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I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

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Senate Republicans just introduced a plan in their Big Ugly Bill to sell off 250 MILLION acres of OUR public lands. We must stop it.

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"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

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NYC: if you can get to Federal Plaza near the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall subway stops, come support Brad Lander, the latest Dem politician to be manhandled/detained by ICE for no legal reason. Zohran Mamdani is there in support of his fellow mayoral candidate. NYT's darling Cuomo nowhere in sight.

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Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.

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Moulton: It turns out the U.S. Army is not great at doing Soviet-style or North Korean-style parades, because that’s not what people sign up to do… Imagine how much veteran housing you could build for $40 million. You could help a lot of vets with that kind of money. And this parade helped nobody.

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Mike Lee has deleted his shitposting tweets in the wake of the Minnesota shooting. Amy Klobuchar spoke to him, but didn't divulge what was said, saying only: "Senator Lee and I had a good discussion, and I'm very glad he took it down." Lee has evaded questions about it.

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Hundreds of New Yorkers are coming out in support of Brad Lander who was arrested earlier and charged with “assaulting an officer and obstruction of justice”. NY governor kathy hochul is supposedly heading here too along with many other local NYC politicians.

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Padilla gave this speech on the floor pretty much as the news of Brad Lander's arrest in New York was breaking. Two Democratic lawmakers tackled and handcuffed by federal law enforcement in the span of a week.

submitted 7 hours ago • 105 comments

I am not afraid of Donald Trump. I am not afraid of Tom Homan. I will stand up for the people of Illinois.

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Didn't realize police could commandeer a home.

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Please call ICE and DHS Trump’s Secret Police. Because that’s what they are. No ID, no uniforms, no names, no warrants, no legal authority to grab people. They are Secret Police #Fascists

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"The only thing the elite Washington press corps likes more than a bipartisan commission on debt reduction is a stack of flag-draped coffins." web.archive.org/web/20170307...

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Hi, it’s Meg again. Brad is still in ICE custody. We are grateful to the many friends, supporters, and allies who have gathered in Federal Plaza. Together we are standing up for those with no voice.

submitted 6 hours ago • 352 comments

Tell him, Nancy!

submitted 6 hours ago • 158 comments

The oral argument in the 9th Circuit on whether to stay the decision invalidating Trump's federalization of the National Guard is ... not sounding good. (For LA, CA, the country, or the boundary between military & civilian enforcement.)

submitted 4 hours ago • 17 comments

John Fetterman, everybody

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Trump's biographer has revealed how the president is privately justifying the assault on Sen. Padilla by suggesting that he “looked like an illegal.”

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

It seems like this story should have more attention.

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ICE agents are out here manhandling elected officials—yet again. They arrested NYC Comptroller Brad Lander for asking if they had a warrant—which is his constitutional right. (1/2)

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“Free Brad Lander” is the chant outside where NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested a few hours ago, accompanying someone to an immigration hearing. Both Brad & the immigrant he accompanied were arrested. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann spoke at an emergency press conference. More: @jfrejnyc.bsky.social‬

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“I’m a lawyer and I’m going to give you the legal term for what’s happening: It’s fucking ridiculous.” @zellnor.bsky.social

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A lawmaker and her husband were murdered. A senator and his wife nearly killed. The suspect had a hit list. And what did we do? We blamed each other. We justified. We spun. Political violence isn’t coming—it’s here. And we’re normalizing it. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/political-...

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These ICE goons are completely out of control. Arresting US Citizens, elected officials, and terrorizing our communities. Comptroller Lander was simply asking for the warrant.

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“You do not have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens,” Lander repeated, as the officers tightened handcuffs to his wrists.

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Again: Watergate was a crime. WMD was a lie & disastrous policy failure. We still haven’t heard <a single> detail of a single crime or policy/governance failure happening, but yet he keeps conflating “Biden was old & senile” with the crimes & policy/governance failures of past presidents. It’s ugly.

submitted 10 hours ago • 105 comments

@gallego.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and other Dems are betraying us.

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

I am watching Sen. Alex Padilla talk on the Senate floor about being assaulted last week, as I watch New York City controller Brad Lander get assaulted at immigration court. In between reports on the two MN Democrats shot, one murdered, last weekend. But both sides, people, both sides.

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C-SPAN caller to Tapper: "When are you going to examine what's going on with Trump? ... this president has been pure chaos, which indicates to me that there is something wrong with him. We will never get a straight answer on his medical exam, and yet you have gone after Joe Biden with a vengeance."

submitted 9 hours ago • 1060 comments

I’ll say it over and over again, I’ll NEVER regret voting for Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, I remain proud AF with a clear conscience.

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Lander replies, as he's being handcuffed, "I'm not obstructing, I'm standing right here in the hallway." Breaking: NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's comptroller, mayoral candidate Brad Lander, has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.

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this is happening in @schumer.senate.gov's state. the comptroller is one of his constituents. is this one of the constitutional red lines yet?

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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump’s Judicial Nominees Off the Hook ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/... via @jaywillis.net

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New Economist/YouGov data. Trump's approval has dropped from -4 to -13 in the last two weeks, and it's clear now has 2024 coalition is unraveling. Dude is in a degraded place. More here - www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/dropped-pa...

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NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was just arrested at immigration court for asking to see warrants on behalf of those being detained:

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Seeing Brad Lander, NYC's comptroller and a mayoral candidate (also my former neighbor and city councilman) violently arrested by trump's immigration gestapo is making me sick to my stomach.

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HUGELY Important.

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Another sign that the dollar’s dominance is in trouble: US importers are increasingly being asked by their foreign counterparties to settle transactions in currencies other than the US dollar, such as euros, RMB, Mexican pesos, and Canadian dollars.

submitted 1 day ago • 81 comments

Call Mike Lee's office today .

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