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There’s a reason most Americans don’t trust RFK Jr. In fact, the only thing we can trust him with is knowing we’ll hear soon about another encounter he's had with a dead animal. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...
link:https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide-americans-more-confident-in-career-scientists-at-u-s-health-agencies-than-leaders/
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RFK Jr. lied to me during his confirmation hearing. I expect him to lie again. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
link:https://apnews.com/article/rfk-measles-outbreak-samoa-emails-e04686f052e8c78b5a52be1e4fbcf62f
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RFK Jr. says he’s not cutting health care, but we know a lie when we hear it. x.com/factpostnews...
link:https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2046692547246830023?s=46
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RFK Jr.’s CDC killed a report showing the covid vaccine kept people out of the hospital last winter. So much for transparency. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/22/covid-vaccine-report-blocked-cdc-mmwr/
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Last week, RFK Jr.’s head of Medicare and Medicaid shared that Trump thinks soda is healthy because it “kills cancer cells.” Will that help with public trust? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/trump-diet-coke-soda-kills-cancer
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In March, as measles cases were rising, RFK Jr.’s CDC buried a report warning of outbreaks in areas with low vaccination rates. How is that radical transparency? www.propublica.org/article/meas...
link:https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report
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In January, RFK Jr. cut off $2 BILLION in funding – without warning – from programs that provide life-saving treatment to people with substance use and mental health disorders. The funding was reinstated the next day, but left communities reeling. www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
link:https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5677711/mental-health-addiction-grants-cut-then-restored
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Last year, Trump pardoned a nursing home operator convicted of $39 MILLION in fraud. Did that increase public trust? www.propublica.org/article/jose...
link:https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients
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It’s hard to restore trust when you work for someone who suggested people should inject bleach to cure covid. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
link:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is testifying in front of my health committee today. He says he wants to restore public trust through radical transparency. It’s not working. More below: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-vowed-restore-public-trust-health-not-working-new-survey-sugges-rcna261943
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This month, I hosted a roundtable with local experts and advocates on how to bring energy prices down. One key solution is CLEAN ENERGY—the cheapest source of energy we have. During Earth Week, we must remember to invest in clean, affordable energy for a livable future.
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The afternoons I spent as a child at Malden Public Library taught me how to dream. This #NationalLibraryWeek, we celebrate libraries & the library workers who ensure they remain havens of learning, curiosity, and imagination. Find your local library here: mblc.state.ma.us/directories/...
link:https://mblc.state.ma.us/directories/libraries/
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16 years ago, the BP oil spill devastated the environment and the communities in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, Interior is green-lighting BP’s even riskier, even deeper Kaskida offshore oil project to drill up profits and export oil abroad—all at the expense of our environment.
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www.lowellsun.com/2026/04/17/m...
link:https://www.lowellsun.com/2026/04/17/markey-senate-colleagues-demand-funding-pulled-from-enforcement-of-order-censoring-national-parks/?clearUserState=true
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Massachusetts is the birthplace of the American revolution. We will continue to share our history, and we refuse to shy away from the truths that the Trump administration wants to rewrite and censor. If we don't learn from history, we are bound to repeat the same mistakes again.
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Donald Trump is once again threatening war crimes. Not one more penny for this dangerous war and this disastrous administration.
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The Trump admin portal for tariff refunds finally opened this morning, and I'm already hearing from small business owners that it's faulty. Small businesses and families deserve easy, automatic refunds—not errors and extra work to get their money back.
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www.reuters.com/world/iran-w...
link:https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-war-live-trump-hints-new-us-iran-peace-talks-lebanon-ceasefire-begins-2026-04-17/
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Glad to hear that the Strait of Hormuz is open again. Of course, Iran can close it again at any time. Trump’s expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary war has allowed Iran to weaponize the Strait. Iran controls it and there is no going back. Thanks, Trump.
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Yesterday, the House passed an extension of TPS for Haiti in a major bipartisan vote. I applaud my partner in this fight @pressley.house.gov for her leadership and urge the Senate to vote to protect TPS for 350,000 Haitian nationals—including 46,000 in Massachusetts—immediately.
