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@herbschaffner.bsky.social
Writer, media expert, fiery Democrat, fly fisher
Our immigrant neighbors are living with fear most Americans never have to face. They need allies, not bystanders.
Show up. Speak up. Share the load.
Solidarity is not optional right now.
Show up. Speak up. Share the load.
Solidarity is not optional right now.
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our immigrant neighbors are living with fear most Americans never have to face. They need allies, not bystanders.
Show up. Speak up. Share the load.
Solidarity is not optional right now.
Show up. Speak up. Share the load.
Solidarity is not optional right now.
“Being an immigrant right now is terror layered on exhaustion.”Sylvia’s voice is a plea and a warning: white people, we need you. Not just to care, but to act, to speak, to take the hits so immigrants don’t have to do this alone.
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Being an immigrant right now is terror layered on exhaustion.”Sylvia’s voice is a plea and a warning: white people, we need you. Not just to care, but to act, to speak, to take the hits so immigrants don’t have to do this alone.
Babies are most at risk from Hepatitis B. Many adults carry it without knowing, and it spreads easily. The Hep B vaccine at birth is safe, effective, and prevents lifelong infection and liver disease. Don’t listen to the regime’s disinformation machine — protect the kids.
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Babies are most at risk from Hepatitis B. Many adults carry it without knowing, and it spreads easily. The Hep B vaccine at birth is safe, effective, and prevents lifelong infection and liver disease. Don’t listen to the regime’s disinformation machine — protect the kids.
For medically complex kids, Hepatitis B isn’t abstract; it’s the difference between stability, irreversible liver damage, or worse. Decades-proven protections are being rolled back for politics. Children need evidence-based care, not experiments. Their health is nonnegotiable.
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For medically complex kids, Hepatitis B isn’t abstract; it’s the difference between stability, irreversible liver damage, or worse. Decades-proven protections are being rolled back for politics. Children need evidence-based care, not experiments. Their health is nonnegotiable.
On a Monday night when most cities go quiet, Charlotte packed a church wall to wall for Siembra’s resistance training. As Jacob Soboroff noted, people don’t usually show up like this — but Charlotte did. When federal agents came, the community came louder🔥🔥🔥
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
On a Monday night when most cities go quiet, Charlotte packed a church wall to wall for Siembra’s resistance training. As Jacob Soboroff noted, people don’t usually show up like this — but Charlotte did. When federal agents came, the community came louder🔥🔥🔥
Hours after Border Patrol swept through Charlotte, protesters filled uptown with courage, not fear. They marched peacefully, stood united, and refused to be intimidated.
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Hours after Border Patrol swept through Charlotte, protesters filled uptown with courage, not fear. They marched peacefully, stood united, and refused to be intimidated.
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
This is what community looks like.💙
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
This is what community looks like.💙
H.S. students at Phillip O. Berry Academy walked out in protest, carrying signs like “No one is illegal on stolen land” & “I’ll take my horchata warm cause ICE sucks.” While masked agents stormed Charlotte & arrested 200, these kids showed more courage than the entire operation.
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
H.S. students at Phillip O. Berry Academy walked out in protest, carrying signs like “No one is illegal on stolen land” & “I’ll take my horchata warm cause ICE sucks.” While masked agents stormed Charlotte & arrested 200, these kids showed more courage than the entire operation.
SHUTDOWN HELP: Across America, neighbors are flipping Little Free Libraries into Little Free Pantries—stocked with food, diapers, and hope. From Dallas to Richardson to everywhere, people are proving community won’t shut down, even if government does.
November 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
SHUTDOWN HELP: Across America, neighbors are flipping Little Free Libraries into Little Free Pantries—stocked with food, diapers, and hope. From Dallas to Richardson to everywhere, people are proving community won’t shut down, even if government does.
Portland, Oregon isn’t playing around. The community—sparked by @hereticcoffeepdx and featured on @dangerousones podcast—is uniting to support neighbors hit hardest by SNAP cuts. Proof that when Portlanders see need, they show up.🔥🔥🔥
November 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Portland, Oregon isn’t playing around. The community—sparked by @hereticcoffeepdx and featured on @dangerousones podcast—is uniting to support neighbors hit hardest by SNAP cuts. Proof that when Portlanders see need, they show up.🔥🔥🔥
At sunrise, faith leaders and neighbors blocked the bridge to Coast Guard Island, demanding ICE and federal agents leave the Bay. Trump’s anti-immigrant offensive met the power of solidarity. They came with stun grenades—communities answered with courage and light. ✊🌅
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
At sunrise, faith leaders and neighbors blocked the bridge to Coast Guard Island, demanding ICE and federal agents leave the Bay. Trump’s anti-immigrant offensive met the power of solidarity. They came with stun grenades—communities answered with courage and light. ✊🌅
In Middletown, NY, residents are rising up as ICE agents stalk worksites, profiling people by skin tone & detaining those who followed every legal step. This is state terror—raids without warrants, fear as policy.
Communities everywhere are rejecting cages, walls, & checkpoints.
Communities everywhere are rejecting cages, walls, & checkpoints.
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In Middletown, NY, residents are rising up as ICE agents stalk worksites, profiling people by skin tone & detaining those who followed every legal step. This is state terror—raids without warrants, fear as policy.
