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You’re telling me the guy who said “LET DATA REIGN” just poured cold water on the only bipartisan AI safety talks that seem promising?

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 26/09/2026

New Richland endured nine inches of rain from just one storm, flooding the town and forcing residents to evacuate. The anxiety from residents is palpable. It’s going to take an all-hands-on-deck effort to recover, clean up the damage and get the community back on its feet.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 25/09/2026

Visiting with farmers in Lamberton today and their message was clear. Producers need stability and consistency so they can plan for the next season, not more chaotic trade wars and price hikes due to the war in Iran.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 25/09/2026

Trusting the same DOJ that covered up the Epstein Files to protect us from frontier AI… What could possibly go wrong?

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24/09/2026

Lots of ways to finally help young people afford their first home. 7% mortgage rates (and climbing) thanks to another endless war in the Middle East is not one of them.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/09/2026

The problem for farmers isn’t just that diesel prices are high. It’s that diesel prices are high RIGHT BEFORE harvest season.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 22/09/2026

It’s not just a question of how long farmers can hunker down and endure high diesel prices. It’s a question of how many farms will go under because it’s just too much.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 19/09/2026

There is one thing we should be clear-eyed about right now: AI developers aren’t above the laws we have currently on the books. They can and should be prosecuted and held liable if they break the law and their products harm us.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 18/09/2026

These AI companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves. Don’t let the fox guard the henhouse.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 16/09/2026

The United States has no business sending Netanyahu billions of dollars’ worth of bombs after his record of indiscriminate violence against Palestinian civilians, including children.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15/09/2026

These big AI companies should be held civilly and/or criminally liable and prosecuted when their models hurt people. They don’t get a free pass just because they’ve now decided to admit to the dangers of what they’ve created.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15/09/2026

We just spent a month outside of the DC bubble and instead of coming back to address any of the concerns we heard back home (gas prices, Iran, data centers)

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15/09/2026

Trump’s EPA will let power plants emit more lead, mercury and other chemicals into the air to be breathed in by you and your kids because he’ll do just about anything to help out the fossil fuel companies that funded his campaign

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15/09/2026

Unsurprising that Republicans are giving corporations (most of whom donated to their campaigns) the greenlight to pollute our air.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14/09/2026

If it looks like a cage and acts as a cage… it’s a cage. Calling these “calming areas” at Alligator Alcatraz is some dystopian doublespeak.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 03/09/2026

Apple Tree Dental in Hawley, Minnesota has provided more than 353,000 dental visits to more than 35,000 patients across the Northland. They’ve often been the only provider in the area willing to see patients on Medicaid.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 03/09/2026

Anyone who has lived or driven around Moorhead knows the train crossings along 11th Street can be a giant headache.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 01/09/2026

2025: 1,180 cases of cyclosporiasis 2026: 17,180 cases of cyclosporiasis Cutting research into the parasite causing the outbreak is akin to burying our heads in the sand and hoping this whole thing goes away.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 31/08/2026

The Blatnik Bridge between Duluth and Superior has reached the end of its useful life after serving us for 65 years. By 2030, it will have been deemed unsafe and decommissioned. But the bridge is the linchpin that connects the bustling, proud cities that make up the Twin Ports.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 31/08/2026

New Blatnik Bridge design 👀

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 28/08/2026

Six months ago he told us the Iran War would only last a few weeks

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 27/08/2026

Again, not a betting woman. But I’d bet if you handed Trump a map of all Great Lakes and asked him point and name them he couldn’t.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 27/08/2026

Tomorrow is the grand opening of the Minnesota State Fair, and it also marks 365 days since the lives of Annunciation School families were irrevocably broken by gun violence. I think about the Annunciation School community all the time.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 26/08/2026

Small towns and rural communities are seeing a troubling trend of labor and delivery services being cut at rural hospitals. It means when expecting mothers go into labor, they have to drive farther to get the care they need, which can be dangerous for both baby and mom.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 26/08/2026

The average age of America’s farmer is nearing 60 years old, yet our young farmers tasked with taking over are being boxed out from starting their own operations. How can they be expected to compete with corporate investors buying land?

