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BREAKING: the clock struck midnight and our bipartisan housing bill is now law. Trump refused to sign it, but he couldn't stop it. This law is GROUNDBREAKING. It will build more housing, bring down costs, and for the first time, stop private equity from buying up homes.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJul 10(source)

Refusing any type of independent investigation is not normal. Blocking local law enforcement from evidence is not normal.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJul 10(source)

ICE agents feel emboldened because they know their higher ups will protect them by lying to the public about what happened. How can we trust any sort of investigation solely done by an agency that does whatever it wants, whenever it wants, with no repercussions? Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJul 9(source)

Intrigued by the pickle pie at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Not opposed, just…intrigued.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJul 4(source)

The progress of America has never been linear. The best version of this country is possible, but only if we don’t let them divide and distract us. This country belongs to ALL of us. Happy 250th Birthday America 🦅🇺🇸

Karen was a progressive champion, and hugely influential in my political life as a friend and mentor. May her memory be an inspiration to us all as we keep up the fight.

Raised on a farm in southwestern Minnesota, Karen championed local food systems. As a nurse, she was an indomitable advocate for health care for all and immigrant rights.

Karen was the longest serving openly lesbian legislator in the United States. Her time in the Minnesota House spanned nearly forty years from 1980-2019. She played an instrumental role in Minnesota’s transformational law to legalize gay marriage.

I’m so sad to hear that today, on the last day of Pride Month, we have lost a long time Minnesota state legislator and a fierce fighter for justice and freedom for all people: Karen Clark.

Children born in the United States are citizens of the United States

Photo of a loon and it’s hatchling under the text “whether you hatched here or migrated here, your children belong here.”

The promise and privilege of citizenship extends to every child born in our jurisdiction, and those children deserve just as much of a shot at the American dream as those whose families have been here for generations. No xenophobic Executive Order can undo that.

Saving 400,000 rural homes from falling into disrepair isn’t a yawn to people in small towns you claim to care about.

Saving 400,000 rural homes from falling into disrepair isn’t a yawn to people in small towns you claim to care about.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Q: Will you sign that housing bill? TRUMP: It hasn't been sent to me yet. It's coming I understand, and then I'll make the determination. Big deal. It's a yawn.

Mail delays shouldn’t cost you your vote and this decision gets that right.

Seems obvious that if you vote before Election Day, your vote should be counted even if the Postal Service takes forever.

MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

@factpostnews.bsky.social

MAJOR BREAKING: In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day, even if they arrive afterward. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissented.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJun 24(source)

Timely reminder on the anniversary of Dobbs that women are less safe without abortion rights.

FactPost

@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

A woman experiencing a life-threatening miscarriage was denied medical care at two separate emergency rooms due to Texas' abortion bans.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJun 24(source)

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Donald Trump via Truth Social: Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed
SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National
Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President
DJT

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govJun 24(source)

Blocking a massive bipartisan legislative win in service of a Hail Mary attempt to save his own fragile ego from electoral humiliation

Kyle Griffin