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James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Feb 26, 2025

Florida has zero tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 25, 2025

Title IX does not authorize the President to issue directives with the force of law

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 25, 2025

So this is the time to do your patriotic duty and say no. Lift up your voice, join in this struggle.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 25, 2025

What they all amount to when you add them all up, is Trump trying to rule this country via executive order.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 24, 2025

Withholding services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Feb 24, 2025

I have long maintained that I do not believe Mr. Glossip is innocent, but it is now an undeniable fact that he did not receive a fair trial.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Feb 24, 2025

Our justice system is greatly diminished when an individual is convicted without a fair trial, but today we can celebrate that a great injustice has been swept away.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Feb 24, 2025

Fentanyl and methamphetamine are devastating our communities, and we will not tolerate the trafficking of these deadly substances in Arizona.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Feb 24, 2025

I am pleased the high court has validated my grave concerns with how this prosecution was handled, and I am thankful we now have a fresh opportunity to see that justice is done.

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Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· Feb 23, 2025

Justice should have been delivered long ago for the heinous act of brutally beating then scalding to death a defenseless six year old boy.

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Dave Yost
@daveyost· OH· Feb 22, 2025

It’s the difference between somebody who can give a speech and somebody who can do a job.

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Dave Yost
@daveyost· OH· Feb 22, 2025

The governor of Ohio is not a consolation prize. … My concern is that what he seems to do best is to quit.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 19, 2025

This is a cowardly attempt to weaponize the law.

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Nick Brown
@nickbrown· WA· Feb 16, 2025

I am so proud of the team that put this lawsuit together. They worked long hours to draft it, took more than 100 statements from Washingtonians affected by the cruel executive order and gave a winning argument in court today.

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Nick Brown
@nickbrown· WA· Feb 16, 2025

A huge victory for Washington's youth, the trans community, parents and health care providers today when a federal judge granted our request to pause the president's illegal order blocking funding for gender-affirming care.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 14, 2025

Like a bull in a china shop, Mr. Musk is wielding an enormous amount of illegitimized power over sensitive systems and important government programs that are vital to the American way of life.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 14, 2025

DOGE's ransacking of federal agencies has sown tremendous chaos, instilled distrust among the American people, and has caused deep harm to our country.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 13, 2025

Like a bull in a china shop, Mr. Musk is wielding an enormous amount of illegitimized power over sensitive systems and important government programs that are vital to the American way of life.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 13, 2025

DOGE's ransacking of federal agencies has sown tremendous chaos, instilled distrust among the American people, and has caused deep harm to our country.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 13, 2025

Worse still, Trump installed Elon Musk at the head of that agency without vetting and Senate confirmation, and Musk has proceeded to use that unconstitutional appointment to try to cut the federal government to the bone.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 13, 2025

Donald Trump seems to think a narrow electoral victory makes him into a king. He could not be more wrong.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Feb 12, 2025

No cabinet secretary or director has the ability to just wholesale eliminate a congressionally created agency. It was created through an act of Congress. It can only be eliminated through an act of Congress.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Feb 12, 2025

We've never had a special employee of the president behave as basically a super cabinet secretary who has authority over every single agency in federal government.

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