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I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
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Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
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JD Vance is the loser in high school who mercilessly picks on a small kid in front of a crowd to impress a bully.
February 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
JD Vance is the loser in high school who mercilessly picks on a small kid in front of a crowd to impress a bully.
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Stand with Ukraine.
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February 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Stand with Ukraine.
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
February 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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ICYMI: The Ohio Senate passed a controversial higher education bill that would overhaul the state’s public universities during Wednesday’s session.
This came one day after more than 800 Ohioans submitted testimony against it.
@ohiocapitaljournal.com bit.ly/43drkCn
This came one day after more than 800 Ohioans submitted testimony against it.
@ohiocapitaljournal.com bit.ly/43drkCn
Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul bill less than a day after eight hours of opponent testimony • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Senate passed a controversial higher education bill that would overhaul the state’s public universities during Wednesday's session. This came one day after more than 800 Ohioans submitted tes...
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February 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ICYMI: The Ohio Senate passed a controversial higher education bill that would overhaul the state’s public universities during Wednesday’s session.
This came one day after more than 800 Ohioans submitted testimony against it.
@ohiocapitaljournal.com bit.ly/43drkCn
This came one day after more than 800 Ohioans submitted testimony against it.
@ohiocapitaljournal.com bit.ly/43drkCn
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Understand this: Elon Musk’s wealth is tied directly to contracts and regulations from the government agencies he now controls.
He spent over $280 million to elect Trump and now he's cashing in — AND they got rid of the inspectors general who could hold him accountable.
Gross corruption.
He spent over $280 million to elect Trump and now he's cashing in — AND they got rid of the inspectors general who could hold him accountable.
Gross corruption.
February 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Understand this: Elon Musk’s wealth is tied directly to contracts and regulations from the government agencies he now controls.
He spent over $280 million to elect Trump and now he's cashing in — AND they got rid of the inspectors general who could hold him accountable.
Gross corruption.
He spent over $280 million to elect Trump and now he's cashing in — AND they got rid of the inspectors general who could hold him accountable.
Gross corruption.
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The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
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The courts have no actual enforcement power, even the Supreme Court, which lies with the DOJ and other entities controlled by Trump. You see there this is going. No where good.
February 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The courts have no actual enforcement power, even the Supreme Court, which lies with the DOJ and other entities controlled by Trump. You see there this is going. No where good.
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This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.
February 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Trump destroying USAID is helping China and Russia expand their power and hurting American farmers! And republicans are in support!
February 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump destroying USAID is helping China and Russia expand their power and hurting American farmers! And republicans are in support!
Hmmm? 🤔 This raises some major Red flags.
New criteria for federal transportation funds say grant and loan programs should prioritize projects in "communities with marriage and birthrates higher than the national average." nyti.ms/41g4eJX
February 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hmmm? 🤔 This raises some major Red flags.
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That is code for: they have their sights set on cutting Medicare and Medicaid and leaving our seniors without health care.
BREAKING: Representatives of Elon Musk’s “DOGE” have gotten into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where they have accessed key payment and contracting systems.
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
That is code for: they have their sights set on cutting Medicare and Medicaid and leaving our seniors without health care.
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The fundamental issue that DOGE is failing to address isn’t the size of the government or how “efficient” it is — but who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
The REAL Waste That DOGE Should Cut
DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon Musk to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections. If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax ...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The fundamental issue that DOGE is failing to address isn’t the size of the government or how “efficient” it is — but who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
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For people who say they don't want values imposed on them, they are every imposing of values on people. Bad ones.
Ohio’s Attorney General and wannabe-Governor believes he can impose his political beliefs on private companies.
So much for the free market.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
So much for the free market.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
Ohio AG Dave Yost to Costco: Drop your diversity programs or else
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined 18 other Republican attorneys general to pressure Costco to drop its DEI policies.
www.dispatch.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
For people who say they don't want values imposed on them, they are every imposing of values on people. Bad ones.
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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
February 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
Great reporting for NPR. These are not very fine people, many have a history of violent behavior. Is this how the GOP "backs the blue"?
Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.
Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence
Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great reporting for NPR. These are not very fine people, many have a history of violent behavior. Is this how the GOP "backs the blue"?
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SCOOP: The White House will send out a memo offering to pay federal workers who don't want to return to the office through Sept. 30, as long as they resign by Feb. 6, a White House official tells Axios.
Trump offering buyouts to all federal workers, source says
It's an acceleration of Trump's already unprecedented purge of the federal workforce.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
SCOOP: The White House will send out a memo offering to pay federal workers who don't want to return to the office through Sept. 30, as long as they resign by Feb. 6, a White House official tells Axios.
Dear Tom, I don't know if you knew this but, Trump only cares about himself. He doesn't care about other people's families. He doesn't care if government jobs attract "good people", only loyalist. apnews.com/article/tom-...
Trump should rethink revoking former officials' security details, Tom Cotton says
A top Republican Senate ally says that President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, saying their protection is no...
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January 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Dear Tom, I don't know if you knew this but, Trump only cares about himself. He doesn't care about other people's families. He doesn't care if government jobs attract "good people", only loyalist. apnews.com/article/tom-...
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s order attempting to end birthright citizenship
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that she can't "in good conscience" vote for Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary.
Murkowski says she's "unable to support" Hegseth
"Mr. Hegseth's nomination to the role poses significant concerns that I cannot overlook," Murkowski wrote in a post on X.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that she can't "in good conscience" vote for Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary.
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If you put "crackpots and fools" in charge of national security "whose only qualifications is their deathless loyalty to Donald Trump, you are not going to get good intelligence."
@tim-weiner.bsky.social talks to @maddow.msnbc.com about Trump’s national security picks.
WATCH: youtu.be/uKKoG9tFm2w
@tim-weiner.bsky.social talks to @maddow.msnbc.com about Trump’s national security picks.
WATCH: youtu.be/uKKoG9tFm2w
Trump accused of 'decapitating' U.S. national security by appointing 'crackpots and fools'
YouTube video by MSNBC
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January 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you put "crackpots and fools" in charge of national security "whose only qualifications is their deathless loyalty to Donald Trump, you are not going to get good intelligence."
@tim-weiner.bsky.social talks to @maddow.msnbc.com about Trump’s national security picks.
WATCH: youtu.be/uKKoG9tFm2w
@tim-weiner.bsky.social talks to @maddow.msnbc.com about Trump’s national security picks.
WATCH: youtu.be/uKKoG9tFm2w