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Josh Stein
@joshstein· NC· Aug 20, 2025

If you have not evacuated, make sure you batten down the hatches.

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Josh Stein
@joshstein· NC· Aug 20, 2025

I want to emphasize the importance of taking this storm seriously, because it’s a serious storm and conditions can deteriorate quickly.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

The state Health Department must conduct an independent probe because the city can’t investigate itself.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

Confidence in government is paramount, and New Yorkers deserve to know if the City followed its own rules to prevent this deadly outbreak.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today we are also going to be painting it black.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Aug 20, 2025

But given Director Gabbard's track record of politicizing intelligence – including her decision just yesterday to revoke security clearances from career national security officials – I have no confidence that she is the right person to…

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Josh Stein
@joshstein· NC· Aug 20, 2025

It is just too easy for salacious, really dramatic stories to take root and then and spread like wildfire, even in a hurricane, because that's what people click on.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Aug 20, 2025

Sen. Mark Warner acknowledged broad, bipartisan agreement that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is in need of thoughtful reform.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here when something is painted black it gets even warmer and it will make it even harder for people to climb. So we are going to be…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

The border wall will look very different based on the topography and the geography of where it is built.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

The last time we confronted a Legionnaires’ outbreak of this scale, we not only moved heaven and earth to stop it, we put in place tough new protocols to prevent it from happening again.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 20, 2025

DONALD (TINY HANDS), HAS WRITTEN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY THIS MORNING—UNFORTUNATELY (LOW IQ) HE SPELLED IT WRONG—‘BETA,’

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

A sustained investment to make sure that our attractions are top notch, that our facilities are first rate, that sends a message that this is a place of significance and importance.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

For all those outside New York who think New York is just a bunch of skyscrapers, welcome to the rest of the state.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Aug 20, 2025

Great to see the PGA Tour returning to Miami next year for an event at the Blue Monster course at Trump Doral.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

Thanks to Governor Pillen for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

Not only are we going to go from vanilla and chocolate, drumroll, we’re introducing strawberry.

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