Pat Heglund
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Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
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Noooo…
~25% of employees left this year with the Fork, early retirement, and/or the buyout. Refuges were underfunded before that happened, with annual funding around 25% what is needed.
Recall, refuges also help protect people & infrastructure by helping curb impacts of hurricanes and floods.
~25% of employees left this year with the Fork, early retirement, and/or the buyout. Refuges were underfunded before that happened, with annual funding around 25% what is needed.
Recall, refuges also help protect people & infrastructure by helping curb impacts of hurricanes and floods.
BREAKING: The House just moved to slash $22M from the Refuge System in its FY26 budget bill—along with dangerous riders that that weaken protections for wildlife, public lands, and the endangered species they support.
📰 Read our response ⬇️
#RefugeStrong #ProtectOurRefuges #WildlifeRefuge
📰 Read our response ⬇️
#RefugeStrong #ProtectOurRefuges #WildlifeRefuge
House Funding Bill Chips Away at National Wildlife Refuges with Deep Cuts & Damaging Riders — The National Wildlife Refuge Association
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee advanced its Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies spending bill— and while it wasn’t the slash-and-burn bill the President ha...
www.refugeassociation.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Noooo…
~25% of employees left this year with the Fork, early retirement, and/or the buyout. Refuges were underfunded before that happened, with annual funding around 25% what is needed.
Recall, refuges also help protect people & infrastructure by helping curb impacts of hurricanes and floods.
~25% of employees left this year with the Fork, early retirement, and/or the buyout. Refuges were underfunded before that happened, with annual funding around 25% what is needed.
Recall, refuges also help protect people & infrastructure by helping curb impacts of hurricanes and floods.
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Originally intended to curb pollution across the 480 million acres of federally managed land, the department has now reversed course and ordered all bans on plastic to be lifted.
May 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Originally intended to curb pollution across the 480 million acres of federally managed land, the department has now reversed course and ordered all bans on plastic to be lifted.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Mark Zaid, a longtime national security lawyer, has filed a lawsuit challenging "the unlawful and retaliatory revocation" of his security clearance by Trump.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare the action unconstitutional, reinstate his clearance, and block further implementation of the policy.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare the action unconstitutional, reinstate his clearance, and block further implementation of the policy.
May 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mark Zaid, a longtime national security lawyer, has filed a lawsuit challenging "the unlawful and retaliatory revocation" of his security clearance by Trump.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare the action unconstitutional, reinstate his clearance, and block further implementation of the policy.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare the action unconstitutional, reinstate his clearance, and block further implementation of the policy.
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JD Vance demanded that Russia and Ukraine agree to a U.S. peace proposal that would “freeze the territorial lines,” and would force Kyiv to accept other Moscow-favored terms. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that “sugar is poison.” Follow live updates on the Trump administration.
RFK Jr. Declares ‘Sugar Is Poison’ in Campaign Against Food Industry: Trump Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
JD Vance demanded that Russia and Ukraine agree to a U.S. peace proposal that would “freeze the territorial lines,” and would force Kyiv to accept other Moscow-favored terms. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that “sugar is poison.” Follow live updates on the Trump administration.
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Since Trump took office:
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
April 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Since Trump took office:
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
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Contempt proceedings are important when the gov't flouts a court order, because "The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.” joycevance.substack.com/p/contemptib...
Contemptible
Today, James Boasberg, a federal judge in the District of Columbia, issued an order following a hearing he held in his courtroom almost two weeks ago.
joycevance.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Contempt proceedings are important when the gov't flouts a court order, because "The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it.” joycevance.substack.com/p/contemptib...
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4) continue asking questions even though no one seems to have answers. Maybe at some point they will.
5) Find a good song, poem, or short story during a break and use it for recovery.
6) recognize you and your work matter.
5) Find a good song, poem, or short story during a break and use it for recovery.
6) recognize you and your work matter.
April 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
4) continue asking questions even though no one seems to have answers. Maybe at some point they will.
5) Find a good song, poem, or short story during a break and use it for recovery.
6) recognize you and your work matter.
5) Find a good song, poem, or short story during a break and use it for recovery.
6) recognize you and your work matter.
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Thursday tips for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Employees:
1) as hard as it is, show up today and tomorrow to honor those leaving due to Fork 2.0. Be present.
2) focus on one conservation and/or regular work activity that brings you joy.
3) give yourself and others space not to be at their best.
1) as hard as it is, show up today and tomorrow to honor those leaving due to Fork 2.0. Be present.
2) focus on one conservation and/or regular work activity that brings you joy.
3) give yourself and others space not to be at their best.
April 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Thursday tips for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Employees:
1) as hard as it is, show up today and tomorrow to honor those leaving due to Fork 2.0. Be present.
2) focus on one conservation and/or regular work activity that brings you joy.
3) give yourself and others space not to be at their best.
1) as hard as it is, show up today and tomorrow to honor those leaving due to Fork 2.0. Be present.
2) focus on one conservation and/or regular work activity that brings you joy.
