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- SW
U.S. auto companies compete in world markets, unless we want to be like the Russian Lada, only sold domestically because it sucks.
link:https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/10630/catl-electric-car-batteries-930-miles-range-four-minute-charging
- EW
Donald Trump cares more about the price of marble for his gold-encrusted ballroom than he does about the price of gas and groceries SKYROCKETING for American families.
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- AK
A new report out this morning shows inflation is up because of the war with Iran. Minnesotans are paying the price every day, from gas and groceries to fertilizer for our farmers.
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- RD
Congress can protect the right to vote now. Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
- JH
It’s been 61 days since the start of the Iran war. Gas prices are soaring. Fertilizer costs are leaving farmers in the lurch. Today, the Senate voted for the SIXTH time to end this illegal war. Republicans blocked it again.
- TB
It's not worth the lives of our servicemembers and the money in Americans’ pockets to continue the illegal war in Iran.
- ES
Because of the war in Iran, gas in Michigan is $4.99. The cost of things like fertilizer and airline tickets keeps going up. Secretary Hegseth was gung-ho about this war, and now we're at a stalemate, and the American public is feeling it in their pocketbooks. youtube.com/shorts/7Q-3Q...
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/7Q-3Q1iRYRM?feature=share
- JS
It’s long past time for Harriet Tubman—a trailblazer who fought for freedom and equality—to be featured on the $20 bill. Learn more about the decade-long fight to do just that ⬇️ spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/pol...
link:https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2026/04/28/no-currency--after-10-years--plan-to-place-harriet-tubman-on-the--20-bill-stalls
- SW
Trump is paying off big corporations, with taxpayer money, to stop inexpensive clean energy, forcing the grid to buy more expensive polluting energy from Trump’s corrupt fossil fuel donors. It’s a racket, raising costs on purpose, to enrich political donors.
link:https://www.eenews.net/articles/interior-announces-end-of-two-more-offshore-wind-leases-2/
- AS
After Watergate, the Presidential Records Act aimed to preserve official White House records to ensure transparency. Now Trump's DOJ is seeking to evade it. The White House is not above the law. I’m demanding answers.
link:https://abcnews.com/US/senate-democrats-press-white-house-loosened-record-keeping/story?id=132459396
- TK
Parenthood is a gift. But because of the rising cost of food, housing, and child care, many hardworking young Americans are priced out of building the families they want. I’m doing everything I can to bring costs down and make parenthood affordable. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/b...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/business/children-rising-costs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.E2Hd.RPOBaDFGvHg6&smid=tw-share
- JR
Nevada is facing a housing affordability crisis, and we need to take more action to address it. I’m proud to have helped secure $695,000 to support efforts that connect hardworking families with affordable housing and bring opportunity to Nevada communities.
- RG
Tune in now to hear my live conversation with the Atlantic Council about Colombia’s Presidential Elections! https://www.youtube.com/live/MAgIUaLUPlM?si=-fPrD3k-xlDsBbZU
link:https://www.youtube.com/live/MAgIUaLUPlM?si=-fPrD3k-xlDsBbZU
- ES
In 2020, President Trump wrote an executive order that he didn't sign. It would have directed the Defense Secretary to seize ballots and voting machines. He has said he regretted not signing that order. I asked Secretary Hegseth about that today and he refused to answer. youtube.com/shorts/6sZTR...
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/6sZTREtDefw?feature=share
- RW
I just voted YES on a resolution to end the Iran war. Months ago, we were told this war would be over in a few weeks. It has become clear that there is no exit plan. Let's end this war TODAY.
- RD
Gas prices hit a wartime high, inflation is up, & Americans are feeling the pinch of higher prices. But Senate Republicans for the SIXTH time blocked a resolution requiring Congress approve further action against Iran. Their silence is an endorsement of the President’s questionable strategy.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/business/oil-gas-price-iran.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
- EW
My team on the Banking Committee put together a report on Kevin Warsh’s financial disclosures. Let me tell you – they don’t look good.
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/DX-kpxkmOH8?feature=share
- CC
The longest shutdown ever—TSA agents unpaid, our cybersecurity weakened—started when Senate GOP wouldn’t agree to commonsense ICE reforms, and extended because @houserepublicans.bsky.social delayed for weeks instead of taking up a bill we passed unanimously. Trump’s party simply isn’t fit to govern.
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- RD
I got my start in politics interning for Senator Douglas—he inspired generations of public servants, including myself, to serve with honesty and integrity. I am honored to receive the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government presented by @illinoisigpa.bsky.social
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- SW
I want to see the Judiciary Committee strong. But it’s setting dangerous precedents.
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- JR
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/house-homeland-security-funding-bill.html
- JR
FINALLY! Glad House GOP dropped its blockade & passed the DHS funding bill that was unanimously approved by the Senate a month ago to pay TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, & more.
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- CS
Hegseth and Trump call their war with Iran an “astounding victory” 13 American servicemembers have been killed. 400 have been wounded. The Pentagon says it’s spent at least $25 billion. This is not a victory. They need to roll up their sleeves & bring a diplomatic end to this mess.
- PM
Speaker Johnson extended the DHS shutdown for over a MONTH for no reason at all. This is the same bill the Senate passed five weeks ago. An inexcusable failure by House Republicans. But it’s a very good thing the TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, & more will finally be funded.
link:https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-shutdown-funding-trump-republicans-d377a15c40ad0f430983b6d918b24bb6?taid=69f390959e11680001e6745b&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
- SW
The parallel crash danger is climate risk crashing insurance markets, which crashes mortgage markets, which crashes property values, which crashes the economy, 2008-style. Climate denial is getting increasingly economically dangerous. Indeed, it’s already begun.
