Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner.bsky.social
U.S. Representative for RI’s 2nd district, father to Max and Lucy, husband to Julia, fighter for working people, and shameless booster of Rhode Island. 🌊⚓️🇺🇸
Good morning from the only place on earth where you can cut heath insurance for 17 million people, still somehow add $5 trillion to the debt, and call that a big accomplishment. 😒
July 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Good morning from the only place on earth where you can cut heath insurance for 17 million people, still somehow add $5 trillion to the debt, and call that a big accomplishment. 😒
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If you are trying to keep up with Trump’s tariff strategy… there is no strategy.
April 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If you are trying to keep up with Trump’s tariff strategy… there is no strategy.
This aged well. Unfortunately.
This morning’s thought:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This aged well. Unfortunately.
If Nancy Pelosi decides to run again, challenging her in a primary, from either the left or center, would be a profoundly stupid use of time and resources.
We save democracy by defeating *Republicans* in the midterms. That’s the assignment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
We save democracy by defeating *Republicans* in the midterms. That’s the assignment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
Retirement Hovers Over Nancy Pelosi and Her City, San Francisco.
Nancy Pelosi has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly four decades. Challengers are lining up as she weighs running again or retiring.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If Nancy Pelosi decides to run again, challenging her in a primary, from either the left or center, would be a profoundly stupid use of time and resources.
We save democracy by defeating *Republicans* in the midterms. That’s the assignment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
We save democracy by defeating *Republicans* in the midterms. That’s the assignment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
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Louder for the people in the back: Members of Congress shouldn’t be trading stocks—period.
My Trust in Congress Act will ban it once and for all. Let’s get it passed.
My Trust in Congress Act will ban it once and for all. Let’s get it passed.
NEW: Just weeks after being named chair of the House subcommittee overseeing Elon Musk’s efforts to slash what he deems wasteful spending, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) bought thousands of dollars of shares in Tesla.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Tesla Stock After Named As Chair Of DOGE Subcommittee
The Georgia Republican stock purchase puts a spotlight on potential conflicts as she oversees Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting initiatives.
www.forbes.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Louder for the people in the back: Members of Congress shouldn’t be trading stocks—period.
My Trust in Congress Act will ban it once and for all. Let’s get it passed.
My Trust in Congress Act will ban it once and for all. Let’s get it passed.
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🚨 JUST wrapped an urgent press conference on Trump & Musk’s plan to gut the Department of Education.
Fewer teachers. Bigger classes. Less funding for RI schools. Unacceptable.
The richest people in the world cannot be allowed to cut education to pay for their tax cuts.
Fewer teachers. Bigger classes. Less funding for RI schools. Unacceptable.
The richest people in the world cannot be allowed to cut education to pay for their tax cuts.
February 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 JUST wrapped an urgent press conference on Trump & Musk’s plan to gut the Department of Education.
Fewer teachers. Bigger classes. Less funding for RI schools. Unacceptable.
The richest people in the world cannot be allowed to cut education to pay for their tax cuts.
Fewer teachers. Bigger classes. Less funding for RI schools. Unacceptable.
The richest people in the world cannot be allowed to cut education to pay for their tax cuts.
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Not even six hours apart.
February 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Not even six hours apart.
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Most of the critical minerals that we need for cell phones, medical devices, laptops, & more are found in developing world countries.
Yet another reason why Trump & Musk’s cruel dismantling of USAID is just plain stupid.
Watch my @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing remarks: youtu.be/Akzgwu2lAYc
Yet another reason why Trump & Musk’s cruel dismantling of USAID is just plain stupid.
Watch my @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing remarks: youtu.be/Akzgwu2lAYc
Rep. Magaziner on Trump & Musk’s Cruel Dismantling of USAID and its Impact on US Access to Minerals
YouTube video by Rep. Seth Magaziner
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February 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Most of the critical minerals that we need for cell phones, medical devices, laptops, & more are found in developing world countries.
Yet another reason why Trump & Musk’s cruel dismantling of USAID is just plain stupid.
Watch my @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing remarks: youtu.be/Akzgwu2lAYc
Yet another reason why Trump & Musk’s cruel dismantling of USAID is just plain stupid.
Watch my @naturalresources.bsky.social hearing remarks: youtu.be/Akzgwu2lAYc
A lot of this happening.
