Cheri Heflin Callaghan
@cherifromwv.bsky.social
Humanitarian, Appalachian, wife, mother, dog lover, McDowell Co., WV expatriate recently moved to Southport, NC. Amateur genealogist. Terrible at good-byes. You’ll find me reading, writing or graveyard hunting. #voteblue #screenwriting #wordler #nytsb
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Not enough that he wants to derail public education in Oklahoma, now he wants to do it nationally. Let’s hope the investigation into his porn problem sidelines this 🤡.
NEW: Oklahoma superintendent who ordered schools to teach the Bible resigns to lead anti-teachers union group.
Oklahoma state superintendent resigns to lead teacher group: 'We're going to destroy the teachers unions'
Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters embraced controversial culture war issues during his tenure.
www.nbcnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Not enough that he wants to derail public education in Oklahoma, now he wants to do it nationally. Let’s hope the investigation into his porn problem sidelines this 🤡.
The Sound of Music came out in March 1965, about 20 years after WWII ended. Critics gave it mixed reviews, but by the time I was born (Dec ‘65), it was the number one grossing film at the box office. It stands as a classic for many reasons. Maybe one for #HATM? #untilalessonislearned
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Sound of Music came out in March 1965, about 20 years after WWII ended. Critics gave it mixed reviews, but by the time I was born (Dec ‘65), it was the number one grossing film at the box office. It stands as a classic for many reasons. Maybe one for #HATM? #untilalessonislearned
Ok, I have to brag some, of the proud mama kind. My daughter got married to a very wonderful man on a boat in NY harbor this past weekend. It was perfect, they were joined by 8 family members, the weather was perfect, the I do’s so romantic, and NYC never disappoints. ❤️❤️
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ok, I have to brag some, of the proud mama kind. My daughter got married to a very wonderful man on a boat in NY harbor this past weekend. It was perfect, they were joined by 8 family members, the weather was perfect, the I do’s so romantic, and NYC never disappoints. ❤️❤️
In a few moments, Chief Justice John Roberts will address the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. His presentation follows a very sobering presentation on current federal actions to limit the First Amendment. I will live Skeet. This is my view.
June 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In a few moments, Chief Justice John Roberts will address the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. His presentation follows a very sobering presentation on current federal actions to limit the First Amendment. I will live Skeet. This is my view.
Morning yall! I’ll be live Skeeting SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts this AM from the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference at 11:15ish.
June 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Morning yall! I’ll be live Skeeting SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts this AM from the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference at 11:15ish.
Why does checking into a hotel always feel so awkward?
June 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why does checking into a hotel always feel so awkward?
Y’all. AI I has *clearly* run amok. And they want us to pay them for styling? L. O. L.
June 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Y’all. AI I has *clearly* run amok. And they want us to pay them for styling? L. O. L.
June 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Great day at the WV Renaissance Faire! Yes, I’m feeling the stirrings of some hope after this weekend.
June 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Great day at the WV Renaissance Faire! Yes, I’m feeling the stirrings of some hope after this weekend.
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Oh my God. Nationalizing key industry by sleight of hand.
"To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan’s Nippon Steel agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House a “golden share” that gives the government an extraordinary amount of influence over a U.S. company."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...
‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oh my God. Nationalizing key industry by sleight of hand.
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The treatment of Senator Alex Padilla is disgraceful — no matter how you look at it.
If this is how the Trump Administration treats a sitting U.S. Senator, we should all be alarmed.
If this is how the Trump Administration treats a sitting U.S. Senator, we should all be alarmed.
June 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The treatment of Senator Alex Padilla is disgraceful — no matter how you look at it.
If this is how the Trump Administration treats a sitting U.S. Senator, we should all be alarmed.
If this is how the Trump Administration treats a sitting U.S. Senator, we should all be alarmed.
