It should not be like this.
Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
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It should not be like this.
What civilian needs a gun that fires 116 rounds that quickly
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“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.” — Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
There are 400 million guns in this country. More guns than people. In America, we are ten times more likely to be shot in a school or playground than any other developed nation.
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Even when it’s hard to find hope, I will keep working on it.
Please send all of your prayers and strength to the doctors, nurses and hospital staff caring for these children and the families in those waiting rooms. All of Minnesota is with you ❤️
My heart is breaking for my beloved Minneapolis.
My staff and I are monitoring the situation at Annunciation Catholic School. I’m grateful for the quick response of law enforcement as we continue to gather information. It’s the first week of school. These kids should not be fearing for their lives.
Moose’s time to shine!
An ear of corn was $3 before Trump’s trade war. Now it’s $5. Just an observation!
To whoever screamed “LOOK! IT’S SENATOR WHAT’S HER FACE!” at the State Fair, I hope you have an incredible day 😂
Does raspberry beer soft serve ice cream count as drinking on the job? Asking for a friend…
Made it to God’s Country
Let me put this in their own words:
Remember when he said he’d lower prices on day one? Yeah me too.
We are going to see unheard of levels of spin after today’s inflation report – and they are going to do something unfathomably insane to try and wrestle media attention away from it.
Add this to the LONG list of reasons why they’re desperately trying to talk about anything BESIDES the economy.
Installing a crank economist to only publish favorable or distorted data on the economy (inflation, jobs numbers, etc.) Textbook authoritarianism – mum from my GOP colleagues.
4D CHESS! ARE WE TIRED OF WINNING?!
WHAT THE HECK IS IN THOSE FILES?!
Many VA employees are veterans themselves. Canceling their union contracts is not only insulting to their service, but it’s going to make the quality of care for our veterans worse. These men and women made incredible sacrifices for our country. This is not how we repay them.
"I lied to Americans to get re-elected!" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The Epstein distraction effort is going extraterrestrial
Reminder that insurrectionists attacked police officers on January 6th and Trump pardoned every one of them. This one wanted to go after the officer he attacked.
A version of this happened under Obam—oh it was Nixon. That makes more sense
Ah so Trump did this intentionally?
Heard we’re discussing re-drawing districts so I wanted to drop an idea
Is this where they’re going to store the Epstein files?
Under 5 U.S.C §2954, HSGAC has the unique authority to request information from any executive agency that falls within our Committee’s oversight jurisdiction. We are using that authority to request the Epstein files from AG Bondi. The American people deserve transparency.
I hear about this all the time from constituents. People are repulsed by the inhumanity of this and how innocent people are being targeted when they are just trying to figure out how to get just a little bit of food – literally starving to death. I stand firmly against that.
Civilians in Gaza have been turned into a weapon of war in a way that is despicable. The point of this letter and the point of what many of us have been doing for months is to put pressure on the Netanyahu government to change their policy.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is untenable. Netanyahu needs to take responsibility to solve this problem instead of continually pushing the blame off on others. The hostages need to be returned. We need an end to the fighting.
This administration is saying the quiet part out loud: they want to dismantle social security.
“I get to give $350B to whoever I want”
Medicare and Medicaid provide life-saving health insurance to the folks who need it. Millions of Americans are better off, but Republicans brazenly gutted that care to cater to their rich friends and big corporations who'll never know what it's like to struggle. Shame on them.
60 years ago today, Medicaid and Medicare transformed health care in America. Today, the GOP is rolling back access to care to pad the pockets of the wealthy few. We won't stand by while they make care less affordable and our families less healthy. You deserve better.
The laws of war don’t just apply when it’s convenient. Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. But Netanyahu doesn’t get a pass. He is responsible for the pervasive starvation and famine, which is morally repugnant. Feed Gaza.
If Trump were actually the strong-man he pretends to be, he'd tell Netanyahu to allow the food to flow, so innocent Palestinian children don't die of starvation. Talking about how sad this is in between rounds at his golf course in Scotland is weak beyond words. Feed Gaza.
I’m prepared to help in any way I can.
I've been in touch with Mayor Carter and am monitoring the situation in St. Paul. A coordinated, malicious attack on one of Minnesota’s biggest cities is disruptive, but I’m grateful to Governor Walz and Mayor Carter for their leadership, and to all the experts working to get to the bottom of this.
Years of painstaking work finally paid off. Democrats and Republicans alike agreed that we need to address the housing crisis in this country. Next stop: Senate floor.
Not to mention they’re doing this a few weeks before school starts.
“Privilege” is quite the word choice
How aggressively will Democrats seize on Trump's greatest PR disaster to date, considering it could take down powerful members of her own party? Did Epstein really kill himself? Where's the best ice cream in Minnesota? We ask Smith all that and more.