- SW
Instead of managing an orderly adjustment, we now face the prospect of an abrupt one — in common parlance, a “crash.”
- SW
This is the “carbon bubble” risk that we’ve irresponsibly allowed to grow, in order to serve the political interests of the fossil fuel industry and protect its inflated pricing and excessive profits.
- SW
The stranded assets of those producers quickly achieve negative value, workforce shrinks suddenly, revenues collapse, and economic shock cascades into the larger economy.
- SW
That race to a new market-based price, from the artificially propped-up OPEC price, will likely strand expensive producers like the United States and Russia.
- SW
Cartel pricing only works when members stick to it. Once defection begins, it makes sense for other producers to follow. The defector sets their own new price, the market is attracted to that lower price, and other producers have to abandon the inflated cartel price or lose sales.
- SW
This is commonly referred to in economic publications as the “carbon bubble” bursting. Look up “carbon bubble.” It has been well warned of for decades. (While you’re at it, look up “peak oil.” The concepts relate.)
- SW
The rub is that Gulf nations can profitably sell oil well below the price that Big Oil requires to be profitable in America. It becomes in their interest to unload inventory — as much as possible, as much as they can sell at their preferred price — racking up sales while they still can profitably.
- SW
Everyone needs to think through what this could mean. OPEC props up an international oil price that makes U.S. oil production profitable. As the world economy approaches “peak oil,” the logic to defect becomes inexorable: selling what you can while you still can, at some point makes economic sense.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/the-guardian-view-on-the-uae-quitting-opec-whatever-importers-pay-the-price-of-fossil-fuels-is-too-high
- CS
Inflation rose to 3.5% in March—the highest rate in almost three years, and Trump's making things worse with Iran’s war compounding the increase in prices. People are paying more. All because Donald Trump.
- CS
It’s about time. Speaker Johnson just passed the bill that Senate Democrats and Republicans passed unanimously 36 DAYS AGO to pay TSA, FEMA, and CISA employees through the fiscal year. Over a month of unnecessary pain for millions of Americans brought to you by the @houserepublicans.bsky.social.
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- JH
Trump’s illegal war is costing you. Gas prices keep climbing and you’re the one paying for it.
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- MB
I won't stop fighting to protect our public lands as fundamental to Colorado's economy, history, and way of life.
- MB
Today, we introduced the Public Lands Integrity Act to stop federal public lands from being sold off to fund Republican’s spending sprees. This bill ensures that public land sales cannot be fast-tracked through budget legislation, keeping our public lands in public hands.
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- JR
Nevadans don’t need a study to see that gas prices are out of control – every time we drive is a reminder of how expensive it is to fill up at the pump. Nevada deserves better and we need action to bring gas prices back down.
link:https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/personal-finance/nevadans-close-to-breaking-point-with-gas-prices-3793387/
- AK
Thank you to Minnesota Public Radio’s Paul Huttner for your dedication to keeping Minnesotans informed, from blizzards to heat waves and everything in between. Congrats on the retirement and best of luck in your next chapter! www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
link:https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/29/mpr-news-meteorologist-paul-huttner-retires-after-4-decades-of-weather-coverage
- JR
NEW: $11.25M grant for @quonsetri.bsky.social will enhance port infrastructure development. I’ll continue working to deliver federals investments that improve our economy & position RI for long-term, smart growth.
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- RD
Our students achieve greater academic success when taught by educators who reflect the communities they serve. I joined @ericsorensen.bsky.social to introduce the Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act to help recruit and retain educators who share their students’ backgrounds.
- ES
WATCH: Secretary Hegseth is testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee to answer questions about the war in Iran and issues impacting our national security. www.youtube.com/live/k0kQalo...
link:https://www.youtube.com/live/k0kQalovNw8
- PW
This country was built on a foundation of free speech. Being President means having a thick skin. You can’t use the power of the presidency to punish those who you disagree with.
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- EW
Here’s something I’d like to ask Pete Hegseth. Why is Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner parading around in the Middle East, trying to raise billions for his private equity firm while we are in the middle of a war? We deserve answers.
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- TK
Is it worth sending our sons and daughters into another war in the Middle East without a plan, without a rationale, without allies, without congressional consultation? The answer is no, and that's why we won’t stop trying to end the President's war with Iran. youtu.be/qJO_7W1uhdk
link:https://youtu.be/qJO_7W1uhdk
- AA
The cost of this war isn’t just an abstract. It’s showing up in every aspect of normal life from the gas station, to grocery stores, to travel and transportation costs. This Administration chose to recklessly engage in a war, and now hardworking Americans are paying for it.
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- CH
61 days into Trump's illegal war in Iran & gas prices are at a 4 year high, averaging around $4.30 per gallon. Trump broke his promise to keep us out of war and bring prices down. But we can help do both now by ENDING this war which is making us less safe and worse off.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/30/trump-iran-standoff-strait-hormuz/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert
- CB
Meatpacking workers already work in slippery, noisy, crowded conditions, using sharp, heavy equipment with forceful motions. Trump’s rule to lift speed limits is going to make this work more dangerous and debilitating, and also risk contamination of meat. civileats.com/2026/04/30/d...
link:https://civileats.com/2026/04/30/democrats-ask-usda-to-drop-risky-meatpacking-proposal/
- EW
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/climate/trump-administration-wind-farms.html