Loud mouth Liberal, Chicago Girl, Host & Executive Producer “Driving it Home with Patti Vasquez” live Weekdays 5-7 cst on heartlandsignal.com & podcast avail wherever you listenhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mjpkiiv2zc27For months we watched federal agents kill U.S. citizens, shoot a Chicago teacher on her way to church, and faced zero accountability. Today Minnesota charged an ICE officer with felony assault and prosecutors say it’s the first case of its kind in the country.pEvery state needs to be watching this.17 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpkiiv2zc27https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mj5rj2uiws2dTwo MN Republican lawmakers skipped a school funding committee to go drink. One got a DWI. The other had a gun while intoxicated. Their punishment was losing committee seats — with 8 days left in session. One is running for state auditor. This tracks.10 Apr 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5rj2uiws2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mirknq5v3s2sEaster Sunday. Trump: "Power Plant Day. Bridge Day. You'll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." Same morning, Pope from St. Peter's: "Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace." Two messages. One chose peace. The other chose war. #Easter #Peace #War05 Apr 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirknq5v3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mic3krngqs2lSebastian is home. But the system that took him is still running and funded by the federal government. An update on the Minneapolis 16-year-old ICE labeled ‘unaccompanied’ while his dad was home looking for him. Sources in comments. #WhereAreTheChildren #Minneapolis #ICE30 Mar 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic3krngqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mia3q3ui5s2nHe spent 5 minutes in a WAR meeting lying about a pen. We did the math.29 Mar 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia3q3ui5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mhvwemqlds2gKansas has a real nursing shortage — that’s documented. But regardless of how you feel about the fix, you should know who lobbied for this one. And what a nurse practitioner on the state Board of Nursing said about it. #GOP #Kansas25 Mar 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvwemqlds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mhtxwoafqs23Democrats just flipped Florida House District 87 — the district that includes Mar-a-Lago — overcoming a Trump endorsement AND an 11-point swing from 2024. Oh, and public records confirm Trump voted by mail in this very race, the same day he called mail-in voting ‘corrupt as hell.’😂💙💪25 Mar 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtxwoafqs23https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mhlvjnyizk2pI’m glad he’s dead.” — POTUS, today. Melissa Hortman’s children asked him to apologize for spreading lies about their mother’s murder. He didn’t. We have the receipts.21 Mar 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlvjnyizk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mhby7anoec2oPrimary night in Illinois. 🗳️🍀 We are live on WCPT 820 AM from 5 to 10 tonight with an incredible team, live correspondents at campaign HQ, and results as they come in. Illinois is the testing ground for dark money in 2026 — and we are covering every minute of it. Follow @HeartlandSignal.17 Mar 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhby7anoec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mhbg4j3ahk2oTrump’s own counterterrorism director just quit. Joe Kent ran U.S. counterterrorism efforts and had every classified briefing. He resigned today, saying: “Iran posed no imminent threat. We started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”17 Mar 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbg4j3ahk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mh2k5zlkks27Last week people told me I was overreacting about the baseball hat at a dignified transfer of fallen soldiers. Then Trump’s team sent a fundraising email using that exact photo. Nothing is beneath them. Not even begging for money over the bodies of fallen soldiers.14 Mar 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2k5zlkks27https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mgydsnzce22eIt’s academy awards weekend! So, we launched our very first “ Left Turns Only” bonus podcast for driving it home with @ypareviews.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgydsnzce22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mgt22omfcs2dSenator Jon Husted said people in poverty just aren’t “experienced at navigating the real world” — pointing to a conversation with one woman who uses SNAP benefits. But when he had the chance to actually lower costs for over half a million Ohio families, he voted no. Pardon the migraine glasses…11 Mar 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt22omfcs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mgnqir55dc27Meanwhile… A federal judge ordered ICE to release people. ICE released them — and kept their IDs, bank cards, and passports. Then lied to the judge about it. It’s in the court record. Source in first comment.09 Mar 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnqir55dc27https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mggcgmzobk2qA federal judge read the government’s case and asked a one word question: Why? Here’s what’s in this Minnesota ruling — and why it matters everywhere. Source in first comment. Tune in Monday through Friday 5-7 pm cst on WCPT 820 AM #www.heartlandsignal.com #ice #minneapolis06 Mar 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggcgmzobk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mgduwoobak2iToo corrupt for Trump. That’s where we are today. Here’s my breakdown!05 Mar 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgduwoobak2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mg64bqnxys2a4,400 times. That’s how many times federal judges have ruled ICE detentions are illegal. 🎙️ Driving It Home today 5-7 PM CST WCPT820AM #DueProcess #Constitution03 Mar 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg64bqnxys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mfulxoaajc2kBiden closed this facility in 2021. He said America shouldn’t be in the business of detaining children. In March 2025, Trump opened it again. We need to not forget about them. https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children27 Feb 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfulxoaajc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mfkeynvzf226They said Roe was settled law. They said abortion bans wouldn’t spread. They said women wouldn’t be punished. Tennessee Republicans just introduced the death penalty for abortion. Stay loud.23 Feb 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkeynvzf226https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mfhvhgm2j22pTrump is sending an imaginary hospital ship to a country with free universal healthcare. Approximately 30 million Americans don’t have any. Cool cool cool. 🚢 #greenland22 Feb 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhvhgm2j22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3meyp2cd2sc26Why is the GOP scrambling over deportations when deportations were literally their campaign promise? Because S Texas construction is collapsing, businesses are bankrupt, & their own voters are turning on them. Oops tonight on Driving It Home, WCPT 820 AM, 5-7pm CST. #LeopardsAteMyFace16 Feb 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyp2cd2sc26https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3meyovad34226Why is the GOP scrambling over deportations when deportations were literally their campaign promise? Because S. Texas construction is collapsing, businesses are bankrupt, & their own voters are turning on them. Tonight on Driving It Home, WCPT 820 AM, 5-7pm CST. #LeopardsAteMyFace16 Feb 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyovad34226https://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mewzlorvnc2jOfelia Torres Hidalgo was sixteen. She had Stage 4 cancer. She fought from a wheelchair to save her father from ICE. She reminded us that at the heart of this fight is love.16 Feb 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewzlorvnc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3meqw4rru4c2pRemember when they sold MAGA “mass deportations NOW” at the RNC? What they actually built was a for-profit detention empire built to create concentration camps all over the country.13 Feb 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqw4rru4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pattivasquez.bsky.social/post/3mdvjtpmnxk2iDrowsy Donnie is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files. But sure, he’s absolved.02 Feb 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:efbs4yiq6gm5pi5lp5mktmmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvjtpmnxk2i