Heathercore
@heathercore.bsky.social
Damaged, but structurally sound. Writer/editor. Crafter/maker. Trash TV viewer. She/her. Please support my Etsy shop: https://heathercorecreations.etsy.com
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Were we ever so young
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Were we ever so young
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
WI had a real one with Feingold. Shame on us.
This is who voted against establishing DHS
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
WI had a real one with Feingold. Shame on us.
I won a bubble gum blowing contest in the mid 1980s. If I can find the ribbon I won, do you think Trump wants it?
January 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I won a bubble gum blowing contest in the mid 1980s. If I can find the ribbon I won, do you think Trump wants it?
Not everything you're too stupid to understand is "fraud". FFS
January 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Not everything you're too stupid to understand is "fraud". FFS
Of course he’d try to milk the sleeping cows.
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Of course he’d try to milk the sleeping cows.
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
Just so fucking upsetting
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Just so fucking upsetting
It's crazy how many of the people I went to Catholic school with that are now MAGA fucks. Jesus wept.
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
It's crazy how many of the people I went to Catholic school with that are now MAGA fucks. Jesus wept.
I need to turn my brain off.
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I need to turn my brain off.
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Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.
But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.
Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
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really can’t overstate how fucking insane this is
#BREAKING Denmark's foreign minister said after talks with US officials in Washington that US President Donald Trump has a clear wish of 'conquering' Greenland.
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
really can’t overstate how fucking insane this is
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run this clip over a supercut of ICE gestapo shit on repeat
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
run this clip over a supercut of ICE gestapo shit on repeat
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Families will suffer, loved ones will overdose, and people will die — because Trump would rather use this money to cut billionaires’ taxes and terrorize our communities.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Families will suffer, loved ones will overdose, and people will die — because Trump would rather use this money to cut billionaires’ taxes and terrorize our communities.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Get Tony Dokoupil on Club Random
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Get Tony Dokoupil on Club Random
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Joe doesn’t seem to be enjoying this new America he’s worked so hard to bring about.
“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Joe doesn’t seem to be enjoying this new America he’s worked so hard to bring about.
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"LOL, women think they're people"
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"LOL, women think they're people"
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everyone should see this. it's repression, occupation. (doesn't even make the home page of the paper of record ffs)
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
everyone should see this. it's repression, occupation. (doesn't even make the home page of the paper of record ffs)
Has anyone seen a female ICE agent? Do they exist?
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Has anyone seen a female ICE agent? Do they exist?
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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They did this for absolutely no reason, as hundreds of witnesses, including me, can attest to
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
They did this for absolutely no reason, as hundreds of witnesses, including me, can attest to
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
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"Love and Protect your Neighbors Don't Trust the Feds" seen on a Minneapolis middle school.
South Minneapolis, January 2026
South Minneapolis, January 2026
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"Love and Protect your Neighbors Don't Trust the Feds" seen on a Minneapolis middle school.
South Minneapolis, January 2026
South Minneapolis, January 2026