Fred Wellman
@FPWellman
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Democratic Candidate for Congress in MO-2. Democracy advocate. Army combat vet. Host of @OnDemocracyPod and ‘In the Hot Seat’ on @meidastouch.
St. Louis, MO
Joined May 2009
Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. (1/2)
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This is the things the evil people of history say. This unhinged lunatic has no place in our government.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower and under President Trump we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower. It's absurd that we would allow a nation in our backyard to become the supplier of
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.@StephenM yelling on @jaketapper about how sovereign countries don’t get sovereignty if the U.S. wants their resources is genuinely unhinged. Belligerent. And a disturbing window into how this administration thinks about the world.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower and under President Trump we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower. It's absurd that we would allow a nation in our backyard to become the supplier of
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When I served the nation in uniform with the United States Army, my oath was to the Constitution – not to any president. And certainly not to an under-qualified Secretary of Defense. @SenMarkKelly did nothing but remind our servicemen and women of the oath we took. And this
Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the
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Conservatives sued, and the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, that private businesses can refuse service based on First Amendment rights and freedom of religion. Maybe harassing and attacking Black and brown communities goes against Hilton Hotel’s religious beliefs?
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Trump is trying to silence his political opponents or anyone who dares to hold him accountable. In moments like this, fear is contagious—but so is courage. @SenMarkKelly is a patriot. He has honorably served our country. He's never backed down from a fight, and I won't either.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hegseth censures Sen. Mark Kelly after warning about illegal orders and outlines plan to demote Democrat in retirement.
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Honored and humbled to have the support of my friend @JasonKander. I’ve had the privilege to get to know him over the last 7 years and my respect and admiration has only gone up. We’re not done yet!
Proud to earn the endorsement of @JasonKander. A combat veteran. Former Missouri Secretary of State. A leader who knows the difference between service and self-promotion. I’m running to put duty over politics and people over power. Let’s get to work. #mo02
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This is unacceptable use of an official government account to attack a private business. This is illegal. We are so far off the reservation with this disgusting Administration. Congress needs to get back to work.
NO ROOM AT THE INN! @HiltonHotels has launched a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to REFUSE service to DHS law enforcement. When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations. This is
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Ryan: The fact that the president admitted that oil executives were informed of this before the Congress of the United States that represents the people is incredibly dangerous. I mean, the fact that folks who clearly didn't have a clearance knew about this, and yet the
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CNN: Rubio was saying that there's a phobia built up about this sort of thing because the focus is on the Middle East… Ryan: It is such chickenhawk BS from Rubio, who's not served a single day in uniform to dismiss that as a phobia. You want to tell that to my friends on this
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Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the
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Not one member of the Perdue family has gone to prison for killing thousands of Americans.
Yesterday my family would have been celebrating my brother Andrew’s 37th birthday. Instead, he’s gone, overtaken by a drug overdose Drug overdoses are a national catastrophe and now the #1 killer of Americans ages 18–45 It’s surreal that on Andrew’s birthday, President Trump
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Meet Paul Singer. Singer acquired Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company, in November 2025. Citgo owns major refineries in Louisiana, Texas and Illinois — plus thousands of gas stations. Singer donated at least $5 million to Trump, and $37 million
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The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
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“Trump regime spokespeople have offered a range of explanations… But Trump’s breathless enthusiasm for illegal violence, beamed to his home/entertainment hub for his personal delectation, is perhaps more telling than any post facto rationalization.” 👇🏻
New in PN: Trump's coup sends US down a dark path "We have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
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Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an
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I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is. He did not inform Congress but he’s saying he informed the oil companies. Keep in mind who he means. The billionaire mega donor that just got control of Citgo. Our service members were used directly to move the interests of Trump’s
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off? Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
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This footage is from a 2022 Sports Celebration in Buenos Aires.
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Donald Trump pardoned this man, who was charged with assaulting multiple police officers with a baseball bat on Jan. 6.
10) Lang threw a final Sieg Heil salute outside and declared "white Christian men are not gonna sit around while you turn our children into a bunch of n****-lovers" before leading his group away.
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⭕️ Election ⭕️ Transitional government ⭕️ Disarmament ⭕️ End of drug cartels ✅ Access to oil and minerals It’s not a coincidence that Citgo was just handed to a billionaire Trump and Republican donor.
Reporter: What do you need from Delcy Rodriguez? Trump: Total access. We need access to the oil and other things…
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