Linda Murray

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[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

The U.S. government just made a land deal with the world's first trillionaire. Not a sale. A trade.

Because apparently that's how we do things now.

715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge - built by Congress in 1979 to protect one of the most biodiverse wildlife corridors left in North America - handed to SpaceX.

Endangered ocelots. Aplomado falcons. Piping plovers. Land the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas has called sacred since long before there was a United States.

SpaceX built a rocket launch site next door. Then came the explosions. Concrete and metal hurled six miles across refuge land. A 2024 study found that after one launch, every single monitored shorebird nest near the site suffered egg damage or loss. The Fish and Wildlife Service's response was not enforcement. It was a land swap.

FOIA documents show internal planning for this transfer started as early as April 2025 - while Musk was running DOGE and threatening to fire federal workers who didn't justify their jobs to him. The agency developed what they called "the most expedited schedule possible" to get it done.

Part of what's being handed over includes the Palmito Ranch Battlefield - the site of the last battle of the Civil War. A National Historic Landmark. Once transferred, SpaceX can restrict public access whenever they want.

25,000+ people submitted public comments. Most opposed the deal. The government moved forward anyway.

A coalition of tribal and conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit this week to stop it. Because someone has to.

Why are we cutting real estate deals with a trillionaire when we could have just made him pay for it?

#DemsUnited

[Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand]

Republicans want to CUT your Social Security. The best way to fight back? A Democratic Senate majority.

Join us.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Your daily reminder that Medicare for All would save $650 billion and 68,000 lives each and every year, per CBO and the Yale School of Public Health.

[Jo Mannies @jmannies]

Fyi...Sad news for many elderly and low-income Missourians in pain.

[Progress MO @ProgressMO]

Amendment 5, the Everything Tax, means new taxes on essential meds and health services just to give millionaires another tax handout.

[Linda Murray @lmurraybailey]

@RachelBitecofer Forever Helmet Hair!

[Tim Hogan 浩勤 @TimInHonolulu]

Dems have to stop putting all the blame for our surrender to Iran on Trump. Put it on blast for every GOP House member and the twenty or so GOP Senators running in November.

[Linda Murray @lmurraybailey]

@SpeakerJohnson More of your lies. You cannot be trusted.

[Linda Murray @lmurraybailey]

@CalltoActivism He looks really unhealthy!

[St. Louis Metropolitan Police @SLMPD]

65-year-old Carolyn Adams has not been heard from by family since June 5, 2026. Adams was last observed wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, white T-shirt, pants and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information on Adam’s whereabouts is asked to contact the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at 314-444-5301. If you see her, call 911. #STL #SLMPD

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Trump’s administration has barred the IRS from even looking at his past returns.

Teachers, nurses, and firefighters all pay what they owe.

Why does the President of the United States get a special tax deal?

[Linda Murray @lmurraybailey]

@kylegriffin1 I'll celebrate when he's gone from the Oval Office. At the present I'm being energized by so many visitors discovering the real America!

[RYAN @ExitVelo314]

Missouri 5th amendment to end the income tax is a scam. I'm glad to see so many people on both sides of the aisle recognizing how harmful it really is. If it passes, sales tax will be absolutely brutal.

[WellmanForMO @WellmanForMO]

Workers are rallying behind Wellman.

We're proud to announce endorsements from the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers and the Communications Workers of America Local 6300.

They join a growing coalition that already includes the Missouri AFL-CIO, the St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council, IBEW Local 1, Teamsters Joint Council 13, SMART Local 36, and more. Together, they're sending a clear message: working people are ready for new leadership in #MO02.

#UnionStrong #TeamWellman #StLouis @FPWellman

[Progress MO @ProgressMO]

'Republicans, in Missouri and at the federal level, have somehow made “small government, less regulation, less red tape” their brand. The truth is they are all about red tape. They will go to the mat to impose as much red tape as possible. They will spend endless legislative time, dollars and political capital to impose more red tape.

This is because red tape is effective. Republicans want those of us who don’t have all our documents together and are short on time to spend as much work and money as possible to exercise our basic rights.'

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Elon Musk is being given 715 acres of land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. A lawsuit has been filed by numerous Conservation groups. They say it violates laws that are protecting refuges and harms endangered species. It’s on a National Historic Landmark.

[Pramila Jayapal @PramilaJayapal]

The insurance industry does not want you to know this:

Medicare for All would cover everyone. It would cost most families less than what they pay right now. It would eliminate the bureaucratic nightmare that wastes billions of dollars every year. Money that could go toward actual care.

The only people who lose under Medicare for All are the executives pocketing billions while denying your claims.

That is exactly why they fight it. And exactly why we have to fight harder.

[Arkansas Times @ArkTimes]

The opportunity for public comment closes today on a new rule that would force libraries to either block kids from accessing info on puberty and sex ed or lose state funding. The rule violates the First Amendment, the ACLU of Arkansas says.
https://t.co/Y179OvZWri

[NancyH @NancyH_60]

One Brit’s honest take on America & Americans 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
It honestly baffles me how Americans get such a bad rap. All I see is proud people who genuinely love their country and can’t wait to show it off. The support, the invites, the kindness — I’m completely overwhelmed in the best way.
Thank you America! 🤍
Who else has experienced this warmth? Drop your stories below! 👇

[Orlando Guerreiro 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 @orlandoguerreir]

Trump ataca Lewis Hamilton — e recebe uma resposta contundente…. Donald Trump chamou Lewis Hamilton de “um insulto ao esporte” porque o heptacampeão é “extremamente progressista” e acredita que não devemos discriminar com base no gênero…. Infelizmente ele escolheu a pessoa errada…. Em um local histórico, Lewis Hamilton não apenas respondeu com veemência — ele fez um discurso moral…. “O presidente dos Estados Unidos acabou de dizer que eu insultei o espírito da competição”, começou Lewis Hamilton…. “Querem saber o que insulta a humanidade? Tirar o acesso à saúde dos doentes enquanto se cortam impostos para bilionários.”…. “Sabem o que insulta a humanidade?”, continuou ele…. “Deportar estrangeiros e separar bebês de suas mães.”….
“Sabe o que insulta a humanidade? Bombardear crianças inocentes em idade escolar no Irã e enviar nossos bravos homens e mulheres para morrer em mais uma guerra sem fim… Acobertar os arquivos de Epstein e depois se recusar a processar uma única pessoa envolvida.”…. Lewis Hamilton — que foi atacado por Trump por apoiar pessoas transgênero e afirmar que “todas as crianças são uma dádiva para este mundo” — mudou completamente o discurso…. Em vez de recuar, ele fundamentou sua mensagem nos próprios valores que Trump tentou usar como arma…. “Eu não sou uma pessoa perfeita”, disse ele…. “Mas me esforço todos os dias para usar minha plataforma em prol daqueles que não a têm.”…. “Somos ensinados a amar o nosso próximo como a nós mesmos… Conseguimos imaginar a guerra em um mundo perfeito? Conseguimos imaginar o preconceito em um mundo perfeito? Conseguimos imaginar a pobreza em um mundo perfeito? Então por que toleramos essas coisas na Terra?”