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Americans shouldn’t have to choose between their medicine and their groceries. Trump promised to lower drug costs. He took away people’s health care instead.
link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7YA3JACPIk
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link:https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2026/04/rose-colored-glasses-on-gas-prices-00875512
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As energy bills soar, Trump is forcing families to pay for overpriced, dirty fossil fuel power. My No Bailouts on Your Power Bill Act will stop Trump’s abuse of energy emergency authority for his pet pollution projects that add millions to household bills and sicken communities.
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To be clear, I'm on team Pope.
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We should not send 1,000 pound bombs and armored bulldozers to Netanyahu that could be used not only in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, but also in Trump's illegal Iran war. There's no military solution to this crisis. We must solve this at the negotiating table & end this war.
link:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wiWpcfl2CXU
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-markey-statement-on-joint-resolutions-of-disapproval
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My Statement on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-statement-on-fourth-iran-war-powers-vote
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My Statement on the Fourth Iran War Powers Vote.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-leads-colleagues-in-demanding-a-stop-to-taxpayer-funds-being-used-to-block-offshore-wind-energy-projects
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As Trump’s war in Iran causes energy prices to spike, his administration is paying a French company $1 billion to NOT build offshore wind that cut Americans' electric bills. I’m urging Senate Appropriations to prevent his use of taxpayer money to block needed clean energy.
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/15/us-troops-iran-blockade/
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Trump says his dangerous, expensive and unnecessary war with Iran could be over “very soon.” Really? So why is Trump sending another 10,000 troops to the Middle East? Trump has no idea how to end this crisis, and we are all paying for it.
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www.wsj.com/business/ene...
link:https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/u-s-oil-blockade-is-set-to-boost-american-exportsand-prices-at-the-pump-005e1a70
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A record number of supertankers are preparing to ship American oil overseas—another way for Big Oil to profit from Trump's illegal and reckless war in Iran. Oil exports pollute our communities and reduce our energy security, while our prices continue to rise at the pump.
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I introduced the Youth AI Privacy Act to protect kids from the harms of AI chatbots. No ads to kids. No profiling. No addictive design tricks. Children and teens’ privacy must come first.
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www.wsj.com/business/ene...
link:https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-ceos-raked-in-money-from-trumps-iran-war-74486920
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Trump’s war is sending oil prices soaring and Big Oil is cashing in. Families pay more at the pump. CEOs profit. That’s not energy policy. That’s profiteering. Instead, I’m advocating for a tax on big oil windfall profits, and for oil execs to cut their pay.
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20 years ago, Massachusetts led the nation on health care for all—because no one should be priced out of caring for themselves and their families. Now it’s time to finish the job nationwide.
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Always a joy to be in Chelsea at La Colaborativa! I was able to hear directly from community leaders and families about food access, economic development, and growing small businesses. Grateful to have such relentless and visionary partners in this fight. Honored to be a part of the work ahead.
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www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/10/business/inflation-cpi-report?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Let’s be clear: Trump’s illegal war on Iran is a tax hike on American small businesses and families. Enough. End the war, end Trump’s affordability crisis, and end the pain on Main Street.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-massachusetts-delegation-members-urge-fema-to-declare-2026-massachusetts-blizzard-a-major-disaster
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In February, Massachusetts experienced a blizzard that battered businesses and infrastructure, shut off power, and buried communities under historic levels of snow. I’m joining with my colleagues in the MA delegation to urge FEMA to approve Gov. Healey’s request for needed relief.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/world/middleeast/strait-of-hormuz-ships-iran.html
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Trump wants to claim victory in his war with Iran but he's only made a bigger mess. 13 US troops and thousands of Iranian civilians have been killed. Gas has spiked to $4 a gallon. We need diplomacy to end this war now.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in February offered small businesses temporary relief from what has become a year of pain and uncertainty for Main Street. We must stop the pain from becoming permanent. Trump must automatically refund his tariff taxes.
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I’m glad there is a reported ceasefire deal with Iran. But we shouldn’t be in this illegal war in the first place. And Donald Trump can’t simply threaten war crimes with impunity. Congress needs to get back in session now to stop this war and remove Donald Trump.
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Reminder: Right now, Democrats have a chance to stand up to Trump's chaos. Trump just requested an additional $1.5 trillion in military funding. We cannot hand over a huge check to a President intent on committing war crimes. I will do everything in my power to block it.