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Ann Heitland

@ann50.bsky.social
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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. 🌽

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As a reminder, Democrats picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018, while losing two seats in the Senate. We should see a bigger pickup in both chambers this time, to put it mildly. But do not get cocky and coast here. Run through the tape.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump's approval rating just hit an all-time low. Polling for Republicans ahead of the midterms is tanking too. Good news. But do not let the unpopularity of Trump and the GOP result in you becoming complacent. We need to show up this November in numbers so huge that victory cannot be denied.
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Raelle @jazchaz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨 AZ-02 AZ-02 has been identified as a "MUST FLIP" seat. Our help is needed to elect former President of the Navajo Nation, Jonathan Nez to defeat the deplorable current Rep Eli Crane -who's not only referred to black American's as "Colored People" but is a MAGA betraying rural AZ. Pls help👇🏻
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Volunteer — Jonathan Nez for Congress
Former President of the Navajo Nation Jonathan Nez is running to flip Arizona's competitive 2nd Congressional District.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Reya Artbringer - Graphic Artist 4 Hire @kompreya.com · 20/09/2026
They're tearing apart your economy, your education, your rights, just to go after FIVE people FIVE There was never a concern about women's sports. It was always an entry point for full blown corruption and fascism.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Let's get over expensive groceries just by ceasing to eat.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s proposed DC golf course could cost taxpayers up to $49 million. While families fight to afford food, rent, and health care, his administration is moving money toward remaking public land around his ego. Public money. Private vanity. Corruption, again #StopTrumpCorruption
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I know just enough economics to know this is fucking gibberish
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well, then. Time he’s replaced. #AI
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Reggie 🇺🇸 @antifaagent.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Idk who needs to hear this, but not voting because you don't agree with the nominee 100% on everything is exactly how we ended up with Donald Trump twice...🙄 #CountryOverParty #GOTV🗳️🌊💙
Screenshot of a post saying they don't vote for people they don't agree 100% with
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NOAA just announced that this summer was the hottest on record in the United States.
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NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you believe this, Lucy has a football for you.
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Trump says oil and gas prices won't fall until 'right after' midterm election
President Donald Trump said energy prices that have been elevated due to the Iran war will not come down until after the midterm elections.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember when he said it would be over by (last) April? It will only end when he's gone from office.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If this is too subtle for some folk, that’s Senator Hillary Clinton on his left.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Delusional? Champion Liar? Combo, I think.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
While prices rise, medical care access falls, and the war with Iran “grinds on,” DJT treats DC as his own personal LEGO room, buying new gilded pieces with our tax dollars. Even his own people talk openly about what’s going on. It’s insane that no one stops it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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As War Grinds On, Trump Relishes Renovation Projects (Gift Article)
President Trump is basking in the momentum of the various projects he has spurred around downtown Washington.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/09/2026
Oh, this is going to piss some folks off. They’ve repeated the lie so many times they thought nobody would check the receipts. We checked. Jeffries is the first Black party leader in congressional history, and the “bought by AIPAC” smear has been repeated like gospel. Here are the actual numbers.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
While our troops are putting their lives on the line, veterans' services are being cut and our communities are struggling to afford everything—Trump is attempting to desecrate the hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery. No to the Arch de Trump and this overreach of power once again!
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hmm. I'm noticing a pattern that GOP/Trump is always likely to suffer "irreparable harm," but Democrats' alleged harm is never imminent enough to qualify to win one of these Shadow Docket decisions. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight (Gift Article)
Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Absolute insanity. But so much is these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/b...
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Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates (Gift Article)
The president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding.
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem spent her life pushing the world closer to what it should be. In 2013, President Obama honored her extraordinary legacy with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
3/ Here’s the contrast: GOP policies lead to hungry children losing food assistance. American families losing healthcare and going bankrupt. People pushed toward homelessness. Service members dying in another endless war. Gas and groceries costing more. Make Republicans defend THAT CONTRAST.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If Nancy Pelosi had repeatedly told reporters she had no idea what was going on around her, the coverage would have been unsparing and vicious.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
IMO, this is the biggest story of the day. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’ll say it again, you’d have to be one pathetic immoral evil scum of the earth to not only keep trying to put your name on someone’s memorial but also threaten to destroy it if you don’t get your way. That isn’t strength, that’s weakness.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/s... HEADS UP TEXAS: More than 1.2 million Texas voters are on the state’s voter suspense list, meaning election officials have been unable to confirm their current address. Check your registration to avoid delays on Election Day!
