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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 2, 2025

Every American should be alarmed that their President has decided he can wage secret wars against anyone he calls an enemy.

theintercept.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2025

Secretary Hegseth’s restrictions on the press are part of a broader attempt by this Administration to cover up missteps, stifle independent journalism, and obscure the truth.

msnbc.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 22, 2025

American journalists are not, should not, and must not be mere stenographers for the party in power or the Pentagon itself.

msnbc.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2025

There is no evidence — none — that this strike was conducted in self-defense.

truthout.org
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 12, 2025

There is no evidence—none—that this strike was conducted in self-defense.

commondreams.org
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 4, 2025

Your independence has already been seriously compromised.

newrepublic.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Aug 8, 2025

Trump is — yet again — putting his fossil fuel megadonors first.

theblaze.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Aug 7, 2025

Trump is — yet again — putting his fossil fuel megadonors first,” he added.

nypost.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 30, 2025

Even as the lawless Emil Bove appears to have misled the committee about multiple, credible, backstopped allegations of misconduct, this body has sunk to simply being a partisan rubber stamp for President Trump.

commondreams.org
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 30, 2025

this sham, hide-the-ball confirmation process is a new low for subservient Senate Republicans.

commondreams.org
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 29, 2025

isn't over, even when subservient Senate Republicans ignore another whistleblower and shove this character through their new-low.

commondreams.org
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 17, 2025

When they’re ramrodding this very troubled, very dangerous nominee through, and blasting through committee rules as they’re doing it, that’s a bad combination.

huffpost.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 17, 2025

The thing that's particularly dangerous about it is that this is probably a test case.

commondreams.org
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 14, 2025

while I’m usually delivering fairly grim news about how the dirty deal went down, it’s founded in an optimism that when you know how the dirty deal was done, you know how to go back and undo it.

slate.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2025

The good news is that the American people hate dark money with a passion, and they hate it just as much, if not more, in districts that went for Trump as in districts that went for Biden.

motherjones.com
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2025

How do you have an issue that you win 74 [percent] to 12 [percent] and you don’t ride that horse as hard as you can?

motherjones.com