Republicans and President Trump continue to deny workers and unions the rights they deserve.
Growing up in a Union household, I was proud to support legislation that will help strengthen worker protections and ensure employers can’t delay or undermine workers’ abilities to secure a union contract.
The interim score is this:
1. Iran blinked first.
2. Israel checked the Iranian attempt to restrict Israeli freedom of action against Hezbollah. This, despite reported discrepancies between the US and Israel. Very important as we move forward.
3. Iran failed to hit Israeli targets, and suffered a few hits on military targets, as it remains exposed and vulnerable to @IAFsite.
4. Iran gained valuable strategic currency and insight, since it is quite apparent that the US is desperate for a deal. Even a VERY BAD and humiliating one.
5. The @IDF does not yet have a tactical solution for optic FPV drones, and Hezbollah will likely aspire to continue to exploit that, which will fuel more fighting and Israeli strikes all over Lebanon. See #2.
6. The US still hasn’t come to the conclusion that it’s strategically vital to free the Hormuz Strait, and the Iranian regime is banking on that misjudgment to continue.
7. Israel continues to bleed diplomatic currency while it gains military achievements.
Moving forward, I believe Israel will make a point of striking Hezbollah military targets in Beirut if Hezbollah continues to attack northern Israel. Not good news for Hezbollah or Iran, but good for the Lebanese state and Israel.
This episode seems to have been concluded, but all sides are learning, evaluating and assessing.
Thank you to all who fought and sacrificed in freedoms defense all those years ago. Incredible footage here. Blessed that both my uncles survived and will never forget the over 400,000 who did not come home.
Thousands of American heroes died on D-Day to defend freedom and defeat fascism.
Pete Hegseth should honor and respect their memory.
Not politicize their ultimate sacrifice.
May God Bless the Greatest Generation on D-Day and every day.
This Shabbat is one of uncertainty. While Israel and Lebanon attempt to push for peace and a ceasefire, Hezbollah has no regard for the grounds and people they put in the crossfire.
Tonight, I am thinking about the civilians who hope to go to bed with no disruption. I hope for a better day, a day that moves the people of Israel and Lebanon to peace and coexistence.
Shabbat shalom.
@lizzo@blakeflayton You are with out question, one of the most talented female recording and live artists that the world has seen in a generation. Stay strong. Stay well. Keep the faith. #yourespecial
I’m fighting to hold the DOJ accountable and for the release of ALL the Epstein Files.
The perpetrators of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes must be brought to justice.
@RepNikkiB and I just toured the Ste. Genevieve County Jail, which is being used as an ICE detention center. People deserve so much better than how they’re being treated at these facilities.
On Memorial Day and every day, we must keep working to build a world made possible by the courage of our men and women in uniform and our veterans and worthy of our heroes' sacrifice. -NP
On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. I’ll always be grateful to our fallen heroes and their families, whose sacrifice reminds us of what it means to live for something greater than ourselves.
Generation after generation, men and women put on the uniform knowing the risk — and went anyway knowing they might not come home. Knowing their families would carry that for the rest of their lives.
To the families still carrying that weight — I see you. The pain doesn’t go away, but neither does the pride.
Freedom has never been guaranteed. It has to be earned, defended, and sometimes paid for in the hardest way imaginable. Today on Memorial Day, we stop, we slow down, and we remember those who did.
We honor them.
We thank them.
And we work hard to live up to what they died for. Keep the democracy they believed in worth believing in. That is the ultimate tribute for their sacrifice.
Memorial Day is an essential reminder that our 250-year-old democracy is a treasure worth protecting. We owe it to the sacrifice of those who gave what President Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” to not only honor them, but to renew our commitment to the republic for which they stood.
Such an honor to host my second annual Congressional Art Competition, and was absolutely blown away by the talent of these students.
Big congrats to Kaylynn Ellis, a senior at Hazelwood West High School, who won 1st place with her oil painting depicting (and titled):
"The Tulsa Race Massacre."
Thank you to Kaylynn and all of the students who participated in this year’s competition for sharing your amazing talent with us!