Hedda Foil
@heddafoil.bsky.social
I teach 20th Century American History, Women's History, and Medieval and Early Modern English History. Writer, educator, video writer-producer. I am now and always have been a Keynesian.
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Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.
With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.
With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
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I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
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This is murder :)
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is murder :)
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Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water.
These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.
They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.
They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water.
These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.
They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested.
They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
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Education is the enemy of fascism.
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Education is the enemy of fascism.
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👀 Robert Reich has @sageforiowa.bsky.social on his radar.
Robert Reich, who worked for Ford & Carter, served as labor Sec for Clinton, and was on Obama's economic transition advisory board — cites progressives like @zohrankmamdani @grahamformaine.bsky.social & @abdulelsayed.bsky.social as the “future” for Dems.
Full post: www.facebook.com/share/p/15zD...
Full post: www.facebook.com/share/p/15zD...
September 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
👀 Robert Reich has @sageforiowa.bsky.social on his radar.
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We can multitask. No distractions.
September 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We can multitask. No distractions.
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"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
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I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
September 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
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Resist, record, refuse to cooperate, and if possible impede peacefully.
June 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Resist, record, refuse to cooperate, and if possible impede peacefully.
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NEW: I watched today’s nomination hearing for the first of Trump’s judicial nominees, and spoiler alert: they are willing to go places unthinkable for legal conservatives even 4 years ago. My latest for MSNBC.com:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
NEW: I watched today’s nomination hearing for the first of Trump’s judicial nominees, and spoiler alert: they are willing to go places unthinkable for legal conservatives even 4 years ago. My latest for MSNBC.com:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
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half a mind to run for Congress and start a Backbone Caucus
Some Democrats are looking to cosy up to Musk:
Ro Khanna: “We should ultimately be trying to convince him that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with.”
Ritchie Torres: “I'm a believer in redemption, and he is telling the truth about the legislation.”
Ro Khanna: “We should ultimately be trying to convince him that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with.”
Ritchie Torres: “I'm a believer in redemption, and he is telling the truth about the legislation.”
June 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
half a mind to run for Congress and start a Backbone Caucus
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Can we stop saying “the girls are fighting”? The girls would never. This is two man-children crying over EV mandates that boost their own stock and who scrubbed the Epstein list. The only thing the girls would be fighting over is how to fix childcare and housing the fastest.
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Can we stop saying “the girls are fighting”? The girls would never. This is two man-children crying over EV mandates that boost their own stock and who scrubbed the Epstein list. The only thing the girls would be fighting over is how to fix childcare and housing the fastest.
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This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
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feels like the party should listen to AOC and that David Hogg fellow
Rep. Gerry Connolly, 75, has died, family statement says | CNN Politics
Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia died on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from his family. He was 75.
www.cnn.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
feels like the party should listen to AOC and that David Hogg fellow
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Watch right here live on Bluesky by activating YouTube as your video source or, even better, go over to the On Democracy YouTube channel and subscribe or...even BETTER...subscribe to our Substack! www.youtube.com/live/86Kjglh...
Too Late to Cancel - May 18, 2025
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May 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Watch right here live on Bluesky by activating YouTube as your video source or, even better, go over to the On Democracy YouTube channel and subscribe or...even BETTER...subscribe to our Substack! www.youtube.com/live/86Kjglh...
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The $2.99 ebook HUGE SALE for my book THEY KNEW continues! I'm going to make a thread of excerpts here so you get a sense of the book. This is one of my most likely to be banned books so you should get it while it lasts!
Here's a link to ebook vendors: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Here's a link to ebook vendors: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
They Knew
FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of Herman Melville."—Timothy Snyder...
us.macmillan.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The $2.99 ebook HUGE SALE for my book THEY KNEW continues! I'm going to make a thread of excerpts here so you get a sense of the book. This is one of my most likely to be banned books so you should get it while it lasts!
Here's a link to ebook vendors: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Here's a link to ebook vendors: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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