The Jacksons put their lives on the line to give Dr. King a home base. As the FBI sat outside and the KKK threats loomed, they fed him and supported him through calls from President Johnson.
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Elissa Slotkin
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Elissa Slotkin
U.S. SenatorDemocratMichigan
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...that changed the course of US history.
Walking through the 1960s era home, it’s hard to miss a lesson as relevant today as it was back then: for every famous leader, there are thousands of people risking their lives, their livelihoods, and their reputation by supporting a cause they believe in.
But the highlight was actually something else: I got a sneak peak of a new exhibit opening in June: the transported home of the Jackson family, from Selma, Alabama. This was the modest home where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders planned the nationwide marches and boycotts
Sitting in the very seat Rosa Parks sat in when she refused to move— starting the famous Montgomery bus boycott— was an incredible honor that everyone should experience.
On Monday, I had the chance to visit the Henry Ford Museum. Like many Michiganders, I grew up going there, but this was my first visit as a Senator. Being back there was the shot in the arm I needed before another tough week in D.C.
25% of all farmers depend on the healthcare.gov plans, and their premiums are about to skyrocket. Mr. Lehman, a 5th-generation Iowa farmer, thinks the cost of healthcare is directly connected to whether his son decides to be the 6th generation.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells Alex about the state of our highly-politicized, deeply broken national security situation.
They don’t give a crap about the cost of your health care.
It's a pretty dark day for folks on healthcare.gov plans, including the 500,000 Michiganders who will see their prices go up next year. The American people are crying out for a bipartisan solution to health care and I’ll work with anyone who is actually serious about bringing down the cost.
I was happy to welcome Iraq's Ambassador to the U.S. Nazar Al-Khirullah to my office this week. We discussed government formation, attracting investment to Iraq, the need to demobilize militias, and the need to protect minority rights.
We need to figure out how we do health care in a way that’s worthy of the country we all represent.
We didn't release the video because we don't trust the military. We released it because of the words coming out of the mouth of the Commander-in-Chief.
This idea that senior leaders have a responsibility to refuse illegal orders is not hypothetical, and it's not new. Since being sworn in back in January, I’ve asked President Trump's nominees about this issue, on the record. Watch for yourself:
Whether it's the strikes in the Caribbean, Signalgate, or what's happening in our cities with uniformed military, Pete Hegseth should just own his decisions and be transparent with the American people.
Pam Bondi and Pete Hegseth have made stronger statements about the military's right to refuse illegal orders than I did. I'm glad that the 2016 version of Pete Hegseth understood the law and the UCMJ. I'm sorry that the 2025 version doesn't seem to care.
The inconsistency in DOD’s approach to these strikes doesn’t give me confidence that leaders are thinking through these operations before they strike.
2. If these drug traffickers are terrorists, why are we letting survivors go free? Why not see if they have intelligence on the trafficking network? We have laws that prescribe what happens next: detain them, bring them before a court of law in the U.S. and try them.
1. The Pentagon appears to have changed its policy on survivors between the September 2nd double tap strike — in theory because there was angst about how the Sept 2 survivors were handled. Picking up survivors after a strike is what following the law looks like.
This new story about how the Department of Defense is treating survivors of U.S. strikes in the Caribbean tells us a lot:
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851 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
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| 2025-01-09 | S. 5 (119th) | End filibuster to begin debate | YES | YES | ✓ | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 3/5 majority required) |
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