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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 21h

Under Trump, you have two options with your health care: lose it entirely or start paying more.

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 21h

The cruelty is the point.

CDFIs help low-income and rural communities get access to capital to start small businesses – a broadly bipartisan priority.

This administration wants to make it impossible for low- and middle-income Americans to get ahead.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 21h

Great watch from my friend @kim.senate.gov!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwvK...

Government Shutdown: Federal Workers in NJ Discuss What’s At Stake (Diner Talk Part 2)

YouTube video by Senator Andy Kim

www.youtube.com

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 22h

Boring. Yawning. Sloppy. Lazy.

We’re on day 10 of the shutdown. Where is the House of Representatives???

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 23h

Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling out her Republican colleagues for their refusal to lower health care costs and reopen the government.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Instead of working with Democrats to protect health care and reopen the government, Republicans are continuing to double down on their strategy of inflicting maximum pain on the American people.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

White House Starts Mass Layoffs of Government Workers

OMB chief Russell Vought made the announcement on social media as the shutdown continued.

www.wsj.com

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t want you to realize that the House has been on a weeks-long paid vacation because they’re scared of a vote to release the Epstein Files.

What are they trying to hide?

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Once again: if President Trump & Russ Vought decide to do more mass firings, they are CHOOSING to inflict more pain on people. “Reductions in force” are not a new power these bozos get in a shutdown.

We can’t be intimidated by these crooks.

Vought sounds layoff siren: 'The RIFs have begun'

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

This latest round of federal firings is not an unfortunate byproduct of the government shutdown, but a deliberate choice.

Republicans are intentionally holding federal workers hostage to force through their agenda driving up health care costs for millions.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is now routinely weaponizing the justice system to go after his political enemies.

If that isn’t authoritarian, I don’t know what is.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

Actually INSANE that Republicans are so unwilling to stop your health care costs from skyrocketing that they are refusing to even sit down to negotiate… and House Republicans have entirely stopped showing up to work at all.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s malicious prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:

"A few weeks ago, Trump forced Erik Siebert, a highly-qualified prosecutor with a sterling reputation, to resign as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia because he refused to bring trumped-up charges against James. Then, Trump installed to lead the Eastern District his personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan—a Florida insurance lawyer who is not licensed to practice law in Virginia and had prosecuted exactly zero cases in her life. By putting someone so unqualified in charge of one of the most important law enforcement offices in the country, Trump has made clear that he doesn’t care about keeping Virginians safe, only about weaponizing the justice system to punish his political opponents..."

"...To prosecutors across America: the integrity of our justice system depends on your courage to resist political interference. History will remember those who stood firm in defense of the rule of law, and those who allowed themselves to be complicit in corrupt, politically-motivated prosecutions."

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans can end their shutdown and all the pointless pain it’s causing at any point.

Instead, they’re intent on raising your health care premiums and unleashing flight delays, missed paychecks, and chaos on Americans.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Donald Trump has weaponized his Justice Department against another one of his political enemies, Letitia James.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 1d

An urgent warning from the last six surgeons general about RFK Jr’s threats to America.

It’s long past time for this hack to resign.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 2d

A quarter of our highly trained FBI agents have been pulled from their jobs fighting terrorists, spies, drug traffickers and violent criminals in order to carry out Trump’s immigration agenda.

Is this really making our country safer?

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 2d

Did you hear that shit?

Trump just can’t stop lying. The law is crystal clear: federal workers are entitled to backpay.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 3d

Rigorous oversight at detention facilities benefits everyone, from facility personnel to the American citizens being erroneously picked up alongside your neighbors and community members. As Trump attempts to militarize cities like Chicago, we must continue to push for transparency.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 3d

The “most transparent administration in history!” just furloughed the ICE office tasked with ensuring that people in immigration detention are kept safe.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration is threatening more illegal actions as part of a seemingly endless effort to “traumatize” federal workers. Enough is enough.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans would rather have widespread flight delays and a shuttered government than affordable health insurance for Americans.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 3d

Real families. Real prices skyrocketing. This is what I am fighting to stop.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 4d

The government has been shut down for almost a week.

Where’s the House of Representatives? Out of session, because they’re too afraid Democrats will call up a vote to release the Epstein Files.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 4d

The text of the law is clear. This is totally illegal.

This is another illegitimate attempt by Russ Vought to “traumatize” hardworking civil servants, which seems to be what gets him out of bed in the morning.

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