Tina Smith
@smith.senate.gov
Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
Republicans will likely do what they always do and confirm Blanche as Attorney General despite all of this, and once again, women across America will pay the price.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
politico.com
TODD BLANCHE: Rest assured that we’re working hand in hand with HHS and the FDA and the White House and President Trump’s team to get permanent solutions so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.
A system that penalizes people for following its rules is fundamentally broken. ICE needs to be stripped down to the studs.
Pretty clear Todd Blanche is just another yes-man who will sign off on the President’s worst ideas. Why would we trust someone who demonstrates he can’t stand up for what’s right?
New reporting shows the President met with Big Tobacco at a golf club in Florida and promised he’d do pretty much anything the executives wanted in exchange for millions of dollars in political donations to his campaign.
How can the Administration justify asking for a $1.5 trillion defense budget when the Pentagon has never even passed a full audit?
Epstein survivors have more courage in the tips of their fingernails than Todd Blanche has in his entire body
Trump tried canceling $646,000,000 in infrastructure money for Minnesotans just because we didn’t vote for him. But the real kicker is that he tried blocking new transmission lines that would connect the grids in *Republican* states (SD, ND, IA, MO, NE and KS) just because they included Minnesota.
Six months ago, Alex Pretti was shot by federal immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis, just 18 days after ICE fatally shot Renee Good. Alex was a 37-year-old intensive care nurse for veterans, an outdoorsman, a dog lover, a brother, and a son.
How can you Make American Healthy Again when people are afraid to eat their vegetables?
So letting ICE investigate itself? Americans deserve real accountability, not another cover up from this Administration.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoBreaking News: Federal agents are said to have been told that the FBI will no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents. If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents.
This is tragic news. Holding the families and loved ones of these brave service members in my heart and offering my deepest condolences.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoTwo U.S. service members were killed in action in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, the U.S. military said Saturday, as the Middle East conflict intensified following the collapse of a ceasefire deal.
He feels cornered. He sees what will happen when we take back power, so he’s lashing out the only way he knows how. Election conspiracy theories didn’t save him in 2020. They won’t save him in 2026.
Booking it back to Minnesota to visit folks on the front lines of the wildfires up in Ely and around the Boundary Waters. Stay safe, Minnesota.
Cancer doesn’t give a shit about DEI policies. The disease will continue impacting some populations more than others and refusing to research why is asinine and hurts us all.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
TINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
Naïve to think he was ever going to end ICE traffic stops. He LIKES that his secret police force can do whatever they want with no repercussions. The cruelty is the point.
The entirety of the Boundary Waters is being evacuated due to wildfires, led by eight fearless Wilderness Rangers paddling around to campsites. 1,000,000 acres. 2,000 campsites. 4 teams of rangers. 2 rangers per canoe.
ICE is beyond repairing. We can't reform our way out of this. Strip it down to the studs and start over.
The feds are finally sharing evidence from Renee Good and Alex Pretti's killings, but this took way too long, and it's not enough. Minnesotans' trust has been fundamentally broken.
Thank you to all the first responders and firefighters putting themselves in harm’s way to combat the wildfires up near the Boundary Waters. Everyone in the area should listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Stay safe Minnesota!
400,000 rural homes can now be saved from falling into disrepair
Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Even Though Trump Refuses to Sign It
After a 10-day clock, the housing bill turned into law at midnight without the president’s signature. But his decision not to sign reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
nytimes.com
Homes are for families — not private equity!
Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 4w agoBREAKING: the clock struck midnight and our bipartisan housing bill is now law. Trump refused to sign it, but he couldn't stop it. This law is GROUNDBREAKING. It will build more housing, bring down costs, and for the first time, stop private equity from buying up homes.
ICE agents feel emboldened because they know their higher ups will protect them by lying to the public about what happened. How can we trust any sort of investigation solely done by an agency that does whatever it wants, whenever it wants, with no repercussions? Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Intrigued by the pickle pie at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Not opposed, just…intrigued.
The progress of America has never been linear. The best version of this country is possible, but only if we don’t let them divide and distract us. This country belongs to ALL of us. Happy 250th Birthday America 🦅🇺🇸
I’m so sad to hear that today, on the last day of Pride Month, we have lost a long time Minnesota state legislator and a fierce fighter for justice and freedom for all people: Karen Clark.
Children born in the United States are citizens of the United States
The promise and privilege of citizenship extends to every child born in our jurisdiction, and those children deserve just as much of a shot at the American dream as those whose families have been here for generations. No xenophobic Executive Order can undo that.