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Tanuki

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Sat Apr 5, 2025, 08:00 PM Apr 5

Elizabeth Warren urges Tennesseans to rally against Trump

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2025/04/05/massachusetts-sen-elizabeth-warren-urges-tennesseans-to-rally-against-trump-administration-musk-doge/82889719007/

"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), in a visit to Nashville on Saturday, urged Tennesseans to fight back against what she said is the Trump Administration’s plan to cut funding for healthcare, social security and public schools while giving trillions of dollars in tax cuts to billionaires.

“The most important thing to start with is to remember you have power,” she said. “You are strong and you know how to stand up for what is right.”
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The crowd cheered and stomped as Warren lambasted President Donald Trump for his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and for sparking the "dumbest trade war in U.S. history."
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She urged Tennesseans to take action against the state’s Republican supermajority by calling their local lawmakers, organizing and telling their stories. She said the recent win of liberal Wisconsin Superior Court judge despite Musk pouring $20 million into the race for a conservative opponent is a sign of the powers of organizing.

“Not having as much power as you want is not the same as having no power at all,” she said."...(more)
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