Athena Necef 🕊️🕊️🕊️

Connecticut is ranked the 4th most educated state in the nation, according to WalletHub. When we invest in our schools and students, we build a stronger future for everyone. 📚

Connecticut’s own Mac Forehand has brought home a silver medal in Men’s Big Air at the Winter Olympics! 🥈⛷️ Born in Norwalk, we’re proud to call you one of our own. Congratulations on an incredible achievement representing Team USA on the world stage!

Connecticut, like all states, is facing a public safety recruitment and retention challenge that I’m proud to be working to solve as both someone who comes from a family of first responders and as the person who runs the largest retirement and health care plan for cops and firefighters in our state. I joined @GovNedLamont yesterday to support his important bill offering mortgage assistance to first responders and allowing them to attend state colleges and universities tuition-free. This is a great step in the right direction and I look forward to working with him to pass this and other bills this session that give those who serve our communities and support and benefits they deserve.

GOLD BELONGS TO U.S. 🥇🇺🇸 For the third time, women’s @usahockey are Olympic champions. #WinterOlympics

At a time when my administration is focused on bringing down costs for businesses and families, these tariffs did the opposite. My administration will continue fighting against policies like this that raise costs for working families.

Connecticut is leading the way when it comes to women’s health 💙 Ranked #2 in the nation, this is what happens when we invest in care, access, and opportunity for every resident.

@GovNedLamont Thank you Gov. Lamont!

⚠️ Blizzard conditions are expected Sunday night into Monday, making travel extremely difficult. Do NOT drive unless absolutely necessary. If you must be out, slow down, stay alert, and #DontCrowdThePlow. Give #CTDOT crews the space and time they need to clear the roads.

Team USA Men’s Hockey brings GOLD back to the United States for the first time since 1980🥇 And a big shoutout to Connecticut’s own Tage Thompson representing CT on the biggest stage 🇺🇸🔥

⚠️ I've declared a State of Emergency in Connecticut today in advance of the approaching major winter storm. This declaration will help quickly assist in any emergency actions needed to protect public safety during the storm. Stay safe!

⚠️ I have signed an emergency order prohibiting all commercial vehicles from traveling on all limited access highways statewide in Connecticut. This order takes effect at 5PM today and will remain in effect until further notice. We will provide updates on this order as needed.

CT ➡️ GOLD🥇

There has been no harsher critic to possible U.S. military action in Iran than Pope Leo XIV: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading.  The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined. “Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself, or in the pursuit of the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men and women.” “Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion. “This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.”

“This crisis of respect for human rights does not stand alone. It mirrors and magnifies every other global fracture.” - @antonioguterres at the opening of #HRC61 at @UNGeneva

🔴 LIVE from @UNGeneva Opening of the 61st session of the @UN Human Rights Council Watch #HRC61 here⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=PPPxV-…

At 65, Bono has finally written a song about his longtime hero: David from the Bible—the same David who wrote so many Psalms that Bono has quoted, praised, and alluded to for over 45 years. And it’s no throwaway track. “The Tears of Things” is a standout: masterful melody, profound lyrics, and beautiful music. Bono’s voice is deep like Leonard Cohen’s baritone, then soars into tenor-fueled operatic grief over the world’s worst atrocities. Edge’s solo is also hauntingly beautiful and moving. Do you love it? 📽️ Standout passages from “The Tears of Things”

Honored to be part of this strongly spirited rally in support of Ukraine—speaking from DC where I had to go early today. Returning from Kyiv & Odesa just days ago my determination is redoubled to provide Ukraine what it needs to defeat Russia's slaughter.

@SenBlumenthal Thank you