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Everyone in America with eyes and ears can see what's been happening in Minnesota and across the country. The injustice is clear as day. Enough. We are going to have accountability at DHS or there will not be Democratic votes to fund a lawless agency.
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Trump wants to subvert our free & fair elections. He could not be clearer about this if he tried. So let me say this: Trump's fantasy of nationalizing our elections will go NOWHERE in Congress. Democrats will fight to protect our elections and remain VIGILANT.
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NIH banned fetal tissue research to appease anti-abortion extremists—and at a committee hearing, the NIH Director couldn't provide scientific evidence to prove otherwise. I demanded to know how many projects will be halted by this anti-abortion policy decision.
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Democrats won't vote to fund a lawless agency. There MUST be accountability at DHS—and if Republicans refuse to make the changes the American people are demanding, they cannot expect Democratic votes.
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The same Republicans that gave Trump $200 million to renovate the Kennedy Center in the Big, Ugly Bill said it was too expensive to extend the ACA tax credits. Apparently, there's an unlimited budget for Trump vanity projects and zero dollars for your health care.
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/kennedy-center-wont-be-torn-down-200-million-renovation-trump-says-rcna257139
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We cannot fund DHS if we do not rein in DHS. It's that simple.
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Our funding bills send a message to Trump: America will continue to fund cancer research. We WILL keep investing in affordable housing. Congress will NOT abolish the Department of Education. Well, he got the message, and he signed those bills into law.
link:https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-2-3-2026
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Trump has made 10,000 times his salary after just ONE year in office. How? Selling access to the White House to the highest bidder. Spread the word: Our crook of a President is corrupt to his core and will stop at nothing to line his own pockets.
link:https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/trumps-profiteering-hits-four-billion-dollars
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This President is selling out our national security to the highest bidder, and it couldn't be more obvious. Will this Republican Congress use its majority to open even ONE investigation into this staggering corruption? There MUST be oversight and accountability.
link:https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/spy-sheikh-secret-stake-trump-crypto-tahnoon-ea4d97e8?mod=politics_trendingnow_article_pos1
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Kristi Noem's cruel mismanagement of DHS facilities is putting people's lives in danger. There are CHILDREN in this facility. If there are any Republicans who care about basic oversight, we need serious investigations into the conditions of DHS detention centers EVERYWHERE.
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-measles-infections-confirmed-texas-facility-5-year-old-detained-minn-rcna256993
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It should be crystal clear to anyone with eyes and ears that Trump is DETERMINED to subvert free and fair elections in America. But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks. Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.
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Mind you—that's 5,300 references to Trump in the Epstein files THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. And most of the released files have been poorly redacted, often with no rhyme or reason. Trump promised to release the files, so release them—ALL of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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WATCH: Trump’s VA Secretary confirms his VA abortion ban blocks veterans from getting abortion care in practically ANY circumstance—even rape. This is outrageous. Women veterans should not be forced to suffer under a Trump abortion ban.
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Trump wanted to slash funding for medical research by 40%. The funding bill the Senate just passed said: absolutely not. Not only did we reject Trump's funding cuts – Democrats secured nearly half a billion dollars MORE in funding for critical biomedical research.
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Important to hear from @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social this week about what's happening in Minneapolis. Any city could just as easily be next. But the power belongs to the people, NOT Trump. I'll be using my voice and vote to press for real restraints and accountability for ICE and Border Patrol.
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There is NO reason this should be happening in the richest country in the world. Republicans knew their inaction would mean Americans paying an arm and a leg for basic health care—and after lining billionaires’ pockets, they CHOSE to make your health care more expensive.
link:https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/aca-health-insurance-cost-subsidies-expire-37a595a9?mod=itp_wsj
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The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti shock the conscience. They demand action. Accountability. Justice. Democrats are insisting that happens.
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I keep my promises—President Trump’s budget is in the trash, and an entirely new one is headed to his desk, waiting to be signed into law. In the end, it was Congress and this former preschool teacher—NOT Trump—who had the final say on how we spend taxpayer dollars.
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I said I’d rip up Trump's budget & write a new one—and that's what we did. The Senate passed 5 funding bills that reject Trump's catastrophic cuts while splitting off the DHS bill. I fought hard to protect funding families count on—from housing to cancer research.
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There's some stiff competition, but this might take the cake for the most blatant form of SHEER CORRUPTION and self-enrichment we've seen from this crook of a President. Know anyone who still supports Trump? Do they support giving him $10 BILLION in taxpayer dollars??
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sues-irs-treasury-department-10-billion-leaked-tax-records-rcna256626
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I want to make it abundantly clear: UNLIKE Donald Trump, I want to make it cheap and easy to build housing so the cost of housing comes DOWN and MORE people can afford to buy a home.
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"We're not with the activists we're just reporting on them." This is from Don Lemon's reporting at the St. Paul church. Arresting journalists for simply highlighting what's happening in this country is a gross violation of our First Amendment rights. He must be released immediately.
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Are you kidding me? People can barely afford rent, much less a mortgage. And the President is outright saying he doesn't care if families can purchase their own home. Americans deserve a Congress and a President who pass laws to lower costs and HELP families buy a home.
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I voted NO on taking up the funding package before the Senate. Funding for DHS must be split off so we can keep working on common-sense reforms that all Americans support. Talks are happening to do that—and that's good. But we need a real deal locked in first.
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"The sweetest person you can imagine." That's how a veteran patient described Alex Pretti - the man we all saw federal agents murder in broad daylight. Trump's VA Secretary initially responded by blaming that horrific killing on Minnesota officials. VA workers deserve better.
