Ann Heitland
@ann50.bsky.social
Retired, watching the world go bye. ☁️Esp. AZ, IA, Nat'l politics.
Formerly Chair Coconino County & Senior Vice Chair AZ Dem Parties. 💙
Long ago: U of C; BA, JD. IA born and raised. 🌽
Formerly Chair Coconino County & Senior Vice Chair AZ Dem Parties. 💙
Long ago: U of C; BA, JD. IA born and raised. 🌽
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He’s saying the quiet part out loud: Trump and MAGA Republicans can’t win with their unpopular policies at the ballot box, so they want to steal the 2026 election.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
He’s saying the quiet part out loud: Trump and MAGA Republicans can’t win with their unpopular policies at the ballot box, so they want to steal the 2026 election.
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Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
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The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
February 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
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🧵"Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations."
Stopping ICE alone will not stop the madness. CBP will fill the void-and they are only supposed to operate 100mi from the border.
Stopping ICE alone will not stop the madness. CBP will fill the void-and they are only supposed to operate 100mi from the border.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 AM
🧵"Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations."
Stopping ICE alone will not stop the madness. CBP will fill the void-and they are only supposed to operate 100mi from the border.
Stopping ICE alone will not stop the madness. CBP will fill the void-and they are only supposed to operate 100mi from the border.
President Thin-Skin stayed up past his bedtime again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...
Trump Assails Grammys and Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah Over Epstein Joke
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
President Thin-Skin stayed up past his bedtime again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...
Trump closing the Kennedy Center is a victory for the resistance. Stop condemning it. Celebrate it.
February 2, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Trump closing the Kennedy Center is a victory for the resistance. Stop condemning it. Celebrate it.
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REP. BEATTY STATEMENT ON TRUMP ATTEMPT TO CLOSE KENNEDY CENTER FOLLOWING LOSS OF ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 AM
REP. BEATTY STATEMENT ON TRUMP ATTEMPT TO CLOSE KENNEDY CENTER FOLLOWING LOSS OF ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES
Gift article from The Atlantic with my summary/commentary:
Gift article from the Atlantic with my summary/commentary.
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Gift article from the Atlantic with my summary/commentary.
open.substack.com/pub/annheitl...
February 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Gift article from The Atlantic with my summary/commentary:
Gift article from the Atlantic with my summary/commentary.
open.substack.com/pub/annheitl...
Gift article from the Atlantic with my summary/commentary.
open.substack.com/pub/annheitl...
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a Texas Senate district in Tarrant County on Saturday, easily beating a Trump-backed Republican. The district has been reliably red for decades.
Rehmet tallied more than 57% of the vote, despite being outspent 10 to 1 this month by his MAGA-backed opponent.
Rehmet tallied more than 57% of the vote, despite being outspent 10 to 1 this month by his MAGA-backed opponent.
Democrat flips Texas Senate seat in Tarrant County
Taylor Rehmet tallied more than 57% of the vote in the special election runoff, after being outspent 10 to 1.
www.axios.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a Texas Senate district in Tarrant County on Saturday, easily beating a Trump-backed Republican. The district has been reliably red for decades.
Rehmet tallied more than 57% of the vote, despite being outspent 10 to 1 this month by his MAGA-backed opponent.
Rehmet tallied more than 57% of the vote, despite being outspent 10 to 1 this month by his MAGA-backed opponent.
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Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
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“I saw the German people, people I had known when I visited Germany as a boy, and for the first time realized that Nazism was a mass movement and not the tyranny of a diabolical few over helpless millions... By the time the war was over I had identified my man: the average German.”
-Milton Mayer
-Milton Mayer
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“I saw the German people, people I had known when I visited Germany as a boy, and for the first time realized that Nazism was a mass movement and not the tyranny of a diabolical few over helpless millions... By the time the war was over I had identified my man: the average German.”
-Milton Mayer
-Milton Mayer
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we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
January 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
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The injuries described definitely don't equal a singular fall into a wall.
The fact that ICE would claim this egregious lie, shouldn't surprise a single person here in America.
#SheShed #FuckICE
apnews.com/article/immi...
The fact that ICE would claim this egregious lie, shouldn't surprise a single person here in America.
#SheShed #FuckICE
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The injuries described definitely don't equal a singular fall into a wall.
The fact that ICE would claim this egregious lie, shouldn't surprise a single person here in America.
#SheShed #FuckICE
apnews.com/article/immi...
The fact that ICE would claim this egregious lie, shouldn't surprise a single person here in America.
#SheShed #FuckICE
apnews.com/article/immi...
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This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 AM
This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
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This video warrants reposting again & again. ICE is not slowing down in MN. They’re just changing tactics that you must be aware of.
Please, please listen and pass this on.
#StandTogether #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
Please, please listen and pass this on.
#StandTogether #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
This video warrants reposting again & again. ICE is not slowing down in MN. They’re just changing tactics that you must be aware of.
Please, please listen and pass this on.
#StandTogether #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
Please, please listen and pass this on.
#StandTogether #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Text SIGN PSXWRL to 50409 #resistbot resist.bot/petitions/PS...
SHUT DOWN THE FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS
Text SIGN PSXWRL to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Text SIGN PSXWRL to 50409 #resistbot resist.bot/petitions/PS...
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
What did Chuckles do?
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
NEWS: Sanders Secures Vote on His Amendment to Cut $75 Billion in ICE Funding and Redirect Those Funds to Medicaid » Senator Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today secured a Senate vote on his amendment to the government funding package to repeal the $75 billion funding increase for Immigration and Customs ...
www.sanders.senate.gov
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
What did Chuckles do?
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
