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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I’m happy to endorse Tom Malinowski for Congress! I’ve known Tom for over 12 yrs, far longer than anyone else I know in Jersey politics, when we worked under President Obama. We both stepped up against Trump in 2018 by flipping the House. (1/2)
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 15/11/2025
Rising healthcare costs. Telling Epstein emails. A congressional campaign worth your attention. @larrylevitt.bsky.social and @tommalinowski.bsky.social join Jen Rubin to break it all down. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Substack.
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Health care costs will get worse & Why Tom Malinowski wants to head back to Congress
Podcast Episode · The Contrarian Pod · 11/14/2025 · 35m
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Winn Khuong @winnkhuong.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
*Note that this is my personal view, posted to my personal acct, and does not represent any organization that I am affiliated with. To whatever extent I can help @tommalinowski.bsky.social get elected, I will. I hope you'll give Tom’s candidacy a fair shot. We need him — now.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We need a Congress that will protect the Constitution & build prosperity from the bottom up, not the billionaire down. So I'm running in the first special House election of 2026, the next race we must win to turn America around. Join us! secure.actblue.com/donate/launc... youtu.be/Eir8-qmLeVQ?...
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Malinowski for New Jersey
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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
"I don't know if White House aide Stephen Miller has studied the methods of totalitarian despots or if he was just born with their instincts. But...somewhere in Hell, Stalin is smiling and saying: 'That’s my boy.'” — @tommalinowski.bsky.social, former NJ congressman and assistant secretary of state
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The danger in stoking fear to scapegoat political enemies
Authoritarians use acts of violence to tighten their grip. But we can choose not to be intimidated.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 29/09/2025
Jen and Norm are joined by @tommalinowski.bsky.social on today's Coffee with the Contrarians, streaming now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLSU...
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
"Our message now needs more patriotism and pride about the great country America has been and the better world we have built." The latest from @tommalinowski.bsky.social at the @contrariannews.org...
The parts of our government that do the most good are the ones most Americans never hear about, because when they succeed, nothing happens—no economic crashes, disease outbreaks, wars, or terrorist attacks. This is a hard thing to communicate to voters, especially in an information system designed to amplify whatever makes us most angry and afraid.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 05/09/2025
"If you're serious about dealing with that threat from China, you need allies" Tom Malinowski & Peter Harrell on why the U.S. needs to step up its global alliance game
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China is not scared of Trump: Peter Harrell & Tom Malinowski on tariffs, Trumpian alliances & more
"If you're serious about dealing with that threat from China, you need allies"
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/09/2025
Republicans used to rail about state-owned enterprise, but now they celebrate it @tommalinowski.bsky.social‬ on why Project 2025 is the most communist document to ever guide the GOP
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When the GOP turned communist
Republicans used to rail about state-owned enterprise. Now they celebrate it.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/08/2025
Trump rolled out the red carpet, Putin played for time, and Ukraine was left exposed. Jen Rubin joins @tommalinowski.bsky.social to discuss what the Alaska summit tells us about America’s role in the fight for sovereignty and democracy.
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From Alaska With Love: Tom Malinowski on the Trump-Putin summit, diplomatic theatre, and the European Avengers
“This is not the way peace diplomacy works.”
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 21/08/2025
Federal agents have been sidelined from fighting terror and cyberattacks so Trump can use them for show on city streets. @tommalinowski.bsky.social warns that the cost could be national security itself.
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The D.C. takeover proves Democrats are the true law-and-order party
Trump is diverting the only people in our country with the training and experience to stop the next terror attack or serial murderer for a made-up crime problem in D.C.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 14/08/2025
Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin, in theory, it could deliver a ceasefire and protect Ukraine’s sovereignty. Tom Malinowski explains why the likely outcome is far off the mark.
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How Trump can leave Alaska a winner
It’s hard to see anything good coming out of the Alaska summit with Putin, but here's an outline for a successful deal.
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Human Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 11/08/2025
Thanks to @tommalinowski.bsky.social for demanding accountability for those involved in the Egyptian government's corrupt scheme to bribe former U.S. Sen. Menendez. New Jersey state officials should act on his calls for investigation and oversight. www.nj.com/opinion/2025...
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Menendez is in jail, but his foreign bribers are still cashing in. Why? | Opinion
While Menendez serves prison time, the foreign government that corrupted him is poised to receive even more aid than they sought through bribery.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 08/08/2025
Tom Malinowski analyzes the ways out of the Russia-Ukraine war and why he’s less than hopeful… @tommalinowski.bsky.social‬
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Is Donald Trump finally turning on Vladimir Putin?
I hope so, but I have nagging questions.
