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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

@whitehouse.senate.gov

U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse

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Opinion | Trump Is Playing Rope-a-Dope With Elite Law Firms

Good piece on the law firms that caved in to Trump’s bullying.

06.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

What does Putin have on Trump that makes him think he can get away with this s**t?

06.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 6

This President is making all Americans less safe.

06.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œThe latest line from Trump yesterday was that Tehran was β€˜two weeks away’ from developing its own nuclear weapons.”

Zero evidence of that.

05.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 5

Republicans just OBJECTED to funding FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard. They’re holding them hostage to extract more $$$ with no accountability for Trump’s rogue ICE/CBP operations.

No doubt now who’s responsible.

05.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1574 πŸ” 588 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 22
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effecti...

Musta been the bedroom photo.

Is Pam Bondi next?

05.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 259 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 4

Starting soon.

05.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 353 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 13

The DISCLOSE Act is a bill that would expose the donors trying to meddle in our elections and lead to an informed electorate.

If we want a democracy that works for the people, Congress must pass this bill.

04.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 291 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

Today our top Democrat on Appropriations will offer to fund TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard, agencies Republicans are holding hostage to extract more money for ICE.

05.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s time to reveal the billionaire donors flooding American elections with potent dark money. I’m introducing the DISCLOSE Act with Senator Whitehouse and Rep. Pappas to make our money-drenched elections more transparent for all citizens.

05.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 2984 πŸ” 812 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 31
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Opinion | Two β€˜Emergency’ Wins at the Supreme Court The Justices halt a New York gerrymander and a California gender policy.

The PolluterPage lauds two shadow docket proceedings that, oh, just happen both to help Republicans!

How con-veeee-nient.

05.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump/Russia
Trump/Epstein
Epstein/Russia

It’s all connected.

This afternoon, around 2:50 PM, I’ll take to the Senate Floor to unpack some of the numerous, well-documented connections between these parties.

I hope you’ll tune in.

05.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 1392 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 30
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05.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 2
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Our democracy deserves a cleanup.

My DISCLOSE Act is the solution.

04.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 15
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Trump Goon Melts Down After Latest Kennedy Center Cancellation Another performance group has set off Trump’s attack dog.

Like a mob β€œbust-out,” Trump’s cronies have run the Kennedy Center into the ground, with closure for β€œrenovations” covering the disaster.

04.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 271 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

Their big AI/data system donors are starting to realize they need the abundant cheap electrons only wind and solar can provide.

04.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power The Trump-led attack on solar eases as the right reckons with its crucial role in powering AI and keeping utility bills from spiraling.

Duh.

04.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal The president needs a quick win to avoid a quagmire – but he needs a long war to justify potential emergency powers

β€œHis motivation for Operation Epic Fury is at least partly to deflect from his tribulations that cannot be made to disappear: Operation Epstein Fury.”

04.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5
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Citing National Security, Trump Has Abandoned Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Ovens - Inside Climate News The administration ended a program that documented excessive levels of a carcinogen at industrial facilities across the country. Environmental groups who say the move leaves polluted communities behin...

Trump fossil fuel flunkies’ β€œnational security” pretext for polluters is wearing thin. It went 0-for-6 on offshore wind, and letting coking facilities pollute locally for β€œnational security” reasons seems quite the stretch.

04.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Why does Secretary Noem’s β€œdeportation jet” need a fancy bedroom?

03.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 1009 πŸ” 383 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 35
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Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

The stance of the nine law firms that caved under administration pressure may be hard to explain to clients who may face high-profile litigation against that same administration. β€œWe cave under pressure” is not a great motto. Just sayin.’
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

03.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 324 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3
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Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say | CNN Politics Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring th...

No lectures please from the clowns who took down the counter-terror expertise of our U.S. government.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

03.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 322 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 10
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Trump Administration, in Apparent Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms

Much like his corrupt attack on offshore wind. If at first your illegal order doesn’t succeed, try, try again.

03.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
Political Cartoon. A file cabinet drawer named, "Trump-Epstein Files" is open and exuding an odor. On the top left of the image is a caption stating, "The Stink of this Union is Strong..."

Political Cartoon. A file cabinet drawer named, "Trump-Epstein Files" is open and exuding an odor. On the top left of the image is a caption stating, "The Stink of this Union is Strong..."

02.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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Why Russia’s War Effort Signals Strategic Decline OPINION β€” β€œDespite claims of battlefield momentum in Ukraine, the data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and is in decline as a major power. Since February 2022, Rus...

Russia is losing in Ukraine, β€œpaying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and … in decline as a major power.”

Trump is the one propping up Putin. One must wonder why.
www.thecipherbrief.com/russias-war-...

02.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9
A graph displaying poll results revealing that a majority of Democrats, Independents, Republicans, Non-MAGA Republicans and non-conservative Independents/Republicans link climate change with rising home insurance costs.

A graph displaying poll results revealing that a majority of Democrats, Independents, Republicans, Non-MAGA Republicans and non-conservative Independents/Republicans link climate change with rising home insurance costs.

Why are Democrats afraid to talk about climate, when so many people already connect the dots between fossil fuel polluting emissions and their family’s financial costs?

Home insurance is a HUGE cost for so many families, and getting worse fast!!

01.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 541 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 5

"Trump the Wheedler” resembles the man in Gulliver’s travels who spent β€œeight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.” And note: β€œthe systemic stupidity and toadyism that tyranny breeds.” Meaning Putin or Trump?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

01.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

I pray there is a plan beyond β€œWagging the Dog” over the Trump/Epstein files saga and a bungled economy. It’s time to follow the Constitution, which gives the War Power to Congress to declare, precisely because of dangers from an unhinged executive starting a β€œWag the Dog” war.

01.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7

My heart is with the men and women in uniform whom Trump has put in harm’s way. I wish our armed forces every battlefield success.

01.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œStop Work” Trump has now become β€œStart War” Trump. This President is making all Americans less safe.

01.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 1