Mike Levin
@mikelevin.org
Proud husband and dad. Serving California's 49th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Environmental attorney, clean energy advocate, and SoCal native.
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Mike Levin
@mikelevin.org
· Dec 3
Deputy Speaker Mike Johnson joked, “I’m not really a speaker of the House.”
Except it wasn’t really a joke. That was the most honest moment of his interview.
Except it wasn’t really a joke. That was the most honest moment of his interview.
Reposted by Mike Levin
The National Park Service says your park pass is invalid if you cover Trump’s face with a sticker.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
National Park Service will void passes with stickers over Trump's face
The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.
www.npr.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The National Park Service says your park pass is invalid if you cover Trump’s face with a sticker.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
The National Park Service says your park pass is invalid if you cover Trump’s face with a sticker.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
National Park Service will void passes with stickers over Trump's face
The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.
www.npr.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The National Park Service says your park pass is invalid if you cover Trump’s face with a sticker.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
National parks used to protect glaciers and wildlife but now they’re apparently responsible for protecting one man’s feelings.
This is reckless and counterproductive.
Walking away from global institutions does not make America stronger, it makes us absent.
When the U.S. quits climate, development, and conflict-prevention bodies, the vacuum does not stay empty. China fills it and expands influence.
Walking away from global institutions does not make America stronger, it makes us absent.
When the U.S. quits climate, development, and conflict-prevention bodies, the vacuum does not stay empty. China fills it and expands influence.
Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups
The White House says the decision was taken because those entities "no longer serve American interests".
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is reckless and counterproductive.
Walking away from global institutions does not make America stronger, it makes us absent.
When the U.S. quits climate, development, and conflict-prevention bodies, the vacuum does not stay empty. China fills it and expands influence.
Walking away from global institutions does not make America stronger, it makes us absent.
When the U.S. quits climate, development, and conflict-prevention bodies, the vacuum does not stay empty. China fills it and expands influence.
We can restore judicial independence and address the ethical failures that are eroding trust in the Supreme Court.
Reasonable term limits would do both by lowering the political stakes of each nomination while remaining consistent with the Constitution.
Reasonable term limits would do both by lowering the political stakes of each nomination while remaining consistent with the Constitution.
January 10, 2026 at 4:46 AM
We can restore judicial independence and address the ethical failures that are eroding trust in the Supreme Court.
Reasonable term limits would do both by lowering the political stakes of each nomination while remaining consistent with the Constitution.
Reasonable term limits would do both by lowering the political stakes of each nomination while remaining consistent with the Constitution.
We can restore judicial independence and address the ethical failures that are eroding trust in the Supreme Court. Reasonable term limits would do both by lowering the political stakes of each nomination while remaining consistent with the Constitution.
January 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
We can restore judicial independence and address the ethical failures that are eroding trust in the Supreme Court. Reasonable term limits would do both by lowering the political stakes of each nomination while remaining consistent with the Constitution.
Reposted by Mike Levin
Taxpayers shouldn't have to rebuild Venezuela’s broken oil industry.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
Levin vows to introduce bill on Venezuelan oil spending
The White House says ‘there are no plans to use taxpayer dollars’ on Venezuelan infrastructure.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Taxpayers shouldn't have to rebuild Venezuela’s broken oil industry.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
Taxpayers shouldn't have to rebuild Venezuela’s broken oil industry.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
Levin vows to introduce bill on Venezuelan oil spending
The White House says ‘there are no plans to use taxpayer dollars’ on Venezuelan infrastructure.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Taxpayers shouldn't have to rebuild Venezuela’s broken oil industry.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
That’s a giveaway to Big Oil, not relief for families at home.
I’m introducing legislation to ban U.S. taxpayer dollars from subsidizing foreign oil infrastructure.
If oil companies want in, they can take the risk themselves.
I’ll never stop fighting for your healthcare. But yesterday's win only happened because you spoke up, shared your stories, made calls, and demanded action.
Yesterday proves that when you push, Congress moves.
Yesterday proves that when you push, Congress moves.
January 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I’ll never stop fighting for your healthcare. But yesterday's win only happened because you spoke up, shared your stories, made calls, and demanded action.
Yesterday proves that when you push, Congress moves.
Yesterday proves that when you push, Congress moves.
