Heather Sutton

I believe in the power of possibility-

Idea Generator I Strategist I Synthesizer

Irish Ancestry I Midwest Roots

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

@GenXGirl1994 @RepMikeRogersAL @RepCiscomani

[GenXGirl @GenXGirl1994]

House Armed Services Committee Hearing on FY27 NDAA is today at 10:00AM EST

This post contains X handles of all committee members.

Repost to tell them to REMOVE ❌ Section 224: US-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation

• Mike Rogers (AL-03) – Chairman: @RepMikeRogersAL
• Joe Wilson (SC-02): @RepJoeWilson
• Michael R. Turner (OH-10): @RepMikeTurner
• Robert J. Wittman (VA-01) – Vice Chairman: @RobWittman
• Austin Scott (GA-08): @AustinScottGA08
• Sam Graves (MO-06): @RepSamGraves
• Elise M. Stefanik (NY-21): @RepStefanik
• Scott DesJarlais (TN-04): @DesJarlaisTN04
• Trent Kelly (MS-01): @RepTrentKelly
• Don Bacon (NE-02): @RepDonBacon
• Jack Bergman (MI-01): @RepJackBergman
• Lisa C. McClain (MI-09): @RepLisaMcClain
• Ronny Jackson (TX-13): @RepRonnyJackson
• Pat Fallon (TX-04): @RepPatFallon
• Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28): @RepCarlos
• Nancy Mace (SC-01): @RepNancyMace
• Brad Finstad (MN-01): @repfinstad
• Morgan Luttrell (TX-08): @RepLuttrell
• Jennifer A. Kiggans (VA-02): @RepKiggans
• James C. Moylan (GU) – Delegate: @RepMoylan
• Dr. Richard McCormick (GA-06): @RepMcCormick
• Lance Gooden (TX-05): @RepLanceGooden (or listed variant)
• Clay Higgins (LA-03): @RepClayHiggins
• Derrick Van Orden (WI-03): @RepVanOrden
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• Salud O. Carbajal (CA-24): @RepCarbajal
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• William R. Keating (MA-09): @USRepKeating
• Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06): @RepHoulahan
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• Marilyn Strickland (WA-10): @RepStricklandWA
• Patrick Ryan (NY-18): @RepPatRyanNY
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• Donald G. Davis (NC-01): @RepDonDavis
• Gil Cisneros (CA-31): @RepGilCisneros
• Eric Sorensen (IL-17): @RepEricSorensen

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

@Oezkanciftci @MilesTaylorUSA It looks like it could be made into a more elaborate "Epstein Island."

[Karen Brard @Karen_Brard]

@MilesTaylorUSA Every day, I just want to cry at the destruction of our government. The women in Congress are doing their part but percentage wise the women are screaming the men in taking action. Why are men so freaking afraid of Donald Trump?

[Natalka @littleukrainian]

@MilesTaylorUSA @IlanaGaron If this description is accurate, the question isn’t whether it’s insane. The question is how a system built on checks and balances evolved into one where this was even possible.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.

Here's what happened:

He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.

These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.

Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.

A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).

The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.

But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.

With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.

And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.

The threat does all the work.

By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.

Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.

If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

No bill or act should make it to the house floor unless its putting the people and interests of the United States first.

The current National Defense Authorization Act, however puts the Interests of Israel on par with that of the US.

SECTION 224 aimes to create a permanent partnership between the US military and the Israeli Military.

George Washington spoke directly on this:

"The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial
relations, to have with them as little political connection
as possible... Here let us stop."

https://t.co/6n1RFlyTSz…

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

When women lead, humanity wins. ...

"Countries with more women in leadership record fewer wars and longer peace.

States with higher female representation in parliament are less likely to use violence to resolve conflict."
https://t.co/kbXgKuVRmW

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

When women lead a nation—
https://t.co/NXBlxa0uej

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

"At a time when men are dropping bombs, women are building peace."

https://t.co/1yeJnhj7a3

[Rep. John Larson @RepJohnLarson]

Today’s report confirms what we’ve known for years. Social Security will be automatically cut if Congress fails to act, with CT seniors facing a $556 cut MONTHLY.  

Protecting Social Security won’t be enough. We need to enhance it by making the wealthy pay their fair share!

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

This shows not just the damage that Trump's regime is doing to actual Freedom of the Press in our country but also, why it is so important for all media to recall and reaffirm the task and work of the Press as so necessary, it was built into and is protected by the Constitution.

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

World Press Freedom Index and where the U.S. sits in that index

https://t.co/KVFo1oTIQN

[GBX @GBX_Press]

🚨 JUST IN:

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar:

​"Netanyahu will be arrested the moment he enters Hungary."

[Senator Peter Welch @SenPeterWelch]

The White House is cutting off immigrants from jobs, financial services, medical care, tax credits, and daycare.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Sam Forstag has won the Democratic primary for Montana’s 1st Congressional District.

The smokejumper and union leader could flip one of the most competitive seats in the country this November.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

No civilian deserves to be bombed for oil. No child should die in a blackout because sanctions killed the power grid. No person should starve because of capitalism’s wars. Yet here we are — funding bombs instead of healthcare.

This is murder by policy.
#FundHealthcareNotWar

[Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner2]

Nixon's executive branch goons thought they were untouchable while committing crimes for Nixon. When he fell from power, 48 of them were criminally convicted & 30 went to prison. Come January 2029, those numbers will pale in comparison to what's coming for Trump's criminal cabal.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Local resistance is significantly disrupting the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure, with nearly half of all U.S. data centers planned for 2026 now facing delays or cancellations.

According to research by Sightline Climate, of the 12 to 16 gigawatts of new capacity announced for 2026, only about one-third, roughly 5 gigawatts, is currently under active construction.

The main obstacles are not funding or chip availability, but a critical shortage of essential power equipment such as transformers, switchgear, and industrial batteries, combined with growing political and community pushback.

Across the country, residents are voicing strong concerns over the massive strain on local power grids, rising electricity costs for households, and enormous water consumption required by these facilities. In response, city councils and state legislators in places like Michigan, Maine, Georgia, and North Carolina have passed moratoriums or imposed strict delays on new data center projects.

For many communities, this slowdown demonstrates that sustained public pressure and demands for accountability are effectively influencing the pace and scale of the AI buildout.

[Heather Sutton @heathercsutton]

The attack on the media, most recently in the form of 60 minutes and in the person of Scott Pelley is one that is targeted and timed.

It is not a small attack, but an attack on a freedom so fundamental to who we are as a nation, that it had to be built into the Constitution.

JFK said, "That is why our press was protected by the First Amendment, the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution."

So, I call now on all those citizens staking out a claim in independent media: THIS is your challenge. This is your constitutionally protected task and calling:

JFK: "...not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply give the public what it wants, but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate, and sometimes even anger public opinion.

This means greater coverage and analysis of international news, for it is no longer far away and foreign, but close at hand and local.

It means greater attention to improved understanding of the news, as well as improved transmission, and it means finally that government at all levels must meet its obligation to provide you with the fullest possible information outside the narrowest limits of national security, and so it is to the printing press, to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news, that we look for strength and assistance confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be free and independent."

JFk's words to the Newspaper Publishers Association, 1961