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Republicans are still refusing to meet with their constituents, so we’re hosting more town halls.
April 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Republicans are still refusing to meet with their constituents, so we’re hosting more town halls.
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Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."
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On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @underwood.house.gov explains how Republicans are squeezing hardworking families with a budget that cuts Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaire donors like Elon Musk.
April 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @underwood.house.gov explains how Republicans are squeezing hardworking families with a budget that cuts Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaire donors like Elon Musk.
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Kristi Noem doesn’t know how to hold a gun or run the Department of Homeland Security
April 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Kristi Noem doesn’t know how to hold a gun or run the Department of Homeland Security
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House Republicans think the best use of our time in Congress is their pathetic power grabs to impeach judges who disagree with them. On #TheFlipSide, I’m fighting to stop this corruption and protect the impartial lawyers and judges who are just doing their jobs to keep those in power accountable.
Fighting back against House Republicans’ unconstitutional judicial impeachments
YouTube video by Congressman Jared Huffman
youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
House Republicans think the best use of our time in Congress is their pathetic power grabs to impeach judges who disagree with them. On #TheFlipSide, I’m fighting to stop this corruption and protect the impartial lawyers and judges who are just doing their jobs to keep those in power accountable.
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For once, I agree with Ted Cruz.
Trump’s Temper Tariffs are a tax on working people that will help the rich get richer.
Trump’s Temper Tariffs are a tax on working people that will help the rich get richer.
April 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For once, I agree with Ted Cruz.
Trump’s Temper Tariffs are a tax on working people that will help the rich get richer.
Trump’s Temper Tariffs are a tax on working people that will help the rich get richer.
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Trump’s dumb tariffs are squeezing working families and hurting our economy.
Congressional Republicans need to decide: do they work for Trump or their constituents?
The @DadsCaucus and I are calling them out—because parents shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s BS.
Congressional Republicans need to decide: do they work for Trump or their constituents?
The @DadsCaucus and I are calling them out—because parents shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s BS.
April 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump’s dumb tariffs are squeezing working families and hurting our economy.
Congressional Republicans need to decide: do they work for Trump or their constituents?
The @DadsCaucus and I are calling them out—because parents shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s BS.
Congressional Republicans need to decide: do they work for Trump or their constituents?
The @DadsCaucus and I are calling them out—because parents shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s BS.
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On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @democrats-cha.house.gov Ranking Member Rep. Joe Morelle breaks down how House Republicans' so-called “SAVE” Act is a voter suppression bill that disenfranchises married women, undermines our elections, and weakens our democracy.
April 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @democrats-cha.house.gov Ranking Member Rep. Joe Morelle breaks down how House Republicans' so-called “SAVE” Act is a voter suppression bill that disenfranchises married women, undermines our elections, and weakens our democracy.
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I sat down with health care providers, advocates, and Granite Staters on Medicaid to discuss how the Republican budget proposal to drastically cut Medicaid would end NH’s Medicaid Expansion and harm our most vulnerable communities.
I’ll continue to fight attempts to roll back health care access.
I’ll continue to fight attempts to roll back health care access.
April 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I sat down with health care providers, advocates, and Granite Staters on Medicaid to discuss how the Republican budget proposal to drastically cut Medicaid would end NH’s Medicaid Expansion and harm our most vulnerable communities.
I’ll continue to fight attempts to roll back health care access.
I’ll continue to fight attempts to roll back health care access.
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The "free speechers" are now afraid of free speech.
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The "free speechers" are now afraid of free speech.
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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
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USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
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Without the CFPB, giant financial institutions — like banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and debt collection companies — will have an easier time picking your pocket.
It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.
It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.
Why Musk and Trump Gutted the CFPB
Without the CFPB, giant financial institutions — like banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and debt collection companies — will have an easier time picking your pocket. It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.
youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Without the CFPB, giant financial institutions — like banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and debt collection companies — will have an easier time picking your pocket.
