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Heidi Garvin
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Dog mom, marketer, MBA, small biz advocate, & voracious reader who loves to learn new things. She/Her
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Have you seen? The share of U.S. adults who say immigration is “a good thing” for the country just hit a record high, even among Republicans.

apnews.com/article/immi...

#immigration #republicans
Image from @goodgoodgood article shows a graph that says "Republicans' positivity about immigration rose sharply in the last year" The graph source is the AP. The share of U.S. adults who say immigration is “a good thing” for the country just hit a record high According to a new Gallup poll, 79% Americans today say immigration is “a good thing” for the country — up from about 64% just a year ago, and a record high point for the last 25 years. Even among Republicans, positivity about immigration rose dramatically in the last year, from just 39% saying it was “a good thing” last year — to 64% today. Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults said immigration was a bad thing, down from 32% last year, and the share who want immigration “decreased” dropped from 55% to 30%. The poll also showed decreasing support for the Trump administration’s mass deportations.
July 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Even if you don't see the changes right away, be aware that they are coming. The GOP strategically placed some of their cuts for after the midterm or after their next election.

#BudgetCuts #BBB
This image shows a chart: Tax Cuts Higher standard deduction starting in 2025 No taxes on tips and overtime starting in 2025 State and local tax cap increases starting in 2025 Safety Net Cuts Food Stamp work requirements potentially in 2025 New rules on health insurance starting in 2026 Medicaid work requirements starting December 31, 2026 for most states Medicaid and food stamp funding changes starting in 2028 Clean energy cuts Electric vehicle credits ends by Sept. 30 2025 Home energy credits ends by Dec. 31 2025
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Is this the end of rule of law? Or are we going to stand up and demand that court rulings be respected?

Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Updated April 14, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won’t Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported Image President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Despite saying that they're not going to touch #SocialSecurity, these changes sure make it a lot harder for the hardworking people who earned these benefits to get them.

Gift article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...
The Social Security Administration Has Been Changing. Here’s What to Know. Deep staff reductions. New policies. Spreading misinformation. Since President Trump has taken office, the agency has been in tumult. Image shows a white kid in a ball cap trying to hold an American Flag together while the stars and stripes fall off of it. Picture Credit: Andrea Chronopoulos
April 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Betraying the trust of taxpayers who have helped build our country, "the Internal Revenue Service has agreed to help homeland security officials find immigrants they are trying to deport." #immigration

Read the full article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes. People walking toward a building with red doors that says Aurora ICE Processing Center in silver letters on blue panels. The ICE Processing Center in Aurora, Colo. Credit: Michael Ciaglo for The New York Times
April 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Because yesterday's announcement apparently wasn't big enough...

#Tariffs
New York Times post from Tony Romm April 3, 2025, 5:20 p.m. ET Tony Romm Economic policy reporter President Trump said Thursday he would unveil additional tariffs on imported semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, he said the chip tariffs are “starting very soon,” and that the pharma-related tariffs are “under review right now.”
April 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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"But her emails!" ...

Seriously though. This alone should have everyone calling for Hegseth to step down, let alone all the other qualifications he's lacking.
Screenshot of a breaking news email from the New York Times on March 24, 2025. The picture (taken by Haiyun Jiang) shows Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, and the caption says "White House Inner Circle Discussed Secret Military Plans in Extraordinary Breach. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included a journalist hours before U.S. troops launched attacks in Yemen."
March 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I remember learning in civics class in high school that our government was built to go slow because going slow gave us time to prevent mistakes like these from happening...

As frustrating as waiting can be, it's still better to measure twice and cut once.
March 20, 2025, 3:42 p.m. ET2 hours ago Sarah Maslin Nir After numerous Social Security numbers — including those belonging to a U.S. ambassador, congressional staffers and intelligence researchers — were revealed to be included in the trove of J.F.K papers released on Tuesday, the White House acknowledged on Thursday that it was only after the documents were released that officials began combing them for this sensitive information. To mitigate the potential harm of the leaks, administration officials directed the Social Security Administration to issue new numbers to the affected people, and planned to offer free credit monitoring to them. Sarah Maslin Nir March 20, 2025, 3:42 p.m. ET2 hours ago Sarah Maslin Nir The scramble to do damage control demonstrates the challenges caused when Trump makes abrupt policy moves. Though administration officials had been working to make the records public since January, when Trump signed an executive order mandating it, Trump had ordered the Kennedy documents released with only 24 hours’ notice.
March 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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How are you feeling about the S&P 500 entering into a correction?

#StockMarket #TariffImpact
A chart titled "S&P 500 Since the Election" shows a red line on a white background that hits a peak near the end of Feb/early March and then falls by 10.1% since the peak. This chart contains data from LSEG Data & Analytics and was published by the New York Times.
March 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Something to keep an eye on.

#StockMarket #Stocks
Image shows screenshots of stock indexes. The NASDAQ is down 2.43%, the S&P 500 is down 1.29%, and the Dow Jones is down 1.65% over the last month. White text on a black background says "One month of the new administration"
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I've been to so many rallies and walks supporting friends, family, and loved ones facing cancer, MS, Alzheimer's, and more. I *know* that people in #Nebraska care about medical research. Have you reached out to your representatives to tell them to push back?

#Cancer #MedicalResearch
Trump officials have used an arcane law to block funds for biomedical research, including on cancer. Image: A researcher with a pipette and blue gloves in a lab space, seen through an opening between shelves. A breakdown in the grant review process seemed to reflect a broader Trump administration strategy of exploiting loopholes to keep spending freezes in place, despite judicial orders to keep taxpayer dollars flowing.Credit...Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Trump administration has blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.
February 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I'm signed up for this! And I think you should check it out too. She makes some of the most delicious food I've ever tasted, and I'm excited for a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into it.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Cooking #Vegan #MealPrep #HighProtein
February 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Cheesy? Yes. Reminiscent of my high school emo ramblings? Definitely. But still true.

I'm thankful for the strong women that I met up with today to spend an afternoon focusing on creating, whether it was scrapbooking, journaling, or designing a planner. For me, it was #JunkJournaling.
February 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Was editing a quick video for work, and saw this quote on Biteable. Definitely needed this today.

Keep planting seeds. Keep going. Keep fighting for a better future, friends.
A cut orange lays on an orange background next to words that say "When life hands you dirt, plant seeds. - Matshona Dhliwayo"
February 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This weekend, I've blocked out some time to write testimony for and against the #NeLeg bills in the pic. I highly recommend that you look into these bills too. We must prevent book bans, stop discrimination against our LGBTQ+ brethren, and fight for a better #Nebraska.
February 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"The White House has rescinded an order that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter." - @nytimes.com

Keep speaking up about these orders! Your voice makes a difference.
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s effort to freeze as much as $3 trillion in federal grants and loans, siding for now with activists who said the order was illegal." - @nytimes.com
Screenshot of the New York Times article "A federal judge blocks Trump’s freeze of federal grant and loans."
January 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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My friend Xander has always fought for others, and now, he could use some support from us to get medical care before this administration makes it unreachable:
gofund.me/2b9261e1

Throwback pic from the last time Alexander, his spouse, and I marched for immigrant rights.
January 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM