Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."

I boycotted Trump’s inauguration. I boycotted his parade. And I will be boycotting Independence Day for the entire duration of this administration’s tenure.

Sick and tired of Republican Senators coming to me privately saying, “Mark, keep speaking up, you’re our conscience.”

I don’t want to be their damn conscience.

I want them to vote their conscience.

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

Jasmine Crockett does, indeed, understand the assignment

center-right politician. the political earthquake that has happened for him to say what he is saying, in the starkest possible terms. this also illustrates why democrats are struggling right now. We need more centrist Dems to speak bluntly & to support every form of disobedience from their ranks.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: "The question is can you work with Republicans in the middle of a constitutional crisis when democracy is on the line? And right now, I think that this crisis is serious and deepening in its seriousness, that our job #1, #2, and #3 is to save our democracy."