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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2026

Vote-by-mail is safe and secure. Trump himself voted by mail just last month. He knows he’s failing the American people, so he’s doing everything he can to rig the midterms.

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

The whistleblower’s allegations make clear that USPS lacks the technical or operational capability needed to effectively implement the EO’s provisions in a way that safeguards every citizen’s right to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Sep 4, 2026

We cannot allow this administration to shred patients’ hopes of new, lifesaving cures and treatments so that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth can secretively fund their own priorities in defiance of Congress.

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Lloyd Doggett
@lloyddoggett· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 2026

The IRS should never be a weapon to punish a president's political enemies.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Sep 4, 2026

Organizations should never face IRS scrutiny because political officials disapprove of their views.

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Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Sep 4, 2026

Your administration just killed a 6-year-old boy and at least 4 other people at a family wedding in Iran. Sounds like war to me.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Sep 4, 2026

As if canceling lifesaving medical research and clinical trials and firing cancer researchers en masse were not bad enough, the Trump administration is now trying to rob NIH of billions of dollars that Congress provided for medical…

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Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

Circumventing Congress to divert money intended to help Americans who are exposed to HIV, influenza, tuberculosis, and other deadly diseases—and directing those funds to the Department of Defense—is beyond the pale.

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Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

This secretive attempt to siphon research funds away from NIH is outrageous. The interagency agreement needs to be terminated immediately.

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Greg Casar
@gregcasar· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 2026

If we allow Artificial Superintelligence to be built, it could risk the security, freedom, and lives of Americans.

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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Sep 4, 2026

There may be some things to codify that are contained in that settlement, so it doesn’t just apply to Meta, it applies to all platforms.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Sep 4, 2026

“The midterms will be “about one thing and one thing only,” he continued. “Do you want to continue in the same direction of Trump, or do you want to slow this train down? And I think clearly people want to slow it down.”

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Sep 4, 2026

Let people know about it. You’re not gonna come up with any better news that’s gonna excite and irritate and turn out more Democrats.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Sep 4, 2026

The stupidest shit I hear is we shouldn’t give them platforms.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Sep 4, 2026

People are really angry at Trump, and meantime, he’s spending all of his time on, you know, gilded bathrooms and turning the Reflecting Pool into the ‘strait of warm ooze,’ and scrawling his name on the Kennedy Center, and ripping off the…

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Sep 4, 2026

I was on the road for nine days. I did not see a single MAGA hat or a single MAGA sign anywhere, and I was in mostly rural districts.

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