Today, I relived one of the most painful times in my life on the House floor. I shared my experience of being forced to carry my dead baby. Prohibited by law to induce labor, I carried my deceased child inside me for two months and almost died. We can't go back.
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We must protect families from unnecessary government intrusion into the most sacred decisions of our lives, and our children’s lives. Being pro-choice means taking fear and intimidation out of the equation for women no matter what choice they make.
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You snooze, you lose: tomorrow is the last day to register to vote for the January 24 Trenton runoff elections.
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This is incredibly heroic.
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Kason Thomas found: How two Black women followed their instincts and found the missing Ohio twin indystar.com/story/news/cri
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You really only have to learn about something just one time to know more about that topic than most people.
Even though that’s mathematically and logically impossible, everyone still knows it’s 100% unimpeachably true.
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Reports of a widespread machine problem in Mercer this morning. Hope resolved quickly. Be patient; do not leave the polling location without voting, even if on a provisional ballot.
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Just saw a woman drop off her mail-in ballot while carrying a baby, talking on the phone, and walking 2 (two!) dogs. If she can find the time to vote, so can you!!!
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Hey, don't want to interrupt my Democratic friends when they're engaged in their favorite sports of The Gnashing of Teeth and The Tearing of Garments, but it looks as if the Democratic Party will have the best midterm performance by a party in the White House in two decades.
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Jim Clyburn on Fox News defends comparing Trumpism to Nazism: "I've studied history all of my life. I taught history. And I'm telling you, what I see here are parallels to what the history was in this world back in the 1930s in Germany."
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Bill Clinton: "The Republicans are pretty simple, actually, and pretty straightforward. They say, 'I want you to be very miserable. And I want you to be very angry. And I want you to vote for us, and we'll make it worse, but we'll blame them.'"
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Their goal is one-party rule & they are not bothering to even dogwhistle it. Every US voter should be made familiar with this quote. (If the left had a Fox, etc. etc.)
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The violence and death is wearing on me is ways that are difficult to articulate, but very obvious to feel.
So much of it is so needless and startling. It’s hard to stay focused.
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We should talk about how last week republicans were able to manufacture an entire media narrative about a looming "red wave" by flooding the zone with astroturfed polls from right-wing polling firms.
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This man is a member of Congress. He will chair a Homeland Security subcommittee if my opponent helps Republicans take control of Congress.
I don't think his priority is fighting inflation.
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Pelosi attack stokes Congress' fears: "Somebody is going to die"
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Besides , other members of Congress, along with Supreme Court justices and other government officials, have faced violence or threats, and lawmakers have discussed legislation to make it more difficult for attackers to find their info online.
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"In the five years since Mr. Trump was elected in 2016, the number of recorded threats against members of Congress increased more than tenfold, to 9,625 in 2021, according to the Capitol Police. Many lawmakers say they live with a sense of dread ...."
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I cannot get over this. There was an assassination attempt on the Speaker of the House by the exact kind of GOP ultra-radical that sacked the Capitol two years ago, and it is RUNNING BELOW THE FOLD IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. Our news and political culture broken beyond repair.
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I don’t think presidents have much effect on crime. But if we’re going to play that game:
1. Obama left Trump with the lowest murder rate of any president since LBJ.
2. Trump was the first president in 28 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.
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Everywhere we go, people tell us they’re concerned about two things:
1. The economy
2. Crime
And everywhere we go, people know Joe Biden has no plan to fix it.
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LOOK: Missouri has no age limit to buy and carry this weaponry. The 19-year-old school gunman in St Louis had an AR-15 and 600 rounds of ammo in 30-round magazines. There’s no background check or permitting required to carry these guns loaded, in public.
This is fucking insane.
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Images of the rifle used by the shooter at CVPA
People say he had more than 600 rounds of ammunition
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Honestly, they should have taxed you double this.
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I just took an Uber from Manhattan to Philadelphia. In one hour and 45 minutes different governments charged me $140 in various tolls and taxes.
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I’m legitimately at the point of my life where I’m happy to replace a tv show with a podcast.
