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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 14h

Arizona AG sues House over Mike Johnson's delay in swearing in Adelita Grijalva

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d

Snapshot of recent polls show Rs struggling to defend seats they hold:
- VA Spanberger 51%-41% Earle-Sears
- ME Mills 42%-37% Collins
- NC Cooper 46%-42% Whatley
- OH Brown 49%-48% Husted
- TX Cornyn 48%-46% Allred, 48%-45% Talarico
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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 1d

How is Talarico at 45%. I would think he would be winning bc he crosses lines to being people in. Allred also does but to win most votes I would think Talarico. I love both and all I know is one of them must win

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 1d

Dems talk at ppl & they need to talk to ppl, that’s what I keep hearing. I think facts and statistics matter and that helps to create the opinion but I’m thinking it’s more about feelings & nothing to do w/ facts. Trump won bc he knows how to tap into people’s feeling. We need to tap into feelings.

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ fires 2 prosecutors who opposed charges against N.Y. Atty. Gen. Letitia James

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Trump admin. fires 2 prosecutors who opposed charges against N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, source says

The Trump administration fired Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristin Bird and Elizabeth Yusi Friday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 4d

Trump goes on spyware purchasing blitz to help ICE find people who they claim want to ‘overthrow of the United States Government’
@DiligentDenizen @KnoxieLuv www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump goes on spyware spending blitz to surveil anti-ICE groups

ICE is spending tens of millions of dollars on new spyware contracts, including eye-scanning and facial recognition apps

www.independent.co.uk

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 5d

What are you going to tell your grandkids you did?

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 5d

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 6d

If you are like me and fighting to save our country, and want to figure out how we are going to be able to get out of this, this is a must watch! www.youtube.com/live/jsdkihf...

Steve Schmidt DROPS THE HAMMER on ENTIRE Trump Regime | PoliticsGirl

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 7d

Fed Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket.

Dozens of Judges are sounding alarm bells about how the SCOTUS has been using the so-called "shadow docket" to rule in favor of the Trump administration. youtu.be/nc8XqOfTXFo?...

Federal Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 9d

US Supreme Court to make HUGE decision in 2 days.

Will the last bit of Voting Rights Act survive? youtu.be/00GMkyZBYhs?...

US Supreme Court to make BOMBSHELL ruling

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 10d

It’s no longer Dem vs Rep or left versus right.

It’s now democracy vs dictatorship. Right vs wrong.

It’s no longer a war on undocumented immigrants. It’s now a war on Americans.

It’s no longer a foreign enemy. It’s now the “enemy within.”https://www.alternet.org/trump-sleeping-giant-2674176958/

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 10d

'A huge problem': DOJ may have withheld evidence suggesting Letitia James’ innocence www.alternet.org/lindsey-hall...

'A huge problem': DOJ may have withheld evidence suggesting Letitia James’ innocence

The New York Times reports U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan may have left out important information in her indictment against New York AG Letitia James that might have derailed some charges.“In the indi...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11d

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11d

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 11d

Chicago woman shot multiple times by a US border patrol agent indicted

Martinez’s lawyer, Christopher Parente, said footage from one of the agent's bodycams contradicted prosecutors.

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 12d

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 12d

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 13d

Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/s...

Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown | CNN

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city, a person familiar with the de...

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: Trump Admin ‘Seriously’ Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 13d

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 17d

Has Trump said anything about his former “spiritual leader”, Robert Morris, who was just sentenced to 6 months in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl? Will the media even bother to ask him?

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 17d

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others says he will dismiss the case in 14 days if a new prosecutor hasn't been appointed to take it over. apnews.com/article/geor...

Judge sets 14-day deadline for appointment of new prosecutor in Georgia election case against Trump

A judge has announced that the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others will be dismissed in 14 days if a new prosecutor isn't appointed.

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 18d

BREAKING-Hamas says it accepts portion of Trump admin peace plan for Gaza

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Heidi @unitedwestand4a11.bsky.social · 18d

What’s missing is our human connection. Humans connect can cross the bridges and help unite America. www.alternet.org/irs-trump-sh...

Tearful business owner in MAGA city details pain Trump’s policies are causing

Although 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris carried a handful of western states — including California, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon and Washington — Nevada and Arizona were nail-biter...

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