“I didn’t expect a Trump win to cause me to lose my job, but that’s what happened...”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A lot of this happening.
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Just wrapped up emergency meeting with RI environmental leaders in response to Trump & Musk illegally cutting off funding.
They are waging a war on affordable clean energy, threatening local jobs, the environment, and the planet's future—but we’re fighting back.
They are waging a war on affordable clean energy, threatening local jobs, the environment, and the planet's future—but we’re fighting back.
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just wrapped up emergency meeting with RI environmental leaders in response to Trump & Musk illegally cutting off funding.
They are waging a war on affordable clean energy, threatening local jobs, the environment, and the planet's future—but we’re fighting back.
They are waging a war on affordable clean energy, threatening local jobs, the environment, and the planet's future—but we’re fighting back.
Donald Trump is letting the richest man in the world rip away food and medicine from the poorest kids in the world.
February 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Donald Trump is letting the richest man in the world rip away food and medicine from the poorest kids in the world.
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Yesterday, we tried to get into the US Treasury to find out what Elon Musk is doing with the people’s money and data.
We were locked out, but this is just the beginning.
The people deserve transparency and oversight.
📷: @evymages.bsky.social / @washingtonian.bsky.social
We were locked out, but this is just the beginning.
The people deserve transparency and oversight.
📷: @evymages.bsky.social / @washingtonian.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yesterday, we tried to get into the US Treasury to find out what Elon Musk is doing with the people’s money and data.
We were locked out, but this is just the beginning.
The people deserve transparency and oversight.
📷: @evymages.bsky.social / @washingtonian.bsky.social
We were locked out, but this is just the beginning.
The people deserve transparency and oversight.
📷: @evymages.bsky.social / @washingtonian.bsky.social
Update: I and dozens of other Members of Congress were denied a meeting at the US Treasury today.
But while we were trying to get in something awesome happened.
Thousands of people began filling the streets. Americans are not going to let Elon steal their money and data.
But while we were trying to get in something awesome happened.
Thousands of people began filling the streets. Americans are not going to let Elon steal their money and data.
February 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Update: I and dozens of other Members of Congress were denied a meeting at the US Treasury today.
But while we were trying to get in something awesome happened.
Thousands of people began filling the streets. Americans are not going to let Elon steal their money and data.
But while we were trying to get in something awesome happened.
Thousands of people began filling the streets. Americans are not going to let Elon steal their money and data.
Heading to the US Treasury with @JasminForUS to ask for a meeting with the unelected, unvetted Elon lackeys who have taken control of the Treasury payments system. We need answers.
February 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Heading to the US Treasury with @JasminForUS to ask for a meeting with the unelected, unvetted Elon lackeys who have taken control of the Treasury payments system. We need answers.
Despite Marjorie’s best efforts, 80% of Congress voted to fund USAID.
President Musk has no legal ground to shut down an agency Congress overwhelmingly voted to fund.
President Musk has no legal ground to shut down an agency Congress overwhelmingly voted to fund.
February 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Despite Marjorie’s best efforts, 80% of Congress voted to fund USAID.
President Musk has no legal ground to shut down an agency Congress overwhelmingly voted to fund.
President Musk has no legal ground to shut down an agency Congress overwhelmingly voted to fund.
FBI agents being purged just for doing their jobs and investigating the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.
Elon Musk’s lackeys with no vetting demanding access to classified info.
The Senate needs to bring Kash Petel and Pam Bondi in for additional public questioning before any votes.
Elon Musk’s lackeys with no vetting demanding access to classified info.
The Senate needs to bring Kash Petel and Pam Bondi in for additional public questioning before any votes.
February 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
FBI agents being purged just for doing their jobs and investigating the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.
Elon Musk’s lackeys with no vetting demanding access to classified info.
The Senate needs to bring Kash Petel and Pam Bondi in for additional public questioning before any votes.
Elon Musk’s lackeys with no vetting demanding access to classified info.
The Senate needs to bring Kash Petel and Pam Bondi in for additional public questioning before any votes.
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Donald Trump threw the country into chaos this week. People have a lot of questions.
Time for us to do another “Ask Me Anything” on Instagram.
Submit your Qs now. I’ll answer the first 10 tomorrow morning.
Time for us to do another “Ask Me Anything” on Instagram.
Submit your Qs now. I’ll answer the first 10 tomorrow morning.
