Dennis R. Higgins Jr.
@dennishiggins.bsky.social
Tries to be a glass half-full guy but pretty grumpy of late. GIS Professional, fmr. Kent (WA) City Councilmember, KCSARC Bd. Member, Seattle, UW Huskies, Rainier Chorale bass, Spokane native, tinkerer, ally. He/him/his.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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his uncle doesn't like him. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
his uncle doesn't like him. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Savages His Staggering Hypocrisy
Alisa Kasmer says the Trump immigration czar is dismantling the very path that let their family build a life in America.
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
Alisa Kasmer says the Trump immigration czar is dismantling the very path that let their family build a life in America.
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Savages His Staggering Hypocrisy
Alisa Kasmer says the Trump immigration czar is dismantling the very path that let their family build a life in America.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Savages His Staggering Hypocrisy
Alisa Kasmer says the Trump immigration czar is dismantling the very path that let their family build a life in America.
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
Alisa Kasmer says the Trump immigration czar is dismantling the very path that let their family build a life in America.
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
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Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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If only someone had been screaming this from the rooftops for the last seven years. 👋🏼
Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If only someone had been screaming this from the rooftops for the last seven years. 👋🏼
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There's an audio recording of him, not an aide, asking for votes to swing a state in a Presidential election and that wasn't enough to get him locked up or even keep him from the White House
As people comb the Epstein files for some crime they can get Trump on I’m thinking about how he was found with boxes of stolen top secret files in his possession and somehow that ended up being impossible to prosecute.
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There's an audio recording of him, not an aide, asking for votes to swing a state in a Presidential election and that wasn't enough to get him locked up or even keep him from the White House
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I’ll take immigrants over pederasts any day.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ll take immigrants over pederasts any day.
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Meet an American hero.
One Courageous Correspondent
What happened inside “60 Minutes” this weekend
steady.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Meet an American hero.
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Manufacturing culture wars allows Republicans to sound faux populist without having to address the practical problems faced by most Americans — lack of paid sick leave, unaffordable child care and elder care, stagnant wages, and inadequate housing. Don’t fall for it.
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Manufacturing culture wars allows Republicans to sound faux populist without having to address the practical problems faced by most Americans — lack of paid sick leave, unaffordable child care and elder care, stagnant wages, and inadequate housing. Don’t fall for it.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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It never ceases to blow my mind that so many tech, sci-fi, futurism backers ended up swinging so far right. Did they entirely miss the point of the sci-fi novels? That identity, self, personal exploration is something we can nurture and grow? It's like instead they said, "no we like the dystopia."
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It never ceases to blow my mind that so many tech, sci-fi, futurism backers ended up swinging so far right. Did they entirely miss the point of the sci-fi novels? That identity, self, personal exploration is something we can nurture and grow? It's like instead they said, "no we like the dystopia."
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Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
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Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
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Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?
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No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.
“We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.
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What really depresses me about the news industry is how many people in positions of power seem to hold the core values of journalism in contempt.
“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
What really depresses me about the news industry is how many people in positions of power seem to hold the core values of journalism in contempt.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
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Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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It's been just over a year. But on occasion of Tony Dokoupil's selection as anchor of CBS Evening News, it *really* is worth watching these 5+ minutes of his exchange with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of stories, new book, "The Message"
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's been just over a year. But on occasion of Tony Dokoupil's selection as anchor of CBS Evening News, it *really* is worth watching these 5+ minutes of his exchange with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...
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The chyron is correct. Diversity is a distraction from the real problems: the oligarchs and the Christofascists.
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The chyron is correct. Diversity is a distraction from the real problems: the oligarchs and the Christofascists.