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton performs at the Minnesota State Fair (1993) ❤️🕊️

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 25/08/2026

On these Canada tariffs: Trump’s trying more of the same failed policy and he knows it. The trade war will inevitably just drive up prices on everyone while alienating one of our closest trading partners.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/08/2026

So great to be in Little Falls, an amazing community in central Minnesota that’s using federal programs to help their small businesses update historic buildings to meet their needs while protecting the history of the town. Thank you for taking the time to show me around!

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/08/2026

A lot of people are surprised to hear that Minnesota produces the fifth most honey in the country. Mann Lake LTD employs about 140 people in Hackensack and is a key supplier for professional honey producers and backyard beekeeping enthusiasts.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 21/08/2026

First Liam Conejo Ramos. Now Liam Tadeo. How many five-year-old boys need to be taken by ICE before Republicans will admit to the cruelty of this mass deportation campaign? Where is our humanity? How can we justify putting a five-year-old through this?

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 21/08/2026

In cities, towns and rural communities alike, I hear the same thing: the dire need for affordable childcare. Parents can’t start jobs because there’s no one to watch the kids. Businesses can’t expand because there’s no one to fill the jobs.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 20/08/2026

Farmers and ranchers need options. They need choices. They need more than just whatever the four big corporations that control meat processing in this country offer. That’s why the new Farmers Union Processing and Meats facility in Staples matters.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 20/08/2026

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 25-bed hospital in Crosby with clinics across north-central Minnesota. Patients can access primary and specialty care without having to trek to a big city, and it’s a perfect example of the kind of facility that Minnesotans rely on to stay healthy.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 19/08/2026

Finding a safe and decent place to call home is too expensive in the first place. And for those who can put the money together to own a home, there’s another growing cost: home insurance.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 18/08/2026

Minnesotans strongly support protecting the Boundary Waters. We are a mining state, but not this mine in this place. The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress ignored the science and overturned protections for the Boundary Waters, but the fight continues here at home.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 17/08/2026

We ask our sailors and their families to make incredible sacrifices. In return, we promise to move hell and high water to get them the support they need to carry out their operations.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13/08/2026

Masks covering their faces. Little or no visible identification. Unmarked vehicles. Guns. And as if that wasn’t enough, ICE is now getting electric-shock gloves straight out of a dystopian sci-fi novel.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13/08/2026

The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million. That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 12/08/2026

My heart breaks for the firefighter who tragically lost their life near Ely while assigned to fight the Boundary Waters wildfires. I’m holding their family, friends, and all first responders in my heart as they grieve. Minnesota is eternally grateful for your service.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/08/2026

We’ve always known Todd Blanche won’t stand up to the President. The real question has been whether or not Republicans who know better would say enough is enough. His confirmation is maddeningly unsurprising.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 05/08/2026

The Trump Administration is churning through our military’s limited supply of Patriot missiles faster than they can resupply, all for an unpopular war in the Middle East.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 04/08/2026

Republicans will likely do what they always do and confirm Blanche as Attorney General despite all of this, and once again, women across America will pay the price.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

politico.com

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 04/08/2026

TODD BLANCHE: Rest assured that we’re working hand in hand with HHS and the FDA and the White House and President Trump’s team to get permanent solutions so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 04/08/2026

A system that penalizes people for following its rules is fundamentally broken. ICE needs to be stripped down to the studs.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 03/08/2026

Pretty clear Todd Blanche is just another yes-man who will sign off on the President’s worst ideas. Why would we trust someone who demonstrates he can’t stand up for what’s right?

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 03/08/2026

New reporting shows the President met with Big Tobacco at a golf club in Florida and promised he’d do pretty much anything the executives wanted in exchange for millions of dollars in political donations to his campaign.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 31/07/2026

How can the Administration justify asking for a $1.5 trillion defense budget when the Pentagon has never even passed a full audit?

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 29/07/2026

Epstein survivors have more courage in the tips of their fingernails than Todd Blanche has in his entire body

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