Heatherly
@heatherlyhodges.bsky.social
I'm a disabled former social worker who is bi, atheist, feminist, humanist, liberal, a geek, and an activist. I read/write fanfic, make jewelry, and fight the good fight -- usually from my bed.
President of Washington Area Secular Humanists (wash.org)
President of Washington Area Secular Humanists (wash.org)
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You can call this hyperbolic if you like, but they disappeared a student organiser with a green card and told him it would be revoked. We all know where this is going.
March 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
You can call this hyperbolic if you like, but they disappeared a student organiser with a green card and told him it would be revoked. We all know where this is going.
Wow, nice job, tRump. I'm sure those Jewish students you're supposedly "protecting" won't benefit from that $400 million you're cutting at all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia Univeristy
The White House blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wow, nice job, tRump. I'm sure those Jewish students you're supposedly "protecting" won't benefit from that $400 million you're cutting at all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
Well, then JK, I love you. I absolutely adore you. Will that keep your toxic, hateful rhetoric a hundred miles away from me?
February 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Well, then JK, I love you. I absolutely adore you. Will that keep your toxic, hateful rhetoric a hundred miles away from me?
Yes, because obviously we don't want to talk about dead brown women and children.
The report is actually still there, but you have to search for it directly, we wouldn't want to make it easy to find it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
(Report here, it's worth reading: www.doi.gov/media/docume...)
The report is actually still there, but you have to search for it directly, we wouldn't want to make it easy to find it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
(Report here, it's worth reading: www.doi.gov/media/docume...)
Trump’s DOJ Erases Report On Violence Against Native American Women
www.huffpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yes, because obviously we don't want to talk about dead brown women and children.
The report is actually still there, but you have to search for it directly, we wouldn't want to make it easy to find it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
(Report here, it's worth reading: www.doi.gov/media/docume...)
The report is actually still there, but you have to search for it directly, we wouldn't want to make it easy to find it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
(Report here, it's worth reading: www.doi.gov/media/docume...)
FYI, I'm now referring to the current POTUS as Mx. Krump.
We're all non-binary now, and the "T" and first two "K's" are silent.
We're all non-binary now, and the "T" and first two "K's" are silent.
February 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
FYI, I'm now referring to the current POTUS as Mx. Krump.
We're all non-binary now, and the "T" and first two "K's" are silent.
We're all non-binary now, and the "T" and first two "K's" are silent.
It's started.
www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
January 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's started.
www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
Two days for a country to go back 200 years. I guess time travel is real.
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Two days for a country to go back 200 years. I guess time travel is real.
A note that I have been absent and may continue to be absent from social media due to illness and my father's death.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Keep fighting the good fight.
January 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A note that I have been absent and may continue to be absent from social media due to illness and my father's death.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Examples: I can still walk into a 7-11 without being watched by the clerk, feel nervous but not afraid for my life when pulled over by cops, being greeted and not ignored or watched suspiciously by store staff, except most makeup or clothes to be designed in ways flattering to my skin color, 1/4
December 9, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Examples: I can still walk into a 7-11 without being watched by the clerk, feel nervous but not afraid for my life when pulled over by cops, being greeted and not ignored or watched suspiciously by store staff, except most makeup or clothes to be designed in ways flattering to my skin color, 1/4
This is an older post, but I still feel it's necessary to respond to it, because Elon's position hasn't changed. Margaret Mead once said a broken femur was the first sign of civilization. She was referring to an archeological site where the skeleton of an early Homo Sapiens man was found 1/9
December 8, 2024 at 8:08 PM
This is an older post, but I still feel it's necessary to respond to it, because Elon's position hasn't changed. Margaret Mead once said a broken femur was the first sign of civilization. She was referring to an archeological site where the skeleton of an early Homo Sapiens man was found 1/9
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The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people just passed $2 TRILLION.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
America's 12 richest men now worth a combined $2 trillion
Their net worth is less than $2 trillion short of the wealth of the bottom half of the U.S.
www.newsweek.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:12 PM
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people just passed $2 TRILLION.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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So, the very same Republicans who said they blocked the release of the House ethics report on Matt Gaetz because he is no longer an elected official, are vowing to further investigate Hunter Biden, who is not now, and has never been, an elected official?
