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I'll be holding another livestream with my Senate colleagues today at 5pm ET to update the American people on the government shutdown and discuss the devastating impact of Republican health care cuts.

Do you have a questions for us? Comment below.
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Yesterday, Stephen Miller had one of the most terrifying Freudian slips I've ever heard.

He claimed Trump has plenary authority (absolute power)—before cutting himself off.

Today, Trump said Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson should be *jailed*.

This is how authoritarian regimes talk. (1/3)
October 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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A new KFF study reports: 24 million Americans will see their health care premiums under the Affordable Care Act DOUBLE.

Further, 15 million people will be thrown off their health care entirely.
 
Unacceptable. We can’t subject millions of Americans to this unnecessary suffering.
October 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Bessent: "It's unfortunate that Chinese leadership has decided to use American soybean farmers as a hostage or pawn in the trade negotiations. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for President Trump ... you should expect news on Tuesday on substantial support for our farmers."
October 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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This was always the plan.

Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.
October 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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If Joe Biden’s hand had looked like it was covered in grey scale Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7.
August 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sam, a Georgia father...said he noticed higher prices “across the board” when shopping for appliances and other items his kids need to go back to college...“The consequences of the election, for many people, are becoming clearer and clearer.”

#TrumpFlation
#MomSky
Tariffs are giving parents back-to-school sticker shock | CNN Business
Parents who are back-to-school shopping are finding that prices are higher and there are fewer deals.
www.cnn.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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this would be active duty US troops deployed indefinitely on US streets?

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
July 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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“The question Trump and his team ought to face is simple:

'Why has American job growth slowed this year to a 15-year low?'”

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
New U.S. jobs report shows 2025 is off to a discouragingly sluggish start
Over the first six months of the year, American job growth has slowed to a 15-year low. It's worth asking why.
www.msnbc.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Regarding the flooding: GOP doesn’t want to fund the programs that predict these things, but they still want to blame the federal government for not predicting this. DOGE has consequences
July 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Yes, they are Nazis.
(see: Stephen Miller)

Yes, these are concentration camps.
(see: Alligator Alcatraz)

Yes, they will come for everyone.
(see: “Unhumans” book)

This is fascism.

It’s up to us to stop it.
July 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The Trump regime has created a system to search national citizenship data. Tools like this are used by authoritarian regimes to surveil people, suppress voters, and punish dissenters. This is another alarming and likely illegal development.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I am looking for congressional leaders to come out quickly and forcefully against this. We need unequivocal opposition. We need theatric demonstrations of defiance. We need to see leadership. Trump will steamroll us all if we display weakness. Where are our leaders?
An act of war weeks in planning but unauthorized by Congress against a country that Trump's own director of intelligence testified under oath was not close to getting a nuclear weapon.
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Jun 21
BREAKING: U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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The Trump administration issued layoff notices to over 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded outlet known for providing independent news to countries with restricted press freedom.
June 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Today was a WH briefing day…so we have one of our own…plus the failures of media in convering Trump on Iran, what the heck happened at Dodger Stadium, conditions in ICE facilities…what can be done about political violence with @smith.senate.gov on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark, have both died. Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife were both shot & now out of surgery where they expect to make a recovery.

The shooter was impersonating a police officer and is still at large.
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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There are few times I am at a loss for words. Today is one of those days.

I’m mourning the devastating loss of my friend Speaker Melissa Hortman and her devoted husband Mark Hortman.
June 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Millions of pounds of food are thrown out every year by pet suppliers. I’m reaching across the aisle to help deliver food to hungry shelter dogs and cats.

Congress, let's stop being dogmatic and pass the bipartisan BARK Act!
Silver Spring woman, Raskin promote bill to allow donations of pet food past sell-by date to animal shelters
The BARK Act, promoted by Jamie Raskin and a Silver Spring woman, would eliminate liability for stores that donate the pet food.
bethesdamagazine.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces.

ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation.

Let’s start there.
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.
June 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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June 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM