Tara Heidger

Pat Tillman Scholar, @ColumbiaSIPA @GSAPP_Planning @CFR_org Term Member | @USArmyReserve SNCO | Journalist, Researcher, Writer, Urbanist | She/Her #BLM

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Fun Facts About The United States of America, which Marjorie Taylor Greene & Vladimir Putin want to break-up:

- 7 of the 10 states most dependent on the federal government were Red states
- Red States Receive $1.05 in Federal Funding for Every $1 in Federal Taxes Paid
- Blue States Receive just $0.85 in Federal Funding for Every $1 in Federal Taxes Paid
- Blue States account for 61% of the US GDP
- Red States account for 39% of the US GDP
- The Murder rates per 100k People is 40% higher in Red States than Blue States.

America is still United despite what insurrectionists and foreign enemies want us to think.

[kasey @kaseyklimes]

"NYC is nice to visit but I wouldn't want to live there."

The thing about NYC that's unlike any other American city is that visiting here and living here don't have anything in common. They are entirely different things and cannot be equated.

[Val for Nevada 🌹🇵🇸 @ValforNevada]

They told an entire generation of kids that they could just go to college and they would succeed, then straddled them with debt & asked why they didn’t become an electrician

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Barbara Walters knew Donald Trump was a FRAUD.

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@jennylynnfisch Apparently in Pennsylvania they say “thigh high by the forth of July” - can anyone confirm that? #wisconsinite

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

In late 2018, Trump released Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of the top leaders of the Taliban, along with 5000 other Taliban fighters, in exchange for... *checks notes*... nobody.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Another US election, another "Land doesn't vote, people do" style map showing the election results.

[Trump and Netanyahu belong in Prison @WarnockWarrior]

@Maggie_Hassan

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@jim_devinney @MiloDCooper @gaborgurbacs I grew up eating only casserole and canned fruits/veggies and JELLO- from WI. I have completely transformed the way I cook. I had to relearn everything. Haven’t made a casserole (hot dish) in over a decade.

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

Yeah because 10k is about as valuable as the GI Bill??! I don’t think so.

[Senator Jim Banks @SenatorBanks]

Student loan forgiveness undermines one of our military’s greatest recruitment tools at a time of dangerously low enlistments.

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

Oh cool. A deep dive into veteran infertility… for men. I fucking hate everything about this. Can we have one study on infertility in women?? Just one? What does it have to take for anyone to give a damn about us??

[Leo Shane III @LeoShane]

New study to look at why younger war vets are experiencing infertility at a higher rate than their civilian peers https://t.co/JtbcUKvZx1

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

every right-wing attack ad is now just "the LEFT wants you to be able to AFFORD YOUR MEDICATIONS and GET OUT OF DEBT and live comfortably in an AFFORDABLE HOME" and somehow an alarmingly big chunk of the population still goes "omg nooooo"

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@rsanderlin Joe Manchin

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@bennystarks 41!!

[Gavi Begtrup @GaviBegtrup]

A 10-year-old girl is raped. The State forces her to remain pregnant and tells her to consider it an “opportunity.”

This isn’t Iran. This isn’t Gilead. This isn’t hypothetical.

This happened today in Ohio.

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@SGMtheMan1 Is this a serious question?? When I miscarried (and required an abortion to remove the 18 wk old fetus) i was DEVASTATED. I laid in bed for a week and took months to feel normal again. Again, is this a serious question?? If so - GTF outta here.

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

Ummm… the solar panels on my roof?

[Lauren Boebert @laurenboebert]

Liberals, have you ever taken a moment to ask yourself what is charging your electric car batteries?

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@not_a_mp @SNAFU_Sara I hope that is something you asked her in the interview! We are very close with all of ours & I love them like little sisters. Go out of your way for them and they will do the same for you. Be patient and be kind. They won’t do things exactly like you & that’s ok! Which country?

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@not_a_mp Au pairs are thé LITERAL best. We welcome our 8th in September!

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@artisanna01 @LakelandCommCol I then found out that this guy (because OBVS it’s a guy) has five kids at home and a stay-at-home wife.

[Tara Heidger @tararaeh]

@artisanna01 When I interviewed for a job @LakelandCommCol a few years ago I was asked how I was going to manage being a mom, the potential job & part time grad school. It was my 1st interview leaving the army & didn’t know that was inappropriate. HR just nodded. I think about it weekly too.