Matt Kent

(he/him)

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

An emphatic answer from Rep Becca Balint (D-VT) when @PabloReports asked her thoughts on House GOP leadership abruptly cancelling remainder of another week of votes

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

The Slaughter case, overturning precedent, returns us to a spoils system where a president can “clean house” every four years, destroying our professional, independent civil service.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Americans were promised that having fewer airlines would produce a more reliable, efficient, and affordable system.

It has done the opposite.

[𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚌𝚑 @RebeccaBeitsch]

.@RepRaskin out with a backronym for the ages, planning to force a vote on the "No Corrupt Agreements Requiring Taxpayer Expenditures Benefitting Lawbreakers and Assorted Non-Prosecution Covenants, Handouts, and Emoluments Act" aka NO CARTE BLANCHE Act.

https://t.co/whC2kShd0n

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

"Americans were promised that consolidation would produce a more reliable, efficient, and affordable aviation system. It has done the opposite."

MUST WATCH: @RepBeccaB on how deregulation and consolidation have crushed airline competition⬇️

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

8D Chess

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

This is yet another step in the Trump admin's campaign to silence dissent in our country. Mohsen Mahdawi is a lawful permanent resident whose constitutional rights must be protected.

This is why I stood with @RepDeborahRoss to introduce the Land of the Free Act - the Constitution guarantees all people within our borders the right to due process and freedom of speech.

I will continue to stand with Mohsen throughout this absurd legal saga. https://t.co/erit27bz6y

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

We've got fewer choices, we've got higher costs.

We’ve got services that used to be free, and now they all come with a fee.

It’s time for Congress to get serious about antitrust enforcement and come in clutch for sports fans in Vermont and across the country.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

AI deepfake videos make candidates appear to say things they never said. We’ve seen that in Kentucky, Texas and now in Vermont.

These outrageous lies are a direct threat to democracy.

Congress needs to act NOW.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

The accusations against the @splcenter are absurd.

This THIRD hearing on the topic was clearly part of a broader effort built on a pathetic, blind loyalty to Donald Trump.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

As the chair of the @USProgressives End Corporate Greed Task Force, I was grateful to participate in a panel on taxing billionaires this weekend at @Netroots_Nation.

Thanks to my fellow panelists for a great conversation and to the folks in our audience for joining.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

In Vermont, we took common sense actions to combat gun violence.

Now, across the country, we must do everything we can to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people while also addressing the root causes of this crisis holistically.

[Stephen Richer @stephen_richer]

Sure. You'd just need to:

1) Forge her signature (commit a felony).

2) Hope your forgery is sufficiently accurate

3) Hope that she (intended voter) doesn't call election office and ask about why she never got a ballot (in which case that mail ballot would be deactivated, and it would be investigated if returned)

4) Hope that she doesn't send back a replacement ballot or show up to vote in person (in which case the same as #3 would happen).

But more importantly, instead of showing us a picture of a mail ballot (which could just be from anywhere and is not evidence of material fraud), why don't you answer:

Where are the mass arrests? Trump has been in office for 18 months now. And there have been lots of ambitious Republican prosecutors and sheriffs in office for 6 years since the 2020 election.

And together they've scraped up a handful of individual voters. A few noncitizens vote. A few people voting in multiple jurisdictions.

Hundreds of thousands of hours have been searching. And yet...

What you have is, at best, evidence of a clerical error that yielded no harm.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Due process protects all of us, not just the accused.

This administration has tried to play judge, jury, and sometimes executioner – killing Americans like Renee Good and Alex Pretti and bombing boats in the Caribbean without verification.

They can’t be trusted.

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

Celebrating Pride Month and the many voices, stories, and experiences that make Birdland stronger 🧡

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Yes, this settlement is complete and total madness. And these people won’t be able to escape accountability forever.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Future generations will ask us where we stood, what we said, what we did when we had these platforms. They will ask us if we bowed down to a tyrant, to a bigot, to a man who spreads hate.

I know where I stand.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

In just 11 days, a movement came together to oust Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez for their predatory behavior.

It didn't happen because the system worked - it didn't work. It happened because a group of strong women got together to make change when the system didn't.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

The thing about Republicans’ baseless accusations is that there’s no reason for the SPLC to manufacture hate.

Donald Trump and his administration do that on their own.

[Rep. Becca Balint @RepBeccaB]

Let's be clear about what happened here: Trump went through this whole charade just so he could get a $1.8 billion, taxpayer-funded slush fund to dole out to his lawbreaking friends, potentially including January 6th insurrectionists.

Corruption plain and simple.