Rep. Carrie Rheingans

Hawaii found a way to go around Citizens United by saying corporations simply don’t have the power to spend in elections. Every state that claims to care about fair, democratic elections should follow their lead and do the same. After languishing in state legislatures across the country, a novel approach to curtailing money in politics becomes law in Hawaii abcnews.com/Politics/after…

Today is Memorial Day in America – a day of national respect for each and every person who defended America and freedom in uniform. Without the United States, there simply would have been no European freedom – and the 20th century proved this absolutely clearly. Now Russia’s full-scale war is not only against Ukraine, but also against the very format of such a Europe – a free, democratic, united Europe. It is Euro-Atlantic unity that has been, and remains, the foundation of the world’s economic and, in many respects, social development after World War II. Ukraine is grateful to the United States for supporting our defense and to all compassionate American hearts that continue to support Ukraine. This war must be ended – and ended in a dignified way. And America’s role in this – America, which Russia fears – truly can be one of leadership: in supporting our defense of life here and our ability, later on, to help defend life for other nations, those who truly need it. Thank you, America!

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

The opponents of Medicare For All expect you to believe that the wealthiest country on the planet cannot afford the very thing that other less wealthy countries have been able to afford for decades — and many of those other less wealthy countries have longer average lifespans.

ICE pepper sprayed a US Senator today (@AndyKimNJ) nj.com/news/2026/05/i…

Today is Memorial Day. As a military spouse, I think of the families who didn’t get their service members back. Behind every name is a husband, a parent, a wife, and a child. Today, and always, we honor their sacrifice and carry their memory forward.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. apnews.com/article/pope-a…

🚨US CONSUMER SENTIMENT IS AT DEPRESSION LEVELS: The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index fell to a record low of 44.8 in May, down -5 points from April. The current conditions gauge dropped to 45.8, and the expectations index fell to 44.1, both also the lowest EVER. The current reading is now BELOW the trough of the 2008 Financial Crisis, below the 1980s recession bottom, and lower than every major recessionary period shown in data going back to 1978. This comes as 57% of consumers spontaneously mentioned that high prices were eroding their personal finances, up from 50% in April, with gasoline prices hovering above $4.50 a gallon and up more than +50% since the start of the Iran war. An average American has almost never felt this financially vulnerable.

BRUTAL: Mike Rogers was just blasted in his old hometown paper… by one of his former longtime friends 👀… over Rogers’ calls for police to monitor Detroit voters thelivingstonpost.com/waking-up-as-a…

I rushed to ICE detention center Delaney Hall yesterday when I heard detainees began a hunger strike. Here’s what I saw: THREAD

Tillis: "To call Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder. He's gonna be an anchor on our caucus"

The S&P 500 is at an all-time high while Consumer Sentiment is at an all-time low. We've never seen a gap this wide between Wall Street and Main Street.

Out of the mouths of babes!

Washington Republicans let the ACA subsidies expire in January, and here is what that actually looks like: 5 million Americans losing coverage, premiums up 58% on average, and families cutting groceries to afford health insurance with a $7,000 deductible. These are your neighbors, your coworkers, and your family members making impossible choices because Washington Republicans decided their tax cuts for billionaires mattered more than your health care. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

The difference between Iran and Vietnam is that Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.

This is not politics as usual. We’ve never had an openly authoritarian leader in office. Nor have we had a party totally subservient to their leader. We must resist as such during these not normal times.

We've said it before and we'll say it again: The DOJ settlement creating a $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump's allies and shielding Trump and his businesses from IRS audits is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history.

@DougJones Get him, Doug!!!

So maybe “Coach” doesn’t know what Memorial Day is and would rather give criminals who beat police and attacked the US Capitol a billion dollars of your hard earned money. Most might say this is unbelievable, but then again most should know where his loyalties really lie - and it is not with the people of Alabama.

"US employers spend more than $1.5 billion a year to fight labor unions, report finds. “'They’re trying to erode worker rights, not just for union workers or workers trying to form unions, but workers at large,' said Margaret Poydock, a co-author of the report and a senior policy analyst at the EPI." — @GuardianUS 📰 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

"This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history, it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth." It turns out Americans don't actually like it. lnk.thebulwark.com/4w66Jf0