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- TS
Terrorizing our kids is not going to make our communities safer. ICE needs to end this surge in Minnesota – and I refuse to vote to send more funding to DHS and ICE when they continue to trample on the rights of Minnesotans and make our communities less safe.
- TS
ICE finally let her go after several days.We can’t let America become a country that lets agents arbitrarily take people into custody for days with no recourse, no contact with family. That’s not who we are. Those aren’t our values.
- TS
Her family came to the United States legally and has every right to be here. But because of the color of her skin, she was snatched off the street. For days, her family had no information on where she was being held and no way to reach her.
- TS
A Minnesota high school student was nabbed by ICE agents as she was trying to pick up food for her family after work. She was violently dragged from her car and lost her shoes. So, barefoot in the middle of winter, she was put into the back of an unmarked car in a small town (Willmar).
- CH
16 years ago today, SCOTUS sided with big corporations over the American people in their infamous Citizens United ruling. That decision paved the way for unchecked & secret money in our politics & helped billionaires & special interests buy more elections. We must reverse it.
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- SW
ICE should learn a little history.
- SW
I know something about all this because my father was ambassador to Laos at the time, after years of service in the Vietnam conflict. I lived in Laos for a year before college.
- SW
Rhode Island and Minnesota were the two of the most welcoming states to Hmong refugees, and I’m proud to represent my Hmong constituents.
- SW
Grateful officials who had served with them worked to expedite their passage from the camps to the U.S.
- SW
Hundreds were rescued in that unauthorized airlift, but most had to flee into the mountains, hunted by the Pathet Lao, and work their way to camps across the border in Thailand to queue up for refuge in the United States.
- SW
Legend has it that one pilot pointed his pistol at an airbase official trying to keep him from getting to the runway.
- SW
Loyalty was mutual. When we abruptly left Laos, CIA and military pilots flew unauthorized missions from our Thai airbases in “borrowed” aircraft into Long Tieng to bring out their abandoned comrades-in-arms and their families.
- SW
They were loyal and brave and effective. Our U.S. military attaché in Laos Gen. Dick Trefry said after the war that were it not for the Hmong troops operating in Northern Laos, “there’d be a thousand more names on the Vietnam Memorial” in Washington.
- SW
They opposed the communist Pathet Lao, and fought to protect their territorial home. They helped rescue downed pilots and disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
- SW
During the Vietnam conflict, the CIA supported a Hmong military force operating out of a base in Laos called Long Tieng, run by a general named Vang Pao.
- SW
The gentleman who ICE hauled without cause out of his home in his underwear into the icy Minnesota winter (after terrifying his 5-year-old grandson) was from Laos, one of the Hmong hill tribes people of the then-Kingdom of Laos. You should know a bit about the background of those people. 🧵
- EW
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link:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scott-bessent-insists-not-concerned-112523469.html
- EW
The Treasury Secretary says no big deal if the world stops buying U.S. Treasuries. It’s a huge deal for our country’s financial health and for Americans who would pay higher interest rates on car loans and mortgages. Why is he spouting nonsense? To suck up to a wannabe dictator.
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- MW
Trump’s priorities are clear: no money to fix rising health care or grocery costs… but enough money for a conflict in Venezuela, buying Greenland, and giving ICE a $75 billion slush-fund.
- TK
This morning, I spoke with patients, providers, and health care advocates in Hampton about how cuts to Medicaid and the ACA are hurting Virginians. I'll keep fighting to protect and expand critical health care access.
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- CC
To be clear – Greenland and Denmark have always been willing to work with us on Arctic security and economic development. Trump could have gotten what we needed without antagonizing our NATO allies.
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- JR
Glad to visit Debbie Smith CTE Academy, Washoe County’s newest high school. It was great to hear about the dedicated career training programs that will prepare students for college or to enter the workforce, and I’m excited to see these students’ success over the coming years!
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- JS
We must restore the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that expired on December 31st. At a time when so many Americans are worried about the cost of living, Congress must fulfill its duty to protect Americans from rising health care costs.