It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.
It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.
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Tax loopholes for the rich.
A bloated military budget.
Lucrative contracts and subsidies to private corporations.
These are all huge sources of federal waste and fraud, but don't expect Elon Musk and DOGE to take aim at any of them.
A bloated military budget.
Lucrative contracts and subsidies to private corporations.
These are all huge sources of federal waste and fraud, but don't expect Elon Musk and DOGE to take aim at any of them.
The REAL Waste That DOGE Should Cut
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tax loopholes for the rich.
A bloated military budget.
Lucrative contracts and subsidies to private corporations.
These are all huge sources of federal waste and fraud, but don't expect Elon Musk and DOGE to take aim at any of them.
A bloated military budget.
Lucrative contracts and subsidies to private corporations.
These are all huge sources of federal waste and fraud, but don't expect Elon Musk and DOGE to take aim at any of them.
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We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis.
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
February 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis.
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
The world's richest man is effectively orchestrating a coup.
At the very least, Senate Dems should not be confirming any of Trump’s nominees for any agency while this power grab continues.
Nothing should be "business as usual."
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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
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There are some elements of this administration from which the country will never recover.
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed an executive order late Monday directing his deputies to submit a plan to him within 15 days for opening federal lands to more mining, including national monuments currently off limits to miners." news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Interior Considers Opening National Monuments to Mining (2)
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed an executive order late Monday directing his deputies to submit a plan to him within 15 days for opening federal lands to more mining, including national monument...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There are some elements of this administration from which the country will never recover.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has returned from a trip to El Salvador where he secured an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality — including American citizens — offering to hold them in the country's sprawling maximum-security facility…
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has returned from a trip to El Salvador where he secured an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality — including American citizens — offering to hold them in the country's sprawling maximum-security facility…
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NEW: I just moved to subpoena Elon Musk to appear before the Oversight Committee to answer for his unlawful takeover of agencies across the government.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NEW: I just moved to subpoena Elon Musk to appear before the Oversight Committee to answer for his unlawful takeover of agencies across the government.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
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Hurricane Helene devastated western NC - we are still recovering, and will be for years to come. Because we knew it was coming, schools and many businesses were closed, leaving roads clear so rescuers could do their jobs. Imagine how many more lives would have been lost without prior warning.
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
February 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hurricane Helene devastated western NC - we are still recovering, and will be for years to come. Because we knew it was coming, schools and many businesses were closed, leaving roads clear so rescuers could do their jobs. Imagine how many more lives would have been lost without prior warning.
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Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."
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This Treasury letter does not contradict reporting by WIRED & TPM. It says "Treasury staff members working with Tom Krause" have read-only access, and "all operational processes" are conducted by Treasury staff.
That doesn't deny DOGE has admin and altered code.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
That doesn't deny DOGE has admin and altered code.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
February 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This Treasury letter does not contradict reporting by WIRED & TPM. It says "Treasury staff members working with Tom Krause" have read-only access, and "all operational processes" are conducted by Treasury staff.
That doesn't deny DOGE has admin and altered code.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
That doesn't deny DOGE has admin and altered code.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
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Elon Musk used all the freedoms and opportunities of the USA, the country that defeated the Nazis, to become the wealthiest human being on earth.
So how does he return the favor?
He salutes the Nazis, then leads in the destruction of the Country made him.
To me- that’s as traitorous as it gets.
So how does he return the favor?
He salutes the Nazis, then leads in the destruction of the Country made him.
To me- that’s as traitorous as it gets.
February 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Elon Musk used all the freedoms and opportunities of the USA, the country that defeated the Nazis, to become the wealthiest human being on earth.
So how does he return the favor?
He salutes the Nazis, then leads in the destruction of the Country made him.
To me- that’s as traitorous as it gets.
So how does he return the favor?
He salutes the Nazis, then leads in the destruction of the Country made him.
To me- that’s as traitorous as it gets.