Deniene Green
@deniene.bsky.social
Compassion and curious always. Doing my best to resist all that is cruel and rotten in this world.
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October 25, 2025
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
October 25, 2025
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August 5, 2025
August 5, 2025 (Tuesday)
Sixty years ago tomorrow, on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
August 5, 2025
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May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
Today was a rough day for administration officials on Capitol Hill as Senate committees held hearings on the 2026 budget requests for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
May 20, 2025
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Imagine not wanting the government to infringe on your freedoms as a Christian while simultaneously working to have the government infringe on the freedoms of others in the name of Christianity and refusing to see this as a contradiction.
May 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Imagine not wanting the government to infringe on your freedoms as a Christian while simultaneously working to have the government infringe on the freedoms of others in the name of Christianity and refusing to see this as a contradiction.
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The American Framers didn’t—& the American people don’t—want a president corrupted by foreign state money, gifts or luxury jets. Glad to join @brennancenter.org at the @constitutionctr.bsky.social to discuss the Emoluments Clause & the meaning of the Constitution & Articles of Confederation.
May 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The American Framers didn’t—& the American people don’t—want a president corrupted by foreign state money, gifts or luxury jets. Glad to join @brennancenter.org at the @constitutionctr.bsky.social to discuss the Emoluments Clause & the meaning of the Constitution & Articles of Confederation.
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With mandatory spending like say, Medicaid, congress doesn’t appropriate it. It’s automatic. But the CUT it they have to change the law, and that’s what they want to do. The truth about spending
youtu.be/EHPk1c-LhqA
youtu.be/EHPk1c-LhqA
What Politicians Won’t Tell You About Federal Spending
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
May 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
With mandatory spending like say, Medicaid, congress doesn’t appropriate it. It’s automatic. But the CUT it they have to change the law, and that’s what they want to do. The truth about spending
youtu.be/EHPk1c-LhqA
youtu.be/EHPk1c-LhqA
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When Trump...
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
May 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When Trump...
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
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A Navy fighter jet failed to land on an aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, marking the fourth major mishap involving the vessel and the third loss of a fighter jet deployed with it since the warship left home last year.
Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
The latest loss of an F/A-18 fighter jet occurred during a failed landing aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A Navy fighter jet failed to land on an aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, marking the fourth major mishap involving the vessel and the third loss of a fighter jet deployed with it since the warship left home last year.
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May 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
On his social media feed yesterday evening, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
May 5, 2025
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April 9, 2025
April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
April 9, 2025
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When you can’t tell the difference between your Christianity and your privilege, calls for equality will sound like religious persecution.
April 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
When you can’t tell the difference between your Christianity and your privilege, calls for equality will sound like religious persecution.
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April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025 (Sunday)
After President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
April 6, 2025
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Tom Di Liberto is an accomplished climate scientist and analyst who was axed from NOAA by Musk's DOGE.
This MD-08 Local Hero exemplifies the dedication and creativity of thousands of federal employees.
This MD-08 Local Hero exemplifies the dedication and creativity of thousands of federal employees.
Local Hero Video Series: Week 252 Feat. Tom Di Liberto
YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin
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March 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tom Di Liberto is an accomplished climate scientist and analyst who was axed from NOAA by Musk's DOGE.
This MD-08 Local Hero exemplifies the dedication and creativity of thousands of federal employees.
This MD-08 Local Hero exemplifies the dedication and creativity of thousands of federal employees.
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INDIANA VOTER: “Will you demand the resignation of Pete Hegseth?”
*Crowd cheers wildly*
Rep. Spartz (R) : “No.”
*Crowd boos wildly for a full minute*
*Crowd cheers wildly*
Rep. Spartz (R) : “No.”
*Crowd boos wildly for a full minute*
March 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
INDIANA VOTER: “Will you demand the resignation of Pete Hegseth?”
*Crowd cheers wildly*
Rep. Spartz (R) : “No.”
*Crowd boos wildly for a full minute*
*Crowd cheers wildly*
Rep. Spartz (R) : “No.”
*Crowd boos wildly for a full minute*
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I just spoke with Homeland Security to get more information and I will share when I learn more.
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
International graduate student at U detained by ICE agents
In an email to students, university officials called it a “deeply concerning situation.”
www.startribune.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I just spoke with Homeland Security to get more information and I will share when I learn more.
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research. We have any number of students studying here with visas, and we need answers.
www.startribune.com/u-graduate-s...
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Yikes 😬
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yikes 😬
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March 28, 2025
March 28, 2025
“Another wipeout walloped Wall Street Friday,” Stan Choe of the Associated Press wrote today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
March 28, 2025
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They have revoked his security clearance 4 times.
Never forget the degree to which these acts are a performance intended to intimidate.
Never forget the degree to which these acts are a performance intended to intimidate.
This means I now have negative 4 security clearances
Adam Kinzinger’s security clearance is revoked every weekend. Deeply bizarre stuff.
March 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
They have revoked his security clearance 4 times.
Never forget the degree to which these acts are a performance intended to intimidate.
Never forget the degree to which these acts are a performance intended to intimidate.
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Be aware that government records belong to the government—& the American people.
And that those records can hold people w/political power ACCOUNTABLE for what they do.
The accountability of politicians to the people who gave them power is the ESSENCE of democracy.
Signal prevents accountability.
And that those records can hold people w/political power ACCOUNTABLE for what they do.
The accountability of politicians to the people who gave them power is the ESSENCE of democracy.
Signal prevents accountability.
March 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Be aware that government records belong to the government—& the American people.
And that those records can hold people w/political power ACCOUNTABLE for what they do.
The accountability of politicians to the people who gave them power is the ESSENCE of democracy.
Signal prevents accountability.
And that those records can hold people w/political power ACCOUNTABLE for what they do.
The accountability of politicians to the people who gave them power is the ESSENCE of democracy.
Signal prevents accountability.
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Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
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Trump's shocking project to relocate federal agencies away from the National Capital Region is designed to dismantle the government itself.
Let's stop them before they put the White House in Moscow to be closer to the home office.
Let's stop them before they put the White House in Moscow to be closer to the home office.
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump's shocking project to relocate federal agencies away from the National Capital Region is designed to dismantle the government itself.
Let's stop them before they put the White House in Moscow to be closer to the home office.
Let's stop them before they put the White House in Moscow to be closer to the home office.