Important, must-read piece written by one of my constituents:
“The greatest danger is not a single leader, but a collective moral drift — a human capacity for dehumanization when norms collapse. Leaders do not invent this darkness; they unlock it—
“The greatest danger is not a single leader, but a collective moral drift — a human capacity for dehumanization when norms collapse. Leaders do not invent this darkness; they unlock it—
Trump Hurled A 2-Word Insult. It Revealed Something Deeply Troubling About Him — And Our Country.
"It is not a passing insult but an alarm bell, reverberating against barriers I have spent my career trying to overcome."
www.huffpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Important, must-read piece written by one of my constituents:
“The greatest danger is not a single leader, but a collective moral drift — a human capacity for dehumanization when norms collapse. Leaders do not invent this darkness; they unlock it—
“The greatest danger is not a single leader, but a collective moral drift — a human capacity for dehumanization when norms collapse. Leaders do not invent this darkness; they unlock it—
Stephen Miller is the shadow President of the United States.
Elected by absolutely no one.
Yet he is pushing legally extreme and morally callous policies that upend countless lives.
This is not how a democracy is supposed to work.
Elected by absolutely no one.
Yet he is pushing legally extreme and morally callous policies that upend countless lives.
This is not how a democracy is supposed to work.
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Stephen Miller is the shadow President of the United States.
Elected by absolutely no one.
Yet he is pushing legally extreme and morally callous policies that upend countless lives.
This is not how a democracy is supposed to work.
Elected by absolutely no one.
Yet he is pushing legally extreme and morally callous policies that upend countless lives.
This is not how a democracy is supposed to work.
I’ve been working on the Tijuana River sewage crisis since I first got to Congress, because local families have lived with the consequences of federal failure for far too long. 🧵
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I’ve been working on the Tijuana River sewage crisis since I first got to Congress, because local families have lived with the consequences of federal failure for far too long. 🧵
Here’s a story flying under the radar that should alarm everyone. Trump’s EPA is considering tying its own hands so it can’t update air pollution rules even when new science proves chemicals are far more dangerous.
This is really stupid.
This is really stupid.
Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
www.propublica.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Here’s a story flying under the radar that should alarm everyone. Trump’s EPA is considering tying its own hands so it can’t update air pollution rules even when new science proves chemicals are far more dangerous.
This is really stupid.
This is really stupid.
Reposted by Mike Levin
The War Powers Act isn’t “fake” or unconstitutional.
It rests squarely on Article I, which gives Congress authority over war.
What’s fake is JD Vance pretending that ignoring the law makes it unconstitutional.
It rests squarely on Article I, which gives Congress authority over war.
What’s fake is JD Vance pretending that ignoring the law makes it unconstitutional.
January 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The War Powers Act isn’t “fake” or unconstitutional.
It rests squarely on Article I, which gives Congress authority over war.
What’s fake is JD Vance pretending that ignoring the law makes it unconstitutional.
It rests squarely on Article I, which gives Congress authority over war.
What’s fake is JD Vance pretending that ignoring the law makes it unconstitutional.
The Trump administration killing offshore wind projects like this is economic malpractice.
Revolution Wind was 87% finished before Trump’s hatred for wind power pulled the plug. Delays are burning $1.4 million every single day.
Revolution Wind was 87% finished before Trump’s hatred for wind power pulled the plug. Delays are burning $1.4 million every single day.
CT, RI ask court to lift the latest stop-work order on Revolution Wind
Attorney General William Tong's filing follows the project developers' request for an immediate injunction, which was filed Friday.
ctmirror.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The Trump administration killing offshore wind projects like this is economic malpractice.
Revolution Wind was 87% finished before Trump’s hatred for wind power pulled the plug. Delays are burning $1.4 million every single day.
Revolution Wind was 87% finished before Trump’s hatred for wind power pulled the plug. Delays are burning $1.4 million every single day.
Reposted by Mike Levin
I’ll never stop fighting. This mission is for Christina-Taylor, Gabe, John, Phyllis, Dorothy, and Dorwan—and every single victim and survivor of gun violence. We will build the safer future they deserved. I’m sure of it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I’ll never stop fighting. This mission is for Christina-Taylor, Gabe, John, Phyllis, Dorothy, and Dorwan—and every single victim and survivor of gun violence. We will build the safer future they deserved. I’m sure of it.
