Laura Helms Reece
@laurareece.bsky.social
An American of a certain age living in Paris and exploring Europe. I’m also a wife, mama, and an executive. I’ve loved business since I was 12.
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Namby/Pamby 2026 will not save democracy.
We need fighters, reformers, and passionate progressives who will demand real change, real accountability, and real consequences.
We need fighters, reformers, and passionate progressives who will demand real change, real accountability, and real consequences.
This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Namby/Pamby 2026 will not save democracy.
We need fighters, reformers, and passionate progressives who will demand real change, real accountability, and real consequences.
We need fighters, reformers, and passionate progressives who will demand real change, real accountability, and real consequences.
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This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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We’re five years into the pandemic, and the science is telling a very different story than “just a cold.” COVID affects blood vessels, organs, metabolism, and cognition — and the impacts compound with each infection.
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We’re five years into the pandemic, and the science is telling a very different story than “just a cold.” COVID affects blood vessels, organs, metabolism, and cognition — and the impacts compound with each infection.
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Broadview.
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Broadview.
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"I feel like I have this front row seat to the destruction of our democracy. We are seeing it in real time with a president who is asking us to do things that are illegal and harmful to the American public." @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Jenna Norton was placed on administrative leave from NIH
Jenna Norton was placed on administrative leave from NIH
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. n.pr/4oFYdPL
She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"I feel like I have this front row seat to the destruction of our democracy. We are seeing it in real time with a president who is asking us to do things that are illegal and harmful to the American public." @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Jenna Norton was placed on administrative leave from NIH
Jenna Norton was placed on administrative leave from NIH
I used to work in domestic violence support. A lot of women end up homeless when they leave their abusers. They also lose everything.
Yeah. I worked in homeless services a few years. A large number of people become homeless because they have such serious disabilities and can't work. I mean things like MS, paralysis, and HIV/AIDS, in the same person. Healthcare system fails them, they lose everything, they have nowhere to live.
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I used to work in domestic violence support. A lot of women end up homeless when they leave their abusers. They also lose everything.
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
We owe those who fought for the Allies such a debt. We owe that debt to every one of them, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other way we divide people.
This is awful. Please read the thread to understand who these men were. Don’t let anyone erase them.
This is awful. Please read the thread to understand who these men were. Don’t let anyone erase them.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We owe those who fought for the Allies such a debt. We owe that debt to every one of them, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other way we divide people.
This is awful. Please read the thread to understand who these men were. Don’t let anyone erase them.
This is awful. Please read the thread to understand who these men were. Don’t let anyone erase them.
I’m disgusted by the idea that gay is a slur.
At the say time, my cackling over this slur for men whom women *adore*.
At the say time, my cackling over this slur for men whom women *adore*.
Candace Owens: "It's not a coincidence that Justin Trudeau is gay, Obama -gay, Zelensky— gay, Emmanuel Macron gay and married to a trans man”
How the hell does this vile POS have one of the top podcasts in the country?
How the hell does this vile POS have one of the top podcasts in the country?
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I’m disgusted by the idea that gay is a slur.
At the say time, my cackling over this slur for men whom women *adore*.
At the say time, my cackling over this slur for men whom women *adore*.
New York is wonderful. Imperfect & wonderful. I feel sorry for the people who’ve been taught it’s a scary hell scape.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New York is wonderful. Imperfect & wonderful. I feel sorry for the people who’ve been taught it’s a scary hell scape.
More Halloween joy.
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
More Halloween joy.
More NYC subway joy.
NYC subway. Could be ComiCon, could be Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
More NYC subway joy.
It makes my statistician’s heart sing!
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It makes my statistician’s heart sing!
I love New York.
And we all need this joy.
And we all need this joy.
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I love New York.
And we all need this joy.
And we all need this joy.
This is the way.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is the way.
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South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
Many people outside NC believe NC is exclusively republican. In fact, it is a fairly evenly divided state that has been hikacked.
Few people outside North Carolina have heard of Paul Newby, the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court.
But Newby has had a huge impact on America and his state. He’s done this with the goal of delivering what he’s called “biblical justice, equal justice, for all.”
THREAD 👇
But Newby has had a huge impact on America and his state. He’s done this with the goal of delivering what he’s called “biblical justice, equal justice, for all.”
THREAD 👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Many people outside NC believe NC is exclusively republican. In fact, it is a fairly evenly divided state that has been hikacked.
As a Christian, this is what I understand Jesus taught.
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As a Christian, this is what I understand Jesus taught.
The story of our times is the story of our people. The institutions were more fragile than I’d hoped. Many (but not all) of our elected officials disappoint. But the people have persevered.
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The story of our times is the story of our people. The institutions were more fragile than I’d hoped. Many (but not all) of our elected officials disappoint. But the people have persevered.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
This is the way.
Portland dance group offers free Latin dance lessons at ICE facility 💃🏽
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is the way.
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That smile says "people are going to be giving me, the Vicar of Christ, sports jerseys for the rest of my time on earth, and that is not a problem I thought I would have in my papacy."
This is a real: Pope Leo XIV was gifted a Buffalo Bills jersey.
The Diocese of Buffalo said Bishop Fisher met with the Pope on Monday to discuss the ongoing bankruptcy filing, among other issues.
Pope Leo was said to have "expressed his gratitude for this symbol of hometown pride." #billsmafia
The Diocese of Buffalo said Bishop Fisher met with the Pope on Monday to discuss the ongoing bankruptcy filing, among other issues.
Pope Leo was said to have "expressed his gratitude for this symbol of hometown pride." #billsmafia
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
That smile says "people are going to be giving me, the Vicar of Christ, sports jerseys for the rest of my time on earth, and that is not a problem I thought I would have in my papacy."
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