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John Heaner

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · Sep 22

Daughter took this pic in The Papal Basilica in the Vatican. Prayers via e-payment. LED candles. Tap or swipe. Say a prayer, light a candle... with a tap! Amen!

In the basilica of The Vatican, where no-flame votive candles will light up their LEDs after an electronic donation. Stone tile floor; marble carving and stone inlay. In the foreground is the votive stand, with slots for cash donations as well. All candles are LED. The e-payment screen shines most brightly of all.

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 4h

"'Allo 'Allo" is a bedrock of faith for some of us

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 5h

Because interests

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 7h

Loomer is positioned. Commence countown.... three... two....

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 8h

I'm happy for Scott, however deluded and falsely influential he may be. Hope he can see the inequity, and speak up. Redemption is his for the taking

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 14h

I'd like to see you try, Duffy. GFY

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

they keep not understanding that people aren’t going to blame the democrats if they do this as long as they keep claiming the authority to do it

Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff

Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding...

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 1d

This. Holy cow, how did she miss this

digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1d

I would have liked to see her ask if he personally signed all 1500+ pardons for his January 6th henchmen.

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 1d

Smoking gun. Caso en punto. Finis

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, Canada!

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 2d

How is this NOT 25th Amendment time? We have aircraft carriers off the shore of Venezuela. And now The Puckered Orange One threatens this?

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 2d

A lot to digest here, unfortunately.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Obama: Oh, I love you, but hold on. I heard you, girl. Just settle down. I'm here to talk to everybody, not just you. I mean, you look cute. But I’m married. Michelle's fine too

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 3d

This is like Drunk History meets This Old House

“Art Deco doesn’t go with, you know, 1850 and civil wars and all of the problems,” Mr. Trump said. “But what does is statuary marble. So I ripped it apart and we built the bathroom. It’s absolutely gorgeous and totally in keeping with that time.”

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

What's simplest way to signal you have never read Great Gatsby and have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER of its main plot points?

I'd say: Posing a flapper outside 1920s car—which might even be yellow. As in first pic.

Like having a "Chekhov party" with a gun on the dinner table.

The cruelty. The ignorance.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

More Insta snaps from the let them eat cake ball at Mar a Lago

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 2d

Americans will forever mistake Gatsby for Redford, or di Caprio, or whomever. Glitter, gold, fungus, mold. All the same.

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

Not a single trick-or-treater in our Valley Village neighborhood. For obvious reasons. Resist

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

Rim shot.
Well-earned

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

This Dodger fan can live with it. The "Doyers" lost me when they chose ICE over their fans

God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

I hope Canada wins America’s game tonight and sends a gigantic FU to Donald.

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

Shed a tear for turnips

John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

GOP dancing the quick step to cover Acosta -- who apparently lied through his teeth to the committee. Could cost Acosta a felony indictment. And lead to the release of a lot more damaging information

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.

Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

This is the way

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 4d

This is fucking amazing

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 3d

New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.

During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

The Andrew formerly known as Prince has gotten things rolling

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John Heaner @johnheaner.bsky.social · 3d

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Yes, Andrew had to go -- because a dirt storm is on the horizon

JPMorgan flagged $1B in ‘suspicious’ Epstein-linked deals to Trump administration

Over 4,700 transactions, including wire transfers to Russian banks raised red flags in 2019, new documents reveal