Reposted by Mike Levin
As I look back on the years since I was shot, I’m reminded of how much is possible when we reach across divides and find common purpose. Together, we built a movement to end America’s gun violence crisis and have passed more than 820 gun safety laws across the nation.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
As I look back on the years since I was shot, I’m reminded of how much is possible when we reach across divides and find common purpose. Together, we built a movement to end America’s gun violence crisis and have passed more than 820 gun safety laws across the nation.
Reposted by Mike Levin
Today marks 15 years since a gunman tried to assassinate me. He shot 19 people and killed six.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Today marks 15 years since a gunman tried to assassinate me. He shot 19 people and killed six.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
This is dangerous and dumb. Weakening childhood vaccine recommendations will confuse parents, lower vaccination rates, and invite outbreaks of diseases we know how to prevent.
Measles, flu, and meningitis don’t care about politics.
Kids will get sick, some may die, all for no medical benefit.
Measles, flu, and meningitis don’t care about politics.
Kids will get sick, some may die, all for no medical benefit.
What to Know About the New Childhood Vaccine Schedule
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is dangerous and dumb. Weakening childhood vaccine recommendations will confuse parents, lower vaccination rates, and invite outbreaks of diseases we know how to prevent.
Measles, flu, and meningitis don’t care about politics.
Kids will get sick, some may die, all for no medical benefit.
Measles, flu, and meningitis don’t care about politics.
Kids will get sick, some may die, all for no medical benefit.
Threatening Greenland strains our alliances and makes the world less stable.
Trump is now refusing to rule out military force against a treaty ally, an extraordinary and dangerous step that pulls focus and resources away from the problems Americans actually face.
Trump is now refusing to rule out military force against a treaty ally, an extraordinary and dangerous step that pulls focus and resources away from the problems Americans actually face.
January 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Threatening Greenland strains our alliances and makes the world less stable.
Trump is now refusing to rule out military force against a treaty ally, an extraordinary and dangerous step that pulls focus and resources away from the problems Americans actually face.
Trump is now refusing to rule out military force against a treaty ally, an extraordinary and dangerous step that pulls focus and resources away from the problems Americans actually face.
Reposted by Mike Levin
We need to end lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We need to end lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
This nonsense revisionist history doesn’t change the fact that a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol to stop a lawful election, injured officers, threatened lawmakers, and came within moments of far worse but for the bravery of law enforcement.
White House publishes website that rewrites history of Jan. 6 attack
Five years after a mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol to stop certification of Joe Biden’s victory, the Trump administration is still fixated on a false narrative.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This nonsense revisionist history doesn’t change the fact that a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol to stop a lawful election, injured officers, threatened lawmakers, and came within moments of far worse but for the bravery of law enforcement.
We need to end lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We need to end lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
For a court that shapes our rights for generations, concentrating power indefinitely undermines public trust.
I’m backing legislation for 18-year term limits and regular appointments to restore balance and accountability.
Let me get this straight: the Trump Administration is “running” Venezuela while millions of Americans are facing higher health care costs and losing coverage at home.
How is that America First?
How is that America First?
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Let me get this straight: the Trump Administration is “running” Venezuela while millions of Americans are facing higher health care costs and losing coverage at home.
How is that America First?
How is that America First?
It’s been 5 years since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
I remain in disbelief that this Congress still has not found the political will to do something as basic and decent as installing the plaque to honor the officers who protected us.
I remain in disbelief that this Congress still has not found the political will to do something as basic and decent as installing the plaque to honor the officers who protected us.
January 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It’s been 5 years since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
I remain in disbelief that this Congress still has not found the political will to do something as basic and decent as installing the plaque to honor the officers who protected us.
I remain in disbelief that this Congress still has not found the political will to do something as basic and decent as installing the plaque to honor the officers who protected us.
Five years ago, I started the morning of January 6, 2021, in my Washington office like any other workday.
I had been sworn in just days earlier to the 117th Congress.
I was preparing to do one of the most basic jobs required of a Member of Congress:
I had been sworn in just days earlier to the 117th Congress.
I was preparing to do one of the most basic jobs required of a Member of Congress:
January 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Five years ago, I started the morning of January 6, 2021, in my Washington office like any other workday.
I had been sworn in just days earlier to the 117th Congress.
I was preparing to do one of the most basic jobs required of a Member of Congress:
I had been sworn in just days earlier to the 117th Congress.
I was preparing to do one of the most basic jobs required of a Member of Congress: