‘Return To McCarthyism’: Democratic Senator Calls Trump Authoritarian For Targeting Elitist Institution’s Funding
'It is going to be a return to McCarthyism'
FCC Is Finally Going After Corporate Media Hacks, And Democrats Are Outraged
Dems Scripted Their Response To Trump’s Speech Before Hearing It And They Don’t Care If You Know
25 Dem senators parrot same script in videos slamming Trump, Musk
On Tuesday, 25 Democratic senators released separate videos parroting the same script slamming President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
In the morning, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) were mocked by X users for posting videos reciting near-identical lines before Trump's first speech to Congress.
'Who is writing the words that the puppets speak?'
However, as the day unfolded, more than two dozen Democratic senators posted similar videos echoing the same script, including Dick Durbin (Ill.), Chris Coons (Del.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Peter Welch (Vt.), Ben Ray Luján (N.M.), Martin Heinrich (N.M.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Brian Schatz (Hawaii), Andy Kim (N.J.), Alex Padilla (Calif.), Mark Warner (Va.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Angela Alsobrooks (Md.), Ed Markey (Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.).
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The senators' videos matched so closely that many followed the same movements for the introduction: reading the first line before taking a seat to continue reading the remainder of the script.
The video opened with a short clip of Trump vowing to lower the cost of living for Americans beginning on the first day of his presidency.
"S*** that ain't true," all of the Democrats stated. "That's what you just saw."
"Since day one of Donald Trump's presidency, prices are up, not down. Inflation is getting worse, not better. The prices of groceries, gas, housing, eggs, they're all getting more expensive. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has done nothing to lower costs for you," they said with slight variations.
"Instead, he's pardoned violent criminals who beat police officers on January 6," the videos continued, cutting from the senators to show a clip from the protest at the Capitol.
"He's letting Elon Musk take a chainsaw to vital government programs. And then, even worse, giving him access to Americans' most sensitive data — Social Security numbers, tax returns, health care bills," the Democrats stated.
They accused Trump and Musk of firing "thousands of essential workers" and freezing funding for "vital programs."
"Why are they doing this? Trump, Musk, DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] are taking these vital services away from you for one reason only: so they can give tax breaks to their billionaires' club," they added.
"Billionaires win; families lose. And that is the truth," the senators concluded.
Musk fired back at the Democratic senators for repeating the same lines.
"They are all actors reading a script," he wrote on X.
In a separate post, he called the senators "lazy propagandists."
"Who is writing the words that the puppets speak? That's the real question," Musk added.
Republican Senator Mike Lee (Utah) also responded to the controversy.
"It's almost like someone's telling Democrats what to say," Lee wrote.
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As TikTok Threatens 'Immediate Shut-Off,' Dem Senator Markey Introduces Bill Extending Deadline for Sale-or-Ban Law
With TikTok threatening an "immediate shut-off" this Sunday as the Supreme Court decides its fate, Democratic senator Ed Markey (Mass.) is pushing legislation that would allow the Chinese-controlled social media app to remain online for an additional 270 days.
The post As TikTok Threatens 'Immediate Shut-Off,' Dem Senator Markey Introduces Bill Extending Deadline for Sale-or-Ban Law appeared first on .
Voters beware: Centrist promises often mask a radical agenda
The “moderate Democrat” is like the tooth fairy — a feel-good fantasy you want to believe in but that doesn’t really exist.
Many reasonable people got excited when Rep. Seth Moulton’s post-election comments appeared in the New York Times, in which the Massachusetts Democrat and father of “two little girls” said he didn’t want them “getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete.”
Moderate Democrats are a relic of the past. A Tom Daschle or Joe Crowley could never get elected under today’s radicalized Democratic umbrella.
Yet for merely suggesting that Democrats should shift their messaging on transgenderism, Moulton drew swift condemnation, with Steve Kerrigan, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, strongly rebuking the congressman’s remarks.
But the truth is that Moulton is no level-headed classical liberal. He’s a pro-choice, pro-gun-control, pro-open-borders climate-change alarmist. He gets a lower score from the conservative Heritage Foundation than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
Even so, Moulton was pilloried because admission to the liberal sanctum demands absolute ideological purity.
Similarly, laying the groundwork for a 2026 gubernatorial run, Bronx-area Rep. Ritchie Torres recently branded New York Governor Kathy Hochul as the “new Joe Biden.” He talks about her “failed leadership” but not her policies. Indeed, he says, “She’s well-intentioned but ineffective.”
The young lawmaker is merely masquerading as a moderate. This is a politically shrewd yet deceptive approach. It was only in 2022 when Torres supported granting citizenship and health care to all undocumented immigrants — a radical policy that is dangerous for all Americans.
