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Thank you, Senators. This is why you’ll continue to have the support of the people.

@warnock.senate.gov
@ossoff.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.

We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.

So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Let's review, shall we?

Republicans are taking the blame for the shutdown.

We cremated them on Tuesday.

ACA has never been more popular.

Rs own the famine by ending SNAP

EVERYONE wants the #EpsteinFiles released.

But it's the Dems that have to go groveling for a deal to end the shutdown?
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Just pointing out that Hakeem Jeffries got TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE House Democrats to hold the line.

Not one House Democrat cracked.

Not one House Democrat caved.

I’m going to remember that.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Don't worry, there's still a market for those who are upset at Senate Dems caving for nothing but a pinky promise.
‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Under Schumer's leadership, eight Democrats (Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, & Shaheen) joined the Republicans in moving forward a bill to reopen the government without ACA subsidies—Dems' stated key aim—or any other real concessions from the status before the shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.

They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.

Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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My statement on the proposed Senate deal
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Remember to only shop from small, local businesses this holiday season!
‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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“Before 2023, it was impossible to think that a healthy population like the one in Peninsula Valdés could become endangered from one year to another," says biologist Valeria Falabella…”This is a warning," she adds, noting that climate change brings additional risks and uncertainties for the species”
'It was a horrible scene to witness': How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations
The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal species has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Trump promised to lower prices "on day one" - but under his administration it's only gotten harder for people to afford basics like groceries. He's done nothing to make life affordable for working people, & his economic policies are making it worse. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/07/s...
Supermarket sticker shock: Beef and coffee prices are rising fast in the US
Inflation at the grocery store is a lot better than it was a few years ago, but it certainly hasn’t gone away. Grocery inflation peaked at more than 13% in August 2022. It was down to 1.6% at this …
www.baltimoresun.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A message about airline cancelation while a girl is on her Delta flight smh
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Let’s get the ACA tax credits extended, save people money, and reopen the government!
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM