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Iowa Heretic

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Tired 🌊 | Pro: civility, environment, common sense, education, compassion, family farms | Sometimes plays Devil's advocate.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department. Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
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A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.
In an email Thursday night, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security confirmed that agents with its
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency arrested Fatima Ameaka on July 28 at Baltimore-Washington
International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Ah, the Times speaks plainly.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Great news: the courts will have a chance to rein in the abuses at Camp East Montana, the infamous tent camp built on Fort Bliss in El Paso. I have known seasoned veterans of this field who visited the camp and came away saying it was one of the worst ICE detention centers they’d ever been to.
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ICE sued over “inhumane” conditions at Camp East Montana
The El Paso tent camp has seen at least three detainee deaths, a measles outbreak and nearly 50 detention standards violations in less than a year of operation.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 30/05/2026
Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice are STILL covering up these files on behalf of the Epstein class. We WILL get answers on Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The American people rightfully are demanding them.
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Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers' questions about Trump's involvement in Epstein files release
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finished her interview with House lawmakers about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 29/05/2026
I’m sick and tired of the Trump family using the United States Treasury as their personal piggy bank. Imagine all the people they could help with $620 million.
The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
When "homeless working adults with minor-aged children" becomes a distinct administrative category—not an anomaly, but a recognized population requiring its own eligibility framework—you know something is very, very broken in our society.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🌊 The ocean absorbs >90% of Earth’s excess heat, and our ability to track it depends on a fragile global network of floats, ships and sensors. New research warns that cuts to the Global Ocean Observing System could make climate signals indistinguishable from noise. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Critical dependence of global ocean heat monitoring on the ocean observing system - Nature Climate Change
International collaboration has facilitated a global ocean observing system, providing data to measure ocean heat content at a resolution that enables the tracking of climate change. This study looks ...
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Ram Charan Biharilal @monkeyarmy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
What's the best way to stop the cabal's destruction of the US forests and national wilderness areas?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
500 is closer to what I’ve been hearing. They were hiding a lot of TBIs. They’re also vastly under reporting the bases and hardware that were damaged - CNN did a good job on that reporting this week.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThH1WoHa/ ICE Shot a 6 year old boy through a door in MN. He wasn’t white though. So not much broohaha
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#foryourpage #fpryoupage #ice #fyp #fo
TikTok video by Lavidadejasira🇵🇷✨
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/02/2026
Frost on seeing the "unredacted" Epstein files: A few takeaways. Number one, there's a lot of documents that are still redacted. When I asked the DOJ about it, they said they received it that way, which means that Kash FBI kept them redacted when they gave it to the DOJ, which is interesting...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Roxbury, New Jersey: www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/l...
dailyrecord.com
Activists keep up heat on Roxbury to block ICE detention center
Activists and residents are pressuring the Morris County town to do more to block a proposed immigrant detention center. Here's what they want.
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show
Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It’s likely that this happened to them, in which case, again, this should be much bigger news. We can’t just disappear thousands of people without notifying anyone www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
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Nate Bahr @natebahrid.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The continue to find new ways to hurt all of us. This is awful for all those being fired and it's awful for all Americans who these dedicated civil servants have served. I can only wonder how low our life expectancy will go in the U.S.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I never thought I’d say this, but I agree with MTG 100%. And for the record, I’m not paid for any of my opinions. Never have been, never will be.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 04/10/2025
Guess where Comer, a wealthy man, gets his healthcare? From the government.
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🤨🤨🤨
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Remember that time when we lived through the three hottest years in around 125,000 years & no one was talking about it?
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unstuck in time @billypilgrim26.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Yup
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, the President of the United States even joking about revoking someone’s citizenship should be met with universal condemnation.
