Happy National Pet Day. 🐾 This is me and Apple. She was a rescue — found abandoned in a dumpster in Mississippi. I have backyard chickens too. My family loves our animals. And I know most of you do too — 70% of American households have a pet.

⚠️ CAUTION: I would not blame you if this has kept you up at night. On April 7th, the President of the United States posted: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

We as Democrats must be better. In the military at the unit level we get graded and the results are used to make us better. The fact that Republicans control the House, Senate, and the White House should be an indicator that something is not working in our Party.

Thank you to the Colonial Heritage Democrats for inviting me to speak at your monthly meeting. It was great to be back in Williamsburg. Great conversations and great questions!

In grief, they choose love. A community showing up, standing together, and fighting for each other. @knappforcongress.bsky.social substack.com/profile/2774... Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...

Rob Wittman is Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). Eighteen years. That's how long he's had a platform to speak on the hardest questions in American national security. So what did he use it for this week?

Tax Day is almost here. You must pay your taxes — that’s not optional. But you deserve to know where that hard earned money is going. Right now, your tax dollars are funding a war waged without a single vote in Congress. No authorization. No oversight. No actual representation.

(1/5) VA joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in 2021, and was unlawfully pulled out by Gov. Younkin in 2023, and is now rejoining this summer. As a staunch clean energy advocate, I support this for Virginians. Here's why:

Imagine a country where politicians and their staff couldn't make money like this. Or better yet, how about we elect people who will vote to make this impossible...

(1 of 5) On the holiest day of the Christian faith — the day one-third of all people on this planet celebrate as the resurrection of their Savior, the victory of love over death, the supremacy of peace over hate — the President of the United States posted that.

First they said Iran’s nuclear program was gone. Then they said their air defenses were wiped out. Now we have pilots ejecting and an aviator unaccounted for. Rob Wittman has never met a war he didn’t support — easy to do when you’ve never served. That’s why I’m running for Congress.

Pete Hegseth firing the Army Chief of Staff is like a failed drunk major, with a history of misogyny and race baiting firing a man who spent 35 years mastering war. One of them knows exactly what they're doing. The other is Pete Hegseth. @andrewsolender.bsky.social @thebulwark.com @atrupar.com

An honor to be endorsed by and be in line with the @vetsforrl.bsky.social vision of the work that needs to be done in this country.

I voted absentee from a carrier in the Persian Gulf. From Brussels. From wherever the Navy sent me, it didn’t matter. The system worked because someone made sure it did, and we trusted that. With what the SAVE Act proposes, this would no longer be guaranteed for absolutely no reason.

I’ll pull from the presidents own words — "the world is watching". Watching us fail: To be the global leader we used to be, to our allies in NATO, to our own people as we betray what we're supposed to stand for. Our party needs to be honest about what this moment requires.

I am so excited to sit with my kids and watch my friend Vic Glover return America to the moon. From F-18s to a Defense Fellowship, and now a place in history. Congratulations my friend. #navalaviation #NASA

I am so happy that my own kids get to have this as part of their childhood. The 40th anniversary of Gloucester's Annual Daffodil Festival was such a beautiful way to enjoy the start of spring. Anchored in tradition yet ushering in the next generation of community engaged Virginians.

No paid actors here on this April Fools. There is power in numbers and making your voice heard. It's an honor to be able to listen to the concerns of working Virginians being affected by Trump's actions both here and abroad. This is how we change our futures.

He's got the flight suit. Now dad just needs to win the seat. He's four years old. The decisions being made in Washington right now will define his entire life. I'm running because someone has to put the next generation first — not last. Chip in today. secure.actblue.com/donate/jkfor...

Trump is demanding humanity from foreign governments while showing none to the American people. You can’t lecture the world about humanity while denying it at home. End this hypocrisy in our democracy.

I’m running because I believe workers deserve the power to negotiate—not corporations having the power to dictate. When workers have a real voice, pay goes up, jobs are more stable, and families can actually plan for the future.

