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Heidi Schweingruber

@hschweingruber.bsky.social

Science Education champion; Fan of public education, national parks, clean air and water, public goods, and lots of other things that could be gone soon; native plant enthusiast; mom. Views expressed here are my own.

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06.03.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 23005    πŸ” 8357    πŸ’¬ 773    πŸ“Œ 330

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 18659    πŸ” 7265    πŸ’¬ 795    πŸ“Œ 411

When the President of the United States views "We the People" as a threat to his power, he has abdictated his sworn duty to serve us and must be immediately removed from office.

04.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4859    πŸ” 1325    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 60
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17088    πŸ” 5962    πŸ’¬ 512    πŸ“Œ 493

kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it

04.03.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 16503    πŸ” 2659    πŸ’¬ 266    πŸ“Œ 135
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C.D.C.’s New Acting Director Draws Unexpected Praise From Agency Staff

Good morning.

Let’s fix this headline...

Grifter scientist who spent years undermining mainstream COVID policy now discovers MMR is 97% effective, urges public to do what CDC has recommended since 1971.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/h...

03.03.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
Our taxes

Our taxes

Our taxes are paying for this instead of healthcare.

03.03.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9337    πŸ” 3213    πŸ’¬ 396    πŸ“Œ 124

Be right back. Gonna punch my neighbor before he can punch me for getting punched by some other guy.

03.03.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4195    πŸ” 682    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 39

"smartphones are killing education"
education has been intentionally strangled by the us government for decades, no child left behind actively forced schools to teach only to the test and that means rote memorization, the WORST way to learn ever devized

this is the system working as intended

02.03.2026 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3202    πŸ” 709    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 59
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 23872    πŸ” 5952    πŸ’¬ 1730    πŸ“Œ 632

If you are in the Western Universe, my opinion we are being taken over by Epstein cronies.

Not one of our leaders will speak out about children being abused or International Law.

01.03.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3924    πŸ” 903    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 32

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 23208    πŸ” 7875    πŸ’¬ 698    πŸ“Œ 321
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You have clearly not read the War Powers Act, Mike. Everything you've written is totally wrong.

The War Powers Act SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS military action unless: a/ there is a prior congressional authorization; or b/ it's a response to an attack against the U.S.

01.03.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6081    πŸ” 2013    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 98

This seems like a good time to remind voters that just 20 Republican senators could end this global nightmare today if they took their oaths seriously.

Stop blaming Democrats.

28.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1577    πŸ” 527    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 26

that top DOD officials spent the entire day feuding with a tech company and the boy scouts before launching a war in the middle of the night should probably inform your opinion about how well planned and executed this will be

28.02.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3257    πŸ” 845    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 21

I would like to say Midterms may help us but unfortunately despite the people telling me he can't openly interfere in an election I feel he is going to try his best to do just that. And Congress will allow it.

28.02.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5526    πŸ” 1140    πŸ’¬ 471    πŸ“Œ 94

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

27.02.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9887    πŸ” 2803    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 129

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness β€” or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

28.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21540    πŸ” 5715    πŸ’¬ 600    πŸ“Œ 240
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

27.02.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 16766    πŸ” 7027    πŸ’¬ 540    πŸ“Œ 374
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Congressman Thomas Massie

COURAGEOUS.

LEADERSHIP.

26.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7240    πŸ” 1537    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Weird they dragged in Hillary Clinton when there's another First Lady right there in the White House who actually knew Jeffrey Epstein.

27.02.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16763    πŸ” 3961    πŸ’¬ 499    πŸ“Œ 157
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

26.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 38948    πŸ” 16531    πŸ’¬ 1827    πŸ“Œ 1084

I know, I know, allow people to change etc but saying β€œbefore I got thrown in a concentration camp I just assumed all the people being thrown in concentration camps deserved it” is CRAZY

26.02.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4962    πŸ” 781    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 26
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Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

26.02.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 24862    πŸ” 7665    πŸ’¬ 1463    πŸ“Œ 584

Doctors say that vaccines are the best way to protect children against measles. A guy who eats dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says they should just swim in untreated sewage water instead. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

26.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2476    πŸ” 566    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 18

The Ayatollah dumbass is talking about died in 1989. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

26.02.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4281    πŸ” 1053    πŸ’¬ 411    πŸ“Œ 69

Authoritarianism is rising because our democracy was failing before Trump.

When pro-democracy forces take back power, we can’t just restore the status quo. We need to change a political system that gives oligarchs a veto over working people.

We need a new democracy.

24.02.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5676    πŸ” 1097    πŸ’¬ 344    πŸ“Œ 101
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This guy gets it.

23.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 23660    πŸ” 5748    πŸ’¬ 453    πŸ“Œ 805
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Stop trying to make like there's some kind of grand strategy or secret plan at work. It's not that. Truly. It's the simplest thing you can possibly imagine.

Don't think "four-dimensional chess"

Think "toddler + cheerios"

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/b...

23.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5567    πŸ” 1740    πŸ’¬ 281    πŸ“Œ 104