Post by @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social

2026-11-04 20:19 UTC

We expect our Representatives and Senators in the U.S. Congress to be able to multitask. They can investigate and hold hearings about the cesspool of wrongdoing committed by the Trump regime at the same time they do all they can to take affirmative steps to improve the U.S. 2/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social 2026-11-04 20:22

These two steps are in fact intertwined. We can't reform the Supreme Court, dismantle ICE or at least choke its funding, rein in oligopoly, etc. etc. unless we understand the state of affairs created by the Trump regime and the Roberts Court. Investigations and hearings provide information crucial to affirmative legislation. 3/

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@eq@mas.to 2026-11-04 20:23

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social The improvements can't be coming as a surprise to them, it has to have been written down since ages and now just go through them step by step. It's not rocket science what is needed. Can put it on the back-burner to handle while dealing with the legal repercussions for illegal acts. Republicans had Project 2025, surely there is something similar around for the democrats?

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@LPerry2@mastodon.social 2026-11-04 20:34

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social And if they are actually in Washington working (unlike the current Congress), it shouldn't even be that difficult.

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-11-04 21:43

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social First thing, start investigations of ICE using that hacked data. https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-6021497/dhs-hack-ice There is undoubtedly a money trail to the public corruption to follow. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-minnesota-prison-purchase-b3076554.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/30/us/minnesota-prison-homeland-security.html https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5923881/geo-group-corecivic-immigration-detention https://www.pogo.org/investigates/ice-inc-the-top-companies-profiting-from-trumps-immigration-crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-15/under-trump-s-immigration-plans-geo-group-others-stand-to-make-big-money Next, investigate Musk's throttling of Ukraine's defense. Which petrostate despot or oligarch paid for that? Putin, Lauder, or #PrinceBonesaw? https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-witkoff-putin-starlink-musk-9.7389616

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@Pineywoozle@masto.ai 2026-11-04 21:48

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social I adored this.

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@tknarr@mstdn.social 2026-11-05 00:12

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Yes. To quote Bernie Sanders, "Congress can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.". If leadership can't, they aren't qualified for their jobs.

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