Do I have that about right?
Do I have that about right?
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 AM
So, the very same Republicans who said they blocked the release of the House ethics report on Matt Gaetz because he is no longer an elected official, are vowing to further investigate Hunter Biden, who is not now, and has never been, an elected official?
Do I have that about right?
Do I have that about right?
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Happy Pan Pride Day! We're celebrating our pansexual and panromantic loved ones today and all year long! 🩷💛💙
Want to learn more about LGBTQ+ identities and terms? Check out our glossary at pflag.org/glossary
Want to learn more about LGBTQ+ identities and terms? Check out our glossary at pflag.org/glossary
December 8, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Happy Pan Pride Day! We're celebrating our pansexual and panromantic loved ones today and all year long! 🩷💛💙
Want to learn more about LGBTQ+ identities and terms? Check out our glossary at pflag.org/glossary
Want to learn more about LGBTQ+ identities and terms? Check out our glossary at pflag.org/glossary
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And we want to get rid of elections!
The 🍊🍕💩 said:
"We have to get back in and we want to change it all. We want to go to paper ballots. We want to go to same-day voting. We want to go to citizenship papers, and we want to go to voter ID. It's very simple. We want to get rid of mail-in voting."
What about our overseas military???
"We have to get back in and we want to change it all. We want to go to paper ballots. We want to go to same-day voting. We want to go to citizenship papers, and we want to go to voter ID. It's very simple. We want to get rid of mail-in voting."
What about our overseas military???
Donald Trump announces plan to change elections
Trump made the remarks while accepting the "Patriot of the Year" award at a Long Island event on Thursday.
www.newsweek.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:21 PM
And we want to get rid of elections!
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Graphic, disturbing details released about Oklahoma teacher arrested by FBI
Note: the FBI is who often arrests pedophiles and sexual predators. The FBI is also a federal agency the GOP hates.
www.koco.com/article/deta...
Note: the FBI is who often arrests pedophiles and sexual predators. The FBI is also a federal agency the GOP hates.
www.koco.com/article/deta...
Graphic, disturbing details released about Oklahoma teacher arrested by FBI
Court records detail disturbing information about a Holdenville teacher arrested by FBI agents on campus Wednesday.
www.koco.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Graphic, disturbing details released about Oklahoma teacher arrested by FBI
Note: the FBI is who often arrests pedophiles and sexual predators. The FBI is also a federal agency the GOP hates.
www.koco.com/article/deta...
Note: the FBI is who often arrests pedophiles and sexual predators. The FBI is also a federal agency the GOP hates.
www.koco.com/article/deta...
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Then Obama addressed the political crisis of this moment, the one the anti-Federalists feared:
“What happens when the other side has repeatedly and abundantly made clear they’re not interested in playing by the rules?”
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-7...
“What happens when the other side has repeatedly and abundantly made clear they’re not interested in playing by the rules?”
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-7...
December 7, 2024
On Thursday, December 5, in Chicago, Illinois, former president Barack Obama gave the third in an annual series of lectures he has delivered since 2022 at his foundation’s Democracy Forum, which gathe...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Then Obama addressed the political crisis of this moment, the one the anti-Federalists feared:
“What happens when the other side has repeatedly and abundantly made clear they’re not interested in playing by the rules?”
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-7...
“What happens when the other side has repeatedly and abundantly made clear they’re not interested in playing by the rules?”
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-7...
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Trump is planning to add another billionaire to his admin, offering private equity exec Stephen Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
Trump offers Pentagon’s No. 2 job to billionaire Stephen Feinberg
The search for a capable deputy defense secretary has taken on heightened significance as lawmakers scrutinize Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Trump is planning to add another billionaire to his admin, offering private equity exec Stephen Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
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