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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 22h

Justin J. Pearson, Democratic Tennessee State Rep. and U.S. House candidate:

"Now they're talking about in Memphis, National Guard will be here for a year. Well, isn't that interesting, right? That's very close to the election next November. And so, we need to pay attention to what's going on..."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago pastor attacked by ICE agents joins lawsuit against Trump administration
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/10/10/chicago-pastor-attacked-by-ice-agents-joins-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/

Chicago pastor attacked by ICE agents joins lawsuit against Trump administration

Reverend David Black, a pastor from Chicago who was injured by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last month, has joined a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Tim Walz preparing for Trump to deploy National Guard in Minnesota
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/10/10/gov-tim-walz-preparing-for-trump-to-deploy-national-guard-in-minnesota/

Gov. Tim Walz preparing for Trump to deploy National Guard in Minnesota

During the North Star Summit on Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) said he is anticipating and preparing for President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to his state.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

On WCPT 820, Tennessee Democratic U.S. House candidate Justin J. Pearson:

"All these millionaires in Congress now, they're talking about, 'I'm not gonna take my check during the shutdown.' But you don't need a check in the first place, right? ... So no, you shouldn't be getting a check."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

DERRICK VAN ORDEN DECRIES CLOSING OF A VETERAN SHELTER HE DID NOTHING TO PRESERVE

U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) is trying to blame the shutdown of a veterans housing shelter in his district on Democrats, even as he personally balked at opportunities to save it.

Full story: https://bit.ly/4h76EAI

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on the local media's lawsuit against the federal government for firing tear gas canisters and pepper balls at them:

"It's a sad state in America when reporters have to go to court to not get shot at by the federal government."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: "We have a federal government that has not only trampled on our constitution, it has declared war on our American cities, and particularly, Chicago ... The very desires that descendants of slaves fought for post-Civil War are all under attack."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff talks with a Chicagoan whose mother had been missing since earlier in the week. Soboroff happened to have video of her being taken away by ICE.

"Based of that facial expression, she looks ready to cry ... She just wanted to go to the store."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on President Donald Trump's threats to jail him:

"He's demented, literally unhinged & this is somebody so insecure that he lashes out, pretending that he can come arrest people for no reason at all. He can't. He isn't going to do it. TACO. Trump Always Chickens Out."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. REP. RAMIREZ (D-IL): "Donald Trump, Noem, Hegseth and all those criminals in office, they want to use their power to try to break our spirit. But here with federal workers here in the city of Chicago and our downtown, we know something very clear: that the people united will never be defeated."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on President Donald Trump saying that him and Chicago Mayor Johnson should both be "jailed":

"He's a coward. He says a lot of things to the camera. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me. Come and get me."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

Per ABC 7 Chicago, 500 National Guard Troops arrive in Elwood, IL. They are stationed in makeshift barracks preparing for their occupation of Chicago.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. REP. RAMIREZ (D): "Over the last nine months, Trump & Republicans in Congress have been very clear about their priorities ... They have cut our health care. They are closing our hospitals ... snatching our loved ones off the street ... What part of that is golden age for the American people?"

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

Last month, an ICE agent shot Rev. David Black in the head with a pepper ball outside of the Broadview, IL ICE detention facility for protesting peacefully.

(Video via Kelly Hayes on Bluesky)

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI: "Ultimate weaponization and weaponization under Donald Trump has ended."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

A federal immigration agent grabbed a Chicago citizen by the neck on Kedzie Avenue, with four other agents dogpiling him. One of them says "she's next" to someone recording the interaction. (Video shared by Don Lemon)

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) cites the deficit while speaking against Congress extending ACA subsidies.

"We probably can't afford it as a country."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE IS ‘100% AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE,’ SAYS RUNNING MATE

Full story here: https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/10/03/virginia-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-is-100-against-gay-marriage-says-running-mate/

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate is ‘100% against gay marriage,’ says running mate

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears is evidently “100%” opposed to gay marriage, according to her running mate John Reid.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago journalists are suing ICE and the Department of Homeland Security over "extreme force" during their raids.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS LOOK TO EASE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS AS PLANNED PARENTHOOD HALTS PROCEDURES https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/10/06/wisconsin-democrats-look-to-ease-abortion-restrictions-as-planned-parenthood-halts-procedures/

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces the Trump administration is deploying members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago.

"For now, let me just say that we are unequivocally going to continue to reject the military occupation of our city. The Trump administration must end the war on Chicago."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces an executive order establishing "ICE-free zones" in Chicago.

"That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids."

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