Joe Hefta
@hefta.bsky.social
Fundraiser in public higher education, proud father, gardener and California native plant enthusiast. Pro-democracy, pro-human rights, pro-people.
Did I just see a Superbowl CBP recruiting ad inventing moral cover to joining their Gestapo?
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Did I just see a Superbowl CBP recruiting ad inventing moral cover to joining their Gestapo?
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Protests make MAGA mad. Journalism makes MAGA mad. Accountability makes MAGA mad. And the anger keeps building until a single sentence starts to spread across the length and breadth of Trump’s base: “Invoke the Insurrection Act.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | What MAGA Sees in the Minnesota Mirror
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Protests make MAGA mad. Journalism makes MAGA mad. Accountability makes MAGA mad. And the anger keeps building until a single sentence starts to spread across the length and breadth of Trump’s base: “Invoke the Insurrection Act.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Homan's point: "You know what these poor victims of lawless violence and tyranny all have in common? They just don't fucking LISTEN!"
What a piece of shit traitor he is.
What a piece of shit traitor he is.
Breaking News: President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said the immigration crackdown in Minnesota could ease if federal agents gained broader access to state jails.
Live Updates: Trump's Border Chief Says He Is In Minnesota to 'Regain Law and Order'
Tom Homan, now in charge of ICE’s immigration operation in the state, held a news conference outside Minneapolis as the agency faced growing pressure over its tactics.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Homan's point: "You know what these poor victims of lawless violence and tyranny all have in common? They just don't fucking LISTEN!"
What a piece of shit traitor he is.
What a piece of shit traitor he is.
Thou Shalt Not Kill by Kenneth Rexroth - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry share.google/Dy6sYAIoQp0i...
Thou Shalt Not Kill by Kenneth Rexroth - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: A Memorial for Dylan Thomas / I
share.google
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Thou Shalt Not Kill by Kenneth Rexroth - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry share.google/Dy6sYAIoQp0i...
Not just words
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Not just words
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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I was watching a show about human history and at the end my cat Notter jumped into my lap and I was confronted with the evolutionary reality of the domestication of genus Felis and fell in love with my cat all over again and thought of you.
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I was watching a show about human history and at the end my cat Notter jumped into my lap and I was confronted with the evolutionary reality of the domestication of genus Felis and fell in love with my cat all over again and thought of you.
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Released 45 years ago
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980
#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980
#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Released 45 years ago
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980
#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980
#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory
A friend posted a "caption this photo" challenge. Herewith, my attempt.
September 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A friend posted a "caption this photo" challenge. Herewith, my attempt.
The finale of Murderbot with Alexander Skarsgård and David Dastmalchian were the best minutes on TV this year. What sensitive writing, exquisite acting, bold artistic choices and incredible technical work. I watched four times and wept each time.
#murderbot
#alexanderskarsgård
#daviddastmalchian
#murderbot
#alexanderskarsgård
#daviddastmalchian
July 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The finale of Murderbot with Alexander Skarsgård and David Dastmalchian were the best minutes on TV this year. What sensitive writing, exquisite acting, bold artistic choices and incredible technical work. I watched four times and wept each time.
#murderbot
#alexanderskarsgård
#daviddastmalchian
#murderbot
#alexanderskarsgård
#daviddastmalchian
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In honor of getting fired by Elon Musk, this month's newsletter is all stories about bad bosses, and revenge:
Tales from the Underpaid: Drop Dead Ed
Elon Musk was not my boss, but he did fire me on the last day of June. My job as a federal contractor for the Center for Medicare Services was eliminated as...
buttondown.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In honor of getting fired by Elon Musk, this month's newsletter is all stories about bad bosses, and revenge:
Get some of this. You'll be glad you did. Released during the First Age of Darkness, its message is even more on the nose today. I find it heartening.
#hayescarll
open.spotify.com/track/58eXcq...
#hayescarll
open.spotify.com/track/58eXcq...
Times Like These
Hayes Carll · What It Is · Song · 2019
open.spotify.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Get some of this. You'll be glad you did. Released during the First Age of Darkness, its message is even more on the nose today. I find it heartening.
#hayescarll
open.spotify.com/track/58eXcq...
#hayescarll
open.spotify.com/track/58eXcq...
This is teenybop pop of the first order on the one hand, but on the other, watch it queer the subject. So punk. So subversive. Great contribution.
open.spotify.com/track/0s9oqw...
#punkrockhistory
#blondie
#debbieHARRY
open.spotify.com/track/0s9oqw...
