Mike Heymsfield
@mheymsfield.bsky.social
Comms @ ALDF. Proud union member of ALDF United. Climate crisis, animals, Ⓥ, socialism, dharma, and film. Caps/BHAFC fan. He/Him. bi🏳️🌈 Posts are my own.
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
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@kennytorrella.bsky.social is the only one covering this very important story!
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
At the end of each year, FDA releases data on antibiotics sold for use in livestock.
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@kennytorrella.bsky.social is the only one covering this very important story!
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
I know Americans really like to eat meat but allowing the meat industry to contribute to the ruin of miracle antibiotics really strikes me as an irrational trade.
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the US war escalation in the southern hemisphere is 100% about trying to destablize and control venezuela and cuba leadership. classic neo-con “spreading freedom” type agenda
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
the US war escalation in the southern hemisphere is 100% about trying to destablize and control venezuela and cuba leadership. classic neo-con “spreading freedom” type agenda
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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🚨Pam Bondi just ordered the FBI to compile a list of American "extremists" and to establish a bounty fund to reward tipsters, per DOJ memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨Pam Bondi just ordered the FBI to compile a list of American "extremists" and to establish a bounty fund to reward tipsters, per DOJ memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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Just learned of the recent passing of Asad Haider.
He was a brilliant man with a fierce, beautiful passion for the struggle, and his work was of critical necessity to thousands of us.
He will be deeply missed, and may his memory be a blessing.
He was a brilliant man with a fierce, beautiful passion for the struggle, and his work was of critical necessity to thousands of us.
He will be deeply missed, and may his memory be a blessing.
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Just learned of the recent passing of Asad Haider.
He was a brilliant man with a fierce, beautiful passion for the struggle, and his work was of critical necessity to thousands of us.
He will be deeply missed, and may his memory be a blessing.
He was a brilliant man with a fierce, beautiful passion for the struggle, and his work was of critical necessity to thousands of us.
He will be deeply missed, and may his memory be a blessing.
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“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Stephen Miller’s rhetoric “reminds me” of “Nazis,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar
During a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation," the Minnesota congresswoman critiqued the top White House adviser’s “white supremist” comments.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hints at military combat deployment "in our own neighborhood."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hints at military combat deployment "in our own neighborhood."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
GEN. DAN CAINE: " We haven't had a lot of American combat power in our own neighborhood; I suspect that's probably gonna change. We'll see what we're ordered to do."
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it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
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Kingsley: “Our intelligence absolutely confirms who these people are."
@houlahan.house.gov: “If there is intelligence that ‘absolutely confirms’ this — present it."
Kingsley: 🦗🦗🦗(those are crickets)
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
@houlahan.house.gov: “If there is intelligence that ‘absolutely confirms’ this — present it."
Kingsley: 🦗🦗🦗(those are crickets)
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
Pentagon Claims It “Absolutely” Knows Who It Killed in Boat Strikes. Prove It, Lawmaker Says.
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan said, “If there is intelligence to ‘absolutely confirm’ this, the Congress is ready to receive it.”
theintercept.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Kingsley: “Our intelligence absolutely confirms who these people are."
@houlahan.house.gov: “If there is intelligence that ‘absolutely confirms’ this — present it."
Kingsley: 🦗🦗🦗(those are crickets)
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
@houlahan.house.gov: “If there is intelligence that ‘absolutely confirms’ this — present it."
Kingsley: 🦗🦗🦗(those are crickets)
theintercept.com/2025/12/04/b...
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Sending all my love to NOLA.
Arrests begin in New Orleans immigration crackdown, pictures suggest – live
Images show federal forces taking people into custody in New Orleans, Louisiana
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sending all my love to NOLA.
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Cool thing to hear an opposition leader say the day after the president refers to somalis as “garbage” bsky.app/profile/atru...
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Cool thing to hear an opposition leader say the day after the president refers to somalis as “garbage” bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Alex Karp again insists that Palantir isn't "building a database" for surveillance and "doesn't even really work with the DOJ."
That's a lie: the Department of Justice has signed SEVERAL contracts with Palantir that sure look a lot like a unified database for investigations, see my next post:
That's a lie: the Department of Justice has signed SEVERAL contracts with Palantir that sure look a lot like a unified database for investigations, see my next post:
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Alex Karp again insists that Palantir isn't "building a database" for surveillance and "doesn't even really work with the DOJ."
That's a lie: the Department of Justice has signed SEVERAL contracts with Palantir that sure look a lot like a unified database for investigations, see my next post:
That's a lie: the Department of Justice has signed SEVERAL contracts with Palantir that sure look a lot like a unified database for investigations, see my next post:
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BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
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I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
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Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
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🚨NEW: Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power
The US Pres. endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits...
Report by José Luis Granados Ceja for Drop Site News
www.dropsitenews.com/p/honduras-e...
The US Pres. endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits...
Report by José Luis Granados Ceja for Drop Site News
www.dropsitenews.com/p/honduras-e...
Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power
Trump endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits in U.S. federal prison for drug trafficking.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨NEW: Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power
The US Pres. endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits...
Report by José Luis Granados Ceja for Drop Site News
www.dropsitenews.com/p/honduras-e...
The US Pres. endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits...
Report by José Luis Granados Ceja for Drop Site News
www.dropsitenews.com/p/honduras-e...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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‘Medicare for All’ still big. “In a survey of 1,207 likely voters [from] Nov. 14–17, 2025, ...65% of voters [supported] a Medicare for All system, described as a ‘national health insurance program... that would cover [everyone] & replace... private health insurance...’" jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.
The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the neglected idea among Americans across the political spectrum.
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/medicare-for-all-popularity-polling\
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
‘Medicare for All’ still big. “In a survey of 1,207 likely voters [from] Nov. 14–17, 2025, ...65% of voters [supported] a Medicare for All system, described as a ‘national health insurance program... that would cover [everyone] & replace... private health insurance...’" jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...