Mission Success: Twenty $20 gift cards handed out to TSA Workers who are working without pay and what we heard from them #TSA #Airports

Bringing gift cards to TSA workers is the least we can do. #TSA #Airports

Patrick Henry wrote: “I will not, I cannot justify owning slaves.” He died owning 67 of them. Patrick Henry’s legacy is undeniably critical to our history — but his views on freedom and who deserved it were deeply, tragically mixed.

Remembering Robert Mueller's Service

We are in charge of our own futures, don’t let any president or politician tell you otherwise. It's what this country, and its future constituents deserve.

Tens of thousands of people in our district rely on affordable care programs—and Wittman and career politicians treated them like budget lines. When will the trend of throwing the hardest workers under the bus for a few extra polling points end?

I’m not afraid to say it. Politicians in Congress are too old to be representing their communities. When your constituents' concerns are in one ear and out the others, it's time to head home.

Our hard-earned money is being used for needless foreign wars, bipartisanly putting our service members in harm's way yet again. We need real leadership to put a stop to this constitutional crisis.

Real patriotism means every family can afford groceries, health care, and a roof over their head. There is nothing patriotic about families and veterans in need going hungry while billionaires profit.

Unlike other candidates, my campaign isn’t backed by billionaires or corporate PACs who want to keep the deck stacked against you. It’s powered by hard workers and small dollar donors who believe in service-focused leadership, economic security at home, and protecting our democracy.

In Minneapolis, I was able to talk to @kathygriffin.bsky.social and @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social / Veterans Fighting Fascism to continue our civic duty in defending democracy.

Last week, I was able to join fellow angry Americans to protest ICEs illegal-door-to-door operations #AbolishICE #ICEOut #DropkickMurphys

This is not a fucking video game. Our country is being led by idiots who have never sacrificed anything in their lives. I will not quit until they are impeached and imprisoned for the crimes we all know they are committing.

For the people. @dropkickmurphys.com

VFRL ENDORSEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Veterans for Responsible Leadership is proud to announce our endorsement of U.S. Navy Veteran, Jason Knapp, for US House in Virginia's 1st District. For 21 years, Jason served this country as a Naval Officer and F/A-18 pilot.

Article I war powers belong to Congress. Full stop. Tim Kaine forced a vote. Rand Paul had the spine to cross party lines. 52 other Republicans chose political survival over the lives of our sons and daughters.

I flew combat missions in Iraq, the politicians who sent us had no real plan for the end of that war and nearly 3,500 sons and daughters, and this man’s friends were lost. This is disgusting treatment of a man who had earned the right to protest future wars.

53 senators just voted to hand Trump a blank check for war with Iran — with no strategy, no objectives, and no plan for what comes next. We learned this lesson in blood. 3,500 American servicemembers died in Iraq after we dismantled a country's leadership with no coherent plan for what came after.

There’s a breathtaking hypocrisy in a president who calls on Iranians to rise up and fight for their freedom, while deploying federal forces against Americans who peacefully demand the same.

We lost “OJ” White in the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom due to a Patriot missile hitting his F-18. The Patriot is by far the most lethal SAM system in the world, and there is no airplane in existence that is going to get away from it.

I’ve been in that combat aircraft cockpit. I’ve lost people I love to war and its after-effects. This President just "doesn't get it" — and it shows. #CombatVeteran #Iran #Trump #usa

The VA has never and will never be a charity. It’s a promise to protect our veterans and give back to them for their service…a service that Donald Trump and Rob Wittman will never understand.

Silence in moments like this is a choice. Real patriotism means defending free and fair elections, even when the outcome doesn’t go your way.

Families are hurting. Mine. Yours. Everyone. Everyone except the rich and powerful. When our leaders make reckless decisions, working families feel the impact first. Enough is enough.

If you’re tired of self-serving politicians, if you’re tired of our needs being ignored by those in power, join us.

You're right, Gov. Spanberger, rural medical centers are the lifeblood of many communities around this country, including mine. They must be protected from reckless federal cuts at all costs. #SOTU2026

The State of the Union was nothing out of the ordinary for Trump... reality tv fan fair and lie after lie. Real Virginians are being hurt all for a pretty penny at your cost. #SOTU2026

Pray for the fact checkers tonight. They may not sleep for days. #SOTU2026

Will you answer the call? Or fight through the noise and lies? #SOTU2026