Colleen D Swain 💙
@colleen4content.bsky.social
Blue is my favorite color. Former content writer who disdains disinformation. Science-backed healthy living advocate. Raised my kids in Sandy Hook, CT. Swain music groupie. Democracy matters. No DMs please. I rarely, if ever, respond. Thank you.
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November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
November 25, 2025
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Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Consumer power can shape politics. It's happening now, and it's happened before, in the 1890s. History informs. November 25, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Consumer power can shape politics. It's happening now, and it's happened before, in the 1890s. History informs. November 25, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
NEWS: White House Alarm Grows as Democrats Surge in Tennessee and ICE Detains Leavitt Family Member
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NEWS: White House Alarm Grows as Democrats Surge in Tennessee and ICE Detains Leavitt Family Member
White House alarm grows a Democrats surge in Tennessee. ICE detains Karoline Leavitt's family member. Republicans call for Steve Witkoff's firing over call with Russian aide.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
NEWS: White House Alarm Grows as Democrats Surge in Tennessee and ICE Detains Leavitt Family Member
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November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
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DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
Democrats will have to repair the damage
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November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
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November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How about a bill that denounces the "horrors of fascism" next? www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
House passes bill condemning "horrors of socialism" as NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani arrives in Washington
The House passed a bill condemning socialism hours before New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, arrived in Washington, D.C.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How about a bill that denounces the "horrors of fascism" next? www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Ukraine, and the 28-point “peace” plan Trump is pressuring Zelensky to sign before Thanksgiving, which is a Russian wish list that could replace the post–World War II rules-based international order with an old version of pre-NATO dominance. November 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ukraine, and the 28-point “peace” plan Trump is pressuring Zelensky to sign before Thanksgiving, which is a Russian wish list that could replace the post–World War II rules-based international order with an old version of pre-NATO dominance. November 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
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November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
After months of public sparring, President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani met face-to-face for the first time on Friday, and it appeared to go far more cordially than supporters of both men likely expected. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
After months of public sparring, President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani met face-to-face for the first time on Friday, and it appeared to go far more cordially than supporters of both men likely expected. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
In a stunning and hasty reversal, the U.S. Coast Guard announced late Thursday that swastikas and nooses are prohibited hate symbols — erasing an attempt to soften their definition after the plan elicited furious backlash. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In a stunning and hasty reversal, the U.S. Coast Guard announced late Thursday that swastikas and nooses are prohibited hate symbols — erasing an attempt to soften their definition after the plan elicited furious backlash. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."