Heather Leanne
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Heather Leanne
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
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To resurrect Gaza, the world must reckon with the genocide. Despite the ceasefire, Israel is blocking access to cement.
Over 92 Percent of Homes in Gaza Are Rubble. How Do We Even Start Rebuilding?
To resurrect Gaza, the world must reckon with the genocide. Despite the ceasefire, Israel is blocking access to cement.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
To resurrect Gaza, the world must reckon with the genocide. Despite the ceasefire, Israel is blocking access to cement.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
Read more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Read more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Trump is a Russian asset, and his meeting with Mamdani was a distraction. The "peace plan" that Trump is pushing Ukraine to accept is a Putin-generated wish list that rewards Russian attacks against a sovereign democratic country that the US had pledged to defend.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trump is a Russian asset, and his meeting with Mamdani was a distraction. The "peace plan" that Trump is pushing Ukraine to accept is a Putin-generated wish list that rewards Russian attacks against a sovereign democratic country that the US had pledged to defend.
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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Are you free from 1-3:30 on Saturday Nov 1?
Can you come fold zines and package whistles?
RSVP via DM for location- we have 2000 whistles to process!
Can you come fold zines and package whistles?
RSVP via DM for location- we have 2000 whistles to process!
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Are you free from 1-3:30 on Saturday Nov 1?
Can you come fold zines and package whistles?
RSVP via DM for location- we have 2000 whistles to process!
Can you come fold zines and package whistles?
RSVP via DM for location- we have 2000 whistles to process!
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Whistle distribution is gearing up - learn the code and teach your friends, neighbors, and family.
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Whistle distribution is gearing up - learn the code and teach your friends, neighbors, and family.
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This is not normal. Redirecting an aircraft carrier strike group from EUCOM sends a clear message to Russia that we are not serious about supporting our allies. apnews.com/article/trum...
US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region.
apnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is not normal. Redirecting an aircraft carrier strike group from EUCOM sends a clear message to Russia that we are not serious about supporting our allies. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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Would have loved to see the due-diligence on this one. 🤡
@financialtimes.com $UMAC
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October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Would have loved to see the due-diligence on this one. 🤡
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"One of the documents from the IRS — obtained by POLITICO — lists Justice and his wife, Cathy, as having a total balance of more than $8 million in unpaid assessments."
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"One of the documents from the IRS — obtained by POLITICO — lists Justice and his wife, Cathy, as having a total balance of more than $8 million in unpaid assessments."
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a russ vought special
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
a russ vought special
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Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
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NEW: Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates.
Those dates have come and gone.
They’re still stuck here.
Those dates have come and gone.
They’re still stuck here.
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates have come and gone. They’re still stuck here.
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates.
Those dates have come and gone.
They’re still stuck here.
Those dates have come and gone.
They’re still stuck here.
Journalists have always been Trump's first target. Heather Cox Richardson reports this:
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October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Journalists have always been Trump's first target. Heather Cox Richardson reports this:
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Reminder via Heather Cox Richardson:
October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reminder via Heather Cox Richardson:
"“They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. ....they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other,” Watson told WLS, recalling trucks and military-style vans were used to separate adults from their children."
www.cbs58.com/news/37-peop...
www.cbs58.com/news/37-peop...
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments
By Rebekah Riess, Bill Kirkos(CNN) — Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken...
www.cbs58.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"“They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. ....they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other,” Watson told WLS, recalling trucks and military-style vans were used to separate adults from their children."
www.cbs58.com/news/37-peop...
www.cbs58.com/news/37-peop...
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We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
October 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
"A family walking with their 2-year-old in Logan Square found themselves running for cover Friday afternoon after a masked federal agent threw a smoke grenade onto a crowded street of people in Logan Square."
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Family, Grocery Shoppers Run As Masked Agent Throws Smoke Bomb Onto Busy Chicago Street
Federal immigration agents appeared to be targeting Rico Fresh grocery store in Logan Square. “I thought this is a country where I can have freedom," one witness said. "Did I think this would happen t...
blockclubchicago.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"A family walking with their 2-year-old in Logan Square found themselves running for cover Friday afternoon after a masked federal agent threw a smoke grenade onto a crowded street of people in Logan Square."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
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"“Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this—pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks—they would be sued into oblivion,” he observed. “Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.”"
'It was heartbreaking': Naked zip-tied children dragged from homes in 'surreal' ICE raid
www.rawstory.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"“Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this—pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks—they would be sued into oblivion,” he observed. “Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.”"
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The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.