Tim Heath
@theath74.bsky.social
Midwesterner who likes to travel
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Like Witkoff's surrender plan for Ukraine, Trump's National Security Strategy is a declaration of appeasement to the worst dictators on earth and a pledge to act more like those monsters.
Stephen Miller Lectures Europe about His Incompetence
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December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Like Witkoff's surrender plan for Ukraine, Trump's National Security Strategy is a declaration of appeasement to the worst dictators on earth and a pledge to act more like those monsters.
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Why do county mayors have to beg @GovBillLee to do the right thing on feeding hungry kids?
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December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Why do county mayors have to beg @GovBillLee to do the right thing on feeding hungry kids?
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But Originalism requires ignoring what the Framers actually did in favor of what the judge presumes they meant to do but forgot to.
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
But Originalism requires ignoring what the Framers actually did in favor of what the judge presumes they meant to do but forgot to.
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Eric Foner, in Second Founding (2019), notes that the only exclusions discussed in the congressional debates on the 14th Amendment citizenship language were newborns in independent Indian nations and those of foreign diplomats, exactly consistent with the traditional understanding of the Amendment
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eric Foner, in Second Founding (2019), notes that the only exclusions discussed in the congressional debates on the 14th Amendment citizenship language were newborns in independent Indian nations and those of foreign diplomats, exactly consistent with the traditional understanding of the Amendment
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Land of the free, where you are subject to kidnapping and exile by armed agents of the state if you do not carry your documents
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Land of the free, where you are subject to kidnapping and exile by armed agents of the state if you do not carry your documents
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If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
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#photography #nature #flower #garden #peace #hope
Reject racists.
Reject fascists.
Reject traitors.
In other words:
Reject GOP.
America needs to kick #TraitorGOP ass back to the stone age.
Reject racists.
Reject fascists.
Reject traitors.
In other words:
Reject GOP.
America needs to kick #TraitorGOP ass back to the stone age.
December 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#photography #nature #flower #garden #peace #hope
Reject racists.
Reject fascists.
Reject traitors.
In other words:
Reject GOP.
America needs to kick #TraitorGOP ass back to the stone age.
Reject racists.
Reject fascists.
Reject traitors.
In other words:
Reject GOP.
America needs to kick #TraitorGOP ass back to the stone age.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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🇺🇸 On this day 25 years ago, The Conservative Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the 2000 presidential election.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🇺🇸 On this day 25 years ago, The Conservative Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the 2000 presidential election.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
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ICYMI: The Houston Chronicle article below, titled “Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts."
Houston Chronicle: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Houston Chronicle: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICYMI: The Houston Chronicle article below, titled “Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts."
Houston Chronicle: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Houston Chronicle: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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“My toughest critic and my best mentor.”
That’s how Hegseth has described Eric Geressy, now a Pentagon adviser overseeing a team reviewing the role of women in the armed services.
But @dfriedman.bsky.social uncovered a page tied to Geressy’s email that features books about “Asian wife sharing."
That’s how Hegseth has described Eric Geressy, now a Pentagon adviser overseeing a team reviewing the role of women in the armed services.
But @dfriedman.bsky.social uncovered a page tied to Geressy’s email that features books about “Asian wife sharing."
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“My toughest critic and my best mentor.”
That’s how Hegseth has described Eric Geressy, now a Pentagon adviser overseeing a team reviewing the role of women in the armed services.
But @dfriedman.bsky.social uncovered a page tied to Geressy’s email that features books about “Asian wife sharing."
That’s how Hegseth has described Eric Geressy, now a Pentagon adviser overseeing a team reviewing the role of women in the armed services.
But @dfriedman.bsky.social uncovered a page tied to Geressy’s email that features books about “Asian wife sharing."
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
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December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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At 26 Federal Plaza, I encountered two of the more notorious ICE agents; Samantha Camlica and a man they call "The Big Guy."
I was with a court watcher as Camlica accosted him outside. I was on an elevator when "The Big Guy" gave a family a terrifying ride.
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I was with a court watcher as Camlica accosted him outside. I was on an elevator when "The Big Guy" gave a family a terrifying ride.
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The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court
One day last month, a Peruvian mother and her daughter went into...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
At 26 Federal Plaza, I encountered two of the more notorious ICE agents; Samantha Camlica and a man they call "The Big Guy."
I was with a court watcher as Camlica accosted him outside. I was on an elevator when "The Big Guy" gave a family a terrifying ride.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
I was with a court watcher as Camlica accosted him outside. I was on an elevator when "The Big Guy" gave a family a terrifying ride.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
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I think we obviously need a revolutionary period prequel here.
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think we obviously need a revolutionary period prequel here.
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Colorado said no.
Lame-duck Donald’s run-amok pardons don’t mean squat when it comes to state crimes.
Lame-duck Donald’s run-amok pardons don’t mean squat when it comes to state crimes.
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Colorado said no.
Lame-duck Donald’s run-amok pardons don’t mean squat when it comes to state crimes.
Lame-duck Donald’s run-amok pardons don’t mean squat when it comes to state crimes.
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New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment if we take the research seriously.
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment if we take the research seriously.
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From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
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December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
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A quick sidenote about this; one reason I stay on X is specifically because of exchanges like this, where @davidjbier.bsky.social and I got a prominent government official to make a claim so outrageous that it’s now ricocheting around the internet and actively undermining official PR campaigns.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A quick sidenote about this; one reason I stay on X is specifically because of exchanges like this, where @davidjbier.bsky.social and I got a prominent government official to make a claim so outrageous that it’s now ricocheting around the internet and actively undermining official PR campaigns.
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A Justice Department in turmoil - How the rapid turnover has affected the work of the DOJ
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How the rapid turnover has affected the work of the Justice Department
Thousands of civil servants have departed the Justice Department this year as judges and juries cast a more skeptical eye at prosecutors' arguments and briefs.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A Justice Department in turmoil - How the rapid turnover has affected the work of the DOJ
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The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
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"The Trump administration in May canceled a $700 million contract with Moderna to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Secretary Kennedy has cut other funding for vaccine research and scrapped long-held federal vaccine guidance."
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US senators push USDA for urgent action on bird flu vaccine
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week urged the administration of President Donald Trump to finalize a science-based plan for developing a bird flu vaccine for livestock, according to a letter...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"The Trump administration in May canceled a $700 million contract with Moderna to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Secretary Kennedy has cut other funding for vaccine research and scrapped long-held federal vaccine guidance."
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Page One in Milwaukee.
December 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Page One in Milwaukee.
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“This legislation is not about protecting kids,” she told me. “These lawmakers have stood by while kids are kidnapped, bombed, and go without food and healthcare. If they want to protect kids, there are any number of policies they could be pushing,” but they’re not
Social Media Is a Literal Lifeline for Many Kids. Don't Ban Them From Using It
US politicians want to replicate Australia's draconian law prohibiting children under 16 from using social media. But experts say such bans will actually make kids 'significantly less safe online.'
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December 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“This legislation is not about protecting kids,” she told me. “These lawmakers have stood by while kids are kidnapped, bombed, and go without food and healthcare. If they want to protect kids, there are any number of policies they could be pushing,” but they’re not
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The MAGA News Network.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The MAGA News Network.