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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

Congress tried to ban this dark money slime for a reason. The Court should let us do our jobs and reject this overtly partisan challenge to our campaign finance laws.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

It also calls out the Captured Court’s false facts. When the Court makes up false facts to get a result, the decision is not entitled to deference — the Court is owed deference to state the law, not fabricate facts.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

My new amicus brief calls out this shady maneuver and the damage Citizens United continues to wreak by rotting our democracy with corrupting dark money. (For a legal brief, it’s also a pretty good read.)

Whitehouse, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reject Yet Another GOP Effort to Flood Politics with Corporate and Mega-Donor Cash - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Plaintiffs in NRSC v. FEC aim to eliminate one of the few remaining limits on special interest influence in elections Whitehouse and Senate Democratic colleagues instead urge Supreme Court to reconsid...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

Now, Republicans are running to their right-wing Captured Court to strike down one of the few remaining commonsense election spending limits.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

The fossil fuel industry and other giant corporations have spent gobs backing Republicans ever since Citizens United.

That case – based on demonstrably false facts btw – opened the floodgates to untraceable dark money billions rotting our democracy. 🧵

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12h

And creepy Vought is taking a very strange and unhealthy pleasure in it.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 13h

The Attorney General of the United States has set a new low for this committee.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14h

Did the FBI find photographs of Trump in Epstein’s files?

The answer was not no.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15h

We’re fighting for health care that Americans deserve and Republicans are cutting.

Don’t you want us to do well in that fight? I think so.

Stand strong.

Emboldened Democrats dig in on health care demands in shutdown fight

Energized by public opinion, Democrats are refusing to budge on their demands to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits, frustrating Republican leaders.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 1d

Washington Republicans continue to vote down a budget bill that keeps the government open AND funds health care. Why?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15h

I asked MAGA Bondi the “what became of the money” and the “did he declare it” questions, and she couldn’t/wouldn't answer.

Simple fact questions, protected by no privilege. Smells like another cover-up.

Opinion | I Investigated Corruption. The Homan Affair Is Full of Red Flags.

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 1d

Listen to what this Republican mother had to say to Speaker Johnson this morning.

If he's not willing to listen to us, I hope he'll listen to the American people. Families are hurting, and Republicans have the power to put a stop to it. We're at the table. We're waiting.

LBR Reacts: Speaker Johnson on C-SPAN #governmentshutdown

YouTube video by Senator LBR (Lisa Blunt Rochester)

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17h

BTW, EcoRI has a great, free newsletter with more stories like this.
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Subscribe to ecoRI News. It's Free. - ecoRI News

Get essential environmental news from ecoRI News delivered straight to your inbox every Tuesday and Friday.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17h

On top of the “direct subsidies” is the “free-to-pollute” subsidy, violating market economics with the biggest subsidy of all: $700 billion/year.

Fossil Fuel Kraken Feeds Feverishly at Public Trough - ecoRI News

A recently released report found White House Nazis sending an additional $4 billion of taxpayer money each year for the next decade to the fossil fuel industry.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

What exactly is a “Democrat program”?

Medicare? Medicaid? Health insurance? 🤔

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 1d

Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.

Why’d they gut child nutrition benefits? Tax breaks for billionaires.

Why’d they add $30 TRILLION to the debt? Tax breaks for billionaires!!!

They’re fighting for billionaires. We’re fighting for YOU.

Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.

YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

Ten years, more than ten-tupled.

Bar chart depicting India’s solar electricity generation increasing exponentially from 2014 to 2024.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 2d

TONIGHT: @whitehouse.senate.gov joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

Promotional graphic for MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell featuring U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

Did the FBI find photos of Trump with young women in Epstein’s files?

AG Bondi: *deflects*

Yes or no?

AG Bondi: *crickets*

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10d

Banning "climate change" doesn't mean it's not real.

Screenshot of headline reading:

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

Republicans claim this isn’t their shutdown. Yet, they don’t even show up for work.

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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 Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

So, interesting side-by-side of one allegedly and one actually lying FBI Director, happening in real time.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

She could’ve said, yes, DOJ worked with Patel to publicly release his grand jury transcript, as he testified — but she didn’t.

Why not? Because there obviously is no publicly released transcript of Patel grand jury testimony.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

She could’ve said, yes, DOJ had sealed Patel’s grand jury testimony, as he testified — but she didn’t.

Why not? Likely because it wasn’t sealed. As judge said on the record, nothing prevented Patel from disclosing his grand jury testimony.

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