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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jul 29, 2025

We, as Democrats, we want people to pay their fair share, but why are we against people being successful like that? We can’t be.

nypost.com
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 29, 2025

An immigrant from Bangladesh, he joined the NYPD to protect his city — and gave his life doing so.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 29, 2025

I don't know what to say to you to lift this pain off your heart, but I want you to know that we love you, as a city and as a state we love you.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Jul 29, 2025

At a moment when the Trump administration has made devastating cuts to foreign assistance it is disappointing that the State Department would sign off on spending money to actually destroy paid-for commodities that would save lives and are…

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Jul 29, 2025

this administration is diverting funds from the nuclear modernization budget to finance costly renovations to this plane.

msnbc.com
Mike Braun
@mikebraun· Republican · IN· Jul 29, 2025

The Obama-Biden EPA used regulations as a political tool and hurt American competitiveness without results to show for it.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 29, 2025

What I'm doing in Virginia in August is I'm going to talk about Medicaid and Medicare and SNAP.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 29, 2025

Florida got a raw deal from the reapportionment of seats after the 2020 census.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Jul 29, 2025

The more we learn about this deal, the more disturbing it becomes.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 29, 2025

I said, 'Is there anything we can do for you?' And in her broken English, she just said, 'Pray for us.'

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 29, 2025

It’s very disappointing that the Netanyahu government, not the Israeli people, but the Netanyahu government has choked off humanitarian aid since virtually the very beginning, but most brutally recently.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 28, 2025

That’s what you’re seeing is starting to occur here down at Alligator Alcatraz.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 28, 2025

For these reasons, I am through supporting the actions of the current Israeli government and will advocate—and vote—for an end to any United States support whatsoever until there is a demonstrable change in the direction of Israeli policy.

newrepublic.com
Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 28, 2025

These are folks — and a lot of them have of criminal records. But that’s what’s happening here, and I think it’s been very effective now.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 28, 2025

that tragic event cannot in turn justify the enormous toll on Palestinian civilians caused by Israel's relentless bombing campaign and its indifference to the current plight of those trapped in what's left of Gaza.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 28, 2025

Israel's actions in the conduct of the war in Gaza, especially its failure to address the unimaginable humanitarian crisis now unfolding, is an affront to human decency.

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