Amanda
@amininger.bsky.social
Writer, reader, lifelong learner. Colorado native. The sky is blue. Two plus two equals four.
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COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
Oof, wish I didn't have to like this one, but unfortunately it's too true.
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Oof, wish I didn't have to like this one, but unfortunately it's too true.
Thankful for Dan Froomkin's Heads Up News, generated by a real human for other real humans at a time when being a human is both intensely challenging and undeniably inspiring.
New on Heads Up News! Thankful for the humanitarian response to the administration’s atrocities www.headsupnews.org/p/thankful-f...
Thankful for the humanitarian response to the administration’s atrocities
Trump’s anti-immigrant offensive is bringing out the best as well as the worst in people
www.headsupnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Thankful for Dan Froomkin's Heads Up News, generated by a real human for other real humans at a time when being a human is both intensely challenging and undeniably inspiring.
Omg, thank goddess. That really sucked. Glad you're back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Omg, thank goddess. That really sucked. Glad you're back.
Thanks for your attention to this, Governor, but I hope you're doing way more behind the scenes to find out what's going on, stop unlawful actions, and help Fernando and his children than this "deeply concerned" BlueSky post suggests.
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanks for your attention to this, Governor, but I hope you're doing way more behind the scenes to find out what's going on, stop unlawful actions, and help Fernando and his children than this "deeply concerned" BlueSky post suggests.
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Colorado sent an email to all SNAP recipients yesterday urging them to use food pantries. CDHS was informed last week that pantries can't do more without more funds to buy more food. Food pantries are uniting to tell @coloradogovernor.bsky.social Polis to release emergency funds to food pantries.
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Colorado sent an email to all SNAP recipients yesterday urging them to use food pantries. CDHS was informed last week that pantries can't do more without more funds to buy more food. Food pantries are uniting to tell @coloradogovernor.bsky.social Polis to release emergency funds to food pantries.
Excellent work, Seattle Indivisible!
September 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Excellent work, Seattle Indivisible!
The whole thing is wrongly framed. It's not the effin' job of the prez to bring anything to heel - especially the media. This is just ongoing headline laziness that, at this point, is starting to feel deliberate.
September 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The whole thing is wrongly framed. It's not the effin' job of the prez to bring anything to heel - especially the media. This is just ongoing headline laziness that, at this point, is starting to feel deliberate.
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Stand up and fight for democracy and human rights, damn it. People will respect you for it.
September 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Stand up and fight for democracy and human rights, damn it. People will respect you for it.
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Columbia cancelled my class on race and journalism, but I'm teaching anyway.
Only 9 Days left to register for my class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101, and 102!
I will not be teaching this again until 2026, so don't miss your spot!
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Only 9 Days left to register for my class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101, and 102!
I will not be teaching this again until 2026, so don't miss your spot!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Columbia cancelled my class on race and journalism, but I'm teaching anyway.
Only 9 Days left to register for my class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101, and 102!
I will not be teaching this again until 2026, so don't miss your spot!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Only 9 Days left to register for my class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101, and 102!
I will not be teaching this again until 2026, so don't miss your spot!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Valid question. Answer? (Crickets...)
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Valid question. Answer? (Crickets...)
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
Thanks for connecting these dots, Senator, but what are you and your colleagues actually doing about this? Posting here isn't enough.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thanks for connecting these dots, Senator, but what are you and your colleagues actually doing about this? Posting here isn't enough.
Happy Good Trouble day (and RIP, John Lewis).
July 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Happy Good Trouble day (and RIP, John Lewis).
Heads Up indeed gives me hope. Thank you, @froomkin.bsky.social.
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Your source for information about the people and groups fighting back against Trump's agenda. Click to read Heads Up News, by Dan Froomkin, a Substack publication.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Heads Up indeed gives me hope. Thank you, @froomkin.bsky.social.
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New on Heads Up News: Millions of people in thousands of places said ‘No Kings’ www.headsupnews.org/p/millions-o...
Millions of people in thousands of places said ‘No Kings’
This is what democracy looks like
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June 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New on Heads Up News: Millions of people in thousands of places said ‘No Kings’ www.headsupnews.org/p/millions-o...
That's nice, Senator, but what's "I'm with Alex" actually mean? What are you personally doing to ensure these fascist acts stop now?
June 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
That's nice, Senator, but what's "I'm with Alex" actually mean? What are you personally doing to ensure these fascist acts stop now?
@trishacalvarese.bsky.social Go Trisha! I wrote postcards for you during your last campaign. I'm not in your district but I fully support firing Bobo. Good riddance.
June 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@trishacalvarese.bsky.social Go Trisha! I wrote postcards for you during your last campaign. I'm not in your district but I fully support firing Bobo. Good riddance.
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Thanks for calling attention to this, Senator. But what are you and your Senate colleagues actively doing right now to support Rep. McIver and demand all charges against her be dropped? Posting on social media isn't enough.
May 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thanks for calling attention to this, Senator. But what are you and your Senate colleagues actively doing right now to support Rep. McIver and demand all charges against her be dropped? Posting on social media isn't enough.
Which is why Ferris Bueller is still quotable today.
May 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Which is why Ferris Bueller is still quotable today.