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    "description": "Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.",
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            "description": "Join me in San Antonio to rally in support of Johny Garcia and Katy Padilla Stout’s campaigns for Congress. RSVP today!\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/wintheera/event/1034432/",
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            "description": "We don’t have to put up with this. Not these policies or these politicians or even this system of politics. It's time for us to chase out corruption and build a politics that actually responds to the people.",
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            "description": "Join me in San Antonio to rally in support of Johny Garcia and Katy Padilla Stout’s campaigns for Congress. RSVP today!\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/wintheera/event/1034432/",
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            "description": "If I said we have a broken political system, it'd be the least memorable thing I said all day. We all know it. We all say it. The question is: Why do we act like it isn't? It can't go on like this.",
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            "description": "Thank you to everyone who showed up to support Cait Conley last night in Tarrytown — the energy was tremendous.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-17T16:14:00.000Z",
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            "description": "I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Not every “Secretary Pete” is the same.",
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            "description": "After nearly two years of economic failure and broken promises, JD Vance’s midterm pitch these closing weeks is “give us another chance.”\n\nThe American people cannot afford another round of this - and the good news is we don’t have to.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-16T22:22:00.000Z",
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            "description": "How can they justify leaving right now?\n\nDiesel costs just hit an all-time high. Our nation is at war. The bond market is quivering. The urgency of AI regulation has come to a critical moment. \n\nCongress should be working overtime. Instead Speaker Johnson sent them home.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-16T15:56:00.000Z",
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            "description": "Thank you to the nearly a thousand New Mexicans who showed up yesterday in Las Cruces! Electing independent-minded, honest, courageous, compassionate leaders like Gabe Vasquez and Deb Haaland is a big part of how we will make our politics - and our country - better for the future.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-14T15:17:00.000Z",
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            "description": "While too many in Congress are absorbed in partisan combat, Gabe Vasquez has stayed focused on solving problems and helping his constituents. Time and again, he has set politics aside to deliver for New Mexico. I was excited to join him at today's town hall - and am proud to be in his corner.",
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            "description": "The dangers of artificial intelligence have become an enormous issue - yet the White House has been so passive that even the AI companies themselves are asking what it will take to get government to step up and establish safeguards.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-13T23:19:00.000Z",
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            "description": "Tucson is fired up! Thank you to everyone who came out to support JoAnna Mendoza in this critical race.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-13T13:03:00.000Z",
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            "description": "It was great to meet with @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and the young volunteers who are fueling her grassroots campaign. They are knocking on doors and organizing their communities because they understand how much their futures depend on stepping up in the present.",
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            "description": "L’Shanah Tovah to everyone celebrating the first night of Rosh Hashanah. Wishing you a sweet New Year filled with peace, happiness, and prosperity.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-12T00:52:00.000Z",
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            "description": "Today's numbers show inflation remains objectively worse than it was when Republicans took over. \n\nThis is a direct result of Trump and the GOP's decisions - the Iran War, the tariffs, the corporate tax giveaways. Time for a change.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-11T15:51:00.000Z",
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            "description": "It’s difficult to believe that twenty-five years have passed since the devastation of 9/11 changed so much in our county and our lives.\n\nIn the response, we also saw the best of America.",
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            "description": "JD Vance knows better than to sell yet another false promise to the millions of Americans hurting in this unaffordable Trump economy.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-11T00:11:00.000Z",
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            "description": "Thank you to the @steelworkers.bsky.social for welcoming me into your headquarters over Labor Day Weekend! I appreciate your hospitality - and the phenomenal organizing that you have been doing across the country.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-09T17:11:00.000Z",
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            "description": "On a recent trip, I got to talking with a young officer, newly commissioned from one of our military academies. He shared how Washington politics is impacting his choice to serve in the military. It's a conversation that’s stuck with me - and I want you to hear what he had to say.",
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            "description": "This is the message I want to share with you before this Labor Day is over.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-07T21:09:00.000Z",
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            "description": "Gas and diesel just hit the highest prices ever for a Labor Day weekend - a direct result of this president’s decisions. \n\nIt doesn't have to be like this.",
            "pubDate": "2026-09-07T19:12:00.000Z",
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            "description": "The 40-hour work week. The weekend itself. Lifesaving safety standards. \n\nOrganized labor has changed our country for the better. \n\nThis Labor Day, we recognize the achievements of our unions and the workers who make the American way of life possible.",
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            "description": "Thank you to the Ohioans who spent their Labor Day Sunday with me and Mayor Aftab Pureval! I enjoyed getting to meet you all in Cincinnati — and I was energized to see a crowd so fired up to fix our broken political system and elect strong leaders this November.",
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            "description": "There is no place for political violence in our country. \n\nI’m grateful that Amy Acton is safe and thankful for the law enforcement officers who acted swiftly today. \n\nAttacks like this cannot just be the price you pay for running for office. This must never become normal.",
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            "description": "Gloria Steinem was an icon and a trailblazer. Her advocacy - from championing reproductive freedom, to fighting for workplace fairness - moved our country forward. All of us can and should draw on her legacy of leadership and advocacy to strive towards making America a better place.",
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            "description": "Republicans promised to \"drain the swamp.\" Then they gave us an all-time high tide of Washington corruption, while the only thing they've drained is the Reflecting Pool.",
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            "description": "President Trump tried to kill the single biggest transportation project in America — the Hudson Tunnel project — for nakedly political reasons, eliminating tens of thousands of jobs.",
            "pubDate": "2026-08-28T21:04:00.000Z",
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            "description": "There will not be another like the Queen of Country, Dolly Parton. Her music spoke to millions across generations, including in our family.",
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            "description": "It was great meeting so many voters in Detroit and seeing the energy behind the coalition that will win this November.",
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            "description": "Nearly two weeks after severe storms, thousands are still without power in Gary, Indiana - and they need relief. Please consider making a contribution to the Greater Gary Fund to support the ongoing disaster response: legacyfdn.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=5554",
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