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Senator Alex Padilla@SenAlexPadilla · Mar 3, 2025

Trump and Republicans want you to be so overwhelmed and confused by the news that you don't pay attention to what…

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A Democratic politician outlines concerns about Trump administration actions, including staffing the FBI with unqualified loyalists, eliminating transportation safety positions, conducting aggressive immigration enforcement, freezing wildfire prevention hiring, cutting social programs for tax cuts to billionaires, mass federal workforce reductions under Elon Musk, and DOGE attempting unauthorized access to Education Department data.

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  1. #1

    Trump and Republicans want you to be so overwhelmed and confused by the news that you don't pay attention to what they're doing. So let's break it down together . . . 🧵

  2. #2

    Republicans are stacking our nation’s top law enforcement agency with unfit and unqualified loyalists. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have a combined 0 years of experience at the FBI and are now the two most powerful people at the agency.

    Senator Alex Padilla@SenAlexPadilla · Feb 24, 2025

    Dan Bongino is a far-right extremist and conspiracy-peddling podcaster. Trump keeps stacking our nation’s top law enforcement agency with unfit, and unqualified loyalists.

  3. #3

    Safety should always be the #1 priority for the Department of Transportation. It’s a no-brainer. So I sent a letter pushing for answers on why Trump and Musk are trying to eliminate the employees who ensure safe travel for Americans.

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    Trump wants you to believe that he is only deporting violent criminals. This is not true. ICE unlawfully sent immigrants, including those without criminal records, to Guantanamo Bay. I’m fighting him on it. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

  5. #5

    Ahead of wildfire season, Trump froze the hiring and onboarding of federal firefighters AND fired thousands of federal workers from the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. I’m leading the fight with my fellow Democrats, to reverse Trump’s freeze. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/08…

  6. #6

    Republicans voted to axe your housing, health care, and education, all to give massive tax cuts to billionaires. This is just the beginning of the fight. instagram.com/p/DGYypDBhZeT/…

  7. #7

    Thousands of federal workers are losing their jobs or being forced to justify their positions to unelected billionaire Elon Musk. People like Justine Beaulieu from California who was fired from her job at USDA 3 days before giving birth, or Luke Graziani who was fired from the Navy after serving for 20 years. I’m standing in solidarity with the workers in California and beyond whose futures are in limbo and standing up to Musk to demand he end his reckless actions to cull our federal workforce.

  8. #8

    Elon Musk and DOGE continue to try to access personal data from the Department of Education, so I sent another letter to the Department demanding answers on what information was being accessed and why. Earlier this week a judge temporarily blocked DOGE from further accessing any information at the Education Department. politico.com/news/2025/02/2…