Here are the top recipients of campaign contributions from the for-profit prison industry:
-Henry Cuellar: $146,740
-Bob Corker: $101,858
-Marsha Blackburn: $101,250
-Marco Rubio: $92,050
-Charlie Crist: $86,450
-Mitch McConnell: $84,900
Spread their shame.
The problem with public hearings is that while Mueller will pretty much just be reiterating what he already put in the report, the GOP reps will be putting on a grandstanding parade of paranoid accusations and tinfoil hattery to deflect.
Dems better be prepared.
Monopolies are driving up prescription drug prices and keeping them high. Tell @SenatorBurr to #BLOCK205 – which takes away the best tool possible to break up monopolies and bring down drug prices for patients.
Heartbreaking thread of the children our government has let die in its custody in recent months. Before this period, no child had died in USG custody in a DECADE. It doesn’t have to be his way—our government is choosing for it to be this way:
Lindsey Graham is the most powerful and glorified golf caddy in America. ⛳️ It's been a long time since we've had a Senator who's fighting on behalf of the working people of South Carolina. #AMJoy
Help #SendLindseyHome: https://t.co/Q9kA21suFq
[BREAKING] 52% of people think it’s time to REPLACE Lindsey Graham!
This is our ONE CHANCE to defeat Lindsey Graham and flip this crucial Senate seat BLUE! But it’s going to take a HUGE wave of support -- are you in?
Add your name if you’re ready to DEFEAT Lindsey Graham →
Need 2 spend time & effort on protecting ports (a recent bust of biggest load ever of cocaine coming into USA!) What actually gets thru via ports & air? We NEED immigrants 2 work in fields, sea food indust.,etc. Americans 2 lazy & 2 much pride 2 do back breaking work 4 low wages!
We’ve been waiting for six weeks for Democrats to get serious about the crisis on our southern border. The entire country can see the need for more resources, but House Democrats are more focused on picking fights with the president. So Senate Republicans are going to take action
When Democratic voters were asked about the issues they felt candidates couldn't compromise on, their #1 response was climate. Candidates should show they hear their voters. We need to tell the debate moderators - we want to hear from our candidates about climate change.
With US-Iran tensions soaring, anti-war activists with @codepink and @answercoalition are outside the White House demanding Trump step away from a confrontation by 1) ending sanctions and 2) reviving the nuclear deal.
Need 2 spend time & effort on protecting ports (a recent bust of biggest load ever of cocaine coming into USA!) What actually gets thru via ports & air? We NEED immigrants 2 work in fields, sea food indust.,etc. Americans 2 lazy & 2 much pride 2 do back breaking work 4 low wages!
We’ve been waiting for six weeks for Democrats to get serious about the crisis on our southern border. The entire country can see the need for more resources, but House Democrats are more focused on picking fights with the president. So Senate Republicans are going to take action
As president, @realDonaldTrump has made 126 trips to his own clubs. But he's not just visiting. He's creating revenue -- at least $1.6M so far, for his own private businesses.
Some of that $ came from the GOP.
Some of it came from...you.
https://t.co/CLtJlLf4Ga
BREAKING: Writer E. Jean Carroll has accused Donald Trump of violently sexually assaulting her in the mid-'90s. Her description of the incident meets the legal definition of rape
1/ As a debate rages over calling migrant detention centers “concentration camps,” it is worth revisiting reporting and writing about the conditions at these facilities. Follow this thread for more.