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Twitter do your thing
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Who’s grandma can sing ??? I need that grandma feel on my new records
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To lose a child to overdose is an unimaginable tragedy. By putting naloxone in our schools, South Jersey is ensuring that life-saving medicine is available if the unthinkable happens. If it saves even one life it will have been worth it.
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Emergency boxes containing the overdose antidote Naloxone will be installed in every Camden County school following the death of a 12-year-old died from fentanyl poisoning earlier this year. courierpostonline.com/story/news/loc
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More of this please.
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Who knew there were so many socialist Republicans in Congress.
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no matter how many times they get burned, reporters can’t stop taking Republicans at face value
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UPDATED: A month after the Oz campaign misled reporters about a "community discussion" in NW Philadelphia, which secretly featured a paid campaign aide, a community discussion in another part of the city on Thursday featured 3 of the same participants interc.pt/3yzB8WP
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Politicians and news pundits convincing people that teachers (who buy their own supplies, work hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime, and work extra jobs because they are so underpaid) are somehow selfish and evil is something I’ll never understand.
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We don’t have to define Democratic success solely in the context of Republican failures or danger.
Democrats in Washington have been extremely productive and measured in their leadership these past 2 years. I’m excited for how much more we can do if given the opportunity.
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Raphael Warnock epitomizes public service. The people of Georgia of all backgrounds should be proud to have him as their Senator.
He has earned reelection thought his temperament, hard work, and intelligence… regardless of the embarrassing disqualifications of his opponent.
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Raphael Warnock epitomizes public service. The people of Georgia of all backgrounds should be proud to have him as their Senator.
He has earned reelection thought his temperament, hard work, and intelligence… regardless of the embarrassing disqualifications of his opponent.
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What's tripping me out about the Brady/Bundchen convo is, every single argument people make about Brady staying in football is a choice Giselle already made for their family.
As global leader in her field and top earner.
Making more than Brady...
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It’s crazy to me that we debate whether Republican candidates are unacceptable because they want to throw women in jail for abortion or participated in terrorism.
but an “unacceptable” Dem candidate is someone who wants government run healthcare.
Vote Democrat. Save America.
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I’m as proud Democrat and progressive as they come, but if our party nominated an unrepentant abuser, wanton hypocrite, and clearly intellectually unfit candidate who was running against a mild and decent Republican (imagine Charlie Dent) I’d 100 percent vote R. No hesitation.
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The Republican response to the Herschel Walker domestic violence & abortion news tonight is to pray that Dr. Oz —we found out literally a few hours ago that he killed 300+ dogs—wins.
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I'd largely thought Walker could pull this off despite his baggage. I'll see what sort of response he mounts, but given text messages tonight, Georgia GOP'ers are praying for Dr. Oz to win. Walker hasn't mounted a good response to any attack, and this is brutal, probably a KO.
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I got the bug for elected office because I was a PTA mom. That was in 1992. I’m used to making noise and I’m not walking away from being a voice for my community. Thank you for the wonderful feature piece.
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We’re gonna win.
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It's time to take the House seriously, if you weren't already (even if the GOP is still favored)
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Instead of principled debates in effort to improve the bill in traditional conservative ways, increased competition, lowering costs, fiscal austerity (blah blah blah) we got death panels and racist witch doctor memes, and lies.
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Millions of Americans have been denied expanded Medicaid for more than a decade simply because Republican governors/state legislators would rather harm their residents than appear to support something Obama did. Literally no other reason. Florida, Georgia, Texas… it’s criminal.
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Think about how much time, attention, and money we collectively expended to fight over Obamacare/ACA because of bad faith Republican partisanship. Just for them to move on because they KNOW it was good. What a waste.
Washington Republicans can’t be trusted to lead anything.
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NEW: Republicans abandon Obamacare repeal
From Capitol Hill to the campaign trail, GOP lawmakers and candidates say the appetite to undo @BarackObama’s signature law has faded.
Some even praise the ACA as historic.
A stunning turnaround.
My latest 
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