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Text SIGN PUMHWS to 50409 — Do better: reclaim the powers of Congress and do oversight. Senator Collins' public statement endorsing Donald Trump's illegal bombing shocked me. Please look at the law and look at the facts: "Trump acted unilaterally and in defiance of the US intelligence community, which advised him that there was no urgency to act. Rather than use the available time to consult Congress—the people’s representatives—he acted alone. And he acted based on a lie about the timeframe of Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons." Why is a senior Senator (Collins) parroting lies? Listen to Senator Chris Murphy: "I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success." All senators swear to defend the constitution. The president's sworn constitutional duties includes the obligation to ensure the faithful execution of the laws. Let me remind you: "The 1973 War Powers Act and the Constitution both give Congress—not the president—the power to declare war." Please do oversight. Ask why the gang of 8 was not informed. Ask why Trump has hollowed out intel capacity. No Senator least of all a senior senator on the Intel committee should give a gratuitous and uncritical endorsement of a perilous course of action taken in defiance of the law, against Intel, and in breach of regular order. The senate needs to hold hearings now. Pass legislation to reaffirm the war powers act. Condemn rogue illegal military action. Demand that the President confer with the gang of 8. Ask the house to impeach.

Text SIGN PYHBRH to 50409 — The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (H.R. 1), aka the murder budget, is an egregious and destructive piece of legislation that Congress must reject outright. This partisan bill represents the largest upward transfer of wealth in decades, financing $2.4 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy by gutting vital social programs and public services that millions of Americans rely on.   The bill's draconian cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements, would strip healthcare coverage from vulnerable populations. Proposed changes to Medicare eligibility rules and increased costs for those dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid demonstrate a callous disregard for our nation's seniors and disabled individuals. Moreover, tripling ICE's budget to ramp up Trump's inhumane mass deportation agenda is an affront to human rights and American values.   Perhaps most alarmingly, H.R. 1 greenlights the sell-off of millions of acres of public lands to private buyers and fossil fuel companies, squandering our national heritage while exacerbating the climate crisis through increased extraction incentives and gutting clean energy tax credits. Historically disenfranchised communities would be hit hardest by the proposed slashing of SNAP benefits and imposition of stringent work requirements.   The bill even goes so far as to undermine judicial authority by limiting courts' abilities to issue restraining orders and injunctions.   Other appalling provisions include defunding Planned Parenthood, banning gender-affirming care for Medicaid/CHIP recipients, increasing an already bloated Pentagon budget by $150 billion, establishing a private school voucher system to redirect funds from public education, hiking taxes on college endowments, eroding student loan protections, slashing worker rights and benefits, crippling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and eliminating an excise tax on gun silencer sales.   In totality, H.R. 1 represents nothing less than a scorched-earth assault on working families, the social safety net, and the public good - all to finance an unconscionable tax windfall for the wealthiest few. I urge you to summarily reject this draconian bill and instead pursue a fair, responsible budget that uplifts all Americans.