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[Drew Savicki @DrewSav]

Incredible few weeks for Trump’s political operation

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

If Majority Leader Thune wants to shut down this $2 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund, he and his Republican colleagues could do so in a heartbeat. After all, Congress does have the power of the purse.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

That is the cowards lesson. The real lesson is that if you take a stand for something you know to be right and just you should keep fighting, not retreat. You need to go down brawling for what’s right. You lose your senate seat either way, but you keep your integrity.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Baby boomer generation has had 5 Presidents. 6 counting Biden (he’s a borderline)

Xers: zero

Maybe we try something else

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender.

AOC: It’s not a secret the disdain Ted Cruz has for people who work working-class jobs. It’s not a secret what he thinks of the waitresses, the line cooks—he thinks we’re less than him. He thinks that because he has a Harvard degree and has never scrubbed a table that it makes him better than someone who has actually had to work for a living.

I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Trump's approval rating is in the low 30s. He couldn't bully Paxton out of TXSen. He lost a massive referendum in Virginia. Republicans haven't won a single special election. He's getting dog walked in Iran negotiations. Nice wins in the Indiana state senate primary tho.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

I’m sorry, I was reliably told this was going to be privately funded.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Charlamagne tha God: “People always say are we going to tone down the violent rhetoric towards Trump. Stop it. I’m sick of that narrative. I need every single media personality to direct that question to one person and that is Donald Trump. At what point do people simply say hey Trump, you’re the drama?”

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Quick point. We have had 4 baby boomer presidents. 5 if you count Biden, who is right on the edge. We’ve had ZERO Gen X. We went from almost no debt, to almost 40 trillion. That generation has left us with a debt we can never repay.

The GOP boomers were so angry at “immigrants” and brainwashed by @foxnews they elected the worst president again (GOP primary and general) instead of relinquishing power to Gen X.

It’s time we pass the torch.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—

AOC: Wah wah wah.

We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. Republicans have fought for partisan gerrymanders across the United States of America. And these are the rules that they have set.

And so if the Republican Party wanted to start this, they did this in North Carolina. They drew out three Democratic members of Congress in North Carolina. They did it in Texas.

What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over, doesn’t fight, and takes everything sitting down. And what they’re mad at right now is that we are here in a new day. And we have been asking the Democratic Party to stand up and fight, and now they did—and now the Republican Party doesn’t like the fact that they are fighting against someone who actually will stand up for the American people.

So if Republicans decide that they would like to revisit a ban on partisan gerrymandering, I welcome them. We have the bill right here to end this all today. But they don’t want to, because they like pursuing and continuing to enact an unfair electoral landscape. And so we have an obligation to defend ourselves.

[bee gee three @beegeethree]

Another example of the moronic behavior of this administration and the FBI director in particular. You honestly can't believe how stupid these people are day in and day out.

[Carol Leonnig @CarolLeonnig]

NEW -- The FBI director fired a dozen members of an FBI counter-espionage team with a speciality in tracking Iran threats. Not the best time: when Trump last bombed Iran, it spawned several Iranian plots here to kill Trump https://t.co/7OdebjLVpI

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

My having been a waitress makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you’ve swung from your whole career.

Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@jamestalarico: I've had a lot of interviews with national media. No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. No one's asked me about the cost of prescription drugs. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.

The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. Undocumented people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.

Trans people aren't taking away our healthcare. Undocumented people aren't defunding our schools. It's the billionaires and their puppet politicians.

[Sen. Elissa Slotkin @SenatorSlotkin]

Today, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attempted to persuade a Grand Jury to indict me. This was in response to me organizing a 90-second video that simply quoted the law. Pirro did this at the direction of President Trump, who said repeatedly that I should be investigated, arrested, and hanged for sedition.

Today, it was a grand jury of anonymous American citizens who upheld the rule of law and determined this case should not proceed. Hopefully, this ends this politicized investigation for good.

But today wasn’t just an embarrassing day for the Administration. It was another sad day for our country.

Because whether or not Pirro succeeded is not the point. It's that President Trump continues to weaponize our justice system against his perceived enemies. It’s the kind of thing you see in a foreign country, not in the United States we know and love.

No matter what President Trump and Pirro continue to do with this case, tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

This is an outrageous abuse of power by Donald Trump and his lackies. It wasn’t enough for Pete Hegseth to censure me and threaten to demote me, now it appears they tried to have me charged with a crime — all because of something I said that they didn’t like. That’s not the way things work in America.

Donald Trump wants every American to be too scared to speak out against him. The most patriotic thing any of us can do is not back down.

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Trump launched his political ascent by saying the first Black president was born in Africa and lots of people still act like its controversial to point out his racism.

[Eric Schultz @EricSchultz]

tells you everything you need to know about DC journalists when a beltway reporter goes into business with flack who assaulted press freedoms at every turn: banned news outlets, berated reporters for doing their jobs, and attacked accurate coverage when evidence contradicted him.

[Geoff Duncan @GeoffDuncanGA]

My journey to becoming a Democrat started well before Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election in Georgia.

My decision was centered around my daily struggle to love my neighbor, as a Republican.

https://t.co/1SPSRzUlYo

[bee gee three @beegeethree]

Rip. The best.

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Eileen Fulton Dies: 'As The World Turns' Star Was 91 https://t.co/bHJoKfYAgg

[This Week @ThisWeekABC]

“This is a shameful act by our Congress and by our president that is going to set our country back.”

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers criticized the GOP megabill, saying it makes him “embarrassed for my country.”

https://t.co/7GFWpqylee