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Sitka Alaska is not known as a liberal bastion. Today, there was an amazing protest to demand the protect the lands of Baraof Island & Chichahol Island. The people of the region utilize the federal lands for so many aspects of their lives. Photos from @adammeyerson.bsky.social and Lucy
Northeast side of Lincoln St looking towards Lake St. crowd listening to @aksalts speak about the destruction of the forest of Sitka Aprice Crowds protesting the sale of the Fed lands around d Sitka Alaska.  Crowd is to the West if St Michael’s Cathedral
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Iowa Heretic @iowaheretic.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I know some of the Iowa National Guard members who were sent to Saudi Arabia… can’t help but wonder what their reaction was when they heard about today’s Iran news.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/06/2025
Today was basically the plot to Top Gun 2, except Mav didn’t have to steal an F14 to get home
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Why veterans will lead hundreds of protests on D-Day: Q&A with Prof. Jamie Rowen open.substack.com/pub/allrisen...
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Why veterans will lead hundreds of protests on D-Day: Q&A with Prof. Jamie Rowen
From the gutting of the VA to insulting service members, the Trump admin has angered veterans enough to ignite 200+ protests on Friday. Here's the backstory.
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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 03/06/2025
Okay, last one (we think). Online now, in stores soon! #raygun #JoniErnst www.raygunsite.com
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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This, right here ⬇️ 💯 %
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public 

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AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info · 27/04/2025
They’re also contracting w/ state & local police to conduct/coordinate immigration “enforcement.” That’s a program Obama created, but he also terminated various contracts under the policy after investigations found that many depts were abusing their authority. This administration won’t do that.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"Voice of America became the bane of autocratic leaders worldwide, but it relished in the criticism, Herman has said, because that means it's effective." www.insidenova.com/headlines/vetera…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2025
The NSF has stopped funding research into disinformation, a disinformation researcher highlighted why this is such a bad idea: “We know false information is out there, we know it spreads widely, and it’s important for people’s health and for democracy to understand what we can do about it.”
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Government cancels disinformation grants in disinformation-filled statement
The National Science Foundation said the studies "could be used to infringe on" speech rights.
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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Easter Sunday: flash flood warning for Linn County until after midnight.
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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A CDC source, in tears, revealed: That RFK Jr. has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak. They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent. This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
It’s so adorable that Pete Hegseth thought it was going to be *Pentagon leakers* who made him look bad. Bless his little heart.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This is what I’ve been talking about - a lot of the GOP disagrees vehemently with what Trump is doing. They’re just too scared to do anything about it. Bunch of damn cowards.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
DHS is threatening to revoke Harvard’s ability to host international students and the IRS is looking at revoking their tax exemption. The “stop the weaponization of government” crowd sure is quiet as fuck on this one.
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Screaming Well @richardcarkeek.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Free article. This Admin. loses, fires, demeans, demotes, deports our best. Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
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Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship (Gift Article)
Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I'll have more to say about this in @theatlantic.com tomorrow -
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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squamishviews.bsky.social @squamishviews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It’s not safe to cross the border. Trump is grabbing people off the street and sending them to concentration camps in El Salvador.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
You mean to tell me that the guy who facilitated the release of 5,000 TALIBAN SOLDIERS can't manage to get back the one guy he sent to El Salvador by mistake? I call bullshit.
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Iowa Heretic @iowaheretic.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It seems weird when everyone knows Trump's buddy Elon Musk is on the autism spectrum, and it is very likely at least some of his kids are, too, yet RFK Jr is incredibly busy demonizing everyone on the spectrum as inferior people and implies they ought not exist. 🤔
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
JFC
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The administration is looking for “nuclear verification” in a deal with Iran, meaning that they apparently won’t be trying to get Iran to stop enriching uranium completely. You know, kinda like we had in the JCPOA that Trump pulled out of in his first term. Absolute clown show.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Can we finally acknowledge the threat: Palantir, now placing white supremacist recruiting ads at US colleges, is the data-surveillance company founded by Peter Thiel, who groomed much of the US alt-right. Our VP is Thiel's obedient protege. Thiel's lieutenants hold IT spots across the government. 1/
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