C. J. Digby Higgins
@cjhiggins.bsky.social
Amateur intellectual. Loves history, nature, culture, and dogs. Very amateur sewist and yarn craft practitioner.
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While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing.
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Suggests $2,000 Payouts to Americans as He Defends Tariffs
President praises benefits of the levies after Supreme Court appears skeptical of his justification for many of them.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing.
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Auchincloss Is a no
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Auchincloss Is a no
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Domestic manufacturing rose sharply under Biden and is falling under Trump
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
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Immergut has questions about California component.
Mentions that original TRO re: Oregon national guard appealed to 9th Circuit. What's the consequence if I grant this TRO, she asks.
Kennedy says he'll want Jane Riley to address for California.
Mentions that original TRO re: Oregon national guard appealed to 9th Circuit. What's the consequence if I grant this TRO, she asks.
Kennedy says he'll want Jane Riley to address for California.
October 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Immergut has questions about California component.
Mentions that original TRO re: Oregon national guard appealed to 9th Circuit. What's the consequence if I grant this TRO, she asks.
Kennedy says he'll want Jane Riley to address for California.
Mentions that original TRO re: Oregon national guard appealed to 9th Circuit. What's the consequence if I grant this TRO, she asks.
Kennedy says he'll want Jane Riley to address for California.
The echinacea quilt process continues. Here are pictures with the pieces spread out on the floor when I was matching flower heads to block backs and one of the blocks with flower head and petals coming together. The colors make me happy!
July 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The echinacea quilt process continues. Here are pictures with the pieces spread out on the floor when I was matching flower heads to block backs and one of the blocks with flower head and petals coming together. The colors make me happy!
“We’ve buried our dead and rebuilt our churches and claimed it as character, but the truth is darker than folklore and more damning than scripture: we keep suffering, in part, because we keep electing people who think government help is a sin.”
In Texas The Water Rises: A Reckoning
By now, the South should know better.
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“We’ve buried our dead and rebuilt our churches and claimed it as character, but the truth is darker than folklore and more damning than scripture: we keep suffering, in part, because we keep electing people who think government help is a sin.”
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Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
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Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
June 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
Anna Maria echinacea quilt progress! Working on this quilt top is color therapy. I’m a little nervous about assembly, but I have a long way to go before I get to that step.
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Anna Maria echinacea quilt progress! Working on this quilt top is color therapy. I’m a little nervous about assembly, but I have a long way to go before I get to that step.
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This should be a huge story
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This should be a huge story
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these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study
The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women's health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
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Trump tells TIME that when he said he would end the war in Ukraine on Day One, he was saying that "figuratively."
"I said that as an exaggeration."
"People know that when I said that, it was in jest."
"I said that as an exaggeration."
"People know that when I said that, it was in jest."
April 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump tells TIME that when he said he would end the war in Ukraine on Day One, he was saying that "figuratively."
"I said that as an exaggeration."
"People know that when I said that, it was in jest."
"I said that as an exaggeration."
"People know that when I said that, it was in jest."
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Kash Patel has now deleted that tweet, but the arrest of the judge in her courthouse has been independently confirmed by local journalists. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse
Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Kash Patel has now deleted that tweet, but the arrest of the judge in her courthouse has been independently confirmed by local journalists. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
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They’re arresting judges.
Usually when a regime does this, they are trying to scare the country into preemptive obedience.
It is very important in these moments to resist to urge to hide and, instead, adopt a posture of “fuck you, make me.”
This is especially true for those within institutions.
Usually when a regime does this, they are trying to scare the country into preemptive obedience.
It is very important in these moments to resist to urge to hide and, instead, adopt a posture of “fuck you, make me.”
This is especially true for those within institutions.
F.B.I. Arrests Wisconsin Judge, Patel Says
Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
They’re arresting judges.
Usually when a regime does this, they are trying to scare the country into preemptive obedience.
It is very important in these moments to resist to urge to hide and, instead, adopt a posture of “fuck you, make me.”
This is especially true for those within institutions.
Usually when a regime does this, they are trying to scare the country into preemptive obedience.
It is very important in these moments to resist to urge to hide and, instead, adopt a posture of “fuck you, make me.”
This is especially true for those within institutions.
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Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
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This is the completely foreseeable consequence of being a credulous nation that makes medical decision based on politics/capitalism instead of science.
Measles cases have surpassed 650 in an ongoing multistate outbreak, but federal funding cuts could threaten the response.
Measles costs are accumulating as funding cuts threaten the outbreak response | CNN
Measles cases have surpassed 650 in an ongoing multistate outbreak, but federal funding cuts could threaten the response.
cnn.it
April 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is the completely foreseeable consequence of being a credulous nation that makes medical decision based on politics/capitalism instead of science.
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My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social and Senator King lighting all the lamps in the Old North Church.
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
April 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social and Senator King lighting all the lamps in the Old North Church.
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
A thoughtful and constructive conversation for the current moment, very much worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/noni...
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Maybe Senator Van Hollen should be President, since Trump says he's not really involved with the situation, doesn't really know what's going on, and can't do anything. Who needs such a flaccid executive?
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Maybe Senator Van Hollen should be President, since Trump says he's not really involved with the situation, doesn't really know what's going on, and can't do anything. Who needs such a flaccid executive?
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Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/
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🚨URGENT—Despite the Supreme Court declaring that it would be illegal to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act without giving them a meaningful chance to seek judicial review, the Trump admin is reportedly about to send a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas to El Salvador in a matter of hours!
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🚨URGENT—Despite the Supreme Court declaring that it would be illegal to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act without giving them a meaningful chance to seek judicial review, the Trump admin is reportedly about to send a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas to El Salvador in a matter of hours!
This “town hall” (read: MTG rally, she wouldn’t interact with her constituents) took place about two miles from my house. My husband and a neighbor friend of ours attended. This fellow MTG constituent sums up what a lot of us are thinking.
We Are Not the Same: A Firsthand Account of Hatred in Georgia’s 14th
My experience at Marjorie Taylor Greene's "town hall"
substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This “town hall” (read: MTG rally, she wouldn’t interact with her constituents) took place about two miles from my house. My husband and a neighbor friend of ours attended. This fellow MTG constituent sums up what a lot of us are thinking.