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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 59m

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 · 18h

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 · 21h

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 · 22h

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 · 22h

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 · 22h

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) on combating the Trump administration's lies:

"Everybody has a phone. Tape everything so we actually have real evidence of what is happening."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

While introducing her bill to mandate classrooms screen the anti-abortion "Baby Olivia" video, Wisconsin State Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie) admits she did not reach out to public health officials while writing it.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: ICE arrested Chicago Alderwoman Jesse Fuentes after she questioned them on an arrest warrant at a hospital. (Video via Eric Reinhart)

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

During a conversation about voluntary gun storage safety, Oklahoma State Sen. Warren Hamilton (R-McCurtain) says suicide rates are going up because "we as a nation" have forgotten that "God is the giver of life, and it is God who takes it away."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

On conservative radio last month, Virginia GOP lieutenant governor candidate John Reid said running mate Winsom Earle-Sears still opposes gay marriage.

"She's not for gay marriage. You know, she's 100% against it."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

On Tuesday, Kansas district court Judge Teresa Watson dismissed a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) to try to force Gov. Laura Kelly (D) to release hundreds of thousands of Kansans’ personal data.

Full story here: https://bit.ly/4nVdT0M

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on President Donald Trump avoiding negotiating with Democrats during the government shutdown:

"He wrote a book — or supposedly wrote a book — called 'The Art of the Deal' and says he's a good dealmaker. Time to go to work."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7d

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) gets an applause after he teases President Donald Trump for not being able to pronounce "acetaminophen."

"If you're pregnant and your doctor recommends acetaminophen — let me repeat that word for anyone that doesn't know how to pronounce it."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7d

J.B. Pritzker on the Trump administration's anti-autism rhetoric:

"More than ever, autistic people & their families deserve our support. Autism is not an epidemic; it's a difference in how the brain works. A difference that, with support, allows people to thrive & contribute & have full lives."

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