Moderate Democrats are a relic of the past. A Tom Daschle or Joe Crowley could never get elected under today’s radicalized Democratic umbrella.
Take Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), a Jewish liberal darling who consistently touts his pro-Israel credentials when it’s politically expedient. He advanced Biden’s pressure campaign against Israel back in April over concerns about how “Israel has executed aspects of this war.”
And when lawmakers professing to be friends of Israel aren’t voting like far-left anti-Semites, they’re defending them.
Last year’s vote calling for the ouster of Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee fell along party lines, with House Democrats, including Gottheimer and Torres, choosing to protect the Jew-hating politician.
No matter what these so-called moderates say, today’s Democratic Party has no space for tempered governance. Ultimately, the priority will always be to harness the party energy that still resides with progressives.
In the past, Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) declared his support for the Jewish state at major pro-Israel conferences held by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Today, Markey consistently votes to block to block arms sales to Israel during its war against genocidal terrorists.
But for voters, it’s better to know the truth.
A far-left progressive is a wolf in wolf’s clothing. A politician posturing as a centrist Democrat is merely a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
However twisted and abhorrent the policies may be, knowing what to expect from radical Rashida Tlaib offers more comfort than having hopes dashed by a squeamish Chuck Schumer. As well-intentioned liberals continue their false fixation on curating a moderate path for the party, the Democratic establishment is ensuring that politicians aiming to be sound stewards over progressive power elites are left marginalized.
It's unlikely that Democrats such as Torres would offer a real departure from the likes of Hochul and the progressives their party has helped popularize. The only question is whether voters will continue being duped by politicians who will, in the end, abandon any semblance of sanity due to the cannibalization of the Democratic Party by the left.
Our nation’s extraordinary challenges will not be solved by leaving critical decisions up to spineless lawmakers whose power depends on defaulting to the rising influential progressives in the party.
I used to believe in the tooth fairy, but then I turned 8. I’d like to believe today’s pseudo-centrist Democrats are sincere. But I woke up and there was nothing under the pillow.
Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bills Aiming To Protect Minors’ Privacy Online
'Passed the Senate in a 91-3 vote'
Left-wing Sen. Bernie Sanders announces re-election bid
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who has served in the Senate since early 2007, has announced that he will seek another term in office.
In a video announcing his plan to seek re-election, he pushed climate alarmism ideology. "This is a global crisis. We must work with every country on earth to cut carbon emissions and save the planet for our kids and future generations," Sanders claimed.
"We must codify Roe v. Wade into national law," he also said in the video.
Sanders, who is currently 82, would be 89 by the conclusion of his next term if he were to win re-election.
Before serving in the Senate, Sanders had been a member of the House of Representatives for 16 years.
Other left-wing lawmakers expressed support for Sanders.
"Bernie's lifelong commitment to progressive values provides invaluable leadership in the United States Senate. From Medicare for All to the Green New Deal, I am lucky to be his partner in the tough fights to secure a better world. Let's keep fighting," Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts said in a tweet.
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"Bernie showed us we don't have to settle for half-measures, that we are right to demand that democracy work for ALL of us. @BernieSanders has been a leader for decades. It's time to send him back to Congress to continue fighting for working-class people across the country," Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York declared in a post.
"Bernie will always fight for the America that lives up to what it says on paper — the one we deserve. Thrilled to have his voice for a fourth term in the Senate," Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeted.
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Amid high gas prices, woke lawmakers press the Federal Reserve to require 'financial institutions to stop fossil fuel financing'
Even as Americans endure the financial burden of high gas prices, a group of Democratic lawmakers is pushing climate alarmism by pressing the Fed to require financial institutions to cease fossil fuel financing.
"To protect the stability of the U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve must thoroughly understand and address climate risks and ensure that the financial institutions it oversees do the same, including by requiring them to reduce fossil fuel-financed emissions in line with science-based climate targets," the legislators declared in their letter to Federal Reserve System board of governors chair Jerome Powell.
"Although banks are already claiming to support reducing financed emissions, even achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, they continue to finance the fossil fuel industry to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars annually," the letter states.
"The climate crisis is already placing a heavy financial burden on Americans and the U.S. economy. The Federal Reserve must take the necessary steps to protect the stability of the financial system by fully understanding climate risks and requiring financial institutions to stop fossil fuel financing," the letter declares.
The Democrats who signed the letter include Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, as well as Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Barbara Lee of California, and André Carson of Indiana.
"Climate change is real and climate risk is here. That's why @SenMarkey & I are leading a call for the @FederalReserve to address the financial risks of climate change and require financial institutions to stop fossil fuel financing," Pressley tweeted.
The AAA national average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.881 as of September 18.
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