Heidi Klebingot
@heidik90.bsky.social
Bring on the dogs, books and sunshine. All the things that made me a happy as a child, still bringing me joy.
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"The watchlist is not a little sunglasses icon. It is a scope with someone’s sight that you would think of on a gun for precision. That to me is terrifying. It is threatening. You don’t have to be very far between the lines, between figuring out what a watchlist might mean."
A conversation with Wellesley’s only professor on Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist
Turning Point USA’s “Professor Watchlist” drew a surge of attention following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, on Sept. 10, prompting professors on the list to brac...
thewellesleynews.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The watchlist is not a little sunglasses icon. It is a scope with someone’s sight that you would think of on a gun for precision. That to me is terrifying. It is threatening. You don’t have to be very far between the lines, between figuring out what a watchlist might mean."
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What's it like to come w/ permission then have it taken away? "To tell them their safety has an expiration date while their home country remains mired in the same crisis they fled — and is now in the crosshairs of the U.S. military — is a painful contradiction. "
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
They Came to the U.S. Legally. Then Trump Stripped Their Status Away.
Yineska and her family are trapped between a homeland in ruin and Trump’s mass deportation campaign. “Status: Venezuelan” is a story of them trying to stay together — and stay in the U.S. legally.
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What's it like to come w/ permission then have it taken away? "To tell them their safety has an expiration date while their home country remains mired in the same crisis they fled — and is now in the crosshairs of the U.S. military — is a painful contradiction. "
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
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NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
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Copy of Hegseth's new AI order that I obtained
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Copy of Hegseth's new AI order that I obtained
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After visiting assisted care facilities to collect and submit elderly residents' ballots, Bobbie Peoples was convicted under Mississippi's "ballot harvesting" law—which restricts who can submit a ballot on another's behalf.
Last week, a judge fined her $2,700 with a six-month suspended sentence.
Last week, a judge fined her $2,700 with a six-month suspended sentence.
Mississippi Woman Convicted of Ballot Harvesting for Submitting Senior’s Vote Will Appeal
Bobbie Peoples is appealing a ballot harvesting conviction for submitting a ballot on behalf of another person in Leflore County, Mississippi.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
After visiting assisted care facilities to collect and submit elderly residents' ballots, Bobbie Peoples was convicted under Mississippi's "ballot harvesting" law—which restricts who can submit a ballot on another's behalf.
Last week, a judge fined her $2,700 with a six-month suspended sentence.
Last week, a judge fined her $2,700 with a six-month suspended sentence.
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A must-read story about the SBA’s failure to oversee a no-bid program for Native businesses and the grift that followed.
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him. by @nickgrube.bsky.social @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him. by @nickgrube.bsky.social @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A must-read story about the SBA’s failure to oversee a no-bid program for Native businesses and the grift that followed.
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him. by @nickgrube.bsky.social @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him. by @nickgrube.bsky.social @civilbeat.bsky.social
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Today in insanity: "Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection."
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Today in insanity: "Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection."
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"Samuel suffered broken teeth and testicular trauma requiring hospitalization, according to the letter, which also asserts that he was later billed for the ambulance ride required to treat the injuries allegedly inflicted by the guards."
Shocking reports out of Texas: Officers at a detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse. A civil rights coalition is demanding the facility be shut down now!
How many more warnings do we need?
#Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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How many more warnings do we need?
#Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse — Guardian US
Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Samuel suffered broken teeth and testicular trauma requiring hospitalization, according to the letter, which also asserts that he was later billed for the ambulance ride required to treat the injuries allegedly inflicted by the guards."
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They also gifted us with this PRACTICAL TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
They also gifted us with this PRACTICAL TOOLKIT: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
1. How to schedule and run trainings for ICE Watch Patrols and other key volunteer roles
2. How to build out patrol shifts and zones, including the practical nuts and bolts of the technology and systems used in NC
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UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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CNBC shot / Axios chaser
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
CNBC shot / Axios chaser
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Unbelievable rain totals for dry season!
Almost 3 Decembers worth of rain in 24 hours in spots.
Normal Dec rain is 2.5”. Downtown Tampa had double that!
Areas like Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor, East Lake, Odessa, Trinity, Keystone, Lutz, Wesley Chapel etc.., had 5 to 7 inches.
Almost 3 Decembers worth of rain in 24 hours in spots.
Normal Dec rain is 2.5”. Downtown Tampa had double that!
Areas like Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor, East Lake, Odessa, Trinity, Keystone, Lutz, Wesley Chapel etc.., had 5 to 7 inches.
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Unbelievable rain totals for dry season!
Almost 3 Decembers worth of rain in 24 hours in spots.
Normal Dec rain is 2.5”. Downtown Tampa had double that!
Areas like Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor, East Lake, Odessa, Trinity, Keystone, Lutz, Wesley Chapel etc.., had 5 to 7 inches.
Almost 3 Decembers worth of rain in 24 hours in spots.
Normal Dec rain is 2.5”. Downtown Tampa had double that!
Areas like Tarpon Springs, Palm Harbor, East Lake, Odessa, Trinity, Keystone, Lutz, Wesley Chapel etc.., had 5 to 7 inches.
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Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
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In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
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Trump: I have a good memory. So, I can remember things.
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Trump: I have a good memory. So, I can remember things.
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📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
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The works will “be dried, sent to a bookbinder to be restored, and then returned to the shelves” 📜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says
Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The works will “be dried, sent to a bookbinder to be restored, and then returned to the shelves” 📜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Gift link: Netflix’s Sarandos wooed Trump personally ahead of Warner bid
Netflix’s Sarandos Wooed Trump Personally Ahead of Warner Bid
Netflix Inc. co-Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos ventured to the White House in mid-November for a meeting with President Donald Trump. Over more than an hour, the two discussed a range of topics,...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Gift link: Netflix’s Sarandos wooed Trump personally ahead of Warner bid
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Pam Bondi gave the FBI 30 days to compile a list of "terrorists" whose crimes are being pro-immigrant, pro-trans rights, or anti-capitalist, & directed the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to prioritize "rooting out all culpable participants".
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Bondi orders US law enforcement to investigate 'extremist groups'
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered federal law enforcement to step up investigations into the anti-fascist antifa movement and similar "extremist groups," and asked the FBI to compile...
www.reuters.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Pam Bondi gave the FBI 30 days to compile a list of "terrorists" whose crimes are being pro-immigrant, pro-trans rights, or anti-capitalist, & directed the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to prioritize "rooting out all culpable participants".
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Our Home Depot was raided in Huntington Beach today. They kidnapped 4 people. It could’ve been much more if we didn’t have our community volunteers on the ground. ICE/CBP kidnapped our friends. Please join your local community watch group. This is how we resist ✊🏻
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our Home Depot was raided in Huntington Beach today. They kidnapped 4 people. It could’ve been much more if we didn’t have our community volunteers on the ground. ICE/CBP kidnapped our friends. Please join your local community watch group. This is how we resist ✊🏻
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"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.