Week 4 of the shutdown. Federal workers unpaid. A looming health care crisis.

And Trump? He's talking to everyone BUT Democrats —sending billions of taxpayer dollars to his buddy in Argentina and negotiating in the Middle East while refusing to reopen his own government.

Insane.

Kings and dictators thrive when everyday people stay silent and look the other way.
 
Yesterday, millions of Americans — including these fired-up Marylanders in Towson — stood up and said:
 
We will not be silent. We will not look away. NO KINGS.

Trump and his cronies spread all sorts of lies about yesterday's No Kings Day protests.

I'll tell you what I saw from these folks in Columbia and throughout Maryland — Americans of all ages gathering peacefully to deliver a simple message: In America, we don't bow down to kings.

Presidents and governors shouldn't be able to deploy National Guard troops from one state to another if that state's governor objects.

That is common sense, and yet Republicans just blocked my amendment to stop this blatant abuse of power. Another shameful abdication of duty.

I’m glad Van Jones apologized for his sick joking about dead kids in Gaza.

But the problem goes deeper: he spread Netanyahu propaganda that the mass killings of civilians in Gaza—including 20K+ kids—is Iranian fake news.

It’s not the students and young people who are fooled. It’s Van Jones.

I don't often quote the president, but here goes:

"If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."

- Donald Trump

The “case” against James Comey isn’t a case at all — it’s a political prosecution, plain and simple. Trump has weaponized the DOJ and other agencies to punish his critics, and this is just the latest example.

Americans must stand together against this blatant authoritarianism.

The grass seed in your backyard.
Roma tomatoes.
Plump Thanksgiving turkeys.
Pest control and disease prevention in crops…

and MUCH more is made possible by the groundbreaking research at the Maryland BARC facility Trump wants to close.

We can't let it happen.