Heather Colburn
@htgnhlc.bsky.social
Teaching Spanish off tenure track, being mom to a wonderful eye-rolling teen, remembering hazy, Appalachian summer days, and dreaming of warm beaches.
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This buyout offer represents a moral, business and civic failure by Tribune ownership. We should focus on building readership by investing in strong coverage, not cutting staff to satisfy short-term greed. Shame on Alden Global Capital, always.
This is the official bsky account for the Chicago Tribune Guild. We learned today that @chicagotribune.com is offering buyouts to our journalists. This move by Alden Global Capital, our rapacious ownership group, shows a total lack of vision and respect for the newsroom and the city we serve. (1/5)
June 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This buyout offer represents a moral, business and civic failure by Tribune ownership. We should focus on building readership by investing in strong coverage, not cutting staff to satisfy short-term greed. Shame on Alden Global Capital, always.
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In masks, with military weapons, ICE agents drag away people who showed up for immigration appointments in Chicago's South Loop. Alders, immigration advocates, and residents showed up in protest against these atrocities
ICE Mass Arrests Spark Chaos In South Loop As Activists Fight To Disrupt Operation
At least 10 people were arrested at check-ins under an ICE monitoring program for immigrants, and an alderman said he was thrown to the ground by agents while protesting the arrests.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In masks, with military weapons, ICE agents drag away people who showed up for immigration appointments in Chicago's South Loop. Alders, immigration advocates, and residents showed up in protest against these atrocities
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DOGE was never about "efficiency."
May 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DOGE was never about "efficiency."
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EMERGENCY ACTION
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
EMERGENCY ACTION
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
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Faculty in the Northwestern University's engineering school say they received stop-work notices from the Department of Defense late Wednesday, following the Trump administration’s announced plans to cut $790 million in the university’s funding.
Department of Defense halts operations of several Northwestern research labs
Northwestern University researchers received stop-work notices late Wednesday after the Trump administration announced plans to cut $790 million in the university’s funding.
buff.ly
April 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Faculty in the Northwestern University's engineering school say they received stop-work notices from the Department of Defense late Wednesday, following the Trump administration’s announced plans to cut $790 million in the university’s funding.
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Hundreds demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging congressional Republicans to rethink cutting programs vital to millions of Americans as a way to help extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
As U.S. House GOP adopts budget, protesters rally against Medicaid reductions, tax cuts • West Virginia Watch
Hundreds demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging congressional Republicans to rethink cutting Medicaid funding.
buff.ly
April 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hundreds demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging congressional Republicans to rethink cutting programs vital to millions of Americans as a way to help extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
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Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers — drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others.
Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab
Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers — drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others.…
www.chicagotribune.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers — drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others.
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Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago and the suburbs drew thousands criticizing Trump's policies, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and medical research.
Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policies
Also held in the suburbs and across the country, the demonstrations are taking aim at the administration's recent actions, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services…
buff.ly
April 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago and the suburbs drew thousands criticizing Trump's policies, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and medical research.
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...Sun Times is saying over 30,000 in Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04...
Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policies
Also held in the suburbs and across the country, the demonstrations are taking aim at the administration's recent actions, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and...
chicago.suntimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
...Sun Times is saying over 30,000 in Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04...
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Reminder: no matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is *no way* they can pay for their proposed tax cuts without gutting Medicaid and other programs that millions of people rely on.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
April 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reminder: no matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is *no way* they can pay for their proposed tax cuts without gutting Medicaid and other programs that millions of people rely on.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
April 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Many students at Southern Illinois University come from families that are poor, or barely middle class, and depend on scholarships.
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural…
propub.li
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Many students at Southern Illinois University come from families that are poor, or barely middle class, and depend on scholarships.
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”
With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
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COMMENTARY: The ACA has expanded affordable coverage to people previously locked out of health insurance, lowered premiums and helped the nation’s uninsured rate reach an all-time low. Unfortunately, dismantling it remains a top Republican priority, writes Ellen Allen.
ACA has dramatically shifted West Virginia’s health care landscape
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March 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
COMMENTARY: The ACA has expanded affordable coverage to people previously locked out of health insurance, lowered premiums and helped the nation’s uninsured rate reach an all-time low. Unfortunately, dismantling it remains a top Republican priority, writes Ellen Allen.
