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Heather

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Witchy Woman. Mother of cats. Bleeding heart liberal. Amateur Painter.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026
"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:
finance.yahoo.com
OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million gift
The super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
Breaking news: Vice President JD Vance is set to announce that the administration is removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, saying that they were fraudulently enrolled in the government health program.
washingtonpost.com
Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud
Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump’s team thought they could gut the US Forest Service on the sly and hand public lands to private developers without a fight. What thousands of angry voters are dropping into their Reps' inboxes today is absolute defiance: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
ms.now
A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/09/2026
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections. to.pbs.org/4yTjfzl
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WATCH: Trump leads RNC in pledge to 'cheat like hell' in November elections
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vo...
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
But don't try to give someone a bottle of water while they stand in line in the heat to vote or offer them a ride to the polls. That's bribery..
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So it’s both a fake story and we have plenty of munitions, and they’ve given over 50 polygraphs to attempt to find the leaker. Makes perfect sense if you don’t think about it
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court Friday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to immediately revive the use of an immigration database to check voter rolls, leaving in place a ruling that shut down a major piece of Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
In latest win for voters, appeals court rejects bid to revive DHS voter purge database, for now
The ruling is another significant setback for the administration’s efforts to restrict voting ahead of November. And it comes a day after a federal judge blocked the administration from implementing T...
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Politico @politico.com · 03/09/2026
An ICE officer has been indicted on charges that he repeatedly lied to the FBI as it investigated a shooting in Minneapolis that left a Venezuelan man wounded.
politi.co
ICE agent indicted for lying about Minnesota shooting
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Pretty wild that an obscure conspiracy theorist at OAN is now the gate keeper and filter for what the president is exposed to on the internet as well as what he posts on social media. No wonder his lies have gotten even more bizarre & twisted since Harp became his human printer.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
As if I couldn’t hate the orange felon more than I already do, over 60 trees which include historic Cherry Blossom trees were quietly cut down recently in Washington DC without court approval. I’ll never forgive anyone who supports this monstrous hateful destructive criminal.
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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come." ~Karen Joy Fowler This lovely tree from around 1440AD is one of two surviving white oaks known as The Three Sisters. The 3rd sister fell in 2008, she remains on the forest floor giving back to the earth I love trees💚🌳 #stunday #ECK
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate
Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.
militarytimes.com
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Eve Sharon Hart Science saves lives. Believe it.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Last month, the head of Belgium's diamond industry presented Trump with a gift: a specially-made 18-karat gold ring worth an estimated $25,000 that celebrated Trump's two terms. Four weeks later, his admin approved a tariff exemption worth billions of dollars to Belgium's diamond industry.
ms.now
Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump
Weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026
Newsom: "That $400m Qatari plane? That's not a $400m gift. It cost you $936m. That was what was appropriated as he's cutting food stamps and cutting your Medicaid. He put a billion dollars in the Pentagon budget to retrofit his private plane because that's going with him after the presidency ... "
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A president who refuses to send aid to states that didn’t vote for him, is a literally enemy of the state and the nation.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/08/2026
A reminder about taking the 5th.
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wylddane.bsky.social @wylddane.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I hope we will be able to take it back. But, on a daily basis, I grow more discouraged.
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Dan DeFreest @dandefreest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Because birds make everything better.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Parnas: How much money was funneled through these banks to Epstein? Wyden: I think it’s certainly well over a billion dollars. One of the things we pointed out yesterday is that Deutsche Bank failed to properly report to the Treasury Department more than $250 million in suspicious transactions
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Washington, D.C. to provide the DOJ with access to its complete voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-21 in these cases. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Evans
Learn more.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
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Heather @hmed5795.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This makes my blood boil 🤬 and tears roll down my face
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The way this Fox host suddenly lost all interest in talking about it….
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A shakedown www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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𝓡𝓪𝔂 @raysoto15.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is common sense and the truth.
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70's Superhero Billy Jack @billyjackliberal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just think if they went after Epstein criminals who raped children like they are going after Dr. Fauci.
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For anyone who needs encouragement this is precisely how to fight fascism! #SheShed #ImpeachIndictRemove
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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Heather @hmed5795.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
LMAO my husband said "Radical left" 😂
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW: FBI Director Patel is planning to go to Moscow and St. Petersburg in October. w/ @nahaltoosi.bsky.social, John Sakellariadis, @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
politico.com
Kash at the Kremlin? FBI director plans Russia trip.
The plans come as the U.S. and Russia have failed to come to terms on ending the war in Ukraine.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
TOMORROW: House Oversight Cmte holds hearing re: Smithsonian Background memo: "Natl Museum of American History is promoting a narrow, politically tendentious agenda instead of seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon of liberty, democracy &opportunity"
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Heather @hmed5795.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Don't threaten me with a good ride!
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tr*mp will attend Sunday's FIFA World Cup final at MetLife Stadium the White House confirmed. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he and Tr*mp will deliver the FIFA World Cup trophy to the winning team's captain on the field. METLIFE STADIUM YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/07/2026
I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 17/07/2026
Dang, 220 million voter files stolen by China starting in 2020? Who was president back then, it sounds like he must have sucked ass
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.rawstory.com/biddeford-sh... #USD #PB ICE Killer’s ex-wife not only warned ICE that her husband was a dangerous man with mental and anger issues that led to violence in their marriage. She refused to lie for him after he shot and killed an unarmed man in cold blood Abolish ICE-Stop ICE Now
rawstory.com
Killer ICE agent's ex-wife throws him under the bus: 'Not going to lie for him'
The ex-wife of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot 26-year-old Colombian man Joan Sebastian Guerrero came forward to the Portland Press Herald to reveal her story about him ...
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