Thanks to Trump/GOP sabotage efforts, millions of Americans are being denied access to a doctor. Going from Obamacare to Nothingcare.

Pleased to meet with Texas advocates for bilingual education. As I continue fighting for access in DC, my friend Montserrat Garibay will be fighting in the Texas House. In such a diverse state, multilingual education access is crucial for our developing workforce.

Inspiring meeting with economist and political activist, Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of the late Alexei Navalny, murdered by the Putin regime. Yulia continues the struggle for a free Russia and human rights. Her courage will outlast Putin’s cruelty.

Prosecute any woman who has an abortion for murder! That’s the official Texas Republican platform as they plan for the upcoming Legislature and seek to be a national model. This year we must stop such extremism.

I went to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool myself to see how big a mess Trump had made. Two weeks and $14.7M of taxpayer dollars later, this historic landscape looks worse than it did before Trump decided to “fix” it. Now he is spending $1.7M in another no bid contract to clean up his mess.

Supreme Court once again weakened what little protection against gun violence remains. Concealed-carry gun permit holders no longer can be required to get permission before entering restaurants and shops. What gun safety legislation Republicans haven’t blocked, the Court is rejecting.

[1/2] Joined Ambassador Yui and Speaker Han, Nancy Pelosi and colleagues to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Taiwan’s first election. I've consistently supported strengthened ties with Taiwan and underscored the need to deter aggression from China.

[2/2] A private equity fraudster who ripped off Americans’ retirement savings paid a Trump ally to seek clemency. DOJ prosecutors opened an investigation that has now been abruptly shut down. No relief for 10,000 defrauded investors. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...

[1/2] “Drain the swamp” was always a vacant slogan—corruption is the actual plan. With Trump, well-connected fraudsters and influence peddlers don’t face consequences—they get presidential protection. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...

Trump said, ‘I love inflation.’ American families are paying the price. Inflation just jumped to 4.1%, with core inflation at its highest level in 3 years. What he promised would go down on Day 1 has instead kept going up, as Trump focuses on self-glorification projects and enriching himself.

[2/2] In her always insightful comments, Heather Cox Richardson reports on Trump’s latest efforts to interfere with the upcoming election, with Texas already helping him by turning over error-filled voter rolls.

Trump promised to bring down costs for American families on Day One. Instead, his war with Iran did the opposite — adding $132 billion to the bills people are already struggling with: higher gas, higher mortgage rates, higher airfare, higher fertilizer costs. www.npr.org/2026/06/17/n...

4 years since the dreadful Supreme Court Dobbs decision turned back the clock 50 years and eroded reproductive freedom and women’s rights. Texans are dying from pregnancy complications and struggling to access basic health care. Restoring abortion rights must be a top priority in a new Congress.

The Kennedy Center's façade is tarped over after a judge ordered to drop Trump's name. The welcome sign has it right, and the JFK statue donated by David Rubenstein, the generous chair, who Trump fired, is still standing.

Since Trump started his illegal war with Iran on Feb. 28, the average U.S. household has paid an extra $400+ for gas and diesel. Nationwide, that's $60B+ and counting, per @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social's live tracker — on top of the Pentagon's own understated $29B price tag.

Another example of colossal waste: $14.7M, no-bid, to a contractor with zero federal experience — to repaint the reflecting pool. Two weeks later, the paint's already peeling and the algae's back. Taxpayers are paying full price for an unnecessary part-time fix.

[1/2] While Trump campaigned on lowering prices, he just said gas prices are “not very high.” Tell that to Americans at the grocery store, where everyday staples are soaring—driven largely by his tariff taxes and unjustified war.

Medicare Advantage insurers offer advantage neither to taxpayers nor insured. taxpayers are charged about $2,660 more per enrollee than Traditional Medicare. New report finds 95% of denials for nursing facility care are overturned on appeal—showing an alarming rate of denials of necessary care.

Juneteenth started here — in Texas, in Galveston, in the communities that turned a long-overdue announcement into a lasting tradition. Today is a celebration of their resilience, but also a reminder that the work towards a more perfect union continues.

Extreme negligence has led to outbreaks of severe illness, mental health crises, and death in ICE detention centers. Millions of taxpayer dollars have gone to fund rushed construction and inhumane conditions for thousands of detainees.

Up to 2 million MORE Americans may lose access to a physician as Trump continues to sabotage the Affordable Care Act with a death by a thousand cuts strategy. Higher costs, fewer doctors, less health care. He’s working overtime to turn ObamaCare into Trump NothingCare.

Debbie Hiott has provided outstanding leadership at KUT. UT is diminished when KUT is impaired and a distinguished journalist is dismissed for encouraging the very type of nonpartisan, open discussion to which our universities should be dedicated.

Thanks to his Republican supplicants in Congress, Trump has now secured $70 billion in additional funding for ICE and CBP, giving the rogue agencies “unbridled authority to push through [his] mass deportation campaign” while guaranteeing them unprecedented and unchecked power.

Trump promised to drain the swamp. His no-bid $14.6 million taxpayer-funded ‘American Blue Flag’ reflecting pool, now algae-filled:

Saddened by the untimely passing of my friend, Josh Baer.  A great entrepreneur, he was a driving force through Capital Factory in Austin's tech story, helping make us the dynamic, international city we are today.