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More than 1.2 million Texas voters are on suspense list. Are you?
More than 1.2 million Texas voters are on the state’s voter suspense list, meaning election officials have been unable to confirm their current address.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After FDR cleaned up the mess created by Calvin Coolidge and blamed on Herbert Hoover, Democrats spent decades reminding voters what the two parties had done. In recent generations, that basic act of politicking has been deemed impolite by Democratic leaders. That needs to end.
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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Does anyone remember when Joe Biden and a bipartisan team signed off one of th most comprehensive legislation for border security like none before and it was going to pass in the Senate and Trump told the Republican not to sign it it would make Biden look good and lessen his chances for re-election
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026
This is so bizarre. A politician telling you her vision for America is that you’ll have to work when you’re sick and die young, orphaning your kids. Please vote for @drannieandrews.com
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
$165 million a year in taxpayer contracts to run detention camps, then $1.4 million flows straight back to Trump’s super PAC the following month. That’s your money, laundered through a prison company, landing right back in Trump’s political war chest. #TrumpsCorruptionCostsUS #Pinks
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pete Buttigieg is out here doing work meeting voters where they are. Make sure you check your registration and have a plan to vote because there is going to be a #BlueWaveIn70Days Ignore the chaos, stay focused and let’s go get this win to stop these extremist Republicans.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Taraji P Henson tried to warn us that Project 2025 would hurt our most vulnerable, but y’all are over here screaming about Leader Jeffries meeting with Kushner. Stop the faux outrage and get your shit together, we have an election to win. Stay focused people and get out the VOTE!
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
it's not hard to explain why a former republican and a democratic socialist are both fighting trump. it's a broad tent. it's literally the whole point of the bulwark, supposedly.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The tagline "democratic socialist" is already stamped on Angie Nixon. Read what her real priorities are (from her website).
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I pledge allegiance to the ballroom and to the raging narcissist for which it stands…
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
They told us what they were going to do Every Republican Senator knew that this was going to happen And they voted to confirm Todd Blanche anyway
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And, what are you going to do about that, Mr. Speaker? So far, you've simply blocked efforts to end it. Sounds like you can't stop the "headwind."
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I submit this is the most important story of the day. In 2017, a sailor told the President that the old steam carrier catapults were better than the new electric ones, probably in the same way your elderly neighbor says carburetors were better than these new fangled fuel injectors.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/08/2026
Want to feel good? Peep these polls. But keep your foot on the gas through November, because Republicans didn’t come to play fair.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A debate I fought with the Coordinated Campaign in General Elections 2018, 2020, 2022. Ultimately, I advised our volunteers to ignore the script as long as they felt comfortable having a real conversation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
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When the Democratic Door-Knocker Has Something Unscripted to Say
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign encouraged canvassers to ditch their scripts in pursuit of genuine, off-the-cuff-conversation. It’s a strategy that some Democratic strategists want to see more of.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Democrats have been told for over a decade that we should vote for the moderate because he/she is more "electable." Voters need more than that: in primaries and gerenal elections. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
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Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary Pits Angie Craig Against Peggy Flanagan (Gift Article)
The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown this winter.
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Ann Heitland @ann50.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A Bank Said Trump Is Money Laundering Capital One closed over 300 Trump Org accounts in 2021. Trump called it politics. Capital One says its Money Laundering team flagged Illegal Transactions. A Bank found illegal money laundering in Trump's businesses. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Something real is happening in rural Iowa. Voters who backed Ernst, Grassley, & Trump are turning out for Josh Turek because they’ve finally had enough. That’s not a fluke; it’s a movement building right in front of us, and we’ve got 90 days for it to keep growing! #BlueWaveIn90Days
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