This week’s Local Hero is Ruth Masterson, the celebrated outgoing Executive Director of Meals on Wheels in Silver Spring/Takoma Park. Ruth is a creative and devoted not-for-profit leader who stands strong for the well-being of our people.

Top 3 reasons this is unconstitutional and one question:

1. President doesn’t write or enact laws (that’s Congress).

2. Supreme Court struck down actual laws like this in Texas v Johnson (they violate First Amendment).

3. U.S. Military and ICE don’t do civilian law enforcement.
     
Why did Trump pardon rioters and insurrectionists who used the American flag as a weapon to attack police officers?

A leaked memo shows Trump is trying to deny furloughed federal employees the backpay they are legally ennoscriptd to after the government shutdown ends. This won’t be allowed to stand. And it’s because of a law he signed!

It’s day four of MAGA’s outrageous government shutdown. Now, Speaker Johnson gave House Republicans another paid week away from work.

I’m going live on Instagram at 7 PM ET with my friend and Ranking Democrat on the Rules Committee @repmcgovern to talk about this lawlessness.

Trump and Johnson are prepared to double our health care premiums and keep the government closed just to keep MAGA corruption and their war on the working middle class going. Democrats say no way. Cancel the cuts, expand health care and restore government to the people.

Hamas’ horrific terror attacks on Israelis on Oct. 7 brought shame to humanity. Each day of the two years of war has brought shocking suffering to civilians in Gaza & isolation to Israelis. It’s time to bring the hostages home, end this savage war & surge aid to Gaza.

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Why won’t Speaker Johnson allow Bondi to testify in the House Judiciary Committee?

The American people deserve transparency, and we should not be covering up disgraceful and dangerous crimes.

Quit playing dumb, JD. Answer the question. You know that people who aren’t legally here are NOT eligible for taxpayer-funded ACA health care. So why’s your party trying to gut ACA benefits for U.S. CITIZENS? Why do you want to increase premiums by 75% for millions of U.S. CITIZENS? To hand over more cash to your billionaire sponsors in Silicon Valley, obviously. That’s pathetic.

What a pathetic lie, @JDVance. Nobody’s arguing for benefits for people who are undocumented.

But now that we’ve cleared that up, are you saying you WILL support continued ACA health care tax credits for millions of U.S. CITIZENS?

That’s what we’re fighting for!

This was posted by the President of the United States—a job once held by Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and FDR.

Meantime, has the price of groceries or housing gone down for your family? How’s your kid’s job search going in the Trump economy?

Ranking Member @RepRaskin on Trump's halt to refugee admissions: "The land of the free is now admitting refugees based on the whimsical political favor of the president, as opposed to the severity of their personal circumstances."

Read the new op-ed⤵️

Please notify President Trump and Vice-President Vance immediately. Isn’t this a mandatory one-year jail sentence—or is this a kind of flag desecration they have no problem with?