February 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Donald Trump threw the country into chaos this week. People have a lot of questions.
Time for us to do another “Ask Me Anything” on Instagram.
Submit your Qs now. I’ll answer the first 10 tomorrow morning.
Time for us to do another “Ask Me Anything” on Instagram.
Submit your Qs now. I’ll answer the first 10 tomorrow morning.
Told you.
This morning’s thought:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
February 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Told you.
100% yes.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
February 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
100% yes.
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Literally the first thing the federal government is required to do in the Constitution
NEW: Census.gov has been down for many users since around 5 p.m. ET. I've asked the Census Bureau's public information office what is causing the bureau's website not to load and when they expect it to come back online...
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Literally the first thing the federal government is required to do in the Constitution
Trump and the Billionaire Bros said their funding freeze wouldn’t include lifesaving aid. They lied.
If the freeze is not reversed immediately, thousands of people including children will die for no good reason. Trump needs to end this madness now.
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If the freeze is not reversed immediately, thousands of people including children will die for no good reason. Trump needs to end this madness now.
t.co/sGUM6Aex6N
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-usaid-humanitarian-aid-freeze-ukraine-gaza-sudan
t.co
February 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump and the Billionaire Bros said their funding freeze wouldn’t include lifesaving aid. They lied.
If the freeze is not reversed immediately, thousands of people including children will die for no good reason. Trump needs to end this madness now.
t.co/sGUM6Aex6N
If the freeze is not reversed immediately, thousands of people including children will die for no good reason. Trump needs to end this madness now.
t.co/sGUM6Aex6N
They are back-tracking because we spoke up. Good.
But make no mistake: their OMB memo ordered a freeze of *all* grants. The Medicaid and SNAP portals went dark. Head Start providers couldn't draw funds.
This was not a coincidence. It was their plan. And they screwed up bigly.
But make no mistake: their OMB memo ordered a freeze of *all* grants. The Medicaid and SNAP portals went dark. Head Start providers couldn't draw funds.
This was not a coincidence. It was their plan. And they screwed up bigly.
January 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
They are back-tracking because we spoke up. Good.
But make no mistake: their OMB memo ordered a freeze of *all* grants. The Medicaid and SNAP portals went dark. Head Start providers couldn't draw funds.
This was not a coincidence. It was their plan. And they screwed up bigly.
But make no mistake: their OMB memo ordered a freeze of *all* grants. The Medicaid and SNAP portals went dark. Head Start providers couldn't draw funds.
This was not a coincidence. It was their plan. And they screwed up bigly.
President Trump just released an extreme and illegal order to freeze all federal funding for transportation, education, disaster relief & more.
Where are House Republicans? Waking up after having a big party at the Trump’s Doral Resort in Florida.
Talk about being out of touch.
Where are House Republicans? Waking up after having a big party at the Trump’s Doral Resort in Florida.
Talk about being out of touch.
January 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
President Trump just released an extreme and illegal order to freeze all federal funding for transportation, education, disaster relief & more.
Where are House Republicans? Waking up after having a big party at the Trump’s Doral Resort in Florida.
Talk about being out of touch.
Where are House Republicans? Waking up after having a big party at the Trump’s Doral Resort in Florida.
Talk about being out of touch.
This morning’s thought:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
January 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This morning’s thought:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
The chattering class thinks that Trump is not *actually* going to do massive tariffs.
They say he can’t possibly mean it because prices will go up and businesses will hate it. It’s just bluster or a series of negotiating tactics.
They’re all wrong. He means it. Thread:
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🚨🚨We just got our hands on the document Trump & the Republicans have been circulating w/ plans to RAISE taxes on the middle class, CUT taxes for billionaires & gut programs for the poor.
This is their game plan. Our job is to stop them.
WATCH: www.instagram.com/reel/DFOWm94...
This is their game plan. Our job is to stop them.
WATCH: www.instagram.com/reel/DFOWm94...
January 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🚨🚨We just got our hands on the document Trump & the Republicans have been circulating w/ plans to RAISE taxes on the middle class, CUT taxes for billionaires & gut programs for the poor.
This is their game plan. Our job is to stop them.
WATCH: www.instagram.com/reel/DFOWm94...
This is their game plan. Our job is to stop them.
WATCH: www.instagram.com/reel/DFOWm94...