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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 16h

Federal judge blocks troops to Chicago
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Troops in major cities?
Next comes Trump claiming the national climate is "too dangerous" to vote in 2026.
That's how the authoritarian takeover works. #AmericanFascism #inners #lastword #LawlessRogueRegime #2026MidTerms

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city as part of its ongoing immigration-enforcement push. The ruling by U....

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 19h

Troops arrive in Chicago as court case dithers.
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Troops in major cities?
Next comes Trump claiming the national climate is "too dangerous" to vote in 2026.
That's how the authoritarian takeover works.
#AmericanFascism #inners #DeadLineWH #LawlessRogueRegime #2026MidTerms

Hundreds of US National Guard troops arrive in Chicago

Troops from Texas have been sent on a controversial mission to support President Trump's immigration crackdown.

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 19h

Chief Justice #JohnRoberts warns of disaster, while . . .
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Justice #ElenaKagan characterized the Trump case as a "suit in search of a problem,"
Roberts creating chaos helps Trump's case. #ScrewU
#LawlessRogueRegime #inners #lastword #ExpandTheCourt
#TrumpsPoodle

Chief Justice Roberts warns of "potential disaster" in Supreme Court case

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned about a “potential disaster” during oral arguments in a mail-in ballots case.

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats if Supremes further gut #VotingRightsAct to allow gerrymandering that dilutes the voting of racial minorities.
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#GoldenAgeOfCorruption #LawlessRogueRegime #SupremeCourt #AmericanFascism #inners #DeadLineWH #ElectADem #VotingRights

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling

Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats if Supremes further gut #VotingRightsAct to allow gerrymandering that dilutes the voting of racial minorities.
politi.co/4odQdVK

#GoldenAgeOfCorruption #LawlessRogueRegime #SupremeCourt #inners #DeadLineWH #lastword
#ElectADem for #VotingRights.

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling

Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

politi.co

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 2d

Zach Bryan’s Lyrics About ICE ‘Bashing Down Your Door’ Slammed by Homeland Security Official: ‘Stick to “Pink Skies”’ www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
#ICEraids #WhiteSupremacy #AmericanFascism #ZachBryan #inners #DeadLineWH

Zach Bryan’s Lyrics About ICE ‘Bashing Down Your Door’ Slammed by Homeland Security Official: ‘Stick to “Pink Skies”’

UPDATED: MAGA proponents were quick to slam a snippet of a new, apparently anti-ICE song that Zach Bryan posted online Friday, with a White House spokesperson weighing in and the Department of Homelan...

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 2d

Defiant #PamBondi stonewalls Senate questions and insults Senators at hearing.
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"Don't ask me."
"Don't call me a liar."
"I won't talk to you about that."
#BullshitBarbie #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp #TrumpEpsteinShutdown #lastword #inners #DeadLineWH

AG Bondi stonewalls question about Trump mentions in Epstein files at Senate hearing

The Trump administration for months has faced criticism for refusing to release files about Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of President Trump.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

Secretary of the Treasury and Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent announced that Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano will serve as new IRS "CEO."

Bisignano To Do Double-Duty As Social Security Commissioner And New IRS ‘CEO’

Secretary of the Treasury and Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent announced that Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano will serve as new IRS "CEO."

www.forbes.com

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 2d

Private equity is buying up energy utilities in multibillion dollar bet on powering the AI boom.

on.ft.com/4pZWeXs
#aiboom #aigpt #gpt5
Can AI achieve #GlobalPsychology control.

Private equity bets big on utilities

[FREE TO READ] Investors seek to profit from rising energy demand driven by AI data centres

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 2d

#CitizensUnited overturned "An Act to prohibit corporations from making political contributions" Tillman Act 1907.
#GetMoneyOut
Prohibiting corporate contributions can be done again if #WeThePeople demand it of our candidates.
#ElectADem #VoteBlue #TaxTheRich #WeMustResist #inners #lastword

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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 3d

Concern that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act to take control of blue cities is by no means far-fetched. Our cities are already occupied by a federal army of thugs— ICE — directed to kidnap and cage our neighbors, atop regular police violence. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act

An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 3d

#JudgeDianeGoodstein house explodes after she opposed Trump voter purge.
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Family members injured.
#SouthCarolina #PoliticalViolence #maddow #Goodstein #EdistoBeach #VoteForADem #2026MidTerms

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 3d

The fusion of government and corporate power into a ruling elite is an economic system called Fascism; it is not socialism.
#AmericanFascism has arrived.
#WeMustResist #FightToSaveDemocracy #VoteForADem #maddow #PedoPresident #WannabeDictator #Fascism #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #2026MidTerms

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

Reported Trump plan to cut more than 750,000 older Americans off disability:

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Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare

“I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump vowed in 2024. I have bad news for voters who believed him.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Chills…

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 4d

A federal judge issued a broader order barring the federal government from relocating National Guard members to Oregon from any state.

via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

Federal judge bars Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland

Saying the Trump administration directly contravened her Saturday order blocking the federal government from mobilizing National Guard troops in Portland, a federal judge issued a broader order barrin...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 4d

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We’re creating something dangerous to the country: A masked monster of law enforcement uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
In Germany they called it the Gestapo.
#maddow

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea

I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

www.motherjones.com

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 8d

The #TrumpEpsteinShutdown is hurting America, but it's protecting pedophiles.

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 4d

Bureau of Labor Statistics Publishes No Statistics As Trump Dismantles BLS.
And that's the general idea as Trump hides layoffs.
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
#TrumpSlump #TrumpFlation #TrumpRecession #TrumpUnemployment #TrumpLayoffs #Velshi #maddow
Trump economy is fading fast. #ScrewU

Worrying signs for the economy amid Trump's 'utterly inane and insane' dismantling of BLS

A new ADP report indicating significant drops in private employment is "definitely a negative signal" for the economy, economist Justin Wolfers tells Ali Velshi. But amid the government shutdown, we d...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 4d

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” Vought said 2023.
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.
We want their funding to be shut down."
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
#Project2025 #maddow

“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda

Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

www.propublica.org

Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 4d

Hours after a federal judge paused Trump plan to deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland, ICE officers escalated their violent tactics against protesters in the city.

www.opb.org/article/2025...
Internet is hog heaven for propaganda artists like Trump and Company. #LawlessRogueRegime #Velshi

Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 4d

“For Noem Trump Miller Hegseth Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie and they get off on it, law be damned. They love it. They are proud of it. And they will keep doing it.”
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Social media is hog heaven for propaganda artists like Trump and Company. #Velshi

The Attack on Chicago

People need to look at these pictures and ask, is this America?

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