Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

A very welcome @BillMoyers echo of my climate speech on generally crummy climate news coverage. When you are aligned with Bill Moyers, you’re usually in the right place! https://t.co/viRYDrgm1y — PolitiTweet.org

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If one donor gave nearly $60 million to the Court-fixing operation, wouldn’t you want to know what business that donor had before the Court? And how well it was doing with the appointees who came through its Court-fixing scheme? Pretty basic info. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Court-fixing operation to which this @FedSoc secret-donor network is central received an individual donation of $24 million, another of $17.9 million, and another of $17 million — what if it’s the same donor? Total = $58.9 million. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@FirstStreetFdn, @zillow, @NOAA, @USGAO, @EPA, @ClimateCentral, @UCSUSA, @RiskInsurance are all warning about risk of a coastal property values collapse. We ignore these warnings at our peril. https://t.co/x44zJRoGV7 — PolitiTweet.org

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The House passed the Violence Against Women Act to help women escape abuse & find the support they need. No more delay, @senatemajldr McConnell. NOW is the time to take it up in the Senate. #VAWA2019 — PolitiTweet.org

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Dept. Of I Kid You Not: Trump’s source to rebut former Secretary of State Tillerson saying Trump was “out-prepared by Vladimir Putin” is — yes, wait for it . . . “Putin”! — PolitiTweet.org

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Economic effects of rising oceans hit before roads, homes, shops, & infrastructure actually get wet. They hit when insurance & mortgages (30-year lead) get hit, & they will be big. Coastal real estate market is on a dangerous financial cliff. #ClimateCosts https://t.co/lTXxrU2T7M — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Recent attacks on women’s constitutional right to abortion put access to care for millions in jeopardy. I’m proud to cosponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act because political games shouldn’t prevent people from accessing quality medical care. #ActForWomen — PolitiTweet.org

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Bring the popcorn. I can’t wait to see this show. https://t.co/3b6Dpwl25I — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Where does this end? For some coastal areas, insurance companies stop offering protection all together. Homeowners will be left on their own to deal with the #ClimateCosts. — PolitiTweet.org

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Look at Texas. The annual probability of a Texas storm dropping 20 inches of rain is expected to rise from 1% to 18%. When insurance companies get scared, that’s a pretty good sign that we should be too. #ClimateCosts https://t.co/FP6Sz8R44H — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Increasing #ClimateRisks are forcing the insurance industry to recalculate. Climate change may be gradual, but its market effects are volatile. What we are doing currently — nothing—will cost us big. https://t.co/yC45JnVKFz — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenatorCarper: .@realdonaldtrump: President Nixon was under investigation when he signed into law the landmark, bipartisan Federal Aid… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenatorDurbin: I led 24 Dem Senators on letter to @ICRC & DHS IG asking for investigations into the conditions at CBP detention facilit… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @FarmersGov: Oysters play a critical ecological role by filtering water and keeping it clean. Rhode Island shellfish growers are working… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CeresNews: 75+ companies representing $2.5 trillion in annual revenue are calling for federal #climateaction. @ColoradoSkiUSA, @rossign… — PolitiTweet.org

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And re yesterday's tantrum: Presidents don’t get to choose whether Congress investigates or legislates. Woodrow Wilson: "Quite as important as legislation is vigilant oversight of administration." The oversight function "should be preferred even to its legislative function." — PolitiTweet.org

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Back-to-back jack! 2 judges, 2 days, 2 @realDonaldTrump cover-up attempts rejected by federal courts — Congress’s subpoena power vindicated. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Well deserved recognition for the late Ray Fogarty, a fierce advocate for RI businesses and founder of Bryant’s World Trade Day. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenSchumer: For years, @SenateMajLdr McConnell has protected shadowy billionaires from revealing the $$$ they spend rigging the system.… — PolitiTweet.org

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leonard leo — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Leonard Leo’s dark @FedSoc is installing judges to dismantle the protections that keep us safe from corporate greed. I’m glad the @washingtonpost’s reporting shows more of how this operation works. #CapturedCourts https://t.co/ekrXniEOjf — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Americans are seeing their courts packed with judges who always rule against them whenever big corporate and Republican partisan interests have a skin in the game. Every time. — PolitiTweet.org

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Weird, cozy relationships between public law school deans and DC power brokers can seem in the weeds, but let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture: — PolitiTweet.org

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Now “dismantler" Rao is a life-tenured judge on the nation’s second highest court, supposed to treat our U.S. agencies fairly. #CapturedCourts https://t.co/bzTwmNNdBs — PolitiTweet.org

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In one email, the dean asked an influential donor for $1.5 million to fund Neomi Rao’s center, to "entice Neomi to return home to Scalia Law after she dismantles the administrative state while serving” in the @realDonaldTrump administration. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s what’s also interesting: open records documents show the law school dean regularly reported to Leonard Leo and the Koch Foundation on developments at the Center, including faculty hiring, student admissions, and other @FedSoc priorities. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The thing was, @nytimes and others had documents showing that wasn’t true. A Virginia open records request revealed that an anonymous donor and the Charles Koch Foundation, working with Leonard Leo, donated $30 million, much of which was earmarked for her organization. https://t.co/BstmvGocwW — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

When Rao testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I asked her about the funding of her so-called Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason’s Scalia Law School. She testified to me that NO anonymous or Koch brothers funding had gone to her Center. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

One @FedSoc darling has received a particular amount of attention recently, the newly confirmed DC Court of Appeals judge Neomi Rao. Her deep connections to the Federalist Society are no secret. #CapturedCourts — PolitiTweet.org