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Democrats on the House Rules Committee, led by Jim McGovern, have been battling since 1:00 AM to expose as many shady things as possible that were crammed into the Big Bloated Budget Busting Disaster in the dead of night and have been fantastic.

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything, Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT. ~ All of Us

The CFPB has returned nearly $21 BILLION to over 200 million consumers since its creation in 2011 while costing roughly $9B over that same period. It has returned more than twice its cost to consumers. Only reason to eliminate this is if you were one of its targets; not one of its beneficiaries.

People want institutions to stand up www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Bringing the heat

BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me. FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

I’ve interviewed a lot of victims stayed in an abusive relationship because they worried their loved ones would judge them for not leaving sooner. They needed support and they knew they would get ridicule instead. And that’s something I’m thinking about a lot in this political environment.

I’m doing this on a five week old knee. So we’ll see how long I can hold out.

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

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Senator Tim Kaine pushing to block Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada: "Tariffs are a tax. Tariffs will hurt our families. Canada is not an enemy. Let's act together to fight fentanyl...but let's not label an ally as an enemy, let's not impose punishing costs on American families..." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!” -ashamed -fragile -unreliable “A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.” -powerful -commanding -honest

I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader. We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.

Let this sink in. The guy whose rockets explode and cars spontaneously combust is in charge of government “efficiency.”

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.