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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

it was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

That's what I hope every visitor to this center takes away from their experience.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

As you know, rising jet fuel prices are dramatically increasing travel costs for American consumers and input costs for your member airlines.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

We write in strong opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed revisions to existing federal regulations that protect our communities from toxic coal combustion residuals (CCR), or coal ash, in landfills and…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway."

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

foxnews.com
Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

At a time when government services are increasingly delivered online, weakening this rule would risk excluding millions of Americans with disabilities from full participation in civic life.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 19, 2026

“In Republicans’ extreme reconciliation bill, the American people would get nothing while ICE and Border Patrol get another $70 billion blank check—on top of the $100 billion included in Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill—without any reforms…

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