Communities everywhere are rejecting cages, walls, & checkpoints.
Communities everywhere are rejecting cages, walls, & checkpoints.
The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, & unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas & violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful & fierce solidarity.
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, & unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas & violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful & fierce solidarity.
Residents of Lakeview, Chicago drove ICE out—literally. When agents tear-gassed a lunch-hour worksite near Wrigley Field, neighbors poured into the street, filming, blowing whistles, and shouting them off the block.
Community > cruelty.💪
Community > cruelty.💪
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Residents of Lakeview, Chicago drove ICE out—literally. When agents tear-gassed a lunch-hour worksite near Wrigley Field, neighbors poured into the street, filming, blowing whistles, and shouting them off the block.
Community > cruelty.💪
Community > cruelty.💪
Health care funding saves lives. Period.
Just ask AFSCME member Annita Martinez, who fights every day to get patients the care they deserve. But Trump’s yes-men in Congress slashed billions piling costs on workers and forcing hospitals to the brink. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
Just ask AFSCME member Annita Martinez, who fights every day to get patients the care they deserve. But Trump’s yes-men in Congress slashed billions piling costs on workers and forcing hospitals to the brink. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
October 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Health care funding saves lives. Period.
Just ask AFSCME member Annita Martinez, who fights every day to get patients the care they deserve. But Trump’s yes-men in Congress slashed billions piling costs on workers and forcing hospitals to the brink. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
Just ask AFSCME member Annita Martinez, who fights every day to get patients the care they deserve. But Trump’s yes-men in Congress slashed billions piling costs on workers and forcing hospitals to the brink. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
✨ Meet Izzy. At 16, he’s already a fierce advocate. Living with autism, Medicaid gives him the care to thrive, go to school, and live his best life.
Families like Izzy’s shouldn’t have to fight for care, yet Trump’s cuts put kids at risk. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
Families like Izzy’s shouldn’t have to fight for care, yet Trump’s cuts put kids at risk. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
October 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
✨ Meet Izzy. At 16, he’s already a fierce advocate. Living with autism, Medicaid gives him the care to thrive, go to school, and live his best life.
Families like Izzy’s shouldn’t have to fight for care, yet Trump’s cuts put kids at risk. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
Families like Izzy’s shouldn’t have to fight for care, yet Trump’s cuts put kids at risk. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown in a nutshell: chaos, cruelty and corruption. social.demcast.com/s/vWu11LNo
October 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown in a nutshell: chaos, cruelty and corruption. social.demcast.com/s/vWu11LNo
The Republican party is more concerned with appeasing Trump's ego than with serving the American people. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is a clear demonstration of their priorities: self-interest over the public good. social.demcast.com/s/INW6GGWM
October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Republican party is more concerned with appeasing Trump's ego than with serving the American people. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is a clear demonstration of their priorities: self-interest over the public good. social.demcast.com/s/INW6GGWM
Reminder! Donald Trump and Republicans are more interested in inflicting pain on the American people than lowering health care costs.
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/h4W2QEyK
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/h4W2QEyK
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reminder! Donald Trump and Republicans are more interested in inflicting pain on the American people than lowering health care costs.
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/h4W2QEyK
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/h4W2QEyK
Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign got their hands on Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records illegally.
She has nothing to hide, but that’s not the point.
If they’ll violate a Navy vet & Congresswoman’s privacy, no one is safe from their dirty tricks. #VoteNJ
She has nothing to hide, but that’s not the point.
If they’ll violate a Navy vet & Congresswoman’s privacy, no one is safe from their dirty tricks. #VoteNJ
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign got their hands on Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records illegally.
She has nothing to hide, but that’s not the point.
If they’ll violate a Navy vet & Congresswoman’s privacy, no one is safe from their dirty tricks. #VoteNJ
She has nothing to hide, but that’s not the point.
If they’ll violate a Navy vet & Congresswoman’s privacy, no one is safe from their dirty tricks. #VoteNJ
A dirty trick: Mikie Sherrill’s stolen military records are being weaponized to smear her service.
Lt Col (Ret.) Casey Moes—20-year Army vet & West Point ethics instructor—calls it out and defends her honor.
Watch her shred the lies.🔥
#VoteNJ
Lt Col (Ret.) Casey Moes—20-year Army vet & West Point ethics instructor—calls it out and defends her honor.
Watch her shred the lies.🔥
#VoteNJ
October 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A dirty trick: Mikie Sherrill’s stolen military records are being weaponized to smear her service.
Lt Col (Ret.) Casey Moes—20-year Army vet & West Point ethics instructor—calls it out and defends her honor.
Watch her shred the lies.🔥
#VoteNJ
Lt Col (Ret.) Casey Moes—20-year Army vet & West Point ethics instructor—calls it out and defends her honor.
Watch her shred the lies.🔥
#VoteNJ
NJ families are on the brink. Utility bills are crippling, and many are struggling to make ends meet. We need a governor who'll take bold action NOW. Mikie Sherrill will declare a State of Emergency on utility costs and freeze rates on Day One. #VoteNJ
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
NJ families are on the brink. Utility bills are crippling, and many are struggling to make ends meet. We need a governor who'll take bold action NOW. Mikie Sherrill will declare a State of Emergency on utility costs and freeze rates on Day One. #VoteNJ