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Starvation is also being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Famine and death is on the rise and largely absent from the media. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday over the rising toll of hunger, disease and displacement in various conflict-ridden parts of Sudan.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 29/07/2025
Famine in Gaza followed a decision by Netanyahu to block U.N. food aid and replace it with a failed mercenary-run system that deepened the crisis. @tommalinowski.bsky.social explains why staying silent no longer serves Israel or its allies.
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Americans must speak out on the catastrophe in Gaza
How Netanyahu caused a famine and empowered Hamas
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 08/07/2025
While the reconciliation bill brings clear harms to millions of Americans, @tommalinowski.bsky.social offers a silver lining—and a fight democrats are leveraged to win.
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The GOP's budget bill will hurt America’s global standing
And it will benefit our adversaries. But there's one glimmer of hope.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 01/07/2025
“I first met Marco Rubio in a prison in Libya.” @tommalinowski.bsky.social on how Trump's Secretary of State went from champion of dissidents to defunder of democracy programs.
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Marco Rubio has abandoned his fight for freedoms
Once a stalwart defender of freedom everywhere, he has turned into another Trump sycophant.
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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
From @tommalinowski.bsky.social, a New Jersey congressman from 2019-23 and an assistant secretary of state in the Obama administration:
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 20/06/2025
Trump is now trying to deport the very Afghan allies Republicans once demanded we protect. @tommalinowski.bsky.social says their stories must be front and center in exposing his mass deportation plan.
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American morality requires us to protect Afghans
Four years ago, Americans were angry over the Afghanistan withdrawal. Now, those we welcomed might be forced back.
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Rachel Ehrlich @rachelehrlich.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The danger is real, but fear is a choice-- @tommalinowski.bsky.social quoted Will Smith at #NoKingsDay in Morristown, NJ with 4,000 strong in the steady rain. No sunshine patriots 🇺🇲 @nj11thforchange.bsky.social and #TomPaineBrigade
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Mike. Just Mike. @mikeresists.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@tommalinowski.bsky.social gave what might have been the best (of many) speeches today at the #NoKingsDay event in Morristown. How I wish he was still my representative in NJ-07. He had the crowd reciting the same oath to the constitution he took when he became a citizen.
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Bukele “is engaging in a conspiracy with [Trump] to subvert the rule of law in America,” writes @tommalinowski.bsky.social. Democrats should propose "the most crushing possible sanctions, including asset freezes on Bukele and every member of his government," if he "doesn’t return... Abrego Garcia."
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Make It Painful to Collaborate with Trump
Action items for Democrats in Congress.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/04/2025
We have to acknowledge that the possibility of losing democracy is real. But we have a lever to use: make it maximally difficult, inconvenient, and painful for people to collaborate with Trump. Today's Triad, from @tommalinowski.bsky.social:
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Make It Painful to Collaborate with Trump
Action items for Democrats in Congress.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 24/04/2025
NEW: Make It Painful to Collaborate with Trump. Here are specific things congressional Democrats can do. (Written by our pal, former Rep. Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social ) www.thebulwark.com/p/make-it-pa...
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Make It Painful to Collaborate with Trump
Action items for Democrats in Congress.
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Jon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership. 9. After submitting a police clearance from Venezuela indicating no criminal record, multiple employment letters, a declaration from the tattoo artist who rendered the tattoo, and various online images showing similar soccer ball/crown tattoos and explaining the meaning of the hand gesture, Mr. Reyes Barrios was transferred out of maximum security. 10. Nevertheless on March 10th or 11th, he was transferred from Otay Mesa to Texas without notice. Then, on March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador. Counsel and family have lost all contact with him have no information regarding his whereabouts or condition.
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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We had the best conversation with @tommalinowski.bsky.social on Over It! this morning. If you missed it, you can catch it here. @tarasetmayer.bsky.social @michellekinney.com @jojofromjerz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/VBYChAa...
