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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 8, 2025

The context is entirely different. The time is different. The president is different. I don’t see supporting anything that accelerates this president’s project to dismantle our government.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 8, 2025

JD ‘I don’t give a shit’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?

newrepublic.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 7, 2025

we should have a foreign policy based on humanity

nypost.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 7, 2025

They’re afraid of Mamdani becoming an example of what can happen all over this country

nypost.com
Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 7, 2025

Nobody's pressured me or ever called me on it. I sort of speak my mind. And these are long-standing beliefs for me.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 7, 2025

I find it hard to understand how the major Democratic leaders of New York state are not supporting the Democratic candidate.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 7, 2025

This is not normal, Margaret. This is not acceptable behavior.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 7, 2025

Let's make it clear, the president of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation.

cbsnews.com
Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 7, 2025

I think he's renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War.

cbsnews.com
Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 7, 2025

It would be an illegal order to declare war on major city, any city, within the United States by the president of the United States.

cbsnews.com
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 7, 2025

The corporate media is fundamentally corrupt.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 7, 2025

All the doubt over vaccines is – there might be some doubt coming from those who don't want you to take a vaccine, but quite a bit of doubt is coming from the establishment that I believe is authoritarian in nature.

cbsnews.com
Mike Crapo
@mikecrapo· Republican · ID· Sep 7, 2025

President Trump and Secretary Kennedy have made a steadfast commitment to make America healthy again.

cbsnews.com
John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Sep 7, 2025

I worry that … with the churning in personnel, it makes things more challenging for the Trump administration.

thehill.com
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 7, 2025

You have to be careful when you say people don’t need to be vaccinated. You have some vaccines that just work.

cnn.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 7, 2025

If a candidate started at 2% in the polls, gets 50,000 volunteers, creates enormous excitement, gets young people involved in the political process, gets nontraditional voters to vote, Democratic leaders would be jumping up and down!

commondreams.org
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 7, 2025

The dress was great. The dress was a Monica Lewinsky–type dress. Then when they found out there was nothing on the dress, so we wanted the dress, and the judge said ‘nope.’ We’re not gonna let you show it.

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