3) give yourself and others space not to be at their best.
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“That’s all. But it’s everything. It’s the rule of law…” @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
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April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“That’s all. But it’s everything. It’s the rule of law…” @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
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Is this administration so weak that Donald Trump and JD Vance can’t ask El Salvador to return someone they deported in error & have confidence El Salvador will honor their request? That would be a shocking fall in status for the United States.
April 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Is this administration so weak that Donald Trump and JD Vance can’t ask El Salvador to return someone they deported in error & have confidence El Salvador will honor their request? That would be a shocking fall in status for the United States.
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5/If Trump can refuse to return a person he has illegally deported to a foreign prison where he is paying for him to be held in indefinite custody, then he can do it to American citizens, too. To stay on top of today’s legal issues, sign up for my newsletter joycevance.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
April 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
5/If Trump can refuse to return a person he has illegally deported to a foreign prison where he is paying for him to be held in indefinite custody, then he can do it to American citizens, too. To stay on top of today’s legal issues, sign up for my newsletter joycevance.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social As April 20th approaches, please encourage your audience to explicitly check in on boys (as young as 10), teens, & young men who are online for what incel-related content they are exposed to, recruitment or ongoing community discussions.
Look out for each other.
Look out for each other.
April 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social As April 20th approaches, please encourage your audience to explicitly check in on boys (as young as 10), teens, & young men who are online for what incel-related content they are exposed to, recruitment or ongoing community discussions.
Look out for each other.
Look out for each other.
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An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
April 1, 2025
Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
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Ahead of the 2016 election, Trump began saying he might not honor the results of the election if he lost—we all know how that turned out in 2020. When he says he's thinking about a third term in office, we need to take him seriously. Please read: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-thi...
Trump’s Third Term
In a telephone interview last week with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Donald Trump refused to rule out running for a third term as president.
joycevance.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ahead of the 2016 election, Trump began saying he might not honor the results of the election if he lost—we all know how that turned out in 2020. When he says he's thinking about a third term in office, we need to take him seriously. Please read: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-thi...
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Sometimes you just have to ask—why? The Senate voted to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure introduced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was expected to save Americans billions each year.
March 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sometimes you just have to ask—why? The Senate voted to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure introduced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was expected to save Americans billions each year.
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The Trump administration has set up an email (airaction@epa.gov) allowing polluters to request exemptions from nine Clean Air Act rules. Under Section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, the president has the authority to grant these exemptions through a Presidential Exemption.
March 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Trump administration has set up an email (airaction@epa.gov) allowing polluters to request exemptions from nine Clean Air Act rules. Under Section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, the president has the authority to grant these exemptions through a Presidential Exemption.
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Been working on this story and paintings for months, and following this industrial road proposal for years. At last, here's a brief tale of tribes' generations-long fight to preserve the integrity and connectivity of their ancestral lands and waters, and the wild foods that they sustain.
The case for the Ambler Road had been settled. Regulators would not cleave through Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. However, with President Trump in office, a community that fought to keep the road out of their traditional homelands may find themselves back to square one.
Alaskan Tribes and Activists Are Ready to Resist Ambler Road, Again
The proposed route would slash through pristine Indigenous land
www.sierraclub.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Been working on this story and paintings for months, and following this industrial road proposal for years. At last, here's a brief tale of tribes' generations-long fight to preserve the integrity and connectivity of their ancestral lands and waters, and the wild foods that they sustain.
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The right wing literally spent 50 years building a massive, successful propaganda apparatus across AM radio, broadcast TV, cable, and the Internet that fills the public's heads with pebbles and hatred 24/7
we can't selectively unpair electoral delusion from the long, successful attack on the press
we can't selectively unpair electoral delusion from the long, successful attack on the press
Like every Dem, I have endless gripes about Dem messaging, but we have a genuine, longstanding problem of people literally not believing what Republicans are doing. They don't even believe what Republicans say they'll do!
This is also why a lot of people have trouble parsing the stuff Musk or whoever is doing to the federal government
"Why would you do this? It only hurts people, with no conceivable benefit to anyone!" yes that's why, they like hurting people as an end in itself
"Why would you do this? It only hurts people, with no conceivable benefit to anyone!" yes that's why, they like hurting people as an end in itself
March 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The right wing literally spent 50 years building a massive, successful propaganda apparatus across AM radio, broadcast TV, cable, and the Internet that fills the public's heads with pebbles and hatred 24/7
we can't selectively unpair electoral delusion from the long, successful attack on the press
we can't selectively unpair electoral delusion from the long, successful attack on the press
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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
Mike Johnson: "We're transitioning from Bidenomics and the terrible economy that was delivered by the last administration. It takes a while to turn that ship around."
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡
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Everyone should listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast in general, and this interview with Fareed Zakaria in particular.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
With Fareed Zakaria
open.spotify.com/episode/1ehB...
youtu.be/305ZAppMlN8?...
The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Everyone should listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast in general, and this interview with Fareed Zakaria in particular.