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COMMENTARY: By the time Gov. Morrisey was done with his presser on WVU's snub in the NCAA tournament, the sympathy was gone and national ridicule was the new narrative, writes @four4thefire.bsky.social.
More harm than good in Gov. Morrisey’s NCAA comments
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
COMMENTARY: By the time Gov. Morrisey was done with his presser on WVU's snub in the NCAA tournament, the sympathy was gone and national ridicule was the new narrative, writes @four4thefire.bsky.social.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy is EVERYTHING the civilian pukes in the White House wish they were: masculine, powerful and charismatic. They hate him because his presence reveals their cosplay.
Zelenskyy will go down as one of the great heroic figures of the 21st century
Zelenskyy will go down as one of the great heroic figures of the 21st century
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is EVERYTHING the civilian pukes in the White House wish they were: masculine, powerful and charismatic. They hate him because his presence reveals their cosplay.
Zelenskyy will go down as one of the great heroic figures of the 21st century
Zelenskyy will go down as one of the great heroic figures of the 21st century
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This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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The 19th opens applications for its fourth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort 19thnews.org/2025/02/fran...
The 19th opens applications for its fourth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort
The program provides graduates and mid-career HBCU alums with full-year, salaried fellowships in reporting, audience engagement and product management.
19thnews.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The 19th opens applications for its fourth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort 19thnews.org/2025/02/fran...
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The “stop the hate” commercial featuring two celebrities who support the President who began his career by calling Mexicans rapists and whose biggest campaign donor recently gave a Hitler salute and rehired the “I was racist before it was cool” guy was….a choice.
February 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The “stop the hate” commercial featuring two celebrities who support the President who began his career by calling Mexicans rapists and whose biggest campaign donor recently gave a Hitler salute and rehired the “I was racist before it was cool” guy was….a choice.
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Normally my concern is that the media isn't taking Trump stories seriously but right now all I want is for CNN and NY Times to make their top story visual that halftime show flag just to freak him the fuck out
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Normally my concern is that the media isn't taking Trump stories seriously but right now all I want is for CNN and NY Times to make their top story visual that halftime show flag just to freak him the fuck out
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In case you missed it - and need a timeline cleanse - we published a compilation of over 1,500 accents from across the Appalachian region last week. We think you’ll like it 😊
youtu.be/yPnF5Q4eCv4
youtu.be/yPnF5Q4eCv4
1,500 Appalachian Accents
YouTube video by Appodlachia
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February 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In case you missed it - and need a timeline cleanse - we published a compilation of over 1,500 accents from across the Appalachian region last week. We think you’ll like it 😊
youtu.be/yPnF5Q4eCv4
youtu.be/yPnF5Q4eCv4
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The Trump Administration is suing Chicago, Cook County and Illinois over sanctuary policies. https://buff.ly/415ryd2
February 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Trump Administration is suing Chicago, Cook County and Illinois over sanctuary policies. https://buff.ly/415ryd2
Thanks, Jonas Salk, for making this obsolete. Thanks #HHS and #CDC for ensuring health of all babies & kids, no matter their parents’ income, through cheap/free vaccines. No thanks, #RFK, don’t send children back to this. #vaccinessavelives #science
January 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thanks, Jonas Salk, for making this obsolete. Thanks #HHS and #CDC for ensuring health of all babies & kids, no matter their parents’ income, through cheap/free vaccines. No thanks, #RFK, don’t send children back to this. #vaccinessavelives #science
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A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with a proposed spending freeze on grants and loans, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to freeze spending on grants, loans • West Virginia Watch
A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday, blocking the Trump administration from a proposed spending freeze.
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with a proposed spending freeze on grants and loans, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
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FAA Chief Whitaker had clashed with Musk and SpaceX over enforcement of safety issues, so Musk demanded Whitaker resign early, ahead of his 5 year legally mandated term.
FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
FAA Chief Whitaker had clashed with Musk and SpaceX over enforcement of safety issues, so Musk demanded Whitaker resign early, ahead of his 5 year legally mandated term.