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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

I was in the Naugatuck Valley today to support our candidates in Ansonia, Derby and Seymour. Some good pickup chances there for Dems!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

I’m on the road today supporting local candidates - particularly in towns where we have a chance to flip red to blue.

Started the day supporting Kevin Christie in Westport and my old friend Rich Smith in Milford.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Usually presidents don't have much of a direct impact on the economy. But in 2025, the downturn is ALL Trump. It's his tariffs, his shutdown, his ICE raids, his health care cuts.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

these guys haaaaaaate free speech

Politico @politico.com · 1d

Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

now do jan 6th

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Firing workers in order to fly private. Our modern economy.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

I love how Johnson is doing all these mainstream DC shows to obscure the fact he has the rest of the Republican caucus in the witness protection program.

He knows that if his people are in DC getting questions on health care and Epstein, instead of hiding, they will break.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Out of control.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

it’s all just a grift

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

I know this sounds extreme. It is.

I know I sound overly alarmist. I don't think I am.

Trump is enacting a well thought out plan so he and his allies can rule forever.

But it's not too late to stop them. We can peacefully and forcefully mobilize now. We have the power.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Step 5 of the plan:

Rig the rules and the information. Tilt the election playing field your way and destroy the idea of truth.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Step 4 of the plan:

Seize control of Congress's spending and tax powers to use those powers to reward loyalists and punish opponents.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Step 3 of the plan:

Use the military to perform political intimidation in places with high levels of opposition to the regime.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Step 2 of the plan:

Use government power to compel the media to tell only the regime's narrative and to silence critics.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

Step 1 of the plan:

Turn the justice system into a political witch hunt operation that punishes critics for free speech and immunizes loyalists for actual criminality.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

Why does Trump think he's going to get away with jacking up health premiums on families by 75% in order to fund a giant tax cut for his billionaire pals?

Because he thinks his campaign to repress free speech will keep us quiet.

But he's wrong. We are fighting back.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

Last week I did my first Reddit Ask Me Anything. It was great. Lots of candid questions about Democrats' priorities in this shutdown fight.

(also do not pay attention to the embarrassing range of super unhealthy drinks on my desk and focus on the substance pls)

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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