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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 31, 2026

ICE is answerable to the American public whose trust in the agency has eroded: over half of Americans have little to no confidence in the agency and over half believe it uses excessive force.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 31, 2026

That is not a safety feature, it is a liability shield. These devices are designed to leave no trace—an ‘invisible partner’ according to Compliant Technologies—even when the force is unjustified or violates the Fourth Amendment.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 31, 2026

The manufacturer’s user manual warns that these electric shock weapons can cause sudden death or serious injury, along with physiological changes that increase the risk of elevated blood pressure, changes in blood chemistry, increased…

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

American service members deserve better and the American people deserve better.

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Mark Takano
@marktakano· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

We are here because the work that began 63 years ago is unfinished.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

I am thinking a lot these days about the final unraveling of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

We need to reckon with our Christian privilege problem, our Bible-sized blind spot when it comes to just speaking without fear or favour about this movement that poses as Christian.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

I give her huge credit for standing up to Trump at a time when almost no other Republicans would do it. That courage was very real, but she also did the country a huge disservice with her Christian privilege.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

I truly believed January 6 would be the wake-up call our country needed to confront this movement to understand it and to hold it to account.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

We must rigorously examine whether our policies, training, tactics, supervision and accountability systems are sufficient.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Aug 30, 2026

People who experience behavioral or mental health crises often do not receive the proper care they desperately need. Without it, they can deteriorate into behavior that can result in severe injury or death.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Aug 30, 2026

Meta has agreed to make massive transformations that will reduce the risk of harm from its platforms — and will do it within months.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

Extending this constitutional protection to private individuals — who hold no official government position, take no oath to support the Constitution, and are exempt from federal ethics and record-keeping laws — fundamentally distorts the…

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

This is a failed war from a failed president. American service members deserve better and the American people deserve better.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

Six months into Donald Trump’s unauthorized war against Iran, American families are less safe and paying the price through rising costs and their taxpayer dollars funding Trump’s reckless whims.

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Mark Takano
@marktakano· Democratic · CA· Aug 29, 2026

Let’s finish the assignment, make Dr. King’s dream a reality, and fulfill the promise of a better America.

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