Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Phony-baloney right wing front group “Heritage Foundation” wraps itself in flag, but funded by Korean arms merchant. Can’t make it up. https://t.co/46gMvJs3BQ https://t.co/5ZdFlBJ0iw — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

.@realDonaldTrump continues to disparage & ignore his own scientists. This new GAO report reaffirms his anti-science ideology & underscores the enormous costs of Trump selling out the American people to fossil fuel polluters by undermining the social cost of carbon. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

In the midst of a global pandemic ravaging our country, we are seeing the greatest health insurance losses ever recorded – and @realDonaldTrump and the Republican party are in court trying to undermine health coverage for millions more. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

.@realDonaldTrump’s failure to listen to the science & promote common sense safety measures is causing untold suffering & loss. No one wants more tweets about confederate statues & fake news. We want a leader who will get this virus under control. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Donald Trump’s response to COVID-19 now includes attacking his own public health officials like Dr. Fauci. That’s not going to turn this thing around. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Sadly, an appellate judge told me he now sees judges “auditioning” for this, writing decisions not on facts and law, not to do justice among parties, but to signal their availability and reliability. Kavanaugh was an auditioning champion; look where he got. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Even “courage,” normally a virtue, here means judges who’ll stick to their partisan guns and pay back their appointers even if it upsets colleagues, the public, or the law. Who wins is what matters. This is a capture scheme, and they want judges who’ll stay bought. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Yes, you can read a lot into “knew what they were looking for,” “shaping ‘the future of the country’” and “do[ing] it right." The big-Republican-donor court capture operation is now brazen. Except that they still won’t reveal the special interests paying for the scheme. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Now dark-money-funded Carrie Severino (see @judicialnetwork in our Captured Courts report) runs "a large team of extraordinarily talented lawyers” who know what is wanted at “the intersection of law and public policy” and will “do it right." https://t.co/VxtHuHrbWv — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

McGahn: working on this were “at least six, sometimes as many as 10... very serious people... who knew what they were looking for...." You bet they did. After all, they were “shaping ‘the future of the country’ in... ‘an increasingly wide range of issues’" for big secret donors. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow — quite a confession. “Tremendous investment,” indeed. But not just time — money too, covertly, in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Hmmm, I wonder why... https://t.co/4MOg2dQuPK — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

What, you ask, do I mean by grateful? No grand jury subpoena for Trump. No Trump interview or testimony. No Trump tax returns. Narrow investigative scope. Punt on Trump obstruction charge. In sum, Trump got the kid gloves treatment. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Mueller bent over backwards at every juncture for @realDonaldTrump. Must be annoying that Trump comes after him anyway. Normal people would be grateful. https://t.co/Yn9k0trvHq — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @MittRomney: Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying t… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

I am very sorry to hear about the passing of Sister Joyce Flowers, a wonderful woman who spread hope and joy to all those lucky enough to know her. Her legacy will live on through the countless people whose lives she touched and I was honored to know her. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Trump: ‘You’re my guy, you get off the hook if you are convicted of crimes. Can’t get Barr to do it, I’ll do it myself.’ Pretty gangster. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

After months of “no urgency,” GOP finally will engage on next #COVID bill. Top priority? Shielding unsafe big businesses who cause people to sicken or die. https://t.co/R6LE7hQezj — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @RepCicilline: .@PepsiCo we are NOT BUYING IT! You say that you support sustainability, but you are a leader in the US Chamber. Push the… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @RepCicilline: .@CocaCola you say that you are making a difference in people’s lives, communities and our planet by doing business the r… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @MarkRuffalo: @CocaCola, you say that you support sustainability, but you are a leader in @USChamber. Push @USChamber to support science… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @MarkRuffalo: @PepsiCo, you say that you support sustainability, but you are a leader in @USChamber. Push @USChamber to support science-… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Here’s the problem with that: it’s a rigged competition, with hundreds of billions in annual subsidy for fossil fuel in U.S. alone per @IMFNews. A rigged competition isn’t competition. Plus, fossil fuel uses top-down political pressure on government to keep competition rigged. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette ... cast the challenge of taming the ravages of a warming globe as a choice between "top down" government mandates or "bottom up" — based on competition. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Hey @CocaCola @PepsiCo. I never got an answer, so I’ll try this again. Why won’t you #LobbyForClimate and #ChangetheChamber? Your @USChamber, your problem – now is the time to make it change. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Dark money in politics for instance requires Republicans to engage in the folly of climate denial not because they believe it but because otherwise fossil fuel money will crush them. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

This is all very authoritative and knowledgeable, but it seems to me to ignore the salient mega-fact of unlimited dark money in politics. https://t.co/W2RP1acKRd — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenWarren: If giant corporations truly care about sustainability & combating the #ClimateCrisis, rather than just greenwashing their br… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Does more testing mean more #COVID cases? — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Very good national interview with @GovRaimondo, particularly the empty truck story. https://t.co/CjdssqhwQe — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

New England faces a crash in coastal property values and devastating economic fallout. We must fight climate change much more aggressively and begin serious work to defend our coasts. My piece with @SenatorShaheen via @GlobeOpinion: — PolitiTweet.org