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Two weeks ago, I introduced the Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) for Homeownership Act alongside Sen. Merkley to put an end to hedge funds’ control on single-family homes. The $ of housing is too high and we must crack down on corporate greed to make rent and single-family homes more affordable.

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So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

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I just signed the first bill of the year: lowering costs for small grain buyers. Prosperity for our ag community is not a partisan issue. I’m glad to see legislators come together in a bipartisan way to get this done.

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A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.

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Americans: We’d like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs, and not lose our retirement savings. Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.

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One of these things is not like the other.

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What products are billionaires selling at the White House today? Maybe back to some crypto? NFTs? Trump shoes? Citizenship Gold Cards? Term life insurance?

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I’m old enough to remember the Repubs in the Senate using the filibuster on things such as voting rights & reproductive rights! The Senate Dems should hear from their constituents ahead of the vote… the R’s should be forced to negotiate & the only way is if they filibuster and hold the line.

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Breaking news: The European Union hit back Wednesday at President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, unveiling a two-stage retaliation that would cover billions of dollars’ worth of products.

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"Elon Musk Reportedly Set to Give $100 Million to Trump’s Political Operation" This is brazen corruption. Musk invests $100 million and gets billions in tax payer funded contracts from Trump admin. We MUST end big $ in politics! www.mediaite.com/tv/elon-musk...

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They absolutely could not possibly be clearer that they are going to try to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

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New from me.👇 It does not surprise me that people are worried. I expected many to be concerned. But I did not anticipate that so many leaders across industries and professions would allow fear to silence them. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...

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A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families. More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves. How is this "efficiency"?

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If you thought DOGE wouldn't eventually come for you – think again. Your hard-earned Social Security is under attack by an unelected billionaire. Right now.

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Let’s talk about fear. And what we can do about it. youtu.be/hE5VdadCRqA?...

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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

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I can hardly believe it’s been this long, but today, we’re celebrating 5 years of Democracy Docket.🎂 To each of our followers and readers: Thank you for being a part of our story and supporting independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

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In Oversight today, my colleagues stuck to their usual script: blaming immigrants for all crime & claiming Dem mayors are too soft. Well, I was curious to know if they’ve ever had an immigrant with a criminal record that they could recall. Tune in!

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NEW: "In the seven years since CISA’s creation, it’s become a crucial agency to help secure elections from foreign and domestic cybersecurity threats." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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For the first time, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) are all represented by female General Counsels.” elias.law/newsroom/pre...

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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Trump is taking the Big Lie to Social Security. The point is and was to "fabricate this elaborate, grotesque lie about a cherished institution of American government to sow enough fear, doubt and uncertainty among enough people that Trump can get away with destroying it."

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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

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There are some Trump administration lawyers who need to be disbarred.

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We will not normalize…

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This reality show premise of finding the dumbest MFer in the country and making him president isn’t going well. Season 1 sucked. Season 2 is much worse.

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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

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Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell

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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

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I plan to vote FOR Lincoln on the Move funding on APRIL 8, to enact a quarter-cent tax over several years for street improvements so Lincoln remains safe and liveable well into the future www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Departm...

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Senator Elissa Slotkin, a first-term Democrat from Michigan, delivered a simple message as her party’s official response to President Trump’s combative address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night: Trump, she said, was “going to make you pay in every part of your life.”

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I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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In the Science Committee today, we had a hearing about returning to the moon, but that's going to be hard to do when the House Republicans cut healthcare & education for the American kids who might be tomorrow’s astronauts. How does that make us more competitive? Short answer - it doesn't.

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Just wrapped up a town hall in Oakland County today, the fear and anger with the cowardice of the House GOP is palpable. Why are they giving up their power to an unelected billionaire? We will fight back and we won’t stand down.

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