Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible)
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Farmers deserved affordable fuel in the first place instead of a retroactive check. The USDA payout will help (if it materializes) but they're rightfully pissed they need a payout at all.
They’re tired of this dancing around the real solution: Ending the war.
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A man who kills civilians, every day, is a "humanitarian" ? Who kidnaps children? Who authorizes soldiers to use torture and rape?
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff just told Putin he is a humanitarian.
This is completely fucking insane.
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The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin for crimes against children in 2023.
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Of course, we are not losing this war. But we are losing people. Because of the Russian attacks, we're losing people and time. It's such a pity, because our children don't have a real life and childhood. Not only children, but all people. That's why we need to end this war as quickly as possible. I hope that our partners, Americans and Europeans, will help us. God bless, our strong soldiers stay strong on the battlefield. It helps me stay strong during any kind of negotiations.
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Either the President was lying or Musk was lying, but the decision to slow down satellite speed and access has life or death consequences for Ukraine.
This deserves a full investigation by the Senate. Elon Musk should be compelled to testify before Congress and under oath.
National security decisions should be made in our national security interests, and not based on the personal whim of an unstable executive.
Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
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LOL -- Trump announces a women's health task force to be led by ... ... ... RFK Jr
Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor from White Bear Lake made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation during the Iran War. Her husband Joey showed immense courage when he faced the Vice President and directly asked how failures at the highest levels of leadership could have led to his wife’s death. Vance’s lackluster defense and claims that he hasn’t heard about any failures dishonors the sacrifice the Amor family has made.
He is second in line to the Presidency, one heartbeat away from being Commander in Chief. It is his job to be plugged in and know what is happening in this war and any reports of failing leadership, especially when many of those accounts are public. Soldiers have gone on record saying the Pentagon didn’t take Iranian threats to the port where Amor was killed seriously. Hundreds of service members have been injured, many gravely, and dozens killed. These families deserve real answers, not a deflection.
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Most Americans blame Trump for the rising cost of gas, groceries, health care, and more.
They are right.
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Your record-high costs are a small price to pay, says the guy who made $2.2 billion off of the presidency last year.
1) Nvidia donates $25M for Trump’s ballroom
2) Trump lets Nvidia sell AI computer chips to China
3) China uses the chips to build out their AI infrastructure
4) Rs demand more data centers to compete with China
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JUST IN: A hot inflation report. Inflation jumped back up to 3.7% (y/y) in September, the highest rate since May. The spike was largely driven by rising gas and diesel prices. Higher airfares and used car prices also triggered the 0.6% monthly gain (biggest since May).
Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, climbed to 2.6% -->This was worse than expected and up from 2.4% in August.
The big problem = Inflation rose 3.7% in the past year, wiping out 3% average wage gains.
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gas was $2.94/gal before the first strikes in february. it’s $4.33 today. hormuz was wide open in january. i’ll let you connect the dots
I think people don't really always think about this, but AI companies are at risk of creating a massive financial bubble and have yet to prove they can make the profits to back it up. We need to be prepared for what happens if it pops. Americans should not be forced to pay the price for their risky bets with a taxpayer-funded bailout.
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Trump announces that two countries who have been in a major war have agreed to a ceasefire.
Ukraine said they had no idea what he was talking about.
Russia said they agreed to nothing.
Trump has taken a blowtorch to any credibility the US has built over two centuries.
I’m outraged by this attack on Representative Omar. Trump and his DOJ have a bizarre obsession with tearing down Minnesota, our leaders and our communities. This latest action, even as voting has already started in Minnesota, is a transparent attempt to interfere in our elections.
This is their corrupt playbook: Use all the powers of the federal government to attack our leaders. Deploy an out of control, violent federal police force to invade our communities and kill and injure Minnesotans. Launch baseless and hateful attacks on the Somali community. And feed Trump’s longstanding obsession with Representative Omar.
Minnesota won’t stand for it. – at Minneapolis, MN