Amy H
@ahamman.bsky.social
Art therapist, adventurer, baker, scuba-lady, artist, industrial/EBM music lover, nature enthusiast and general nerd.
Living the fall colors here in West Michigan. Received some badly needed rain yesterday and the sun came out today.
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Living the fall colors here in West Michigan. Received some badly needed rain yesterday and the sun came out today.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Real question. What is an “illegal protest”? Real question. He was convicted of a crime. Why hasn’t he been expelled?
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
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Every day, a new low.
March 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Every day, a new low.
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“In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.”
— WHCA president on PressSec’s bid for the White House to choose the press pool
— WHCA president on PressSec’s bid for the White House to choose the press pool
February 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.”
— WHCA president on PressSec’s bid for the White House to choose the press pool
— WHCA president on PressSec’s bid for the White House to choose the press pool
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Republicans are voting today to cut healthcare for 72 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Dems, don't give them even one vote.
February 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Republicans are voting today to cut healthcare for 72 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Dems, don't give them even one vote.
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Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
I was here two weeks ago... currently it's 17 Fahrenheit outside my house.
February 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I was here two weeks ago... currently it's 17 Fahrenheit outside my house.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.
Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?
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NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com
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No matter how you’ve chosen to justify your allegiance to him, ultimately you made your decision, and quite frankly, I have lost the respect for and the affinity I had with you. There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,
To the people I know who voted for him,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
No matter how you’ve chosen to justify your allegiance to him, ultimately you made your decision, and quite frankly, I have lost the respect for and the affinity I had with you. There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
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In the last three weeks, 48 cases of measles have been identified, sending 13 patients to the hospital, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The number of cases has doubled in the last 3 days.
Texas measles outbreak 2025: Dozens of cases reported in last 3 weeks
In the last three weeks, 48 cases of measles have been identified, sending 13 patients to the hospital, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
www.fox26houston.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In the last three weeks, 48 cases of measles have been identified, sending 13 patients to the hospital, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The number of cases has doubled in the last 3 days.
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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this is theft on an unimaginable scale
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
this is theft on an unimaginable scale
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"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
January 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
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yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
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AOC spot on , this is what leadership looks like.
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
AOC spot on , this is what leadership looks like.