[1/2] After years of effort, another milestone for Waterloo Greenway with the grand opening of the Confluence. Waterloo Greenway is about honoring our shared history, protecting our natural treasures, and ensuring that as Austin grows, so too do our parks and preservation.

Trump pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists and called them "great people" who went there "with love." 97 have been charged with other crimes, including 19 cases after the pardons. Trump's attempt to rewrite history has put these dangerous criminals back on the streets, making all of us less safe.

For 14 years, DACA has protected Dreamers, immigrants brought here as children who know no other home, from deportation. They follow the law, teach in our schools, staff our hospitals, and run small businesses. Trump's ICE arrests them anyway and tells the rest to self-deport.

In another deadly Russian assault on Kyiv, dozens of innocents were killed and wounded, along with the destruction of a millennium-old Orthodox cathedral. Like other tyrants, Putin makes cultural heritage a battleground as he seeks to destroy the Ukrainian identity in his brutal war.

Despite the Trump Admin's war on renewable energy and Texas GOP obstruction, our state continues to surge ahead in solar. As the climate crisis intensifies, fossilized thinking can't deliver. Continued expansion of renewables, storage batteries and a better grid offers hope for a cleaner future.

Have you been annoyingly paying for Trump's vanity projects in Washington, DC? If you've visited a national park lately, you have. And you didn't even get a say.

Speaker Mike Johnson & GOP want to cut Social Security next year. I’ll keep working for a future that strengthens retirement security and offers better Medicare for more hardworking Americans.

I believe Senator Cornyn has accurately described what lies ahead.  The “disaster “ he describes represents my hope for a better future with some genuine checks and balances, In November, you can determine whether he is correct.

Congratulations to Dr. Allan H. MacDonald of @utaustin.bsky.social on winning the 2026 @kavliprize.bsky.social e in Nanoscience! His work launching the field of Twistronics is opening new frontiers in quantum technology. World-class science, right here in Texas. Hook 'em!

Trump promised to end Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine on day one, but over four years later, Ukrainians continue in a struggle against Russian aggression that has lasted longer than World War I. Trump weakly yields to Putin as the bloodshed continues.

Americans face the highest inflation in 3 years — driven by Trump's tariff taxes and his illegal war in Iran. Energy prices up 23.5%, gas at $4.15, real wages down. Trump’s response? "I love inflation." He caused it, he loves it, and we’re paying for it.

$1.25T in credit card debt. Delinquencies at a 15-yr high. That’s what the economy looks like for a lot of Americans right now. But Kevin Hassett points to surging credit card spending as a positive. When people are going into debt to afford groceries and rent, that’s not a boom—it’s a warning sign.

As Americans face higher prices from Trump’s tariff taxes and war in Iran, GOP once again prioritize special interests over working families. I questioned the push for new crypto tax loopholes—cutting taxes for crypto firms while raising the risk of another future taxpayer bailout.

Trump promised to lower prices. Instead, they’re rising again. New data show inflation hitting a 3-year high—driven by higher energy costs and squeezing families’ budgets. While Americans pay more at the pump and grocery store, Trump’s focus remains on lining his own pockets and political favors.

After unlawfully imposing roughly $166 billion in tariff taxes on Americans, Trump is still fighting a court order to give the money back. He took it. The courts said it was illegal. Now he’s trying to keep it.

Republicans just passed the Big Slush Act—a slush fund for more ICE cruelty and a rubber stamp on Trump’s $1.8B taxpayer-funded slush fund to reward January 6 rioters who assaulted police. My remarks opposing:

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson blames our national debt problem on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid being “mandatory spending.” He plans to put them on the chopping block next year. November’s election will determine whether working Americans maintain retirement and health security.

Despite staunch bipartisan opposition, the Trump regime continues to quietly move forward with their plan to deface our treasured Big Bend National Park. This project will cause irreversible damage to this Texas crown jewel, all while wasting billions of taxpayer $$ on something no Texan asked for.

Already having the disgraceful distinction of the most uninsured children in the country, new research shows the crisis is worsening in Texas. Thanks to draconian Republican policies, even more of our youngest children under 6 have lost access to a pediatrician and other care.

Hospitalizations, difficult treatments, paralysis, death. A few of the consequences for our children as the Trump regime promotes anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

Trump's decision to waive environmental protections in Big Bend National Park to build destructive technologies and roads will change the very face of the it. Texans across party lines oppose this project. These waivers seek to silence opposition and let Trump damage a true crown jewel of Texas.

Trump campaigned on lowering prices on Day One. Instead, grocery bills are rising and gas prices have surged—something he’s now dismissing as “peanuts.” While Trump lines his own pockets, his tariffs and reckless conflicts continue to drive up costs and squeeze working families.

Since 2021, I have offered legislation to enact nonpartisan recommendations to prevent fraud in telehealth and the ordering of unnecessary lab tests and durable equipment. Ignoring my bill, Republicans held a hearing on a new bill that makes minor reforms that have nothing to do with fraud.

Productive discussion with Deputy Speaker of Latvian Parliament, Dr. Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica on a wide range of issues. Despite outrageous Trump conduct, most Americans believe in NATO and standing by our allies in defense of freedom against war criminal Vladimir Putin.

[1/2] Seeking to avoid any responsibility for Trump‘s corrupt slush fund, Treasury Secretary Bessent quoted Einstein’s definition of insanity in refusing to answer multiple questions. Yet his evasion of our corruption inquiries today provided itself an excellent definition of deception.