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Following the President’s action in Iran, California’s State Threat Assessment Center is actively monitoring for any potential impacts in California. While there are no specific or credible counter threats we’re aware of at this time, we urge everyone to stay vigilant and report suspicious activity.

Republicans: committee disruptions are a crime. President: ✈️ accepting $400M luxury gift from foreign countries ✈️ Republicans:

I voted HELL NO on Frank Bisignano — Trump's disastrous pick to lead the Social Security Administration. As I said last night, Frank is a DOGE crony who wants to rubber stamp Elon Musk's illegal attacks on Americans' Social Security benefits. We will fight him at every turn.

On top of billions in cuts, Republicans want to add more red tape, AKA more paperwork, for people to get Medicaid. What happens when people can't get care through Medicaid? They go to the emergency room, which is way more expensive. Urging Republicans: No dramatic Medicaid cuts

⚡️Russian soldiers executed 3 unarmed Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk Oblast, prosecutors say. The execution of prisoners of war is a breach of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as an international crime.

Weather and climate research funds are being “chainsawed” from NOAA's budget. Last I checked, Louisiana & Florida, which are maximally susceptible to Hurricanes, voted Red in the last General Election. Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.

Native women and girls face appalling levels of violence that is often ignored. I'm proud to cosponsor the resolution designating today the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls as we work to raise awareness around this deadly epidemic.

Just got off the phone with Mrs Sicknick and just more slaps in the face with this settlement. She asked "why did my son die" (in response to all the whitewashing that is being done about January 6th) if it was a day of love, why is my son dead" Total miscarriage of justice

What did we learn this last week? Here’s one thing.

Major victory for online safety: Congress passed my bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act with Senator Cruz this week to protect victims of nonconsensual intimate images, including AI deepfakes — and ensure social media companies take those images down. Proud to get this done!

General Motors cut its profit forecast for 2025 on Thursday by more than 20% and said the Trump administration’s tariffs would increase its costs by $4 billion to $5 billion this year.

Trump is sending people off to a torture prison in El Salvador with absolutely NO due process & NO transparency. There are many people who were here legally, who have no criminal record, whose families have no idea if they're even alive. It's barbaric, and it's unconstitutional.

For how long can we trust government economic data and quarterly reports? They have been the basis of worldwide economic and financial decisions for many decades. Are we confident the Administration won’t seek to skew the data?

Ed Martin appeared on Russian state television some 150 times. Gladly contributing to Russian propaganda efforts should end his nomination to be a U.S. attorney, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes.

⚡️EU to unveil roadmap in May to end reliance on Russian fossil fuels. European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen emphasized that the roadmap, set to be announced in two weeks, will lay out concrete steps to eliminate the bloc’s reliance on energy supplies from Russia.

🇳🇱🇨🇦 Decades after WWII, the Netherlands continues to honour Canadian heroes who fought for their liberation. A testament to enduring gratitude and shared history. #WWII #Canada #Netherlands #LestWeForget www.cbc.ca/radio/dutch-...

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

Trump is a Russian Asset. This is the way the Russian security and intelligence services categorize him according to their own criteria. A Russian assets doesn’t necessarily need to be a witting assets to be run as such. www.avindman.com/p/trump-dema...

Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

On the same day Trump delivered what may go down as the most disgraceful betrayal of his presidency—pressuring Ukraine to surrender sovereign territory to Russia under the false banner of “peace”- Putin made his intentions clear: Russia isn’t preparing to end its war but preparing for the next one

An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse. It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.

Psst…people have noticed…pass it on. New CNBC poll: Confidence in Trump's handling of the U.S. economy plummets….only 37% of Americans support Trump’s handling of the economy.

Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation Repeat after me: fuck you, make me If you care about Autistic people “Fuck you, make me.”

“.. a perfect keepsake for the patriot and the savvy investor.” 🤡 @zacheverson.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Make this go viral! Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.

Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward. This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda. 🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...

"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging... "An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️ Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines. He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.

TUNE IN! I am again going to the floor of the Senate to talk about the alarming cuts to the VA and what I see as red flags from this Administration on national security. www.youtube.com/live/Lmi3UCw...

Off to another weekend of golf at the private club. Enjoy! 🇺🇸

Remember the emoluments clause? Quaint.

We are bombing over concerns the Houthi attacks on shipping. Trump’s tariffs do more damage to world supply chains than the Houthi’s ever did.

Tonight, a Democratic candidate became the first Democrat to win the county in a federal election race since 1992. A simply stunning result. Trump won FL-1 by 37 points. Republicans have easily routed Democrats in Pensacola’s Escambia County for over 30 years. Not tonight.

COMING UP: Sen. Cory Booker joins @maddow.msnbc.com for his first interview since his record-breaking Senate floor speech.

Power to the People - Corey Booker

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

I'll be on CNN at 9pm ET with Kaitlan Collins to discuss today's news of the astonishing security failure at the White House.

JD Vance should visit Bucha, where the horrors of war reveal a truth far greater than any political rhetoric: this is a battle between good and evil, writes David Junk in his op-ed.

Ukrainian Defenders of the 30th and 54th Mechanized Brigades, as well as the 80th Air Assault Brigade, repelled a heavy mechanized assault on the Siversk direction of the front. 33 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed or damaged, enemy losses in manpower amounted to 159 soldiers. Glory!