a crime family that boasts about rigging elections.
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
How was your Saturday? #NoKings #SanFrancisco
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thurs 2pm JFK Terminal 5 There are about 10 TSA agents working total. So many people are being harmed by this. Trump is holding us all hostage to pass the SAVE Act because he knows suppressing the vote is the only way to “win.” Stand firm @schumer.senate.gov Gonna get worse b4 it gets better
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
So. Those of you who told women in the repro freedom movement that we were over reacting, what have you got to say now?
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 25/03/2026
Long before today’s ruling, we knew social media was harming our young people. Teens, parents, advocates, even casual observers begged tech and elected leaders to take action. While we applaud this decision, we have more work to do to protect young people online and support their mental health.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A woman in Georgia has been arrested for *murder* after allegedly taking abortion pills. Here's everything you need to know—including police lies to watch out for, media missteps, and how you can help jessica.substack.com/p/what-to-kn...
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What to Know When a Pregnancy Arrest Goes Viral
Everything you need to know about the Georgia abortion case
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
OPINION | The U.S. is no longer the leader of the free world. Well, that's certainly true. Perhaps it isn't a bad thing? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...
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Opinion | America Has Become a Dangerous Nation
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Heidi Sieck @heidispeaks.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Behold here all aspects of corruption, grift, dishonesty, propaganda, strategy, cruelty of this administration all wrapped up in one headline. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail
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