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They’re HOPING you don’t notice...$70 BILLION MORE FOR ICE and BORDER PATROL with no OVERSIGHT!

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  MASSACHUSETTS HAS A GAGGLE OF WEALTHY REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR  GOVERNOR AND MASS GOP CONTINUES TO BLABBER PROPAGANDA...WHAT HAVE  THEY DONE FOR YOU?  NONE OF THEM ARE SPEAKING OUT FOR HEALTHCARE OR FOOD CUTS FOR  HUNGRY KIDS! Today, Republicans are forcing a vote on their awful reconciliation bill — and it tells you everything you need to know about their priorities. They’re trying to hand $70 billion more to ICE and Border Patrol with no real oversight. But lowering costs for working families? Nothing. Protecting our democracy from Trump’s abuse of power? Nothing. Stopping Trump’s insurrectionist slush fund? Nothing there either. Becca is calling this out for exactly what it is: a dangerous handout to Trump’s enforcement machine and another Republican bill that does nothing to lower costs for families. Will you rush $5 or more today to help Becca fight back and make sure voters hear the truth? And this goes beyond one bad bill. Trump is still trying to bend...

I'm furious I even have to write this...

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  SHARED DUE TO WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE OF ICE GETAPO TARGETING OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS!  ICE GESTAPO TACTICS NEED TO BE REINED IN! BY ITS OWN ADMISSION, MOST ICE GESTAPO ARRESTS ARE NOT CRIMINALS,  BUT ARE LAW ABIDING PEOPLE.   It's Becca. I’m furious that I even have to write this today but Republicans are pushing to deny immigrant children an education. These are kids . Kids who want to learn. Kids who want to feel safe. Kids who deserve to walk into a public school without fear hanging over their heads. But right now, we are watching extremists try to turn immigrant children into political targets and I will not stand by and let that happen. If you’re sickened by this attack on children, please click here and chip in today to help me fight back against this cruelty. I’m a former middle school teacher, and I can tell you this: you learn a lot about what kids are carrying before they ever say a word. You see it in their faces. You hear it in the way they hesitate. You fe...