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Scott Bessent
@scottbessent· Jul 17, 2026

At President Trump’s direction, Treasury is expanding its efforts to identify organizations that abuse charitable and nonprofit structures as vehicles for illicit finance. We are examining where tax-exempt status has been exploited, where…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

Antifa militants and their comrades travel from across Europe and to the Americas to participate in each other’s attacks, to funnel propaganda and training, materials, and target information through shared encrypted channels — moving…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

Today, we face a new wave of this old evil. Here in the United States, the share of left-wing terrorist attacks and plots has risen to levels not seen in decades… Americans have seen what those numbers mean.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

Our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left. Even today, the very idea that far-left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right-wing fever dream.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

I will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missiles.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

Together we will restore faith and confidence in our country and we will be bigger, better and stronger than ever before.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

Tonight we’re publishing a series of previously classified U.S. intelligence community assessments and other reports proving that our government has long known these machines are extremely exposed to attack.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

For many years, Americans were blatantly lied to about the security of our election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines and ballot counting systems — dishonest almost all. They’re vulnerable and they’re easily compromised…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

You never know why a relationship is special. Sometimes you get along with the toughest people, like him, and sometimes you don’t get along with the weakest, most pathetic people.

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Pete Hegseth
@petehegseth· Jul 17, 2026

The modern battlefield is brutal and unrelenting. It requires and demands maximum psychological and mental readiness.

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Pete Hegseth
@petehegseth· Jul 17, 2026

This initiative, it’s not about artificial enhancement. It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.

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Pete Hegseth
@petehegseth· Jul 17, 2026

I’m authorizing a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for our service members, ensuring you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best, because it’s well-established science that as we age…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

They’re Dumocrats. Dumb. You take the ‘b’ out ― most people don’t know that dumb has a ‘b,’ OK?

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

That’s a fake word that they use. They caused the affordability problem. It’s called high prices.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

And I keep hearing about the influence other people have. I don’t know. How come I’m No. 1 if they have so much influence? There’s your number, so I think we have influence, too.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

But here’s the only problem. I’m No. 1 on TikTok. Can you believe it? I’m No. 1. Look as those numbers.

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Karoline Leavitt
@karolineleavitt· Republican · NH· Jul 17, 2026

The president will be making a very important announcement with respect to the integrity of our elections.

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