Bob Heffernan
@rvh55vt.bsky.social
Vermonter. Former U.S. Senate staffer, business owner, & association exec director. Gay. 🏳️🌈Author of 2 books. American Univ. BA journalism. Steered legislation 1977-1979 creating US Dept of Education. NIH & Yale medical research cured my stage 4 cancer.
FROM PUNCHBOWL NEWS:
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
FROM PUNCHBOWL NEWS:
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
FROM PUNCHBOWL NEWS:
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
FROM PUNCHBOWL NEWS:
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
“Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all-appropriators, authorizers, hawks, (more)
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Question: is it possible Trump delayed and delayed giving any support to releasing the Epstein files to give aides time to purge the bad stuff??
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Question: is it possible Trump delayed and delayed giving any support to releasing the Epstein files to give aides time to purge the bad stuff??
“The greatest risk of putting the tenure of all federal employees at the whim of the president is not that he will fire them all; it’s that people like Ms. Comey will not seek out the work in the first place.”
— Jeffrey Toobin, a contributing New York Times Opinion writer
— Jeffrey Toobin, a contributing New York Times Opinion writer
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“The greatest risk of putting the tenure of all federal employees at the whim of the president is not that he will fire them all; it’s that people like Ms. Comey will not seek out the work in the first place.”
— Jeffrey Toobin, a contributing New York Times Opinion writer
— Jeffrey Toobin, a contributing New York Times Opinion writer
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
At least some people’s lives have improved in Donald Trump’s America.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At least some people’s lives have improved in Donald Trump’s America.
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
Since January there have been two distinct masked, armed gangs terrorizing America’s streets: ICE & the Border Patrol.
Last night, the Border Patrol’s most aggressive commander effectively seized control of ICE. ICE, it turns out, wasn’t aggressive *enough*. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...
Last night, the Border Patrol’s most aggressive commander effectively seized control of ICE. ICE, it turns out, wasn’t aggressive *enough*. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...
Think ICE Is Bad Now? Today the Border Patrol Is Taking It Over
How Gregory Bovino Proudly Became Trump’s #1 Immigration Stormtrooper
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Since January there have been two distinct masked, armed gangs terrorizing America’s streets: ICE & the Border Patrol.
Last night, the Border Patrol’s most aggressive commander effectively seized control of ICE. ICE, it turns out, wasn’t aggressive *enough*. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...
Last night, the Border Patrol’s most aggressive commander effectively seized control of ICE. ICE, it turns out, wasn’t aggressive *enough*. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...
The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds
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October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Trump Wants the American People to Pay Him $230 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | Trump Wants the American People to Pay Him $230 Million
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October 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump Wants the American People to Pay Him $230 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
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October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
Trump let George Santos out of jail just to make it clear that if you're loyal to him, you can get away with anything. This isn't a democracy if one man decides what's a crime and what isn't.
Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.
Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump let George Santos out of jail just to make it clear that if you're loyal to him, you can get away with anything. This isn't a democracy if one man decides what's a crime and what isn't.
Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.
Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.
If you’re a democrat, why would you stay on Facebook? I closed my accounts months ago.
Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/t...
Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/t...
Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents
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October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you’re a democrat, why would you stay on Facebook? I closed my accounts months ago.
Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/t...
Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/t...
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Reposted by Bob Heffernan
America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the Era of "Kavanaugh Raids"
ICE crosses another big, important line.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...