24 million women rely on Medicaid to access basic health care. Routine physicals, maternal and postpartum care, birth control, childbirth, cancer screenings. Republicans have sacrificed their health to make a handful of billionaires richer.
A convicted sex offender open to pardoning a convicted child sex trafficker…
A Tennessee woman was denied prenatal care by her doctor because she is "unwed." Let's be clear: the Republican agenda is not pro-life or pro-family. If it were, pregnant women wouldn't be forced to flee their home states to get basic prenatal care.
WHAAAAT? They lied? Seems so unlike them…
Sounds like they need to… release the Epstein files.
Food and water should never be politicized. Netanyahu's disregard for civilian life is appalling. The near-total blockade of food and aid into Gaza must end – innocent children are being starved.
Nothing about this is “routine.” The President of the United States was involved with a sex offender.
No way… you’re kidding! That’s crazy…
Fork found in kitchen. www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
Trump's cruelty knows no bounds. This is a violation of basic human dignity.
Epstein files are real but also they’re not but they’re on Pam Bondi’s desk and we’re going to release them but we also can’t (even though we promised we would) and let's talk about someone else because this is really inconvenient for us and even our own supporters are furious
30 years of public service is no small feat - advocating for farmers, veterans, and working families in Buffalo and across the state. Senator Anderson will be remembered as a fighter for the state he loved. May his memory be a blessing.
Per my previous email…
I’m confused. Trump says the Epstein files are a hoax. But they’re on AG Bondi’s desk for review. Also, they don’t exist. And if they did exist, they were written by Barack Obama.
The “most transparent administration in history” is shutting down a branch of government early because that’s how badly they don’t want to release the Epstein files.
Jim Parsons slams Donald Trump for removing LGBTQ+ specialising counselors from the 988 Suicide lifeline: “It is only hurtful and it feels like it’s only being done in order to make a point — we’re getting rid of this because we want to make sure certain people understand they’re not welcome here.”
Amy’s right. Republicans are rewarding states for creating more waste and committing more fraud.
Has anyone checked Mar-A-Lago for the Epstein files? Heard he likes to keep sensitive documents there...
With a clean bill of health, I’m ready to get back to work fighting for Minnesotans.
What’s that old saying? A donut a day keeps the doctor away? 🍩🤭 In all seriousness, an immense, heartfelt thank you to everyone for the well wishes, and a special thanks to my incredible care team at George Washington University Hospital.
Out of an abundance of caution, they are keeping her overnight for observation. She expects to be back at work very soon.
A NOTE FROM SENATOR SMITH'S STAFF -- While at work at the Capitol today, Sen. Smith started to not feel well. She went to the Capitol physician who recommended she undergo more thorough examination at GW hospital.
Unbelievable. Just days after the tragic flooding in Texas, NOAA is demanding that public TV stations remove equipment from towers that is critical for these stations to send weather alerts. Trump’s ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives.
From lifesaving weather and news alerts to educational programming for children, public broadcasting keeps our communities safe and informed. That’s what President Trump wants to take away from Americans.
Let’s not forget that the prosecutor who gave Epstein a secret sweetheart deal back in 2007 — allowing Epstein to continue assaulting girls — was rewarded by Trump with a cabinet spot. Alex Acosta gave Epstein immunity.
Republicans are calling one of these “propaganda.” You’ll never guess which one.
America is literally burning a million pounds of food at taxpayer expense so Trump doesn’t have to give it to hungry kids across the world.
Not remembering he appointed Powell himself is kind of a perfect encapsulation of how poorly thought out and stupid this move is.
Trump’s going to fire Jay Powell but also he isn’t going to fire Jay Powell… The same way the Epstein files were real, but now they’re not, even though they were on Pam Bondi’s desk…
Hey MAGA — he’s calling you stupid
Forcing institutions to fire nutrition and health educators seems like a strange way to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ no?
Once again... he's spiraling.
Trump calls the Epstein scandal “bullshit” and says he no longer wants the support of “weaklings” who care about it
Release the Epstein files.
Just so I’m clear… he’s introducing a bill….to repeal the bill… he voted for….two weeks ago?
Republicans just unanimously voted to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
Not a single House Republican voted in favor of releasing the Epstein files. Not one.
Yeah he's spiraling
ART OF THE DEAL! 4D CHESS! ARE WE TIRED OF WINNING?
Do we think he’ll: A) Blame Biden/Dems B) Blame the “Deep State” C) Pivot to something else D) All of the above
The Epstein files don’t exist… but also they were on Pam Bondi’s desk... but we aren’t releasing them because again, they’re not real... but if they were real, Obama/Biden/Clinton wrote them.
BREAKING (the futures of a lot of young learners)
Have we learned NOTHING!!
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Economic genius Donald Trump explains how he comes up with tariff rates
Time to wake up — and fight.
Getting Kristi Noem to do her job instead of photo ops