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This president endangers lives.

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

WTF. This is so dangerous. Please stop calling for the killing of your political opponents. Some of us have already had our colleagues assassinated by far right extremists. Some of us were on his list. Stop. Just stop.

Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble. A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments. We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.

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I am really furious about this.

Seems like a massive deal to the state economy, to just destroy our THC beverage market According to one estimate, it's a $200 million/year business! www.politico.com/news/2024/07... For comparison, "snow activities contributed $238 million to MN's economy in 2023" mn.gov/deed/newscen...

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

"This could take down Democrats, too." I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office. Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.

Same, Chris. Same.

The passage of the bill to end the shutdown included a provision that will likely kill the low-dose hemp edible and beverage industry that Minnesota pioneered over the last 3 years. $200 million dollar industry, thousands of jobs, and hundreds of businesses gone. What a travesty.

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

I am so furious right now. AGs across the country fought to get SNAP benefits. Federal workers suffered with weeks of no pay. Millions of people showed up to protest Trump. Democrats showed up in record numbers at the polls to say 'we've got your back!' And you caved for literally nothing.

How tone deaf can you be? What an absolute embarrassment. People will literally die because of this. Since you can't lead, get out of the way for someone who can.

Yep.

This capitulation to Trump is nothing short of a betrayal to the Americans who will lose their healthcare as prices skyrocket. Since we're getting nothing else out of this travesty, we sure as shit better get a new minority leader.

Can we finally put to bed the idea that we should be meek and "safe" and run to the middle?? Universal (or at the very least, affordable) childcare and healthcare. Housing that fits our families and our budgets. Trans rights. Repro rights. Free and fair elections. And oh yeah, hope and joy.

With tonight's results strongly favoring Dems, cue a bunch of bullshit anti-election orders from Trump in 3, 2, 1....

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

Women, trans folks, and POC in our armed forces have fought hard to have even a small amount of protection from bigotry, sexism, and sexual assault at their workplace. Hegseth just told them he won't protect them, while sounding the dog whistle to tell predators they can have at it. Shameful.

Pushing right wing trolls to female democrat lawmakers social media pages to threaten them is despicable. We will continue our work to pass gun violence prevention legislation, but we shouldn't have to do it in terror for ourselves and our friends. You won't take our political will to do this work.

"We are the leaders we've been waiting for." I strongly believe we should have a special session to ban assault weapons, binary triggers, and high capacity magazines. And we should institute a buy back program for people who have those weapons.

Exactly right. Equity, accountability, agency... these do not equal "hating" or "roadblocks" unless all you want is entitlement.

The cost of housing is rising, and too many Minnesotans are being priced out of homeownership. As federal housing aid is cut and costs increase, the Housing budget we passed today takes critical steps to ensure every Minnesotan can find or keep a safe, stable place to call home. #mnleg

We passed the Housing Finance and Policy bill off the Senate floor today with bipartisan support. Now it just needs to pass the House and be signed by the Governor.

What could possibly go wrong? We should be spending zero dollars of taxpayers' money on data centers. Unregulated AI is not a positive for humanity.

I'm proud to be a co-signer of this letter, and horrified we even had to write it. Every Senator who voted to confirm RFK is complicit in this bigoted, anti-science, ableist agenda. Folks with autism, you are loved. You are worthy. You belong here.

The Jungle was published just over 120 years ago

In a world full of crap news, find a moment of joy. I choose to find joy in an article about potentially cool space shit. I find even more joy in the fact that the article was shared by one of my absolute favorite sci-fi authors, @scalzi.com. He's a great follow, too. Read Old Man's War.

THIS. We are in a different world, and if we can't get our shit together, our party will be complicit in the downfall of American democracy. This is a moment to do what is morally right. I believe people will support that with their votes, but if I'm wrong, so be it. I'd rather lose than comply.

Join us Monday night for a town hall to share your concerns and fight back! iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/E...

Trying to keep up with all the awful shit Trump and his lackeys do is exhausting. This week has felt like 3 years, and we still have their favorite day of the week to do horrible things left. Get some rest, friends. We've got work to do. Also, wtf, dems who voted for the SAVE Act. WTAF.

We are legally obligated to balance the budget. The committee I chair (housing) has a 2 year budget of $165M. We cannot absorb the cost if Trump cuts rental assistance that over 20,000 MN families rely on. We will have an overnight homelessness crisis.

Yay. Another way people will die from these shitty policies. The hits just keep on coming.

The courts will not save us.

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

Thank you to everyone who came to our town hall today! Always appreciate the engagement!

My brilliant colleague with an explanation of what DOGE/Musk/Trump are doing to our government that every parent will understand.

This is how you cut social security while saying you aren't cutting social security.

No. I'm not willing to throw away our trans and LGBTQ brothers and sisters for expediency. If we deny other people's humanity, we've lost our own.

Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk. Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

Thank you for having me! It's time we say #YesToHomes!

This is unacceptable, and I am with Chair Fateh in doing everything possible to protect our students.

Just a reminder that it's opening day for the Twins. So we'll be able to get a dose of joy and heartbreak in a more regular format for the next 7 months.

There is too much chaos for government workers right now. We should be providing stability, communication, and partnership. I hope we can bring workers and their unions to the table.

This is devastating news for so many people hoping for treatment. Myself included.

My statement on the arrest of Sen Eichorn: I am horrified by the allegations against Justin Eichorn. If these charges are true, this is not a person who should hold power over anyone or be allowed to interact with the young people who visit the Capitol every day. 1/

This is why science matters. It can save lives. It can cure diseases that cause immeasurable pain. It can make lives better. This might not get as much press because because it doesn't directly affect white people, but this is a really big deal.