Hap Connors
@hapconnors.bsky.social
Recovering politician and lobbyist trying to live my values and seeking new ways to make our communities vibrant.
“Planning commission supports affordable housing on Franconia Governmental Center site”
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#AffordableHousing
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Planning commission supports affordable housing on Franconia Governmental Center site | FFXnow
A proposal to build 120 units of affordable housing on a site now occupied by the Franconia Governmental Center has won the support of the Fairfax County Planning Commission. Commission members voted ...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“Planning commission supports affordable housing on Franconia Governmental Center site”
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#AffordableHousing
@fairfaxcounty.gov
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@ffxnow.bsky.social
#AffordableHousing
@fairfaxcounty.gov
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“It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed-this, despite the gospel.”
— Howard Thurman
#oneness #TheGospels #commmunity #Matthew25 #BlackHistoryMonth
— Howard Thurman
#oneness #TheGospels #commmunity #Matthew25 #BlackHistoryMonth
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed-this, despite the gospel.”
— Howard Thurman
#oneness #TheGospels #commmunity #Matthew25 #BlackHistoryMonth
— Howard Thurman
#oneness #TheGospels #commmunity #Matthew25 #BlackHistoryMonth
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I know it must have seemed odd years ago when I wrote that Susan Collins, even more than Trump, was the person who made me decide to finally leave the GOP because it had no future.
Why are we here, you ask?
This. This is why we are here.
This. This is why we are here.
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I know it must have seemed odd years ago when I wrote that Susan Collins, even more than Trump, was the person who made me decide to finally leave the GOP because it had no future.
Stop painting their fence! (credit Kara Swisher)
Resist and Unsubscribe!
#ResistAndUnsubscribe
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Resist and Unsubscribe!
#ResistAndUnsubscribe
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Resist and Unsubscribe
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February 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Stop painting their fence! (credit Kara Swisher)
Resist and Unsubscribe!
#ResistAndUnsubscribe
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Resist and Unsubscribe!
#ResistAndUnsubscribe
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Tim Wise is great and so is this conversation. Do yourself a favor and listen.
@petedominick.bsky.social
#ICE
#Trump
#AmericanHistory
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#ICE
#Trump
#AmericanHistory
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1526 An hour with The Great Tim Wise
Podcast Episode · Stand Up! with Pete Dominick · 01/30/2026 · 1h 5m
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January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Tim Wise is great and so is this conversation. Do yourself a favor and listen.
@petedominick.bsky.social
#ICE
#Trump
#AmericanHistory
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@petedominick.bsky.social
#ICE
#Trump
#AmericanHistory
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THE Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the face recognition app that federal immigration agents use to identify people in the field, undocumented immigrants and US citizens alike.
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#DHS
#MobileFortify
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@wired.com
#DHS
#MobileFortify
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Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
THE Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the face recognition app that federal immigration agents use to identify people in the field, undocumented immigrants and US citizens alike.
@wired.com
#DHS
#MobileFortify
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@wired.com
#DHS
#MobileFortify
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“A Love Story”
Gather your selves: critical and kind, scared and brave, thoughtless and hurt.
Mistakes and failures meet accomplishments. Like loss and love, they are a package.
Embrace it all. Such a coming together is what we came for.
— Jeanie Greensfelder
#love #serve #community #together
Gather your selves: critical and kind, scared and brave, thoughtless and hurt.
Mistakes and failures meet accomplishments. Like loss and love, they are a package.
Embrace it all. Such a coming together is what we came for.
— Jeanie Greensfelder
#love #serve #community #together
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
“A Love Story”
Gather your selves: critical and kind, scared and brave, thoughtless and hurt.
Mistakes and failures meet accomplishments. Like loss and love, they are a package.
Embrace it all. Such a coming together is what we came for.
— Jeanie Greensfelder
#love #serve #community #together
Gather your selves: critical and kind, scared and brave, thoughtless and hurt.
Mistakes and failures meet accomplishments. Like loss and love, they are a package.
Embrace it all. Such a coming together is what we came for.
— Jeanie Greensfelder
#love #serve #community #together
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Target: Christians want ICE out of Minnesota. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Tell Target: Christians want ICE out of Minnesota
We've witnessed faith leaders and allies on the ground leading a faithful resistance to get ICE out of Minnesota. We stood in prayer and solidarity with Minneapolis people of faith and good conscience...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Target: Christians want ICE out of Minnesota. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
“In The Meantime”
Meanwhile, flowers still bloom. The moon rises, and the sun…. …And, while death claims all things at the end, There were such precious times between, In which everything was radiant And we loved, again, this world.
- Tom Hirons
#activehope #awakening #NewAmericanDream
Meanwhile, flowers still bloom. The moon rises, and the sun…. …And, while death claims all things at the end, There were such precious times between, In which everything was radiant And we loved, again, this world.
- Tom Hirons
#activehope #awakening #NewAmericanDream
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“In The Meantime”
Meanwhile, flowers still bloom. The moon rises, and the sun…. …And, while death claims all things at the end, There were such precious times between, In which everything was radiant And we loved, again, this world.
- Tom Hirons
#activehope #awakening #NewAmericanDream
Meanwhile, flowers still bloom. The moon rises, and the sun…. …And, while death claims all things at the end, There were such precious times between, In which everything was radiant And we loved, again, this world.
