Time to Wake Up 308: 40 Years After Chafee’s Warning
speaking because I still believe in the power of this body to take action, to serve the people … oath to serve, and to use the awesome power that our constituents have granted to us to solve
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254th Anniversary of the “Gaspee” Raid
every American still will avow. However majestic your powers be, You should heed our warning: don’t tread
Time to Wake Up 307: The Mischief Continues
highlight the polluters’ latest corrupt trick: using the powers of government—a federal government that is theirs … extend the life of six coal-fired power plants in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Ohio. DOE may have
The Scheme #37: The Scheme Meets Time to Wake Up
captured Court put an end to the Clean Power Plan of the Obama administration before it even came … born in the crib-killing of the Clean Power Plan. This is quoting the New York Times story
Time to Wake Up 305: Lyin’ Lee Zeldin
corrupt danger to our country. A danger powered by fossil fuel industry money, orchestrated by myriad dark money … simple rule, grounded in separation of powers: the Executive Branch cannot veto Congressionally appropriated funds outside the veto
As Trump Tries to Take Over U.S. Elections, Reed Delivers Speech Opposing Anti-Voter SAVE Act
voters; and hand President Trump unprecedented election powers over all fifty states. President Trump has said he wants … Trump and his potential successors to stay in power no matter what the voters
Senator McCormick on Iran and American Leadership | Alexander Hamilton Society
swift and decisive. It removed him from power and collapsed his regime. But then the mission drifted … scope of our ambitions; the boundaries of our power; the limits of our responsibility. If an adversary threatens
Trump/Russia, Trump/Epstein, Epstein/Russia
doing differently. The United States is the most powerful nation in the world. Russia is a weak, corrupt … Moscow … is attempting to blackmail a group of powerful biznessmen [sic] in New York.” It was, Epstein said
Chairman Wicker Delivers Speech on Putin’s Military Failures
systemically targeted energy sites, wiping out power and turning homes into freezers. The results—specifically directed at civilians
Time to Wake Up #304: Global Economic Loss as Climate Danger Looms
politics defending a $700 billion annual subsidy, powered by unlimited dark money spending. The fossil fuel industry … vast array of front groups have used the power of money in politics to strangle this discussion
McConnell Delivers Remarks on NATO, Greenland, and the Credibility of U.S. Alliance Commitments
democracy, and a global leader – not a regional power. “I need to make a number of points here
WATCH: Slotkin Delivers Remarks on the Bipartisan War Powers Resolution on Venezuela
delivered remarks in support of the bipartisan War Powers Resolution that would bar further U.S. military action
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Slotkin Delivers Speech at Brookings Institution, Calls out Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
laid out how Trump had garnered so much power — running on a legitimate concern of cost of living … future saying Trump intends ‘to hold onto power’ “He has one goal, making sure that
Klobuchar Delivers Floor Remarks Ahead of Senate Passage of the Bipartisan Canada Tariff Resolution
Canada imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA). The legislation was passed with bipartisan support … Then finally, the president cannot keep abusing his power like this. There is a reason, when you look
Time to Wake Up 302: Bought and Paid For
corrupts the entire executive branch and uses the power of government to go after and crush its clean … dead the instant Citizens United gave them that power. The 2024 elections gave the fossil fuel barons full
Rosen Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Victims of 1 October Shooting in Las Vegas & Calls on Congress to Pass Bump Stock Ban
bump stocks. Because we have the power to do something. Let’s pass this bipartisan bill and save
ICYMI: Holding Letter from Michigander About Insurance Increases, Slotkin Delivers Speech on Protecting Health Care
home a critical message, that in the most powerful country in the world, families should not have
Time to Wake Up 301: A Dangerous Precipice
political ecosystem has developed to enable dark money power. Climate denial’s the same: in the three years … Four is fossil fuel on offense: using the power of government to crush fossil fuel’s clean energy
Time to Wake Up 300: Wake Up and Fight
could never achieve democratically. Up against a covert power-seizing plan like that, you need to move fast … interactions with their own constituents, and their own powers of foresight and anticipation. Those capacities are important
Time to Wake Up 299: How Empty and Worthless is the Power of Kings
that humans have been harnessing wind and solar power since well before we started combusting fossil fuels … limiting carbon pollution from certain fossil fuel-fired power plants on the pretense that the emissions from these
Maiden Speech by U.S. Senator David H. McCormick (R-PA)
communities across the Commonwealth. New data centers and power plants in Northeast Pennsylvania. Data centers and hydroelectric power … York and Lancaster Counties. New natural gas power capacity in Western Pennsylvania. And plans by Pittsburgh’s iconic