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
What's important about the US Institute of Peace (USIP) takedown is not that the Institute does good work (I think it does; others can disagree). It's that Musk and Trump are again deliberately breaking the law to test if Congress & the courts will let them get away with it. 1/
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The government-subsidized post-war research university system in the US will likely go down in history as our country’s single greatest contribution to the world. And, for the selfish, likely our greatest source of soft (if not often hard) power. And it is getting torched to the ground.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Remember that the people who are cheering the haphazard mass firing of federal employees — because they hate federal employees and think they are the “deep state” — are simultaneously happy to accept ICE’s unreviewable, often clearly wrong determination of which aliens are most dangerous. MURIKA
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 14/03/2025
John Ossoff, Rev. Warnock, Ruben Gallego, Mark Kelly, Jackie Rosen, Elissa Slotkin, and Tammy Baldwin all stood their ground against the MAGA budget. But safe D Senators, Schumer, Durbin, Gillibrand, and Schatz gave Republicans the votes they needed anyway.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Striking: Trump-Zelenskyy meeting, suspension Ukraine aid, and WH friendly tone toward Putin have failed to make a dent in the strong American public sympathy with Ukraine. High sympathy for Ukraine and low sympathy for Russia about same as last summer. brookings.edu/articles/tru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/03/2025
SANCHEZ: What do you tell your constituents when you hear auto makers say that the cost of certainly vehicle is gonna skyrocket? It's gonna jump upwards of $12,000 because of these tariffs? REP. LISA McCLAIN: I tell them to relax ... it might be a little uncomfortable
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/03/2025
Kaine: "A bully can take something from you, but you shouldn't hand it over to him. So I'm voting no."
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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Summit New Jersey Town Hall with @tommalinowski.bsky.social massive success thanks to @maddow.msnbc.com and @georgetakei.bsky.social shout out. These are great. Republicans are refusing to hold town halls a
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I agree. If they don't take a stand now, there will not be another time. fallows.substack.com/p/the-only-p...
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‘The Only Practical Check That’s Left Is the Power of the Purse.’
In the baffling haze of dealing with ‘everything, all the time,' a few clear signals of where to take a stand. Let's start with Democrats all voting NO on a blank check for Elon Musk.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
2/2 Chuck Schumer can ask himself, "What would Mitch McConnell do?" Answer will become obvious.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
What Is To Be Done? Some practical tips. fallows.substack.com/p/the-only-p...
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‘The Only Practical Check That’s Left Is the Power of the Purse.’
In the baffling haze of dealing with ‘everything, all the time,' a few clear signals of where to take a stand. Let's start with Democrats all voting NO on a blank check for Elon Musk.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"This is the crucial framing point for Dems. Stop saying 'continuing resolution.' Start saying blank check for Musk. Because that is what we are actually talking about." Good James Fallows reading of the moment, riffing on my intvu w/ @tommalinowski.bsky.social: fallows.substack.com/p/the-only-p...
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‘The Only Practical Check That’s Left Is the Power of the Purse.’
In the baffling haze of dealing with ‘everything, all the time,' a few clear signals of where to take a stand. Let's start with Democrats all voting NO on a blank check for Elon Musk.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Translation: "We must continue to keep the government open so that Musk can continue to shut it down." I hope no Democrats fall for this.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Since our current representative remains AWOL, I'll be doing a town hall this Thursday evening in Summit. Whether you agree with my perspective or not, please come to share concerns and ideas about what can be done to get our country to a better place. See the image to RSVP!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/03/2025
"Their legislative agenda is to break the legislative branch, to reduce Congress to the status of an advisory body. And if no one stops them from impounding lawfully appropriated funds, that’s what Congress will become." ICYMI @tommalinowski.bsky.social:
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How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight
The party may be out of power, but it is not powerless. Here are a few suggestions for what to do about government funding.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The bigger question is why did four countries abstain on hope? 🙃
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Always remember--this is not a case of Trump appeasing Putin--its actually him joining Putin. Its not Munich 1938, its the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing
electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission
leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've
asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but
because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID
and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf
for fear of not being reimbursed.
7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and
radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to
me.
8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this
week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has
been allegedly implemented to preserve such access.
9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional
Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security
systems.The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO.

“People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/03/2025
Whatever strategy Democrats choose, they need to understand that the fight they’re in is different from any fight they’ve experienced in the past. Here's how they can approach the looming funding fight. New from @tommalinowski.bsky.social:
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How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight
The party may be out of power, but it is not powerless. Here are a few suggestions for what to do about government funding.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Congressional Republicans want Dems to approve a long-term "continuing resolution" to fund government programs that Trump and Musk are discontinuing -- in other words, to pass a budget that Trump and Musk will ignore. That makes no sense. I suggested how Dems can better use their leverage here.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This is good, but it only applies to payments to aid groups for contracts already fulfilled. The big question remains: Will the Court require Trump to spend Congressionally approved funds as Congress directs? And will Congress do more to assert its power of the purse (or just rely on the courts)?
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 04/03/2025
Donald Trump has betrayed America's farmers. Because of Trump many are facing financial catastrophes. Trump froze farmer's funding and broke their contracts. Now they're mad–rightfully so. See what farmers in Wisconsin, Kansas, Kentucky, and elsewhere are saying about Trump abandoning them 🧵⤵️
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