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[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Tear gas and pepper spraying children is unacceptable. Period. 

We cannot accept this level of barbaric cruelty as normal. The agents responsible for harming kids must be held accountable for these heinous actions. 
https://t.co/btLbJAm0Mb

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

I met with kids in Yakima who rely on housing and homelessness programs to keep a roof over their heads.

Trump tried to cut these programs by HALF. I said no–and even increased that funding. Let’s build more housing for our kids, not a ballroom for Trump.

[Covie @covie_93]

So, trump called a female reporter a bitch and the other reporters just.....stood there???

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The Russians want Ukraine’s permission to hold their parade – so they can safely take to the square for an hour once a year, and then go back to killing *our* people and waging war. The Russians are already talking about strikes after May 9. A strange and certainly twisted logic from the Russian leadership.

There are also messages from some states close to Russia that their representatives intend to be in Moscow. An odd desire at a time like this. We do not recommend it.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Trump wants massive funding cuts for the Hanford cleanup, which would mean pointless delays and drive up costs even more.

Not on my watch.

Workers have made incredible progress turning nuclear waste into glass. I won’t let Trump threaten our environment and our future.

[UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom]

-@Harborview clinicians say The @Pitt is so medically accurate it can feel too real after a shift.
Dr. Arvin Akhavan, Nick Escobar & Dr. Jacqueline Chipkin say it captures the tough, not-always-clear mental health calls. https://t.co/NOsTpLxjWq
via The Seattle Times @harborviewmc @UWMedicine @uwdeptofemergency

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great talking to Stephen and the inspiring young people we’ve worked with at the @ObamaFoundation on the @ColbertLateShow.

When the Obama Presidential Center opens this June 19, my hope is that this will be a place where people can come together to meet, learn, and work with each other to create change in their communities. Learn more at https://t.co/ahkDMKalIn.

[UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom]

Long COVID can affect both body and mind. @UWRehabMed's Dr. Lindsey Knowles says coordinated care, routine screening and tailored therapies can help: https://t.co/dwpfaSfk9T @UWMedicine

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

The Fifth Circuit's ruling to limit access to medication abortion was a political decision by a few extremist judges.

SCOTUS paused that ruling—now Congressional Democrats are arguing what the science always made clear: mifepristone is safe & effective.

[UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom]

Dr. Sarah Prager @UWashOBGYN discusses abortion pill mifepristone and telemedicine abortions with @KristenBDigital and Andrea Rice for @Healthline:
https://t.co/Uy58Uz08ZM
@UWMedicine

[barbaraclements @barbaraclements]

Goldfinches! #BirdsSeenIn2026

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Firefighters and nurses don’t get to hide their money in a trust fund and skip out on paying their taxes—billionaires shouldn’t get to either.

My new bill would close tax loopholes for billionaires with more than $50 million in dynasty trusts. https://t.co/Ui0GAhZcR2

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

REMINDER: Republicans had every opportunity to save the ACA tax credits. They chose not to.

They’ve found plenty of money to fund Trump’s war in the Middle East, but they won’t spend a cent on health care for Americans. https://t.co/ijZFqwJeMV

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

You wake up, unzip your tent, and find bear tracks leading straight to your campsite. 😲

A backpacking photographer captured this moment in Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska.

Photo courtesy of Matt Meisenheimer

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Yesterday, there was rather unusual activity along sections of the Ukraine–Belarus border – on the Belarusian side. We are closely documenting everything and keeping the situation under control. If necessary, we will react.

Ukraine is ready to defend its people and its sovereignty. Everyone who is being drawn into any aggressive actions against Ukraine must understand this.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't.

This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop.

I have no intention of letting this stand.

[Attorney General Nick Brown @AGOWA]

Attorney General Nick Brown released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court gutting the 1965 Voting Rights Act in today’s Louisiana v. Callais decision.

“Passed after generations of delay, denial, and indignity, the 1965 Voting Rights Act was justice for oppressed and brutalized Americans who kept faith in their country’s promise. Today, the Supreme Court has disregarded that sacrifice, dismissed the truth, and revoked the law’s promise to future generations.

“Just last month, I stood at the site of Bloody Sunday in Selma, where, as the nation watched in horror 61 years ago, hundreds of peaceful voting rights advocates suffered the full effect of rights denied. Just five months later, Congress passed this miracle legislation into law.

“We must work as the tragic implications of the Callais decision loom for so many. It will take the same fearless, focused, and righteous spirit of prior generations to halt this backward spiral. My office will continue to do everything we can to protect Washingtonians’ civil and constitutional rights.

“The message 60 years ago is the same now: We shall overcome.”

[UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom]

Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana @uwpediatrics discusses the @US_FDA analysis of infant formula safety with @nytimes @alicegcallahan.
https://t.co/HBershZ130
@UWMedicine

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Linda McMahon fired half the staff at the Office for Civil Rights—the people who handle cases of sexual harassment & assault against students.

Know how many cases have been resolved since then?

Neither did she. But you'd think the Secretary of Education could count to ZERO.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

How come they didn’t need a $400B ballroom, add their names to the Kennedy Center or to enrich their families by $9B off the their presidencies?