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Study out of India finds that reducing financial concerns could increase productivity. A cash infusion led to paying off debts followed by becoming more productive at work. Output increased by 7%, and they made fewer costly, unintentional mistakes.
Now imagine UBI.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Now imagine UBI.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Study out of India finds that reducing financial concerns could increase productivity. A cash infusion led to paying off debts followed by becoming more productive at work. Output increased by 7%, and they made fewer costly, unintentional mistakes.
Now imagine UBI.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Now imagine UBI.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
After recovering his classic car from a beach mishap, a lonely astronaut deals with his aging neighbor’s family drama: her hypochondriac daughter whose rich best friend and professor husband square off in a custody battle.
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
After recovering his classic car from a beach mishap, a lonely astronaut deals with his aging neighbor’s family drama: her hypochondriac daughter whose rich best friend and professor husband square off in a custody battle.
Hahahahaha
Describe your favorite movie in the most misleading way possible.
A bar owner gets caught up in the bureaucracy of his ex-girlfriend's immigration problems.
A bar owner gets caught up in the bureaucracy of his ex-girlfriend's immigration problems.
June 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hahahahaha
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if you're an AI shill and you believe 'AI stealing artists' work and smushing it all together to create godawful slop' is the same as 'as an artist I was inspired by X and Y when I wrote Z' then I don't know what to say to you
two men standing next to each other in a room
Alt: Ross from FRIENDS declaring 'It's not the same!'. Ross wears a purple hoodie and he's standing next to Chandler, who wears a pale T-shirt under a brown jacket. They're in an apartment.
media.tenor.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
if you're an AI shill and you believe 'AI stealing artists' work and smushing it all together to create godawful slop' is the same as 'as an artist I was inspired by X and Y when I wrote Z' then I don't know what to say to you
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This is why healthcare is too expensive.
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
June 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is why healthcare is too expensive.
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
Taking a break from the LA protests to watch Stanley Tucci’s show about Italy. My FAVORITE wine is Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, and so I’m LOVING this Abruzzo episode. @stanletuccirecipe.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Taking a break from the LA protests to watch Stanley Tucci’s show about Italy. My FAVORITE wine is Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, and so I’m LOVING this Abruzzo episode. @stanletuccirecipe.bsky.social
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Maybe sit down at a coffeehouse and ask whether economic worries are making people have fantasies of universal healthcare or something?
June 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Maybe sit down at a coffeehouse and ask whether economic worries are making people have fantasies of universal healthcare or something?
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New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom.
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats
Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom.
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
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The fringe on the left wants to do stuff like make pot legal, give everyone healthcare, and stop wars.
The fringe on the right wants to make gay people illegal, take away everyone's healthcare, and invade Greenland.
The fringe on the right wants to make gay people illegal, take away everyone's healthcare, and invade Greenland.
June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The fringe on the left wants to do stuff like make pot legal, give everyone healthcare, and stop wars.
The fringe on the right wants to make gay people illegal, take away everyone's healthcare, and invade Greenland.
The fringe on the right wants to make gay people illegal, take away everyone's healthcare, and invade Greenland.
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worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
June 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
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We all know this ends with Musk leading the happy birthday to you singalong to Trump at his parade in two weeks.
June 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We all know this ends with Musk leading the happy birthday to you singalong to Trump at his parade in two weeks.
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This is obscene. We don't have to live like this. And we don't have to die like this.
He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler
In our new series “The Cost of Denial,” NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the young man who went to refill his asthma inhaler only to find it unaffordable because it was no longer covered by his insu...
www.nbcnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is obscene. We don't have to live like this. And we don't have to die like this.
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Lo, my younglings… gather ‘round the fire and hear tales of a time when we used landlines and newspapers to arrange to meet friends at a movie…
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Lo, my younglings… gather ‘round the fire and hear tales of a time when we used landlines and newspapers to arrange to meet friends at a movie…
Shocked! shocked I tell you
Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin
Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Shocked! shocked I tell you