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Good news: after we raised the alarm, DOGE has been blocked from accessing sensitive Department of Education data.

Your Social Security number, income data, and personal information are safe for now.

We will keep fighting back.
If you're one of the 40 million people with student loans, Elon Musk’s team may have gotten access to your Social Security number, income data, and personal information.

I'm leading 18 senators in an investigation into DOGE’s actions at the Department of Education.
February 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Thanks, Elon. My salary is public, as is my financial report. But since you ask, when will you be releasing yours?
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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REPORTER: You have suggested several things Ukraine should give up. What should Russia give up?

TRUMP: Ah, Russia has gotten themselves into something that I think they wish they didn't. If I was president it would not have happened.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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I love this
February 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Trump: "Russia has said from day one, long before President Putin, they've said they cannot have Ukraine be in NATO. They said that very strongly. I actually think that was the thing that caused the start of the war. Biden said it and Zelenskyy said it."
February 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Tina is an organizer who fights from the heart.
 
She spent her time in the Senate lifting up the voices of people who need government on their side - who need childcare for their kids and reproductive freedom.
 
Tina, it's meant a lot to have a partner like you!
February 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging parliament to declare a state of emergency citing “the events of the last 24 hours and statements from the U.S. government” on Ukraine.

Translated video 👇
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Trump just gave a disastrous Oval Office press conference—announcing more tariffs, fawning over Putin, and alienating allies. Meanwhile, GOP plots to gut the safety net while gifting billionaires trillions. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to URGENT Breaking News - 2/13/25
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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February 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I just signed an executive order to cut more red tape to help Los Angeles firestorm survivors rebuild and recover faster.
February 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk
February 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It's not really twitter anymore, name changed, owner changed, only way it's the same, is that Elon took Twitter and made it a much worst version of what it already was, there are way more bots now, way more bullies now 'if they're even real people', now magically all the bullies are pro Elon/Trump.
I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter

The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The problem is you assume they want to "engage and have reals discussions on real issues." They don't. When confronted with facts, data, science, actual laws, and the like, they resort to spewing lies, disinformation and hate.
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The Super Bowl this year is a sad joke.
It’s a mistake for the Marine Corps to fly Ospreys, an aircraft that killed 64 members of our military, over the Super Bowl.

We should be celebrating the Marine Corps for 250 years of powerfully important service, not adding to the grief of families who lost their loved ones.
Mother of Pittsfield airman killed in Osprey crash says plan to fly aircraft over Super Bowl is ‘incredibly traumatizing’ - The Boston Globe
“This piece of machinery should not be in a celebration when so many in the military have lost their lives from it,” Kim Krautter said.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.
February 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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BREAKING -- Trump says he's kicking undocumented immigrants out of Social Security.

One small problem, though -- undocumented immigrants are ALREADY ineligible for Social Security benefits.

You know, because they don't have Social Security numbers. Because they're undocumented.
February 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The reckless decision to release billions of gallons of water from the Terminus and Schafer Dams is already hurting farms and farmers.

It’s a massive waste.

I'm demanding answers from the Army Corps of Engineers about what happened. And why.
February 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo at a “Wicked” Q&A last night
February 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Donald Trump is trying to block trillions of dollars in federal funds to Meals on Wheels, Medicaid, and other critical programs that keep us safe and healthy. If allowed to go into effect, this would wreak havoc across the country.

Tell Congress: Trump cannot be allowed to defund our communities.
Tell Congress: Don't defund our communities
President Trump’s decision to block trillions in federal funding to critical services already approved by Congress is a reckless, cruel, unprecedented power grab that will impact every one of us.
action.aclu.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Senator Murphy lays out exactly what is on the line.

"  There was a promise made to finance this tax cut with two trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid, poor kids, poor families, Medicare, seniors in this country."

Hands Off Our Medicaid!
February 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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February 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM