Sen. Elissa Slotkin

In this week's Intel Briefing, we dig into 3 topics: 1️⃣ The future of Social Security benefits 2️⃣ Update on the Iran War and its rising cost to Americans 3️⃣ Pres. Trump’s speech and his attempts to sow doubt in our elections

The President is  clearly focused on a handful of states that he says have problems in our elections, including Michigan.  Michigan has free and fair elections. We are a swing state. We know how to do this. It's very important that we understand what the President is trying to do in writing this narrative ahead of the November elections.

The president thinks he can tell the American people that we're winning the war with Iran when they still know the price of gas. People aren't stupid.

Because of the Canadian wildfires, Michigan has some of the worst air quality in the world right now. Michiganders, especially  seniors, children and people with asthma should take precautions.   If you want to know your specific air quality, please visit airnow.gov

At the State of the Union, President Trump declared that the only way Democrats could win in the midterms is if they cheat. Since then, he has attempted to seize ballots, sued 30 states for their voter rolls, dismantled the Election Assistance Commission, and pushed to pass the SAVE Act which would disenfranchise millions of voters across the country. We cannot allow this type of corruption to become normalized.

The president refuses to rule out, as does his cabinet, sending in uniform military.  He's obsessed with it. That's why I introduced the Protect Our Polls Act.

Slotkin suggests Trump could use the military to seize ballots from polling places this November without even the fig leaf of a warrant

Slotkin: "People aren't stupid"

Bill Pulte has zero national security experience, but right now he heads up 18 different intelligence agencies. Power in the wrong hands can be used against the American People. That’s why I introduced the MERIT Act, a bill requiring anyone serving as the director of national intelligence to have extensive national security experience. It’s common sense.

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Today, I’m introducing the MERIT Act —  the Minimum Experience Requirements for Intelligence Transition Act. This comes as Bill Pulte serves as Acting DNI, and ahead of President Trump’s address on elections this evening. We must ensure that people who serve as the acting Director of National Intelligence actually have some national security experience needed to do this job, and treat it responsibly. Not on behalf of one party, not on behalf of one man, but on behalf of Americans to keep us safe.

If only there were a solution... curtis.senate.gov/press-releases…

This year @SenGaryPeters and I again helped bring a little Michigan pride to Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Capitol to celebrate National Hot Dog Day. We put out the call for Michiganders (and friends) to show up, and boy did they! We prepared 1000 (!) hot dogs and chili so folks could have coney dogs and we were well supplied with Vernors, ice-cream, cherry-flavored snacks of all kinds from @CherryRepublic and @BenjaminTwiggs, Short's Beer, and Espresso Bay Coffee. We appreciate our chambers of commerce who helped put together this event, including Connect Macomb, Traverse Connect, and the West Michigan Chamber. See you next year!

The Department of Justice tried to criminally indict me over a 90-second video. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche played a central role in that. This is not the standard we should have for a cabinet-level official.

During Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's testimony today, he said the anti-weaponization fund is dead. "Frankly, actions speak louder than words," Senator Elissa Slotkin tells me on whether she believes him. Blanche was Deputy Attorney General as prosecutors tried to indict Slotkin and other members of Congress after they urged service members to disobey illegal orders.

There is a fundamental rejection by President Trump to make even the most basic reforms for roving bands of ICE and federal law enforcement in our cities. You can't convince the American public that everything's great when they've seen with their own eyes people murdered in cold blood.

Reminder: Tomorrow at 6:30 PM, I’ll be hosting a tele-town hall where I’ll be breaking down the recently passed bipartisan housing legislation and sharing updates on my work in the U.S. Senate for Michigan. Register below or live stream on YouTube or Facebook ⬇️ outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/EFo…

I voted no on the Pentagon’s budget because the Trump Administration cannot even tell us the full cost of the war in Iran. A bit of transparency for our soldiers and the price tag is not too much to ask.

⚠️Statewide Air Quality Alert for July 15-16 Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to impact air quality across Michigan. Air quality ranges from Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to Unhealthy. Concentrations at times may reach Very Unhealthy to Hazardous. Michigan.gov/MiAir