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btoom51.bsky.social
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“Dear retailers who’ve decided you don’t like diversity, equity, and inclusion, or you really love ICE and you have no problem with them busting into your establishments to drag people away: Here’s the thing. We ain’t buying it. I mean, for real, for real, …”

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.

📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.

Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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There are no kings in America.

Only gilded men we can topple
again and again.

- Aileen Cassinetto
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Turns out charisma goes a long way in politics!
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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“Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.”

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I have this crazy hope that one day Morning Joe will recognize that there are more Christians in the United States than evangelicals.

Occasionally, MJ does acknowledge that Catholics exist. But the rest of us?

Invisible.
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Excited to share my new in-depth interview with @joyannreid.bsky.social . I talk about my experience growing up as a Southern Baptist and about the through line between the old Christian Right, the Tea Party, and the MAGA Christian nationalist movement today.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-intervi...
My Interview with Joy Reid: Unpacking the Threat of Christian Nationalism
Plus, the latest episode of The Convocation Unscripted
www.whitetoolong.net
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Let's see how many First Amendment violations we have in this one edict:

Religion ✔️
Speech ✔️
Peaceably assemble ✔️
Petition the government for redress of grievances ✔️
Press ❓(not quite, but they'll figure out a way)
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.

Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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“The data centers used to fuel AI also need a tremendous amount of water to keep cool. That means they can strain water sources in areas that may have little to spare” (AP). #AI #tech

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US
President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power i...
apnews.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Rep. Robert Garcia: "We should not be scared of what's in those files. We don't care who you are, how powerful you are, if you're in politics, what party you are, the amount of money you have — if you've committed these horrific crimes, it should be out to the American public."
July 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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This is exactly the kind of work the Catholic Church should be doing. Glad they’re stepping up. 🙏🏽

Archdiocese of Los Angeles launches program to help families impacted by immigration raids. The raids have made immigrants worried to leave their homes.
July 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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It happened this morning. Thanks for checking in though.
July 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious.

Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September
July 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Newt Gingrich: Resigned in shame.
Dennis Hastert: Child molester.
John Boehner: Chased out by Freedom Caucus.
Paul Ryan: Quit in disgust.
Kevin McCarthy: Forced out by Freedom Caucus.
Mike Johnson: Spineless “Christian.”

American politics isn’t broken, just the GOP.
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
July 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Let’s discuss the elephant in the room. What are your members of Congress net worth?
Could it be the voted for a budget bill that benefited their own self interests?
It’s just gaslighting to think they represent the people.
Look at how much they gain.
Here are the wealthiest members in Congress AL
July 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM