@jlheckler.bsky.social

313 Followers 55 Following 3 Posts Joined Feb 2025
1 month ago

"What can Democrats actually do?"

- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS

- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law

- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE

- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny

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10 months ago

Why do so many Americans not have empathy for anyone?

Do they think this makes them look cool?

It makes them look weak.

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10 months ago

Say. This.

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10 months ago
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

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11 months ago

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

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11 months ago
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HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.

This is it. This is where America ends.

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1 year ago
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

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1 year ago
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It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉

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1 year ago

We need a Navalny, not a Newsom.

No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.

It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.

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1 year ago
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What a wonderful idea…👇

Let’s. Do. This. ✨

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1 year ago
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What a photo.

Green must be the start of something, not the end.

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1 year ago
Pride flag and a banner that says "Trans People Exist."

In the atrium of the ship. I'm really proud to be part of this cruise.

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1 year ago
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Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

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1 year ago
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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1 year ago

Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.

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1 year ago
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1 year ago

Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."

The first will be in Phoenix March 5.

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1 year ago

Allison Gill on Mitch McConnell: if your dumb ass would have voted to convict and barred him from office, we wouldn’t be here. YOU are embarrassing and costly.

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1 year ago
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Trump backs GOP bill with large cuts to Medicaid and food stamps YouTube video by CBS News

youtu.be/e7FFKUZOCrY?...!

tRump is a Liar. 1 in 5 Americans have Medicaid. 1/2 children in America are on Medicaid. Nursing Homes, Rural Hospitals, and Children's Hospital will close within the next 2 months should this pass!

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1 year ago
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Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the latest federal agency to be hit with DOGE layoffs.

That's the same agency that has investigated crashes involving Tesla's self-driving cars.

This was never about "efficiency."

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1 year ago
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They are not “Trump’s lawyers.” They are US Attorneys and their oath is to the Constitution.

Including freedom of the press.

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1 year ago

Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"

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1 year ago
Trump truth social post that reads: ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE. REMEMBER, WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE, BUT ULTIMATELY, TO MAKE GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. MAGA!

Interesting thing for the President to say about a person who, according the government’s lawyers, “has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself” and “only has the ability to advise the President, or communicate the President’s directives.”

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1 year ago
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So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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1 year ago
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Sure hope so.
(art by Dave Tarnowski)

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1 year ago
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"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

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1 year ago

DOGE = Department of Gross Errors

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1 year ago
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What We Learned from Linda McMahon’s Confirmation Hearing | NEA The nominee is ready to dismantle the Department of Education and steer federal funds away from public schools to pay for private school vouchers and tax cuts for the rich.

Linda McMahon’s hearing confirmed what we feared—she won’t stand up for students.

She refused to protect public schools, backed private school vouchers, and ignored the needs of vulnerable students. Our students deserve better.

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