#punkrockhistory
#blondie
#debbieHARRY
I'm Gonna Love You Too
Blondie · Parallel Lines · Song · 1978
open.spotify.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This is teenybop pop of the first order on the one hand, but on the other, watch it queer the subject. So punk. So subversive. Great contribution.
open.spotify.com/track/0s9oqw...
#punkrockhistory
#blondie
#debbieHARRY
open.spotify.com/track/0s9oqw...
#punkrockhistory
#blondie
#debbieHARRY
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It’s a frightening time in our history. But in spite of that reality — or rather, in response to that reality — we are organizing and still rising. #NoKings
June 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s a frightening time in our history. But in spite of that reality — or rather, in response to that reality — we are organizing and still rising. #NoKings
No expert, here, and nothing new to report, unless you want to know why I'm obsessing over this underappreciated masterpiece cover
open.spotify.com/track/62H036...
of an otherwise underappreciated masterpiece
youtu.be/_Xja9C09k2w?...
In which case, query away, comrade.
#blondie
#nerves
#punk
open.spotify.com/track/62H036...
of an otherwise underappreciated masterpiece
youtu.be/_Xja9C09k2w?...
In which case, query away, comrade.
#blondie
#nerves
#punk
Hanging On The Telephone
Blondie · Parallel Lines · Song · 1978
open.spotify.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
No expert, here, and nothing new to report, unless you want to know why I'm obsessing over this underappreciated masterpiece cover
open.spotify.com/track/62H036...
of an otherwise underappreciated masterpiece
youtu.be/_Xja9C09k2w?...
In which case, query away, comrade.
#blondie
#nerves
#punk
open.spotify.com/track/62H036...
of an otherwise underappreciated masterpiece
youtu.be/_Xja9C09k2w?...
In which case, query away, comrade.
#blondie
#nerves
#punk
Marching today, feeling solidarity, leading chant responses and booming out the words, fists in the air, grinning like a fool. People cheering and joining. The physicality of that emotional connection was profoundly encouraging to me. I can't understate it. Get some of this.
#nokings
#50501sanjose
#nokings
#50501sanjose
June 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Marching today, feeling solidarity, leading chant responses and booming out the words, fists in the air, grinning like a fool. People cheering and joining. The physicality of that emotional connection was profoundly encouraging to me. I can't understate it. Get some of this.
#nokings
#50501sanjose
#nokings
#50501sanjose
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Today in San Jose, CA
NO KINGS protest and march.
12,000 participants!
#june14 #nokings #nokingsday #sanjose #dumptrump #resist #handsoff #protestart #indivisible #bayarea #goodtrouble #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #nokings #stopICE #abolishICE #standupfightback #50501ca #50501sanjose
NO KINGS protest and march.
12,000 participants!
#june14 #nokings #nokingsday #sanjose #dumptrump #resist #handsoff #protestart #indivisible #bayarea #goodtrouble #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #nokings #stopICE #abolishICE #standupfightback #50501ca #50501sanjose
June 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Today in San Jose, CA
NO KINGS protest and march.
12,000 participants!
#june14 #nokings #nokingsday #sanjose #dumptrump #resist #handsoff #protestart #indivisible #bayarea #goodtrouble #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #nokings #stopICE #abolishICE #standupfightback #50501ca #50501sanjose
NO KINGS protest and march.
12,000 participants!
#june14 #nokings #nokingsday #sanjose #dumptrump #resist #handsoff #protestart #indivisible #bayarea #goodtrouble #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #nokings #stopICE #abolishICE #standupfightback #50501ca #50501sanjose
San Jose shows up again. Unions, orgs, vets, pols, immigrants (that's nearly all of us), retirees, workers, activists, and public sector workers on duty and off made this a forceful, righteous and peaceful expression of rage and solidarity 30,000 strong. We are winning.
#nokings
#50501SanJose
#nokings
#50501SanJose
June 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
San Jose shows up again. Unions, orgs, vets, pols, immigrants (that's nearly all of us), retirees, workers, activists, and public sector workers on duty and off made this a forceful, righteous and peaceful expression of rage and solidarity 30,000 strong. We are winning.
#nokings
#50501SanJose
#nokings
#50501SanJose
Current mood, with apologies to #bobmould, who I know has a wall around this one, but it is in this time a critical contribution. #freedom open.spotify.com/track/2LXPIp...
June 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Current mood, with apologies to #bobmould, who I know has a wall around this one, but it is in this time a critical contribution. #freedom open.spotify.com/track/2LXPIp...
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Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs