Rebecca Bailey

mom, librarian, Jeopardy! silver-medalist, liberal activist, clarinetist, verbivore, Red Sox fan, kid-at-heart. she/her/hers

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Threatening allies while refusing to lower health care premiums and turning Midwestern cities into battle zones... Americans don't want this and don't have to accept it.

We must use the tool that has been working in more and more situations over the past year: intense political pressure, especially on elected Republicans, to change their behavior.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Change has never been easy. It takes persistence and determination, and requires all of us to speak out and stand up for what we believe in. As we honor Dr. King today, let’s draw strength from his example, and do our part to build on his legacy.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

George Conway: “Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all”

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

No one should lose their sense of outrage about what is happening to our country. This is an effort to create an autocratic state. It's that plain.

Trump is threatening to imprison the Chairman of Federal Reserve simply because he won't enact the rate policy Trump wants.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

James Talarico: “The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich. That’s exactly what we’re seeing with Elon Musk become the first trillionaire. This is a spiritual sickness. What leads a person to accumulate more money than they could possibly spend in a hundred lifetimes when we have people starving in this one?”

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.

When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Neither Netflix nor the Paramount/Trump/Saudi Arabia group should own Warner Bros. Both deals are absurd - terrible for consumers and democracy.

This is a story about corruption - Trump using government power to screw consumers and gain control of the media. A red alert moment.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Leah and her husband had to shut down their business and lay off 46 people because of the weak economy. And then they got the devastating news of their premiums going sky high.

This is just one story of thousands. The GOP health care cuts are about real people, not politics.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters.

Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.

Your voice is more powerful than threats from a weakening, unpopular president. If they hear enough from you now, legislators may still do the right thing.

Hoosiers, call today and tell them to vote no: 317-232-9400.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Congratulations on your re-election, Mayor Wu – the best mayor in America. You proved once more that Boston can’t be bought and won’t be bullied.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.

Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.

Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to https://t.co/NKXRGNgbZX.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Gavin Newsom, without blinking:

“He wants a Nobel Peace Prize while deploying Marines against his own people?”

Trump didn’t bring peace — he brought the battlefield home.

He sent U.S. troops into U.S. cities.

Ponder on that for a moment.

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS just issued a joint statement: "We join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press."

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

President Trump is meeting with the President of Argentina instead of meeting with Congressional leaders to end the shutdown and prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing.

$20 billion for Argentina, but no $ for Americans' health care?