“Your unsubstantiated allegations of noncitizen voter fraud, public recitation of unreliable data, and unwarranted conditioning of continued grant funding for state election security measures on compliance with politically motivated requests for voter data appear to be calculated efforts to undermine confidence in our elections and risks wrongly disenfranchising voters. … You have promoted the President's conspiracy theories about our elections, pressured states to participate in illegal activities, and explicitly threatened to reduce grant funding and initiate criminal investigations for those states that do not comply with the Administration's demands. [Letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin led by Kelly, Gary Peters, Dick Durbin, Alex Padilla and Chuck Schumer and signed by 34 senators, demanding he substantiate his July 17 claim that 250,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in four states.]
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“Even changes that may appear modest from a purely military standpoint can have outsized effects on our bilateral relationships, particularly with Baltic Allies, as Russia continues to intensify its hybrid actions along NATO’s eastern flank. … U.S. Ambassadors and Chiefs of Mission in affected countries have been excluded from consultations. … What we are requesting is not a departure from precedent — it is a return to longstanding practice. [We urge you to ensure] the Department of State is fully and meaningfully engaged from this point forward.
“You walk out with more questions than when you went in, and for me, that was the case today.
“Tell that to the families of those who’ve died, or to the hundreds of other servicemembers who’ve been injured. This whole war is just a game to Trump. He doesn’t care about the consequences, because he has no idea what it means to fight for our country.
“Praying for everyone affected by the flash floods.
“Dreamers are Americans in every way. They grew up here, went to our schools, and are contributing to communities across Arizona. Making college more expensive for young people who are deeply rooted in America does nothing to fix our broken immigration system or make our country safer.
“How does changing the name of a lake help the American people? They can’t afford their lives right now.
“Arizona and our Lower Basin partners have stepped up with significant conservation commitments, and now every Basin state needs to do its part.
“Dorie Miller’s bravery at Pearl Harbor is legendary and resulted in him being awarded the Navy Cross. This aircraft carrier shouldn’t be renamed at all, let alone for Donald Trump, who has denigrated servicemembers like Dorie Miller who have paid the ultimate price.
“He's struggling. It's depressing, and it's a very difficult situation.
“North and South Korea are still technically at war. Our ability to help defend our ally against the North Koreans is because our forces are well trained and able to coordinate with the South Koreans. Hollowing out these joint exercises is shortsighted and a mistake.
“I've launched off the front of aircraft carriers hundreds of times, have a Master's degree in aeronautical engineering, and am a test pilot and even I wouldn't suggest to the Navy how to engineer specific systems on its ships.
“Donald Trump knows nothing about this stuff. Not in any world would I suggest to the Navy to change the design of some system on a ship at this point.
“The reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln about multiple sailors attempting to jump into the sea are disturbing. Long deployments are hard. They are a lot harder when the mission isn't well defined and there is no end in sight.
“The framework outlined in the Department of the Interior's Final Environmental Impact Statement could place an unfair burden on Arizona.
“After promising to keep America out of war and instead focus on lowering costs for families, Donald Trump has launched a large-scale military operation against Iran. We've seen this playbook before. Weeks of inflated claims, selective facts, and talk of imminent threats that led the American people into a war that cost thousands of American lives and trillions of taxpayer dollars.