Sign in

Heather Leanne

@hgodley.bsky.social
132 followers 184 following 207 posts

Donate today to the ACLU, Trevor Project, et cetera. Views are my own and have nothing to do with my employer.

PostsRepliesMedia
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Register here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
000
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Monday - Send more troops Tuesday - Say we’re ending war Wednesday - Send more troops Thursday - Say ending war Friday - Send more troops Saturday - Golf Sunday - Golf
376151514668
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
www.lwv.org/save-act A great summary of why the SAVE Act is both unnecessary and damaging to our democracy.
lwv.org
Tell Congress to oppose the SAVE Act Suite of bills | League of Women Voters
Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act.
000
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 07/03/2026
this is explicitly genocidal
1303884872
Reposted by Heather Leanne
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Republican Party is so morally & ethically bankrupt that the best they could do to replace Rep Gonzalez is to replace him with someone who calls his gun a “gh*tto blaster” and goose-steps to Nazi marching songs.
Rep. Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid after admitting to affair with staffer who died by suicideHouse Majority PAC
@House...• 1d
X
HMP
Video shows Mike Johnson's candidate in
#TX23 Brandon Herrera goose-stepping to Nazi marching song "Erika"
0:15
Andrew Solender
@AndrewS...• 1d
cement from the House Republican Lea
aker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Cha ing statement:
as announced an investigation into Congressman Tol expeditiously. Congressman Gonzales has said he wil e encouraged him to address these very serious alleg agues. In the meantime, Leadership has asked Congr or re-clection."
NEW: Mike Johnson and the rest of senior House GOP leadership call for Rep.
Tony Gonzales to "withdr...
2.9K
{7 844
• 3.4K
ill 2.7M
Brandon Herrera
@TheAK...• 11h
I standby it, this shit was funny as hell.
22585246
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
8634493814047
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“The Trump administration has illegally abducted the leader of Venezuela, a country that has engaged in no hostilities with the United States, without even the appearance of an effort to enlist the support of the American public or their elected representatives.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
politico.com
Why Trump’s Venezuela Intervention Is Different
The episode represents a new moment in presidential power and the law.
1622176
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
"A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953." Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
nytimes.com
Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Scoundrels and grifters and traitors, oh myyy.
Screenshot of an X post by Nicolas Tenzer commenting on a meeting between President Zelenskyy and a Russian delegation. Embedded is another post showing a formal meeting photo: officials seated at a long table with Ukrainian and U.S. flags, including Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy facing the camera.
922455430
Reposted by Heather Leanne
God @thegodshow.com · 29/12/2025
If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
333160283023
Reposted by Heather Leanne
ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/12/2025
The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)
propublica.org
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save...
28860447
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/12/2025
Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
539167034545
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"...65% of voters support a Medicare for All system "…that would cover all Americans and replace most private health insurance plans.” This includes majorities of Democrats (78%) and Independents (71%), and a plurality of Republicans (49%)." www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/11...
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/11/2025
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks. DOT proposed a rule to do just that. Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
propublica.org
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
17908402
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Truthout @truthout.org · 23/11/2025
To resurrect Gaza, the world must reckon with the genocide. Despite the ceasefire, Israel is blocking access to cement.
buff.ly
Over 92 Percent of Homes in Gaza Are Rubble. How Do We Even Start Rebuilding?
To resurrect Gaza, the world must reckon with the genocide. Despite the ceasefire, Israel is blocking access to cement.
26431
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/11/2025
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
751359067293
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Read more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
010
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Trump is a Russian asset, and his meeting with Mamdani was a distraction. The "peace plan" that Trump is pushing Ukraine to accept is a Putin-generated wish list that rewards Russian attacks against a sovereign democratic country that the US had pledged to defend.
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
117794395231
Reposted by Heather Leanne
mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Are you free from 1-3:30 on Saturday Nov 1? Can you come fold zines and package whistles? RSVP via DM for location- we have 2000 whistles to process!
042
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Whistle distribution is gearing up - learn the code and teach your friends, neighbors, and family.
Image of a card. On the left is the whistle logo with “ form a crowd. Stay loud. Protect each other.”

