Fmr. State Rep. for Savage/NW Burnsville. Science, law, and healthcare enthusiast. When working people join together, we can achieve anything. He/him. MS2.
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NEW: The @nytimes confirms that ICE deliberately electronically "disappeared" tens of thousands of people in detention and ordered contractors to refuse to reveal where they're held to family or lawyers.
30% of all immigrants detained in ICE jails now have their location hidden.
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NEW: Sen. Chris Van Hollen is now open to a run against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Van Hollen has "received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode," according to a person familiar w/ his thinking around leadership
"The door is not shut," the person added
Van Hollen is a leading progressive & has said he needs commitments from Schumer before agreeing to support him for another term as leader. The Maryland Democrat has also been eyeing a presidential run
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Thank you to every volunteer who knocked doors, made calls, walked in parades, and showed up for our ticket. Because of you, we have the opportunity to bring Minnesotans together and move our state forward.
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As an immediate first step to Medicare for All, the new Democratic Congress must lower the Medicare eligibility age to 55, cover all kids & expand Medicare for dental, vision & hearing.
All of this can be passed with 51 votes in the Senate through reconciliation. Let’s do it.
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Minnesotans will always stand up for our neighbors. During Operation Metro Surge, we blew whistles, packed meals, & marched in −20 weather. On Nov. 3, we voted for those who couldn't - and we turned out historic numbers.
Minnesota, I'm so grateful to be in this fight with you.
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66% want Medicare for All
61% want a billionaire wealth tax
57% want a $20/hour minimum wage
63% want a data center moratorium
58% want to end military aid to Israel
73% want to ban super PACs
79% want a 10% credit card interest rate cap
No more excuses. Democrats must deliver.
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DEMOCRATS MUST DELIVER
Trumpism grew out of the failure of the Democratic Party to stand with working families. That cannot continue. At a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality and declining faith in democracy, Democrats MUST deliver. No excuses.
- Medicare for All
- A $20-an-hour minimum wage
- The PRO Act
- A wealth tax on billionaires, which would pay for universal childcare, free public colleges and universities, and a massive housing program
- An AI data center moratorium
- Bringing ICE under control and comprehensive immigration reform
- REAL campaign finance reform
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Minnesota, even when you weren’t safe, even when it would have been easier to stay silent, you stood up. You protected your neighbors, made your voices heard, and made sure the world saw the cruelty of ICE.
And this week, we saw just how much you inspired the nation. You protected democracy.
I love you, Minnesota.
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Kids shouldn’t be dying of preventable infectious diseases.
A sixth person in Pennsylvania has died with measles, state health officials said Wednesday.
Read more: abcnews.link/SiR4Q09
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Matt Little proved you can run a progressive, people-powered campaign in a swing district and win. I’m looking forward to Matt bringing his energy, his humor, and his honesty to the halls of Congress.
Well done, @LittleCongress.
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Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan calls for new leadership of Senate Democrats minnesotareformer.com/2026/1…
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Keith Ellison: "Donald Trump demanded we turn on our Somali neighbors, and we said 'no way, never!' He demanded that we turn on our immigrant and refugee neighbors, and we say, 'no way, never!' He demanded that we turn on our trans neighbors, and we said 'absolutely not' ... tonight, we showed up for each other again."
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FUN FACT: Federal officials who willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, or destroy federal records can face up to three years in prison under 18 U.S.C. § 2071(b).
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Texas Tribune: Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson says he won’t sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills to Texas
Current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued multiple out-of-state doctors for illegally mailing abortion pills, which abortion advocates say has chilled access.
texastribune.org/2026/11/04/…
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Yes. This!
Van Hollen tells me Democrats should not commit to voting for Schumer or anyone else for leader without getting commitments for a bold agenda bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Talarico is 37
Ossoff is 39
Kiros is 29
El Sayed is 42
Forstag is 32
Andrews is 46
Rutinel is 31
Sand is 44
This is a new generation of Democrats.
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Blue wave was so big Alabama just elected a trans woman.
BIG news out of Alabama, as Allison Montgomery has become the first ever openly transgender state legislator in Alabama history!
She flipped the Trump+5 #HD25 on the west side of Huntsville