- RB
I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6
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- RB
My Republican colleagues who claim to value personal rights against government overreach now have an opportunity & obligation to prove that rhetoric is real. 5/
- RB
I am deeply grateful to brave whistleblowers who have come forward & put the rights of their fellow Americans first. 4/
- RB
In our democracy, with vanishingly rare exceptions, the government is barred from breaking into your home without approval from a real judge. Government agents have no right to ransack your bedroom or terrorize your kids on a whim or personal desire. 3/
- RB
It is an unlawful & morally repugnant policy that exemplifies the kinds of dangerous, disgraceful abuses America is seeing in real time. 2/
- RB
BREAKING: Whistleblower disclosures reveal a formal ICE policy to ignore the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door & storm into your home. 1/
link:https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d?_gl=1*9cpcfr*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiAj8LLBhAkEiwAJjbY79fLioJ7H-VmGPo9OdzMlppumPzQ7Ffe9rEFnq5YaTe5JLgmLrCK_BoC6qcQAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAAC5L6PBKe_MWG8qUCChFKSJxT7BTM
- AK
Trump's Treasury Secretary thinks "mom and pop" means owning 12 homes for retirement? Tell that to Minnesota families struggling to buy ONE
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- MH
Donald Trump wants you to believe that it is unrealistic for you to be able to afford rent, groceries, and health care. He's gaslighting you. Affordability is not fake. The only thing that's fake is the idea that he's doing anything to lower costs for the American people.
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- RW
Don’t Republicans in Congress get tired of this President walking us to the edge of economic disaster over and over again for no reason? This time he almost started a trade war with Europe because he wants Greenland. Who knows what will be next. When will it be enough?
- SW
Representative De Luca’s legacy will be defined by his faith and bravery, which helped turned the tide in the fight for marriage equality in Rhode Island. We are all better off for his service.
link:https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/metro/advocate-rhode-island-catholics-marriage-equality/
- TK
The writing is on the wall: Trump’s disastrous tariffs are nothing more than a new sales tax for hardworking American families. The House needs to face the music and vote on my Senate-passed, bipartisan legislation overturning these tariffs. www.axios.com/2026/01/20/a...
link:https://www.axios.com/2026/01/20/amazon-prices-trump-tariffs-andy-jassy-davos?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_sf_post_ref=655737917&utm_sf_cserv_ref=800707492346925056&utm_source=x
- SW
Putin is the only winner in the Greenland mess. America/NATO/Europe all losers. What does Putin have on Trump?
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- AK
Congrats to the Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education and the Old Barracks Association of Trenton NJ for being awarded NEH grants! Looking forward to following all the great work these organizations do to give back to communities across the Garden State.
link:https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-751-million-84-humanities-projects
- KG
Grateful to meet with AHRC NYC's CEO and discuss how we can best work together to support New Yorkers with disabilities and caregivers.
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- CC
President Trump’s remarks today saying NATO has never helped us were as offensive as they were absurd. Our NATO allies rushed to our aid after 9/11 and more than one thousand NATO troops died alongside Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Putin and Xi Jinping are celebrating.
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- EM
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- EM
Once again, Trump creates an international crisis and then rides in on his hobby horse to “fix” it. Americans are tired of Trump’s circus of chaos.
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- ES
The President must stop threatening the Insurrection Act. He must stop escalating against the State of Minnesota. The 11th Airborne does not belong in our streets. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/
- ES
Our servicemembers are brave, patriotic Americans who care about protecting our country. They are trained to defend us from foreign threats and don't want to be pitted against the American people.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/
- ES
No matter how many times President Trump says it, the American people are *not* the enemy. And the U.S. military is not the president’s personal police force.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/
- JH
Trump’s reckless threats (and confusion) towards Greenland weakens NATO and does nothing to lower costs for working families who are suffering under his economy.
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- EW
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- PM
Canada is our friend and ally—and one of our biggest trading partners. Threatening Canada like this hurts America. Our citizens will pay for it—literally, as trade and travel plummet. Trust and friendship, by the way? Easy to damage, pretty hard to repair.
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- TB
I fundamentally think it’s wrong that rich out-of-state investors are buying up all the houses in our communities, putting homeownership out of reach for some and raising rent on others. We need to fix this housing crisis, and my bill is a great start. www.wbay.com/2026/01/14/s...
link:https://www.wbay.com/2026/01/14/senator-tammy-baldwin-talks-housing-affordability/
- AK
Newsflash. He can't.
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- KG
We can't leave our 9/11 first responders and survivors behind. I'm fighting everyday to secure funding for the World Trade Center Health Program and make sure survivors and first responders get the care they need.
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- SW
The conclusion is worth reading in its entirety, but here’s the punchline: “this charade of Ms. Halligan [elsewhere in the order described as a “miscreant”!] masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end.”
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/468ef241-1f53-4af1-a8da-21ff0960a2fb.pdf