Noise equals visibility 

Code 1: ICE Nearby
Blow in a broken rhythm 
Pre-Pre-Pre-Pre
Alerts the community ICE is in the area.

Code 2: CODE RED
Blow in a continuous steady rhythm 
ICE is detaining someone
Form a crowd, stay loud

Stay nonviolent
Don’t stay silent
01511
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Rep. Gil Cisneros @cisneros.house.gov · 24/10/2025
This is not normal. Redirecting an aircraft carrier strike group from EUCOM sends a clear message to Russia that we are not serious about supporting our allies. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region.
1715072
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/10/2025
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
18213189610874
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Would have loved to see the due-diligence on this one. 🤡 @financialtimes.com $UMAC www.ft.com/content/4ced...
44749441966
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
"One of the documents from the IRS — obtained by POLITICO — lists Justice and his wife, Cathy, as having a total balance of more than $8 million in unpaid assessments."
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/10/2025
a russ vought special
21564241976
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.
18461772112
Reposted by Heather Leanne
ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2025
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)
propublica.org
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
1271168457451
Reposted by Heather Leanne
ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2025
NEW: Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates have come and gone. They’re still stuck here.
propublica.org
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates have come and gone. They’re still stuck here.
13354169
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Journalists have always been Trump's first target. Heather Cox Richardson reports this: www.facebook.com/share/15Qnxe...
010
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Reminder via Heather Cox Richardson:
010
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"“They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. ....they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other,” Watson told WLS, recalling trucks and military-style vans were used to separate adults from their children." www.cbs58.com/news/37-peop...
cbs58.com
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments
By Rebekah Riess, Bill Kirkos(CNN) — Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken...
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 04/10/2025
We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word. If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
1072494604
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
"A family walking with their 2-year-old in Logan Square found themselves running for cover Friday afternoon after a masked federal agent threw a smoke grenade onto a crowded street of people in Logan Square." blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org
Family, Grocery Shoppers Run As Masked Agent Throws Smoke Bomb Onto Busy Chicago Street
Federal immigration agents appeared to be targeting Rico Fresh grocery store in Logan Square. “I thought this is a country where I can have freedom," one witness said. "Did I think this would happen t...
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
"“Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this—pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks—they would be sued into oblivion,” he observed. “Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.”"
rawstory.com
'It was heartbreaking': Naked zip-tied children dragged from homes in 'surreal' ICE raid
010
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
A guy who allegedly sexually abused teen girls and another guy who allegedly sexually abused teen girls
831338464
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/10/2025
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
bit.ly
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
19729981362
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Per Associated Press, reporting on federal abuse, apnews.com/article/ice-...
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Glee Violetta discusses the regime's message to the generals... Read excerpts here by expanding the photo or read the entire commentary at www.facebook.com/share/1ES3MU...
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Democrats are fighting to preserve our health: (via Heather Cox Richardson, 9/30/25)
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Heather Cox Richardson, 10/2/25
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Heather Cox Richardson, October 2, 2025, www.facebook.com/share/p/1GPF...
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Instead of intercepting boats to collect evidence that there may have been drugs on board, the Trump regime ordered three small boats to be blown up with all aboard, innocent or not. Also, the boats were no threat, and under that situation it is murder to kill instead of capture. Via AP:
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The Turners are having the author of Copaganda speak about the book... Attend in operation or virtually! Sign up here: www.facebook.com/share/16riZW... Here's a short summary of the argument (expand to read each screenshot):
000
Heather Leanne @hgodley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Important summary of case law related to transgender students in Wisconsin. Read the entire legal brief by downloading the link at the bottom of this page: gsafewi.org/wisconsin-tr...
000
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
They didn’t drain the swamp. They sold VIP tickets to it.
19389051900
Reposted by Heather Leanne
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2025
Trump: "I was watching during Biden, there were troops standing up, brave. They're spitting at them & screaming. That soldier is standing there, he wants to knock the hell out of the person but he's not allowed to do anything. So they just stand & get abused. I say, they spit, we hit. Is that okay?"
186642194