Rep. Robert Garcia: Trump has a derangement about hurting people and hurting democracy. He sent a mob to attack the Capitol to overthrow the government. He wants to round up migrants across the country. A lot of folks may say they didn't expect that from Trump, but this time we…

Republicans keep bringing up bills about freedom for refrigerators and liberty for laundry—all while trying to take freedom and liberty away from America’s woman.

Apparently they think home appliances deserve more rights than people.

Last year, Mercedes made $15.6 billion in profits, spent $8.1 billion on stock buybacks & dividends & gave its CEO an 80% raise.

It would take 2 years for a Mercedes worker in Alabama to earn what a Mercedes executive makes in 1 week. That's why they're voting to form a union.

Another interesting hearing in the Rules Committee . . .

Vice President Harris: Over the past three years, President Biden and I have invested trillions in infrastructure, clean energy, manufacturing, and supply chains. We're guided by the understanding that some communities have faced profound obstacles to acquire opportunity

More than a million displaced civilians are sheltering in Rafah, with already strained access to food, water, shelter, and medicine.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal and I led more than 50 colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to withhold certain aid ahead of the planned offensive on Rafah.

David Plouffe normalizes threats to democracy. After Obama’s 2009 inauguration, Plouffe flew to Azerbaijan, met President Ilham Aliyev (son of a KGB official/ex-leader) on eve of a referendum abolishing term limits. Aliyev still in power, horrible human rights record and corrupt.

🇺🇸 I live in the Battleground State of Wisconsin, Patriots, and ever since that dreadful day in November of 2016, we've understood our assignment.

🇺🇸 We've won and won and won.

🇺🇸 We won't let you down, America.

🇺🇸 This is Biden Country, dammit.

This week may be Biden's last meaningful opportunity to materially break with Netanyahu's conduct of the Gaza war.

Two big hinge points:

1) Rafah offensive, which Biden has long cautioned against, appears to be moving ahead

2) NSM-20 report on Israeli conduct due to Congress

Biden-Harris Campaign Co-Chair Landrieu: Donald Trump obliterated Roe. He just told TIME that he would allow states to ‘monitor’ women's pregnancies to see if they get abortions and that he doesn't care about the repercussions

What's 'our religion'? Christianity? In that case, no Jews? Or maybe the 'Judeo-Christian religion'? In that case, no Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus? Protestantism? In that case, no Catholics? Or just religion in general? In that case, no atheists or agnostics? Dangerous rhetoric.

So Trump was doing Trump Organization business while president?

THREAD: On Tuesday evening it appeared the end was finally in sight. Hamas formally accepted the ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar, and spontaneous celebrations erupted in the streets Rafah and other Palestinian towns in the Gaza Strip.

Just visited my first encampment, at Penn since I happen to be in town. Gonna do a little thread of my impressions. First, as you can see, ordinary campus life carries on around it undisturbed.

Geoff Duncan has been a stalwart in his commitment to country over party. Very glad to see this!

I've avoided commenting on college protests because they matter way less than the real horror people in Israel/Gaza are experiencing. But there are principles worth defending here, both from the extremism of the far left and the blood lust of partisans on the right. For example:

Planner of Trump’s Project 2025 calls for repealing the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote

Seems to me Plouffe is legitimizing and enabling a supporter of a coup-plotter who incited violence to overthrow American democracy. Not a good look.

⁦Anne Applebaum⁩
Her writing is simply indispensable to those of us who cherish and defend democratic values. This detailed piece is chilling in its implications. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

There’s no rule that says a Republican Biden endorser has to be an enthusiastic Biden voter or surrogate. In most ways, the reluctance will make the endorsement more persuasive. ajc.com/opinion/geoff-…