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Celeste Headlee

@celesteheadlee.bsky.social

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Writer, journalist, speaker. She/her. Black, Jewish, Portuguese. Detroit stan forever. Living on Piscataway land. Latest book: https://rb.gy/4ovkd Press: [email protected]

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · Nov 9

My friends & I have a food pantry in my front yard. It is used heavily. We can't keep it full & could use some help covering the cost of shelf-stable supplies.
No one is using this pantry unless they need the help. We supply beans, oatmeal, onions, etc. It's not gourmet food.
gofund.me/fc8c1137

Donate to Help Keep Our Neighborhood Pantry Stocked, organized by Celeste Headlee

In 2021, my neighbors and I installed a little free pantry on my front lawn,… Celeste Headlee needs your support for Help Keep Our Neighborhood Pantry Stocked

gofund.me

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, so it's illegal to walk into someone's house and take their TV? When did it become illegal to secretly take money from the company that employs me? What's next? The woke left will make it illegal to kill somebody?

Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 2h

Didn't he go to Yale?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 2h

Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3h

the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)

Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

GIVE ME RIBBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.

Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 1d

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

A poster for "Amphifa: amphibians against fascism" showing a black and green flag with a green frog

Three protestors dressed in inflatable frog costumes holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 5h

I took selfies with those statues, sticking my tongue out and crossing my eyes.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 6h

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings...

Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 6h

Trump keeps trying to build monuments so people will remember him and I so desperately want to show him footage of all the Lenin statues getting ripped down in Ukraine

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 8h

"This isn’t a case of one side seeing things one way (as “comparative calm”) & the other side seeing them differently (as a “hellscape”). It’s a case of one side (law enforcement, local journalists) trying to depict what’s really happening & the other side lying about it to serve corrupt ends."

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 8h

"Mainstream news outlets appear uncomfortable wrestling with the degree to which pro-Trump media figures practice propaganda undertaken in bad faith toward expressly instrumental ends. We need them to get past that."

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Careful and powerful analysis by @gregsargent.bsky.social of the New York Times treating Trump's propagandists as "provocateurs" and decision to treat MAGA's ideologically-driven lies as part of a legitimate clash of perspectives in describing Portland.
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 14h

✅ He fired a U.S. Attorney who refused to bring charges against her
✅ He replaced them with someone with NO prosecutorial experience

This isn't justice. This is retaliation.

When Black women do their jobs with excellence, they face attacks. But AG James isn't backing down, and neither should we.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10h

What a precarious spot he's in, balancing between declaring absolute power and also pretending to be powerless to fight against the liberal elite.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 12h

He has to believe that it's a leftist majority because he cannot believe that the weight of public opinion is against him. Progress can't be happening because most people disagree with him, so it must be some evil conspiracy.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h

For the past two weeks, a three-judge federal panel has been hearing a high-stakes trial that will decide whether the Texas GOP can keep their new gerrymander. While most national outlets missed it, we were on the ground.

Here are the key takeaways👇
https://bit.ly/4pXR0LY

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 14h

"Vought is therefore not interested in “normal” democratic politics: He seeks to “traumatize” civil servants, use the military to suppress protests, & sees Trump as an agent of God’s will. It is obvious how committed The Daily is to sanitizing Russell Vought – & the movement from which he emerged."

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 15h

A couple experts have pointed out that referring to political figures as "dangerous" tends to make them more admirable in the eyes of many Americans, the type of voters who admire strong men. Consider using "destructive," "incompetent," "clueless," or another adjective instead.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 15h

Just bought a mug! My son will love it.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

Unlawfully fired from your job at HHS or CDC protecting the public health? Want to talk through how to tell your story in the press? I'm happy to help you think through messaging strategy.

I’ve spent years doing public health comms and talking with reporters. You can see my work at matthewcort.land

Matthew Cortland

Matthew became a lawyer by necessity. Now they use their training in public health and law to help others.

matthewcort.land

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1d

St. Paul is also a diverse city, with large numbers of African Americans, Asian Americans (Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino, etc.), and Latino/Hispanic Americans. Whites make up less than half of St. Paul's population. More than 15% were not born in the US.

gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 2d

huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025

A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

www.mprnews.org

Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1d

"A spokesperson for Columbia declined to comment on the Knight Institute, but the university has repeatedly rejected the characterization that it has “capitulated” to Trump.

Columbia’s submissive approach was starkly at odds with the Knight Institute’s defiant one."

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The IRS is laying off people during the shutdown, even though it was rehiring staff it previously fired because it was so shorthanded.
This one stands out because firing IRS employees costs the government money, since they bring in about $6-8 for every dollar spent on tax enforcement

IRS Halts Layoff Plans, Begins Rehiring Amid Staffing Shortages
The agency is attempting to rebuild its workforce and restore public confidence.

Treasury Department: Treasury cut 1,446 employees on Friday. Two Internal Revenue Service employees confirmed layoffs were taking place at the tax agency, which has already shed more than 25,000 employees. One employee who was laid off was working Friday and exempt from shutdown furloughs.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1d

God bless David Simon. He always says what we're all thinking.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the link to my pantry. It's so easy to do. Buy a little free library box (or build one), attach it to a pole or stand on your property, put up a sign so people know the food is free. Buying the shelf stable supplies is less expensive at Costco.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-...

Donate to Help Keep Our Neighborhood Pantry Stocked, organized by Celeste Headlee

In 2021, my neighbors and I installed a little free pantry on my front lawn,… Celeste Headlee needs your support for Help Keep Our Neighborhood Pantry Stocked

www.gofundme.com

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