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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 16h

President Trump is repealing federal funding and hurting American communities like he’s a vengeful king. It’s wrong, illegal, and Congress must push back.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 19h

Do Republicans in Congress deny that 15 million people will lose health insurance? No.

Do Republicans deny that health premiums will more than double? Nope.

Do Republicans deny that rural hospitals will close? No.

We must fix this health care crisis.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 21h

Trump and Republican lawmakers do not care that people are having to choose between rent, groceries or paying for health care.

But they do care about tax breaks for billionaires, helping Big Tech companies, and sending $20 billion down to Argentina.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration will stop annual reports on hunger in America—right after Republicans made massive cuts to food assistance programs.

This is yet another example of Trump hiding numbers he doesn’t like. Meanwhile, children and families will go hungry.

Trump administration cancels annual hunger report after enacting historic cuts to nation’s safety net | CNN

The Trump administration is terminating the federal government’s annual report on food insecurity in America, saying it had become “redundant, costly and politicized” and noting that “extraneous studi...

www.cnn.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 1d

If fighting to reduce the cost of health care is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Democrats' government shutdown fight is 'righteous'

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Democrats don't want to shut the government down, but "sometimes you gotta stand and fight."

www.npr.org

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a simple way to get out of this shutdown. Republicans can roll back health care cuts so that health care is available and affordable for millions of people.

Pretty simple.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats are not going to stand by while millions of people lose their health insurance.

While mamas with newborn babies can't get care.

While people across this country are making a decision: do I pay the rent, or do I pay my health insurance premium?

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3d

Good.

Trump can’t illegally fire a Fed governor just because he wants to find someone who will enable him.

If the courts continue to follow the law, Lisa Cook will remain in her job.

Supreme Court allows the Fed's Lisa Cook to stay in office for now as Trump pushes to fire her

The court agreed to take up Cook's challenge to her firing from the independent Federal Reserve Board and will hear arguments in January.

www.nbcnews.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is saying if Democrats don't bend the knee and let him take health care away from millions, he's just going to turn around and inflict pain by firing American workers and withholding funding from our communities.

That’s not governing. That’s a wannabe king taking hostages.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 4d

Donald Trump and Russ Vought of Project 2025 are using this shutdown to inflict as much pain as they can.

They're withholding federal money that has already been approved by Congress to target and punish American communities.

This is illegal.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 4d

Trump is playing king, and Republicans in Congress are bowing down and letting him do it.

Republicans want Democrats to let Trump continue to shut down whatever he doesn’t like and destroy our democracy.

To play along with that farce is a betrayal of the American people.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 5d

Trump—Mr. Art of the Deal—hasn’t been able to cut a deal for the most basic government functions.

Republicans bowed down to Trump, and now people all across this country will suffer.

I ask my Republican colleagues to grow a spine and stand up for Americans.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 5d

Senator Ed Kennedy was a dedicated public servant and a giant in the Lowell community. He will be missed.

State Sen. Edward Kennedy dies at 74

LOWELL — State Sen. Edward Kennedy died Wednesday night at Lowell General Hospital, his office confirmed to The Sun Thursday.

www.lowellsun.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 5d

As community hospitals shut down, Trump and Republicans own it.

As kids with cancer can’t get treatment, Trump and Republicans own it.

As insurance premiums skyrocket, Trump and Republicans own it.

They ripped away money for health care and handed it to billionaire CEOs.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 5d

We can either believe this, or we can pass legislation that tackles these real and serious conflicts of interest.

I'm opting for the legislation.

Trump Jr. dismisses crypto conflicts of interest, says dad’s not checking blockchain ledgers

Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Witkoff dismissed concerns regarding the project's political ties as "complete nonsense," at a major crypto event in Singapore.

www.cnbc.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 6d

Trump has said that if Democrats don't fall in line and do whatever it is that Republicans want, he's going to fire thousands of workers across the country.

He is using American workers as pawns. It’s deeply wrong.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 6d

This shutdown is of Republicans' own making.

Democrats are at the negotiating table. We don't have a long list of demands. We're not saying we need to find more money.

We just want Republicans to restore the health care coverage they took away from millions of Americans.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 7d

Your health care premium could more than double after tonight if Congress fails to act.

But Republicans would rather shut down the government than pass a budget that keeps health insurance costs lower.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 8d

Trump promised to cut costs on day one.

But Trump’s one-two punch of chaotic tariffs and his Big Beautiful Bill will instead push middle-class families over a financial cliff.

A Republican government shutdown does not help Americans—it only adds to the economic chaos.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 8d

Americans need affordable health care.

No one should go bankrupt because they got sick and needed a doctor.

If Republicans want to shut down the government so that they can keep increasing costs and cutting health care, then they need to explain that to the American people.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 9d

As prices rise across the board, sports fans could be forced to pay EVEN MORE to watch their favorite team.

The pending deals between ESPN, the NFL, and MLB could limit competition, raise prices, and reduce access for fans.

I’m raising the alarm.

Sens. Warren, Sanders Enter ESPN–NFL Media Deal Fray

Warren, Sanders, Pat Ryan, and Joaquin Castro all wrote with “serious concerns” about ESPN’s proposed deals with the NFL and MLB.

frontofficesports.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 10d

The billionaires who run major media companies may decide that it’s in their best financial interests to ease up on criticism of Trump.

But if they do so, they forfeit the critical role that the media plays in our democracy. They owe the American public frank answers.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 10d

Trump is using our justice system to pursue personal revenge against his political opponents like James Comey and Fani Willis.

This is what dictators do.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 12d

Republicans ripped away health care from 15 million Americans.

Not a single newborn baby should lose health care.

Not a single senior should be tossed out of their nursing home.

Not a single rural hospital should close.

Congress must restore Americans’ health care.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 12d

Trump promised to cut costs “on day one.”

Instead, thanks to Republican policies and Trump’s chaotic tariffs, the cost of groceries, utilities, housing, health care, and school supplies have all gone up.

A Republican government shutdown only adds to the economic chaos.

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