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Ann Heitland

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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. πŸ’™ Long ago: U of C; BA, JD. IA born and raised. 🌽

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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

11.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 17535 πŸ” 7054 πŸ’¬ 506 πŸ“Œ 944
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Wahls: The war in Iran is going to be devastating for farm states like Iowa. You mentioned diesel β€” that is what the vast majority of farm machines, like tractors or combines, run on. And the cost of oil not only has a huge impact on fuel costs, it also has a huge impact on other farm inputs

09.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 3265 πŸ” 1073 πŸ’¬ 243 πŸ“Œ 75
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09.03.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 9468 πŸ” 2967 πŸ’¬ 660 πŸ“Œ 255
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This becomes even more galling when you realize Donald only wore a cap to the "dignified" transfer because the slob is more worried about the appearance of his hair in wind than presence of soldiers in coffins.

08.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1307 πŸ” 281 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 28

Rothkopf eviscerates the normalcy bias that is stalling a proper reaction to Trump's insanity.

08.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 661 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7
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Don’t let Fox get away with it this time. Spread the word.

Fox & Friends Weekend replaced footage of Trump attending yesterday’s dignified transfer with a clip from 2025.

They clearly didn’t want their audience to see him disrespecting fallen soldiers wearing a baseball cap.
H/T: @BadFoxGraphics

08.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 4469 πŸ” 2776 πŸ’¬ 331 πŸ“Œ 178

Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves

07.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 10176 πŸ” 2565 πŸ’¬ 334 πŸ“Œ 129
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β€œThe ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”

β€” President John F. Kennedy, Address at Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963

06.03.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Getting tough questions from Fox News is new to him.

07.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2026 - married women face greater barriers to voting (if SAVE Act becomes law)

07.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, a copy of Gavin Newsom's memoir showed up in a box on my porch. I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for this. I'm very sure I didn't pay for it.

06.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, a copy of Gavin Newsom's memoir showed up in a box on my porch. I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for this. I'm very sure I didn't pay for it.

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nyt website currently resembles one of those mock covers people made before 2016 election: economy floundering, war in the middle east, scandal-plagued cabinet sec, brazen corruption....

06.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 2467 πŸ” 521 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 20

Maybe this is just me, but I kind of think massive military operations, in which we're demanding unconditional surrender as the outcome, probably should be authorized by Congress.

06.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 3449 πŸ” 592 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 33

This is an insult to Patton.

06.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The few paying attention knew this was coming. Maybe as soon as he rode the escalator.

06.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

That’s our Commander-in-Chief right there here. Offering Americans up as tribute for oil and distraction from ICE abuses, killing of innocents here and abroad, and that half of Trump’s cabinet is in the Epstein files…

06.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 757 πŸ” 340 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 19

The reason we have β€œstupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

05.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 22672 πŸ” 5566 πŸ’¬ 607 πŸ“Œ 171

Looks like the open sore that was there before has healed. But is bald”spot” is showing.

06.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator

No tears for Kristi Noem but she was just following the example of her boss.

Also, this avoids his embarrassment at her impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

05.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."

05.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 20671 πŸ” 5878 πŸ’¬ 659 πŸ“Œ 278
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04.03.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the point. If your vaunted trillion-dollar military can't get through a few days of airstrikes because you've consolidated the industrial base so badly, then you don't have a trillion-dollar military, you just have contractors in No. Virginia getting rich

04.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 2153 πŸ” 639 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 30
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Q: Given how critical the president has been of the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan, why wasn't there more focus on evacuation plans from the Middle East?

LEAVITT: Again, I just laid out for you that there have been plans in place

04.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 1020 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 53
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a young boy in a cowboy outfit is walking on a stage with the words giddy up above him ALT: a young boy in a cowboy outfit is walking on a stage with the words giddy up above him

Go Texas. You got this.

04.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the age of Trump, we sometimes forget that a good message like this is the right thing to do.

04.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 2212 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 5

I’ve been notified about another death in ICE custody.

This marks a stunning 40 deaths during the second Trump administration.

This cannot continue. There must be real accountability for ICE and DHS.

04.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 3845 πŸ” 1626 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 61

BREAKING: The Texas Secretary of State DID NOT UPDATE the precinct maps on their website last December. MY GOD @msnowreports.bsky.social

04.03.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 9731 πŸ” 3801 πŸ’¬ 651 πŸ“Œ 214

As Trump’s strong-arm tactics to gerrymander Texas showed, voting maps in the Longhorn State are controlled by Republicans

The confusion regarding maps here mainly affects areas that support Jasmine Crockett

Now-is this merely the GOP’s racism or are they that scared of her

The answer is β€œyes”

04.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 680 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 5
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Dallas County judge's order keeping polls open:

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