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Chris Murphy 🟧

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Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

U.S. Senator from Connecticut.

Joined May 2010

Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
Annie is a mom, a pediatrician, and community leader who is totally fed up with the corruption in Washington. This fall, every state is in play as Trump and Republicans purposely ruin the economy. Make a donation here! secure.actblue.com/donate/csm-and…
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
This is a really important story. A primary cause of this distrust is our Scarcity Economy, in which the bottom 75% of our economy are left scraps to fight over, leading people to view their neighbors and peers as competitors, instead of potential collaborators for good.
Ryan Burge 📊
@ryanburge
Jun 11
Generation Z has the lowest levels of interpersonal trust of any generation we've ever polled. And although the data is time limited, the velocity of their decline in trust already far exceeds any previous generation.
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
The essential argument in Crisis of the Common Good: Trump is a symptom, not the primary cause, of a spiritual unspooling that has left too many Americans feeling lonely, powerless, and exhausted.
Chris Murphy Says Americans Are 'Lonely, Powerless And Exhausted,' Linking Social Crisis To Trump's...
From yahoo.com
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Natalie Korach
@NatalieKorach
Jun 11
CNN's resident fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn't conducted an on-air fact check of Trump in more than three months, a stretch that coincidentally began around the same time Paramount announced its merger with WBD
The Curious Disappearance of Daniel Dale
From status.news
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
this is a weird thing to say unless you don't care at all about regular people and only care about super rich people who find a way to benefit from inflation...
Acyn
@Acyn
Jun 10
Reporter: Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number which came out this morning? Trump: No, I love it. I love the inflation.
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
Duss's top book recommendation: Crisis of the Common Good "Senator Murphy has been someone who has articulated a strong theory of the case of what really ails our politics — the loss of a sense of community, the idea that these systems are out of control, and they are
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
It's hard to fathom how deeply evil this is, and that we have people running our country who get sick pleasure from sending women fleeing violence in Iran to an African country in the middle of a brutal civil war.
Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
From nytimes.com
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 11
Republicans said they wouldn't vote for ICE funding until Trump dropped his $1.8 BILLION slush fund. Then they caved (or didn't mean it in the first place). And now the slush fund is back on track.
Trump Isn’t Giving Up on His Slush Fund
From theatlantic.com
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 10
We should not reauthorize FISA until there is ZERO CHANCE Bill Pulte (or anyone else with a history of or intent to abuse of power to hurt Trump's political opponents) gets anywhere near our classified services.
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Steven Rattner
@SteveRattner
Jun 10
Inflation spiked to its highest level in 3 years last month: 4.2%. Trump’s tariffs and the Iran War are undoubtedly hurting Americans’ pocketbooks.
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 10
Wait I thought we were “getting close” to a deal to end the war. He wasn’t telling the truth? In fact we are “getting close” to fully ending the ceasefire and restarting the war? Shocking.
Fox News
@FoxNews
Jun 10
BREAKING: President Trump exclusively tells @TreyYingst that the U.S. is getting close to ordering new strikes against Iranian power plants and bridges in response to “tapping the United States along” when it comes to drawn out negotiations. The U.S. launched overnight strikes
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 10
Good morning. This is your daily reminder that the President has lost total control of the Iran War and thus has lost interest. He now only obsesses over his ballroom and schemes to profit off the presidency while gas and grocery prices soar.
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Chris Murphy 🟧
@ChrisMurphyCT
Jun 10
“The closest thing to a manifesto for the Democrats’ new values offensive is Senator Chris Murphy’s book published last month, “Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.” Mr. Murphy links a left-populist critique of the economy with the
Opinion | A Different Kind of ‘Values Voter’ Will Power the 2026 Midterms
From nytimes.com
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