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Mariannette Miller-Meeks defends NIH cuts, which could slash University of Iowa research she previously supported heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/21/m...

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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says sending each American $5,000 checks from DOGE wouldn't be inflationary because inflation only happens when the government spends money. (???)

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the hundreds of FAA employees fired last week, some aviation safety assistants and air traffic control maintenance mechanics, were "not the highest skilled members of the FAA."

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BREAKING: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tells the Senate he will not run for reelection next year.

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Minnesota anti-abortion bill would defund Planned Parenthood heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/19/m...

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STORY: Missouri GOP proposes ‘eHarmony for babies’ to track pregnant women heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/19/m...

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D): “My oath is to the constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.”

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Gerard Harms, author of the “Save MO Babies Act” that would create a central registry of pregnant people who are "at risk for abortion," calls his bill “eHarmony for babies."

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One week after Donald Trump chastised remote workers, U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) admits his wife is a remote worker and is thankful for it.

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The North Dakota House Judiciary Committee began debating House Concurrent Resolution 3013, a Republican-written resolution urging the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. Read the full story here: heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/18/n...

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A dark money group backed by Elon Musk has reportedly began buying TV ad time in Wisconsin, with $670,000 purchase on Monday for ads expected to support conservative state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/18/e...

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Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson (R-Andover) says "Kansas is doing the right thing" in denying $8 billion in federal money and refusing to expand Medicaid.

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This is an inspiring conversation with @katharinehayhoe.com about what we can do to fight climate change including how cities can help. She also talks about the role of comedy! I hope you'll give it a listen. @heartlandsignal.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0HIi...

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NEW from Jennifer Schulze: Democrats should fight back with an aggressive, fact-based counternarrative every single day heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/17/o...

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Saturday on WCPT/@heartlandsignal.bsky.social we're talking regime change, climate change & more with 4 people making an impact: + @katharinehayhoe.com + @abreezeclayton.bsky.social + Yasmin Radjy of @swingleft.bsky.social + @abenewman.bsky.social 🤳Stream bit.ly/3DAcG8s 1-4pm CT

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Pennsylvania Republican warns colleagues against a budget bill that cuts benefits heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/14/p...

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State lawmakers representing military recruiting bastions silent on Trump’s Gaza plans heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/14/s...

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Oklahoma Republican wants to legalize cockfighting against robots heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/14/o...

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South Dakota GOP legislator loses leadership position after trying to defund school outside his district “They allow boys to go in the girls’ bathrooms now,” Jensen said. “And that’s unacceptable.” Full story: heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/13/s...

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OK Gov. Stitt (R) rebukes state Superintendent Ryan Walters for making immigrant children "political pawns" by firing 3 school board members: "Unfortunately, we’ve got people that are really trying to attack six, seven, eight-year-old kids, and I'm not gonna let that happen."

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Ford CEO says Trump’s tariffs could lead to layoffs heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/12/f...

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South Dakota State Rep. Phil Jensen (R-Rapid City) was removed from his vice chairmanship on the House Education Committee after introducing a bill that would defund a school outside of his district over its bathroom policy.

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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) throws shade at DOGE Subcommittee Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): “We had a number of these hearings last term … And interestingly enough our chairwomen who is so passionate about this today she missed every single one of those improper payment hearings.”

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Tennessee State Rep. Glynn (D) questions Rep. Bulso (R) on his transgender bathroom ban bill. GLYNN: Rep. Bulso, does this bill put any food on the table? BULSO: No, it does not. G: Does it put any money in Tennesseans' pockets? B: No, it does not. G: What about a roof over their head? B: No.

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President Donald Trump: "[Palestinians] only want to be on the Gaza Strip because they don't know anything else. They've never had an alternative. And they don't want to be in the Gaza Strip, but they have no choice."

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New report reveals potential impact of Trump tariffs on Heartland heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/11/n...

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During debate on a bill banning the use of any names different than the one on a student's birth certificate, Kansas State Sen. Dinah Sykes (D) asks a state official if the bill would ban using different names in foreign language classes. "You would need written permission from your parent."

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Tennessee lawmaker posts (and mysteriously deletes) letter about concerns over 'furry club' at University of Tennessee heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/10/t...

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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) on a new law protecting domestic violence survivors: "The Trump administration has made their disdain for the victims and survivors of gun violence clear. Our administration is making our dedication to Illinois' victims and survivors unmistakable."

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Ohio elections chief looking to keep gerrymandering carousal spinning heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/07/o...

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Oklahoma Freedom Caucus member proposes ending no-fault divorce heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/05/o...

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) holds up an AI-generated image of Elon Musk in front of a DOGE podium as proof that DOGE existed before the election: “This is before the election. Elon Musk posted on his own account 'I am willing to serve,' and that right there says DOGE."

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U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) says DOGE has "a team of people with 200-level IQs" and that the organization "probably raised the average IQ of federal workers here."

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NEW from Jennifer Schulze: Shout it from the rooftops: This is a coup. heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/04/o...

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Oklahoma Republican introduces bill allowing state to pay employees with Bitcoin A bill introduced by Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R-Elgin) that could permit employees in the state to be paid with cryptocurrency reached the committee process on Tuesday. heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/04/o...

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Nebraska Republican moves to authorize slap fighting and ‘MMA on ice’ heartlandsignal.com/2025/01/31/n...

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Report: Michigan State cancels Lunar New Year celebration, citing Trump’s war on DEI heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/03/r...

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North Dakota Republican says Trump, CIA should overthrow Mexico’s ‘Jew’ president heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/03/n...

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Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) on Black History Month: “As the grand-wizard-in-chief seeks to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion from our government, we must stand up for racial justice, stand up for multi-racial democracy and stand up for Black history..."

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Trump administration axes plan to limit PFAS ‘forever chemicals,’ despite Midwestern policies heartlandsignal.com/2025/01/31/t...

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Kansas State Rep. John Carmichael (D-Wichita) on Donald Trump blaming DEI on the D.C. airplane crash: “It really offends me when Donald Trump campaigns and insults people of color and people with disabilities, saying they are affirmative action hires. Has the man no compassion?”

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Trump immediately politicizes plane crash, blames DEI and Biden heartlandsignal.com/2025/01/30/t...

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Chicago Mayor Johnson talks Trump’s ICE raids with WCPT’s Richard Chew: “It’s unfortunate that we have a president who is determined to divide this nation and to turn back to the hands of time, but the city of Chicago is strong” Listen to the full interview here: heartlandsignal.com/2025/01/29/c...

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Minnesota State Rep. Paul Novotny (R-Elk River), a former police officer, says he won't comment on President Donald Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 defendants because he hasn't "had the time" to review the videos from the four-year-old event. Follow @heartlandsignal.bsky.social for more.

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NEW from Jennifer Schulze: Dr. Phil’s ICE TV is a clown show designed to spread propaganda and bypass journalists heartlandsignal.com/2025/01/29/o...

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U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) says Donald Trump's federal funding freeze is about an "ethnic review": "This kind of ethnic review of who is getting grants and how those grants have to be distributed is something that I applaud President Trump for looking at."

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HOT MIC: During a local event last week, conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel told Republicans that he believes life begins at conception and lamented that 65% of Wisconsinites oppose any abortion bans: "We have to shut this issue down."

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U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to WOWT yesterday on the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze of federal grants: “It did catch me off guard because I woke up this morning with a bunch of texts from constituents, and some depend on this grant money."

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Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says President Trump making an illegal order is a hypothetical and will never happen. SEN. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-IL): If President Trump directed you to do something illegal or unconstitutional, would you refuse to obey? LUTNICK: He won't.

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