Val Heywood
@vcheywood.bsky.social
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The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
Period.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
Period.
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HEY CORPORATE MEDIA,
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
October 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
HEY CORPORATE MEDIA,
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
Let me know if you need any help with this
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this is an important moment.
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
August 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
this is an important moment.
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
August 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
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The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
August 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
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I feel this should be a bigger story, right?
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I feel this should be a bigger story, right?
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August 9, 2025
August 9, 2025
Last Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video in which Christian nationalist pastors express their opposition to the idea of women voting.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
August 9, 2025
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These days I wish I was a Canadian so I could join their boycott!
Hang tough 🇨🇦. As We are fighting to save democracy you give us strength with your successful MAGA boycott.
Don’t give in. Don’t give up. #StrongerTogether 💙🇨🇦🥰
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Hang tough 🇨🇦. As We are fighting to save democracy you give us strength with your successful MAGA boycott.
Don’t give in. Don’t give up. #StrongerTogether 💙🇨🇦🥰
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Canada’s Boycott Is Freaking MAGA Out
A Canadian journalist contacted me the other day looking to get a sense of the current state of the Canadian boycott.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
These days I wish I was a Canadian so I could join their boycott!
Hang tough 🇨🇦. As We are fighting to save democracy you give us strength with your successful MAGA boycott.
Don’t give in. Don’t give up. #StrongerTogether 💙🇨🇦🥰
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Hang tough 🇨🇦. As We are fighting to save democracy you give us strength with your successful MAGA boycott.
Don’t give in. Don’t give up. #StrongerTogether 💙🇨🇦🥰
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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Powerful opinion piece in today’s NYT from Perri Klass (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
#PedsID #IDSky #PedsSky
#PedsID #IDSky #PedsSky
Opinion | ‘I Never Want to See a Case of Polio, but I’m Very Fearful I Will’
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Powerful opinion piece in today’s NYT from Perri Klass (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
#PedsID #IDSky #PedsSky
#PedsID #IDSky #PedsSky
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“My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?” @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing
"My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" @petridishes writes:
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?” @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
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The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.
The GOP's massive bill would add trillions of dollars to the country's debt
The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.
n.pr
July 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.
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I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
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Nobody in Michigan wants to cut food assistance and health care to finance a tax cut for billionaires — but that's exactly what Republicans are trying to do.
@slotkin.senate.gov and I are going to fight this ridiculous bill every step of the way.
@slotkin.senate.gov and I are going to fight this ridiculous bill every step of the way.
July 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Nobody in Michigan wants to cut food assistance and health care to finance a tax cut for billionaires — but that's exactly what Republicans are trying to do.
@slotkin.senate.gov and I are going to fight this ridiculous bill every step of the way.
@slotkin.senate.gov and I are going to fight this ridiculous bill every step of the way.
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BREAKING: Republicans just blocked my amendment to ensure Veterans, foster kids and the homeless aren’t denied SNAP benefits.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
July 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BREAKING: Republicans just blocked my amendment to ensure Veterans, foster kids and the homeless aren’t denied SNAP benefits.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
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June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025
There are four political stories people should know about tonight.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
June 29, 2025
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June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025
Last night just before midnight, Republicans released their new version of the omnibus budget reconciliation bill.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
June 28, 2025
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Disabled activist Carol Olinger is still in custody after peacefully protesting GOP Medicaid cuts.
She needs insulin NOW & has kidney dialysis at 6am.
This is medical neglect—cruel and deliberate. Her life is at risk.
We demand her release & care. Please share widely!
She needs insulin NOW & has kidney dialysis at 6am.
This is medical neglect—cruel and deliberate. Her life is at risk.
We demand her release & care. Please share widely!
June 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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I remember when Trump had the Nuns arrested at the Capitol for bringing attention to migrant children abuses.
June 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I remember when Trump had the Nuns arrested at the Capitol for bringing attention to migrant children abuses.
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They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."
June 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."
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May 20, 2025
May 19, 2025
The House Rules Committee will take up the Republicans’ omnibus bill this week.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
May 20, 2025
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April 29, 2025
April 29, 2025
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt popularized the idea that the first 100 days of a presidency established an administration’s direction.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
April 29, 2025
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April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025
Last night a new club opened in the wealthy Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
April 27, 2025
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April 22, 2025
April 22, 2025
Today is Earth Day, celebrated for the first time in 1970.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
April 22, 2025
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.