- Tom Hirons
#activehope #awakening #NewAmericanDream
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After months of denials, the Trump administration has finally acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for DOGE, Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation, accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data
Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals
Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data
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January 22, 2026 at 12:35 PM
After months of denials, the Trump administration has finally acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for DOGE, Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation, accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
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#America
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#America
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January 22, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
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#Trump
#America
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@wired.com
#Trump
#America
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Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said President Donald Trump's plans to acquire Greenland are "dumb as hell."
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said President Donald Trump's plans to acquire Greenland are "dumb as hell."
“The Water of Gold”
“…’Buy,—who’ll buy?…’
“The Quack…
…he plays on our hearts with his pipe and drum,
On our vague regret, on our weary yearning;
For he sells the thing that never can come,
Or the thing that has vanished, past returning.”
— Henry Austin Dobson
#VoterBeware #Trump
“…’Buy,—who’ll buy?…’
“The Quack…
…he plays on our hearts with his pipe and drum,
On our vague regret, on our weary yearning;
For he sells the thing that never can come,
Or the thing that has vanished, past returning.”
— Henry Austin Dobson
#VoterBeware #Trump
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
“The Water of Gold”
“…’Buy,—who’ll buy?…’
“The Quack…
…he plays on our hearts with his pipe and drum,
On our vague regret, on our weary yearning;
For he sells the thing that never can come,
Or the thing that has vanished, past returning.”
— Henry Austin Dobson
#VoterBeware #Trump
“…’Buy,—who’ll buy?…’
“The Quack…
…he plays on our hearts with his pipe and drum,
On our vague regret, on our weary yearning;
For he sells the thing that never can come,
Or the thing that has vanished, past returning.”
— Henry Austin Dobson
#VoterBeware #Trump
“There comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other.“
— WANGARI MAATHAI #newbeginnings #hope #community #oneness #NewAmericanDream
— WANGARI MAATHAI #newbeginnings #hope #community #oneness #NewAmericanDream
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“There comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other.“
— WANGARI MAATHAI #newbeginnings #hope #community #oneness #NewAmericanDream
— WANGARI MAATHAI #newbeginnings #hope #community #oneness #NewAmericanDream
To all the social justice warriors, protesters in Minneapolis and everywhere who are continuing the work of Rev. King and standing up against bigoted, corrupt, cowardly and cruel fascists, thank YOU for your service!
#MLKDay
#MLKDay
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM
To all the social justice warriors, protesters in Minneapolis and everywhere who are continuing the work of Rev. King and standing up against bigoted, corrupt, cowardly and cruel fascists, thank YOU for your service!
#MLKDay
#MLKDay
“It is not just LaCivita personally who has prospered since the Trump re-election. So has his family.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
#GOPLiarsandCrooks
#ChrisLaCivita
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#GOPLiarsandCrooks
#ChrisLaCivita
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Trump Aide Ditches Lawsuit Without Handing Over Tax Returns
MAGA mastermind Chris LaCivita hired Hunter Biden’s lawyer to sue the Beast unsuccessfully.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:38 PM
“It is not just LaCivita personally who has prospered since the Trump re-election. So has his family.”
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#GOPLiarsandCrooks
#ChrisLaCivita
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#GOPLiarsandCrooks
#ChrisLaCivita
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Clergy standing with immigrants. You know, what Jesus would do.
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#WWJD
#ICE
#Values
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#WWJD
#ICE
#Values
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TCU Special: Minneapolis Clergy Standing with Immigrants against ICE, Featuring Rev. Angela Denker
Plus the latest writing from the Convocation team.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Clergy standing with immigrants. You know, what Jesus would do.
@convocation.bsky.social
#WWJD
#ICE
#Values
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@convocation.bsky.social
#WWJD
#ICE
#Values
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Stephen Miller is directing much of Trump’s corrupt, chaotic and violent domestic and foreign policies. He shares Trump’s insecurities, resentments and sadism. While Trump focuses on stealing more money, Miller does whatever he wants (see, Minneapolis.)
#stephenmiller #Trump #minneapolis
#stephenmiller #Trump #minneapolis
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Stephen Miller is directing much of Trump’s corrupt, chaotic and violent domestic and foreign policies. He shares Trump’s insecurities, resentments and sadism. While Trump focuses on stealing more money, Miller does whatever he wants (see, Minneapolis.)
#stephenmiller #Trump #minneapolis
#stephenmiller #Trump #minneapolis
“Alexandria ceremony honoring MLK Jr. rebukes political violence and racism” - @alxnow.bsky.social
#MLKDay
#Values
#BelovedCommunity
#Trump
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#MLKDay
#Values
#BelovedCommunity
#Trump
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Alexandria ceremony honoring MLK Jr. rebukes political violence and racism | ALXnow
Alexandria honored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with song, dance and poetry, as well as a thorough rebuke of political violence and societal divisions under the Trump administration last night (Thu...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
“Alexandria ceremony honoring MLK Jr. rebukes political violence and racism” - @alxnow.bsky.social
#MLKDay
#Values
#BelovedCommunity
#Trump
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#MLKDay
#Values
#BelovedCommunity
#Trump
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