Daily Dems Doing the Work, Making Noise and Fighting Back Day 178

Jul 23, 2025

Today Rep Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) confirmed her suspicions about ICE, Rep Ted Lieu (CA-36) reminded us that the republican fear of the Epstein files in a cover-up, and so much more!

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Repping the Rep Marilyn Strickland (WA-10)

Posted a “Know Your Rights” sheet in English, Spanish, Cyrillic, Chinese, and Arabic

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DNC (
The Blue Print
)

Talked about how they’re fighting back on today’s Daily Blueprint. They put up billboards in 4 cities where hospitals have already closed or are about to. And they put up a new website all about the TrumpTax, and how it will effect each state. It’s absolutely brilliant. I can’t tell you what to do, but I highly recommend checking out both links.

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Rep Susie Lee (NV-03)

Reminded us in today’s Democratic Daily Download that The TrumpTax benefits for working families are all temporary, every single one.

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Reps
Hakeem Jeffries
(NY-08), Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), and
Congressman Greg Casar
(TX-35)

Will join National Dem Redistricting Committee chair

Eric Holder

and TX Dem House Caucus Chair Gene Wu for “Stop the Texas Takeover“ at 7 PM ET live tomorrow night.

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Rep Chellie Pingree (ME-01)

Raises the alarm about DT trying to rename the Kennedy Center, that Republicans snuck into the 2026 budget for the interior and environment, during the House Appropriations markup on the bill.

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Watch her full remarks below

And the full markup is below if you want to watch that as well.

Rep Bill Foster (IL-11)

Breaks down the fork in the road Republicans have gotten themselves into with the Epstein files. They chose the road that led to pretending they don’t exist by starting the August recess two weeks before August. As you do when you’re trying to hide something.

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Rep Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)

Had her suspicions confirmed about the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, which houses ICE. They insisted no one was being held there, but new footage confirms that they lied. And now they’ll have to find a new excuse for not letting her conduct oversight.

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And finally…

Rep Ted Lieu (CA—36)

Did what Ted Lieu does best and called out Republicans, saying they won’t get away with hiding the Epstein files, a “cover-up of epic proportions.“

And you can watch the whole press conference below

So those are just some of today’s fighters!

If you made it to the end of this post, comment with 🎭 (theater masks) because,e for some reason, DT thinks Melania worthy of using them.

And if you watched or read any of these stories, comment 🧺 (clean laundry) because the abductees being kept at 26 federal Plaza deserve that and so much more.

Our voices are our superpower, but only when we use them!