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Republicans gave ICE a blank check, funding untrained federal agents who've been attacking, detaining, & even killing Americans. Republicans have talked for years about government overreach—well, here it is. Now's the time for senators to prove they care about the Constitution.
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The brutal killing of Alex Pretti was an inflection point for this country. We are saying ENOUGH. Republicans need to work with us on serious reforms. It's what the vast majority of Americans want and what many Republicans are calling for as well. The time is now.
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We all saw Alex Pretti, a lawful observer exercising his rights, murdered in cold blood by federal agents. And we are all seeing this administration lie to our faces about it. That cannot be how things work in this country.
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This President is a shameful disgrace. But I'm glad Rep. Omar is okay. While Trump incites this kind of behavior, it's important that the rest of us state clearly—over and over again—that political violence is NEVER acceptable. In a democracy, we use our voice & our votes.
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Republicans’ refusal to extend the ACA tax credits pushed thousands in WA state off of their health care plans. The same Republicans who said keeping health care costs from skyrocketing was too expensive didn’t bat an eye when they made tax breaks for billionaires permanent.
link:https://www.seattletimes.com/business/in-wa-thousands-are-forgoing-health-insurance-this-year-heres-why/
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For an administration so “focused” on rooting out fraud, Trump and his goons are awfully quiet about the massive fraud in Mississippi–or does it not count if it happens in a "red state"?
link:https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/mississippi-welfare-fraud-trial-spotlights-national-oversight-failures-caa25ff8?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdhjNZSU2wzrYEhqJdrRn4QGRx5oxaiP3ZFcZLGsgmDoz85AhMsXNdDuX7k4Kw%3D&gaa_ts=6979616a&gaa_sig=QOh0WnAysu15tRkUl53eZIV2wAPGjpRQhKoHjM6_2kFq2IaxQGwKdFR-FXTT9IsFQjsPZCXaSk6ErkivO2DB9Q%3D%3D
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Democrats are ready to avert a GOP shutdown. But Republicans are threatening to block the 5 bills we all agree on. Why? After people have been shot & killed in broad daylight, they're insisting ICE—which they admit has enough money—needs MORE money without any new strings attached.
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Speaking out matters. Trump is not inevitable. Republicans in Congress are FINALLY calling for hearings and accountability. They even sent that vile, grandstanding camera hound, Bovino, packing from Minnesota. There's a long way to go, but your voice DOES matter.
link:https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/26/minnesota-border-patrol-bovino-leaving-trump-walz
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The Senate should pass all 5 bills to fund cancer research, child care, and more THIS WEEK. Senate Democrats are ready to do just that. Meanwhile, we need to keep negotiating DHS funding to bring sanity and due process to our immigration enforcement. No Republican shutdown.
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🚨ICYMI: Trump is expanding his deadly Global Gag Rule—threatening any humanitarian aid organization that gets federal dollars from even TALKING about abortion or diversity. Trump is doing everything he can to block foreign assistance & rip away health care.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/trump-mexico-city-policy-abortion-dei-gender.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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There's a clear path forward: 1. Quickly pass the other 5 spending bills before the Friday night deadline & keep government open. 2. Separate out the DHS bill & work on common sense steps to rein in ICE and CBP. Senate Democrats are ready to get it done. Republicans must join us.
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Reminder: Republicans voted to give ICE a $75 billion slush fund, a budget larger than most militaries. Every Democrat voted NO. We need immigration enforcement that is sane, upholds our rights, treats people with dignity and basic respect, and focuses on violent criminals.
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I hope you'll read this statement from Alex Pretti’s family. None of us should allow the Trump administration to lie about this man. Help get the truth out.
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But we all saw another American shot and killed in broad daylight. There must be accountability, and so we must keep pushing Republicans to work with us to rein in DHS.
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Americans must be eyes wide open that blocking the DHS funding bill will not shut down ICE. ICE is now sitting on a massive slush fund it can tap, whether or not we pass a funding bill.
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Federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences. I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands. The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that. I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
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This looks like an execution. There must be an investigation. There must be accountability. Joining ICE does not give you license to murder. The President is escalating the situation—and I have no faith he will stop. The Republican Congress must join us to end this. Enough.
link:https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
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There's money in Donald Trump’s America—not for health care, of course. But he'll find the money for a gilded arch, a ballroom, and whatever other vanity project he wants.
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There was slavery in America—Trump trying to erase that history doesn't change the truth. And most of us realize it's important to teach future generations why slavery was WRONG. There's good & bad in America's history, but we have to learn from all of it and live in REALITY.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/22/slavery-exhibit-removed/
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The CDC's job is to monitor and prevent diseases. But now RFK Jr's handpicked deputy director says he "doesn't care" about whether or not measles is officially eliminated. This is about KIDS getting sick and even DYING from something WE CAN PREVENT. Beyond despicable.
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/health/cdc-south-carolina-measles-briefing
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Trump can lie as much as he wants but we can all see for ourselves that costs are higher since Trump took office & he couldn't care less about making life more affordable.
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Trump turns tariffs on and off like a toddler with a light switch. Seattle dockworkers are on the frontlines facing the very real consequences of Trump’s reckless and unpredictable trade policies.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/seattle-dock-workers-tariffs-trump.html
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Yet another tired re-run of Russ Vought's corrupt playbook. He's threatening blue states in a naked act of political retribution. No one should be intimidated. Vought and Trump can kick rocks. This will not stand.
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/politics/trump-federal-funding-democratic-states
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53 years after Roe v. Wade and Republicans are as committed as ever to ripping away a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body and her life. We cannot let them win—I won’t let them win. We must keep speaking out and using our voices to fight back.
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