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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

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

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 21h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) rants against Medicaid and Democrats trying to protect it.

"It's got to be the most failed system, the biggest waste of money I've ever seen."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs gerrymandered map, but petition process begins to reverse the move
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Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs gerrymandered map, but petition process begins to reverse the move

Last Sunday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed the state’s new Republican-favored congressional Map into law, while a petition process to combat the gerrymandering kicks off.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) lashes out at private drug companies for not letting him execute prisoners on death row with their drugs.

"Ohio's dishonor is thickened and set by allowing private drug companies to veto public policy, to veto the rule of law."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

JD Vance downplays calls of racism in a meme posted by Trump putting a sombrero and mustache on Hakeem Jeffries (D).

"Jeffries said it was racist, and I know that he said that. And I honestly don't even know what that means. Like is he a Mexican American that is offended by having a sombrero meme?"

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

MINNESOTA HOUSE DFL LEADER STEPHENSON: "There are 201 members of the Legislature; 100 of them are Republicans ... The focus should be on the fact that there are apparently 0 of 100 Republicans willing to do something meaningful on gun violence."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6d

Minnesota House DFL Leader Stephenson on his GOP counterpart saying there's not a single Republican vote for an assault weapons ban:

"I think we got the clarity that we're looking for that Republicans aren't willing to vote for meaningful measures to decrease gun violence in our state."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7d

J.B. PRITZKER (D): "What we can do when it comes to troops being sent into Chicago and to the state of Illinois is immediately go to court. We're prepared to do that ... Believe me when I tell you that the law is on our side when it comes to keeping troops out of the city and out of the state."

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