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HR3884
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.
Introduced in House
HRES429
Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2025, as "Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day".
Submitted in House
https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/429
MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: In a defeat that has left #MAGA STUNNED, #Democrat John Ewing Jr. has just won the mayoral race in deep red Omaha, Nebraska, defeating twelve-year #GOP incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert.
This makes him the first Black mayor in the history of the city.
More:
Omaha was the sixth-largest Republican-led city in the nation.
Notice I said was.
This spells disaster for #Republicans in the midterms.
Who will replace #CarlaHayden as Librarian of Congress?
Donald #Trump just nominated #ToddBlanche.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-library-congress-todd-blanche-carla-hayden-cc2154fa8644a5c29d196e505e4faa51
Blanche is a lawyer, not a librarian, and defended Trump against charges of falsifying business records. That's the trial in which Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies.
Blanche has also defended Rudolph Giuliani and Paul Manafort.
In 2023 Blanche was a registered #Democrat in New York, and in 2024 became a registered #Republican in Florida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche
President Donald Trump's onetime defense attorney has…
AP News#Baraka, 55, is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NewJersey. Kabir Moss, a spox for Baraka's campaign, confirmed the #arrest at the facility #DelaneyHall.
At least 3 #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center, acc/to a post from Rep #BonnieWatsonColeman.
…The mayor's admin filed a lawsuit in late March to block the opening of the #Newark #immigrant #detention facility, arguing its operators failed to obtain the proper permits & violated city code.
WTAF?????
#Newark Mayor #RasBaraka #arrested for alleged trespass at #NewJersey #ICE detention facility
Mayor #Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a US #Immigration & Customs Enforcement #detention center in his city.
"He has been taken into custody," #AlinaHabba, a fmr defense attorney for #Trump.
Baraka is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NJ.
At least 3 US #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center.
#law #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/newark-mayor-arrested-baraka-ice.html
She was fired in a two-sentence email from Trent Morse, the deputy director of White House personnel, acc/to a screenshot released by Senator Martin Heinrich of NM, the top #Democrat on the #Appropriations Subcommittee on the #Legislative Branch.
“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately,”the email said, without citing a cause. “Thank you for your service.”
She accuses #Harvard of admitting students who are contemptuous of America, chastises it for hiring fmr blue-city mayors #BilldeBlasio & #LoriLightfoot to teach leadership(“like hiring the captain of the Titanic to teach navigation”),questions the necessity of its remedial-math pgrm (“Why is it, we ask, that Harvard has to teach simple & basic mathematics?”), & accuses its board chair, Penny #Pritzker (“a #Democrat operative”), of driving the #university to financial ruin, among many complaints.
Another South #Florida #Democrat, Rep #FredericaWilson, said in a tweet that she was "heartbroken & furious" to learn of Blaise's death. She called on members of #Congress to visit #ICE facilities for themselves to increase oversight of the #Trump admin's #immigration policies.
"How many more stories do we have to hear of immigrants being mistreated at these black hole detention centers?" she wrote. "When are we going to get answers?"
Rep. #GerryConnolly, the top #Democrat on the #House #Oversight & Government Reform Committee, will step down from his leadership post on the panel & will not run for reelection.
The #Virginia Democrat, whose constituency includes many #FederalWorkers, cited the return of his esophageal #cancer — first diagnosed in late 2024 — as the reason for his planned departure.
#USpol
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/28/congress/connolly-to-step-down-as-top-oversight-dem-00312360
#Durbin …has also forged close relationships w/some #Republicans, including Sen #ChuckGrassley of Iowa, who has been chairman of the #Judiciary Cmte in periods when Durbin was the top #Democrat.
The two pushed a #criminal #justice overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into #law by #Trump during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.
#Illinois #Democrat Senator #DickDurbin, No.2 #Senate Dem & a leading #liberal voice, to retire after 44 years in #Congress
#Durbin retiring will fundamentally reshape how #immigration is debated in the Senate. For decades, he's played a leading role in shaping immigration policy (he was behind the first push for the Dream Act over 20 years ago).
#law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick-durbin-retires-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6F0C39E6-2591-4197-B6F2-1F78E333F509
Senator Richard J. Durbin’s departure will set off…
The New York Times
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so we don't sideline them
by "we" i don't mean this notion of an omnipotent #democrat centrist grip on the party. that doesn't exist. they're weak
by "we" i mean us who are going to mob #primaries2026
right?
are you listening out there?
#bernie and #aoc own the future of the #democratic party
whoever opposes this only delays the inevitable
*but*
if you don't fucking show up in the #primaries you fucking inert motherfuckers, it doesn't happen either
[17:57] Trump slams 'weak' judges as deportation row intensifies
The clash over President Donald Trump's bid to exercise unprecedented powers in deporting migrants deepened as he again bashed the judiciary, while a top Democrat warned the country was "closer and closer" to a constitutional crisis.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0420/1508615-trump-judges/
#DonaldTrump #Democrat
Sen #VanHollen said Thurs night he had met in San Salvador w/ #KilmarAbregoGarcia, the Maryland man whose wrongful #deportation to #ElSalvador has become a flashpoint in the #immigration debate & fueled a standoff between the #Trump admin & #judiciary.
Van Hollen, a MD #Democrat & a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte, shared a photo of the 2 men speaking Thurs night, hours after he was denied entry to #CECOT where #AbregoGarcia is being held.
#law #DueProcess
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/senator-chris-van-hollen-el-salvador-prison.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=28B38BF0-0CB9-4C44-985F-201A7177FD8D
Earlier in the day, armed military officials stopped…
The New York TimesHR2945
To address the homelessness and housing crises, to move toward the goal of providing for a home for all Americans, and for other purposes.
Introduced in House
FYI #Maryland #Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen will be on the #RachelMaddow Show #TRMS tonight.
In the video linked above ↑ #VanHollen said he asked the VP of #ElSalvador why the Salvadoran govt continues to hold #KilmarAbregoGarcia despite the fact that he has not been charged with any crime & there’s NO EVIDENCE that he’s MS-13.
Sen Van Hollen said, “His answer was that the #Trump administration is paying the government of #ElSalvador to keep him at #CECOT”
Sen #JeanneShaheen, the top #Democrat on the #Senate #ForeignRelations Cmte, said she was asking the #Trump admin to explain why funding that #Congress provided to combat violent gangs & drug traffickers was used to deport migrants with no criminal record.
“The administration must comply at once with statutory #law by providing to the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte any written agreements made with the Salvadoran government on this issue,” she said in a statement.
Here’s the issue: “Or what?”
