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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 4h

I hope news reports are true that Trump is helping bring peace to the Middle East. Now next thing for Trump is to bring peace to USA by ending the unwanted invasion of masked gestapo from our cities & bringing peace of mind to those who are about to see impossible increases in health premiums.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 1d

Having re-named defense dept., it’s time to change dept. of Justice to dept. of coverups. AG Bondi was so over her head answering questions with this response: “how dare you?”,followed by stupid attacks on Dem senators. Newsbreak: Epstein files and 50,000 paper bag scandal not going away Pam.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 1d

I want to correct error I made .I wrote that Congress has to vote after a shutdown to restore pay of furloughed workers. That was true in my time in office which ended in 2017. But a law was passed in 2019 to ensure federal workers all get paid after shutdown.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 1d

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Terry Strother @terryishere.bsky.social · 1d

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 2d

blah blah on Fox re how great it is to get real masculinity back in charge! huh? Real men who are so scared they wear masks, slam women to the
floor, break into apartments & tie up women & children. Then masculine Speaker gives
HOUSE a vacation out of deep fear of Epstein files.
Cowards all.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s ICE goons must be real proud that they ripped children out of their beds, traumatizing them and tying them up. Anyone doing this is a coward and a criminal. And Stephen Miller says the Trump judge who stopped National Guard in
Portland is an insurrectionist. No YOU are Stephen. You are.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 3d

Fed Employees deemed “essential” by administration will work without pay and
will eventually be paid once shutdown ends. Others
will need legislation passed by Congress
and signed by President to get pay. Congress has always done this, but I can’t predict what this congress or President will do.

susanadee @nofolly.bsky.social · 4d

Do you think ICE and CBP are getting paid?

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 4d

House GOP vacationing with pay during shutdown,& news outlets report Trump playing golf. Meanwhile, hard-working Americans like air traffic controllers,TSA,park Rangers, & military etc. out of luck.
GOP: get back to work, fix the healthcare tax credits and open the government. Not that hard.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 5d

Simple point: Speaker Johnson delusional: running away from Washington to keep Epstein files quiet will not: 1. stop the Epstein files from eventually being aired &
2. will lead to Republicans getting totally blamed for shutdown because in a crisis, the last thing you do is go on vacation. Duh.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 6d

During shutdown Americans will see absolute insanity of Team Trump. They already saw them tell generals that the enemy is clear and it is us… we the People…and generals should try their methods of killing & violence on us in preparation for other missions. Public sentiment is about to save us.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 6d

GOP budget bill protects every billionaire’s huge tax cut, but they just don’t have time to protect healthcare for millions of Americans. wait till later? No, because ACA premiums need to be addressed now! tax cuts for billionaires yes tax credit credits for middle class no. Fix it.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 7d

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 8d

Three
Things: on eve of shutdown Republicans go on vacation wondering who will be blamed:
My recommended new rule
for Military: nobody can weigh more than the commander in chief and women can only use orange makeup: This is
GOP 70th time trying to ruin Obamacare.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 9d

Dock pay of Republican members of Congress who are staying away from work in DC, some even vacationing, while they allow a government shutdown and healthcare premiums to rise. MAGA doesn’t even care about its own supporters. And Trump is too busy making nasty videos & putting gold on the walls.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 9d

Dems demands do include a prohibition on Trump rescinding approved
funding.

Guillermo Mena @gmena.bsky.social · 9d

That seems like too small thinking.

Why is the sole focus on ACA subsidies. (And no recissions).

Why not also restore fired workers? And due process guardrails for ICE? And get the Medicare/Medicaid funding back? And end the tariffs and get a Fed seat?

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 9d

shutdown fight: Dems want 2 simple things… Continue tax credits for ACA health insurance otherwise millions will lose coverage and assurance that approved spending will actually occur so we don’t see hospitals and clinics close,cancer research and other priorities stopped. Dems on the people’s side.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 10d

Trump talks incessantly about the golden decor at the White House and ballroom. He should know that the Bible consistently warns against showing off wealth instead of showing kindness. His religious advisors should remind him that destroying healthcare is not on the list of human kindness.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 11d

Which Epstein diversion to highlight? Well don’t we all feel so much safer as Trump sends troops to long time enemy of USA…Portland! & in case that causes headaches it’s great to know Trump put 100% tariff on some pharmaceutical products.
All this as Trump orders more arrests of his enemies.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 12d

Attn MAGA: feeling healthier? Measles outbreak just surpassed 1500 cases after it was declared eradicated in 2000. From West Texas it moved to Arizona & Utah. One in five who gets measles will be hospitalized. This administration is a clear and present danger in so many ways!

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 13d

youtu.be/JJTdHzzB7aw

Former Senator Barbara Boxer on James Comey & Trump's "Enemies List" via MSNBC

YouTube video by The Seneca Project

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 14d

Kim jong un ..I mean Donald Trump…is going after his enemies who are faithful to the law not to “the world’s
most powerful man-baby”. Here’s a thought: go after your border czar who was caught taking $50,000 in an FBI paper bag!

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 15d

In front of the United Nations ridiculous Trump gave up clean Energy leadership to the rest of the world. He mocked climate change, & surely countries are thinking: “thanks Donald for walking away from this amazing opportunity so we can be the ones who meet the challenge & reap the rewards”.

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 16d

thanks to freedom of speech lovers for canceling streaming services connected with Jimmy Kimmel firing.
Americans are freedom loving & very tolerant of diverse views save a minority of radical anti-freedom voices coming from Trump and his acolytes . when we use our consumer power, we win.

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