To be abundantly clear: we did not change the rigorous standard for becoming a certified air traffic controller. Those claiming otherwise are mistaken or lying.
We did increase funding & training, and grew the ATC workforce after years of declining numbers, including under Trump.
If you want to start with waste, start with Elon’s defense contracts at the Pentagon.
In fact, we should start with transparency around defense contracts in general, which take up an enormous sum of public funds.
But they won’t do that, will they?
In the wake of the wildfires in Los Angeles, we have seen heroic acts from our firefighters, first responders, and Angelenos taking extraordinary action to help neighbors and strangers in need. Yesterday, I stopped by to thank volunteers and firefighters for everything they do.
On January 6th, Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards was knocked unconscious after being beaten by Trump's angry mob. Donald Trump just pardoned the traitors who attacked her.
RETWEET if you stand with Officer Edwards against the GOP!
As a former LEO and member of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Police Benevolent Association, I am waiting for America's law enforcement unions to condemn the pardons of violent offenders who assaulted police officers on January 6th. "Back the Blue."
Trash everywhere. Doors and windows smashed and breached. Cops viciously attacked. Feces smeared on the walls of our national symbol. I was there on January 6. One of the last people on the House Floor. It was a disgrace.
Pardoning the traitors and terrorists who did it is an endorsement of political violence and rioting.
This is not what America voted for.
This is why I will always ride with my man @DouglasEmhoff !!!
We aren’t Ted Cruz… you won’t disrespect our families and then expect us to smile in your damn face!
Neo-Nazi, white supremacist and violent rightist fringe groups are amplifying and celebrating Musk's Nazi salute from last night. Combined with yesterday's pardoning of hundreds of rioters, the last 24 hours have been a gift to those who trade in political violence.
I just talked to the family of Officer Brian Sicknick, who was killed on Jan 6. He grew up in NJ, served his nation, but was assaulted and killed. His assailants sentenced to prison until pardoned by Trump. Let us lift up Sicknick’s name and memory: THREAD
🚨 BREAKING: @DouglasEmhoff reportedly confronted Bruce Fischer, the husband of Senator Deb Fischer, during the inauguration.
Emhoff pointedly asked Fischer, “Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?”
This came after Fischer had declined to shake Vice President Harris's hand but attempted to greet Emhoff.
Hell yes!
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Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges, and makes drinking water safer.
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
Written right there in the Constitution.
The President cannot change that with the stroke of a pen.
No number of pardons or lies will change what happened on January 6. Donald Trump can’t change history. It was domestic terrorism, it was treason, plain and simple.
Kamala Harris just arrived back in LA and the first thing she did was stop to help at a World Central Kitchen that is serving food to families who have been impacted by the wildfires. She’s a real leader.
This is what we could’ve had, America.
🚨NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans have released the proposed Trump Tax Cuts, which include a tax increase on single parents, taxing college scholarships for students, and raising taxes for homeowners.
RETWEET to let the American people know what they voted for!
Florida school library bans “The Hills We Climb," the poem written & read by Amanda Gorman at Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Ron DeSantis & Donald Trump don't want you to hear this poem, so I'm posting it here. Pass it on.
Bob Graham Education Center — a K-8 school located in Miami Lakes — has banned student from reading or checking out the following books.
They said the reason included references of, "indirect hate messages," critical race theory, gender ideology & indoctrination.
1. The Hills We Climb
2. Cuban Kids
3. Countries in the News Cuba
4. Love to Langston
5. The ABCs of Black History
Ironically, the controversy led to a surge in sales for Amanda Gorman's writing. "The Hills We Climb" hit #1 on the Amazon Best Seller list.
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