donnatheelder
@donnatheelder.bsky.social
Politics and policy (as horrendous as it has become); long career in public health and law; appreciate a good sense of humor but finding little that's funny these days.
MAGAts are so immersed in racist ideology that they're not thinking straight about immigration. The boomers are aging. We will need more workers, skilled and unskilled, than we have. Read about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, signed by Pres. Ronald Reagan, which recognized this.
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
MAGAts are so immersed in racist ideology that they're not thinking straight about immigration. The boomers are aging. We will need more workers, skilled and unskilled, than we have. Read about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, signed by Pres. Ronald Reagan, which recognized this.
This is a smart, credible analysis of what we face, with persuasive, reasoned comparisons of Trump/Miller's actions to the tyrannical tactics of Hitler, Stalin and Putin.
"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...
Snyder: Trump administration using words like ‘terrorist’ and ‘extremist’ is what tyrants do
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a smart, credible analysis of what we face, with persuasive, reasoned comparisons of Trump/Miller's actions to the tyrannical tactics of Hitler, Stalin and Putin.
The Epstein files will be useless unless there is incontrovertible proof that Trump knew he was a party to, or beneficiary of, child sex trafficking. I find it impossible to believe his partisan DoJ would release anything implicating him, rather than bury it in redactions. Hope to be wrong.
January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The Epstein files will be useless unless there is incontrovertible proof that Trump knew he was a party to, or beneficiary of, child sex trafficking. I find it impossible to believe his partisan DoJ would release anything implicating him, rather than bury it in redactions. Hope to be wrong.
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Media is doing the credulous "new tone" thing again—as with Trump on Russia-Ukraine—presenting BS about MN/Good/Pretti/ICE as sincere.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, govt actions matter more, and Trump's rhetorical shift is an effort to maintain the brutal ICE/BP campaign, not curb it.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, govt actions matter more, and Trump's rhetorical shift is an effort to maintain the brutal ICE/BP campaign, not curb it.
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Media is doing the credulous "new tone" thing again—as with Trump on Russia-Ukraine—presenting BS about MN/Good/Pretti/ICE as sincere.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, govt actions matter more, and Trump's rhetorical shift is an effort to maintain the brutal ICE/BP campaign, not curb it.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, govt actions matter more, and Trump's rhetorical shift is an effort to maintain the brutal ICE/BP campaign, not curb it.
This is how I know it's a bad day for the country: I find myself reposting everything credible that I've not seen before, because everyone needs to understand the breadth and depth of corruption and evil in our government. Preaching to the choir here, but we all must stay white-hot angry.
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This is how I know it's a bad day for the country: I find myself reposting everything credible that I've not seen before, because everyone needs to understand the breadth and depth of corruption and evil in our government. Preaching to the choir here, but we all must stay white-hot angry.
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Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Friends: While ICE leaves cities reeling and families scarred by their violence, Republicans want to fund trump's gestapo instead of funding healthcare for millions.
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Let's get 1,000 quick reposts and replies with #FundHealthcareStopICE to make it trend.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
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need a clean shirt this one’s got coffee on it
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
need a clean shirt this one’s got coffee on it
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Sending ICE to watch the Melania movie could really solve two of Trump's problems at once.
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Sending ICE to watch the Melania movie could really solve two of Trump's problems at once.
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While this is a good start, I think there needs to be something in the new law about ICE not targeting legal immigrants without criminal records, and making clear what the mission is.
We have to attack the outrageous fiction that Trump-Miller are targeting only criminal migrants.
We have to attack the outrageous fiction that Trump-Miller are targeting only criminal migrants.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
While this is a good start, I think there needs to be something in the new law about ICE not targeting legal immigrants without criminal records, and making clear what the mission is.
We have to attack the outrageous fiction that Trump-Miller are targeting only criminal migrants.
We have to attack the outrageous fiction that Trump-Miller are targeting only criminal migrants.
Sending Greg Bovino out of MN is a start, but is Tom Homan any improvement at all? Seems to me they’re both despicable lying lawless corrupt lowlifes….perhaps necessary qualifications for anyone whose job is to make human lives miserable.
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Sending Greg Bovino out of MN is a start, but is Tom Homan any improvement at all? Seems to me they’re both despicable lying lawless corrupt lowlifes….perhaps necessary qualifications for anyone whose job is to make human lives miserable.
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A day will come when Donald Trump no longer dominates our politics.
Even though this is obvious, it’s hard to keep in mind.
The future will belong to those who can think clearly about what happens next.
Even though this is obvious, it’s hard to keep in mind.
The future will belong to those who can think clearly about what happens next.
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM
A day will come when Donald Trump no longer dominates our politics.
Even though this is obvious, it’s hard to keep in mind.
The future will belong to those who can think clearly about what happens next.
Even though this is obvious, it’s hard to keep in mind.
The future will belong to those who can think clearly about what happens next.
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Strong but much needed words from European officials over Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Strong but much needed words from European officials over Greenland.
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There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.
January 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM
There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.
Minnesotans are delaying medical care for fear of encountering ICE. Guess who suffers the most - infants and children, that's who.
This article is from a reputable authoritative source. You will see the headline on the home page, left side. cidrap.umn.edu
This article is from a reputable authoritative source. You will see the headline on the home page, left side. cidrap.umn.edu
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Minnesotans are delaying medical care for fear of encountering ICE. Guess who suffers the most - infants and children, that's who.
This article is from a reputable authoritative source. You will see the headline on the home page, left side. cidrap.umn.edu
This article is from a reputable authoritative source. You will see the headline on the home page, left side. cidrap.umn.edu
To the citizens of Greenland and Denmark: With deep concern and embarrassment I offer my abject apologies for the stress and expense caused by the untenable designs of the US president on your countries. Most rational Americans agree with you on this subject. He is nuts. We are not and we vote.
nuts.you
January 18, 2026 at 5:27 AM
To the citizens of Greenland and Denmark: With deep concern and embarrassment I offer my abject apologies for the stress and expense caused by the untenable designs of the US president on your countries. Most rational Americans agree with you on this subject. He is nuts. We are not and we vote.
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This was always coming.
This was always the plan.
This is what Trump, through intermediaries, was discussing with the January 6 insurrectionists.
It was only a question of timing.
This was always the plan.
This is what Trump, through intermediaries, was discussing with the January 6 insurrectionists.
It was only a question of timing.
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
This was always coming.
This was always the plan.
This is what Trump, through intermediaries, was discussing with the January 6 insurrectionists.
It was only a question of timing.
This was always the plan.
This is what Trump, through intermediaries, was discussing with the January 6 insurrectionists.
It was only a question of timing.
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What happened in Nazi Germany is happening right now in Trump’s US.
10 lies Germans were told are now being told to Americans.
Vid: mdbglobalmom on Instagram
10 lies Germans were told are now being told to Americans.
Vid: mdbglobalmom on Instagram
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
What happened in Nazi Germany is happening right now in Trump’s US.
10 lies Germans were told are now being told to Americans.
Vid: mdbglobalmom on Instagram
10 lies Germans were told are now being told to Americans.
Vid: mdbglobalmom on Instagram
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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There are moments when the past taps us on the shoulder, reminding us what happens when people choose not to see…
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
There are moments when the past taps us on the shoulder, reminding us what happens when people choose not to see…
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Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.