"The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy who, under the specious… garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate or defend them." - Frederick Douglass

Barack Obama decided to hit Pete Hegseth with the elbow from the top rope. Absolutely brutal takedown.

Awfully proud to receive this praise and recognition. And of all the work I did to earn this grade.

In fairness to Vivek, one does not stand shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, Denny Hastert, Jim Jordan, Matt Schlapp, Paul Pressler, etc. unless you are comfortable being at least a prop, and at worst a cheerleader for sexual assault. The rot is @GOP-wide.

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

UNEARTHED: Roger Marshall offers a stirring defense of tariffs by explaining "bankruptcies are up, suicides are up, but nevertheless we have hope"

October is National Book Month. I met with the team at the Tri-Town YMCA in Villa Park and dropped off books from the Library of Congress Surplus Books Program for young readers in our community.

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Delayed tax returns can be extremely frustrating. When a constituent in Tinley Park was having trouble receiving their 2024 tax return, they reached out to my office for help. My team worked with the constituent and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to address a discrepancy facilitate the release of the tax return.

Are you having trouble with a federal agency? Reach out to my office and let us help.

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Setting an auto alert to re-up this quote on November 4.

Slashing rural healthcare, picking tariff wars that decimate US soy exports as you bail out Argentinian producers & blocking wind energy are all bad politics in IA. Which is only surprising if you also didn't notice that Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/…

No swords or strings, @elonmusk.

I'd just like you to explain to Congress and the American people why DOGE failed so miserably and why you then lied about the savings.

Will you commit to testifying under oath to explain?

This is UNBELIEVABLY damning on Jared Kushner but don't lose sight about what this says about Rubio, Ratcliffe and the rest of Trump's senior diplomatic and intel team. vanityfair.com/story/jared-ku…

5. The instinct that lets you look the other way and/or encourage putting Kushner in charge of Middle East negotiations is the same that puts Betancourt in the middle of the theft of Venezuelan oil. propublica.org/article/trump-…

6. At the end of the day the Trumps and their spouses are bullies and grifters. The people around them are weak-willed sycophants. Neither succeeds without the other and both are equally responsible for this moment. Our country can't afford let either of them off the hook. /fin

Harry Truman left the White House with nothing but a $113 a month Army pension. 

Donald Trump made at least $2.2 billion in his first year back in office.

He pulled in $1.4 billion from crypto alone in 2025. Companies backed by his sons have landed billions in Pentagon contracts. And he made thousands of stock trades in the first three months of this year, including in companies his own administration regulates.

The grift never stops.

Meanwhile, working families are scraping by to cover gas, groceries and electric bills that keep climbing. They haven't seen a dime of Trump's windfall. They're the ones paying for it.

If you're fed up with a president who treats the White House like a personal ATM while Americans struggle to hold on, fight back by voting on November 3rd.

#TrumpsCrimesOnYourDime

LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights.

I proudly stand with LGBTQIA+ Americans in IL-06 and across the country, and I’m grateful to receive a 100% on @HRC's Congressional Scorecard for my record of fighting back against attacks on equality.

If you want to help democracy, make sure a great member of Congress comes back, blow a hole in Florida's gerrymander AND make sure Trump wastes millions of dollars... throw some $ Jared Moskowitz' way in these final weeks. It's a win/win all around. secure.actblue.com/donate/jared-w…