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May 13 • 10 tweets • 1 min read
We reviewed the bill.
We now know the details on how they plan to cut your healthcare to pay for tax cuts for the uber-wealthy.
7 ways they are cutting healthcare 🧵👇🏼
1) Requires low-income Americans to pay to visit the doctor.
Every time they visit the doctor, they pay money.
May 12 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Congressional Republicans dropped their bill to cut healthcare for millions of Americans.
7 insane things that will happen if this passes🧵👇🏻
1. AT LEAST 13.4 million Americans would lose healthcare.
13.4 million people losing their healthcare is catastrophic. We’re talking about children, families, and seniors.
May 5 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Tens of millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare.
Congressional Republicans are working to cut nearly $1 trillion in healthcare to pay for tax cuts for the uber-wealthy…but they’re not coming right out to say that.
3 ways they’ll try to spin it.🧵📽️👇🏻
1. “Kick it to the states”
Medicaid covers 70 million Americans. The federal government pays 70% of the cost-- states cover the rest. If you "kick it to the states," they can’t make up the difference.
Translation: they’re cutting healthcare.
Apr 29 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Three words to describe the first 100 days in the Trump administration: chaotic, cruel, corrupt.
10 of the craziest things that happened in the first 100 days. 🧵📽️👇🏻
1. Indiscriminately firing hundreds of thousands of public employees.
First time ever a president has intentionally created unemployment.
Apr 25 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
A Project 2025 author recently said its implementation is going “way beyond my wildest dreams.”
Their governing document is now a reality.
8 things Trump’s done 🧵🎥👇🏼
1. They hired the authors of Project 2025.
They’ve been placed in senior roles across the government – from the FCC to Office of Management and Budget.
Apr 15 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
J.D. Vance said 40% of the people calling into the Social Security system were committing fraud.
That’s a lie and they’re using this misinformation to burn the system to the ground.
3 things you need to know 📽️🧵👇🏼
1) They’ve started by gutting staff and offices. If no one’s there to pick up the phone, then checks don’t go out.
Nearly 10,000 workers in the Social Security Administration have been fired, and they’re in the process of closing field offices across the country.
Apr 10 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
In the last 48 hours, congressional Republicans have done so much damage to Americans.
Here are the 5 truly harmful things they passed. 📽️🧵👇🏼
They passed a resolution to bring a $4.5 trillion budget to the floor.
Their budget:
➡️ Adds trillions to the debt
➡️ Cuts nearly $1 trillion in healthcare
➡️ Spends trillions on tax giveaways to Elon Musk and the uber-wealthy
Mar 25 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Obviously Waltz and Hegseth should resign – and never should have been in charge of our national security.
But this is a moment of truth for congressional Republicans. They have to take this seriously. 🧵⬇️
They need to launch a full investigation into what happened and take real actions to prevent the mishandling of classified information – including target lists and weapons packages – from ever happening again.
Feb 24 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The federal government will run out of money on March 14. Republicans, who control Congress and thus decide whether the government shuts down, will bring to the floor tomorrow arguably one of the worst budget bills ever.
Let me break it down for you, and share where I'm at.
Short answer? I’m a hard no on this bill.
Long answer 🧵👇🏻
The focus of their spending bill, which is 🤯, is on the uber-wealthy.
They plan to waste trillions on tax giveaways to Musk and other billionaire donors.
To pay for it, they’re going to add trillions to the deficit and debt AND cut nearly $1T in healthcare for children and seniors.
Absolutely 🥜s
Feb 21 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
You’re about to hear all kinds of things about a bill called the SAVE Act.
Congressional Republicans are using it as a cover to take away voting rights from thousands of Americans—all while claiming it’s about stopping non-citizens from voting.
5 things to know 🧵👇🏻
Non-citizen voting is already illegal. Non-citizens cannot vote, and if they try, they will be deported. They know that.
Feb 3 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Trump and billionaire donors have set fire to our government.
They’re going after public workers, perpetuated the largest data breach in our history, launching trade wars, halting federal funding…
Our founders wrote the Constitution for moments like this…but it requires Republicans in charge of Congress to act.
The Constitution separated powers, with Congress to serve as a check on the Presidency and Executive Branch.
Jan 28 • 17 tweets • 2 min read
The Trump administration is freezing all federal grants and loans.
This is unprecedented, dangerous, and it immediately caused panic and pain.
5 questions being asking, and the best answers we can provide at this moment:
🧵⬇️
1. Here’s what happened
Dec 21, 2024 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
The Social Security Fairness Act just passed the Senate.
This is HUGE for millions of public retirees - teachers, police officers, firefighters, etc.
This bill has been introduced in every Congress since 2001 and we got it done.
It’s a cool story. 🧵⬇️
The Social Security Fairness Act has been introduced in every Congress since the 107th.
In the 118th (this Congress), it was the most co-sponsored piece of legislation with over 300 co-sponsors in the House and over 60 in the Senate.
Dec 19, 2024 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Congress was moments away from passing a bipartisan funding agreement that would have helped our farmers, seniors, families, and small businesses – almost everybody.
Then, a billionaire & Trump said, “Nope, shut the government down.”
10 ways they just screwed you 🧵👇
1. Telehealth: Would’ve been expanded, making it easier for you to get healthcare. Not anymore.
Oct 7, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
A group of masked anti-Israel protesters assembled outside my home early Sunday morning and remained through the evening, forcing police to escort my family in and out of our house for safety.
🧵⬇️
The protesters refuse to leave, setting up tents, cots, and sleeping bags in their encampment in the road, and are spending the night harassing my family outside our home.
It's not clear if or when they will leave.
Oct 10, 2023 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
Israel is at war with Hamas, but it is more awful and complicated than just that.
As we – including those of us in Congress – work to fully understand and productively navigate what is an unprecedented and horrific moment in Israel, I hope the following facts will help. (THREAD)
The shock, confusion, & trauma in Israel are similar to what we experienced in the hours & days following the terror attacks on 9/11. Arguably worse. For Israel, the death toll has risen to more than 1K. Adjusted for population, that would be as if we lost 40K Americans on 9/11.
May 29, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Defaulting on America is not an option.
It would be catastrophic: costing millions of Americans their jobs, driving up costs on all Americans, and undermining our national security.
Now, bipartisan and pragmatic leaders in Congress must avoid default and support a budget that protects Social Security, healthcare for Americans, and benefits for veterans.
The framework must also protect the most vulnerable Americans from the awfulness of poverty.