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Joaquin Castro

@JoaquinCastrotx

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Texas Congressman. Democrat. Intelligence Committee. Foreign Affairs Committee. Born, raised, represent San Antonio. X Standards: https://t.co/58dvW70wOP

San Antonio, Texas
Joined December 2010
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@thedailybeast
The Daily Beast
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Inside sources reportedly say Donald Trump has been heard privately joking about just how easily he believes he’s able to puppeteer House Speaker Mike Johnson. https://t.co/ZjK606ADg7
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thedailybeast.com
The president reportedly views the highest office in the House as little more than a puppet for his whims.
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@royalpratt
Gregory Royal Pratt
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As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments. Story from @carolynstein_
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chicagotribune.com
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
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@MattGertz
Matthew Gertz
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The Pentagon somehow determined that the best supplier available for drone parts just happened to be the one that had one of President's sons on its board -- government-wide graft going on.
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ft.com
Unusual Machines secures deal as US military accelerates domestic production of unmanned aircraft
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@JoaquinCastrotx
Joaquin Castro
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People are being harassed and arrested because of the color of their skin. Trump’s masked agents are operating without warrants, without probable cause—just discrimination. It's un-American and must end.
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@TheToddSchulte
Todd Schulte
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This is a bad, bad road to head down.
@adamcancryn
Adam Cancryn
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New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump ally toward military pay — a striking departure from government procedure that raises questions about its legality and the donor's identity and interests https://t.co/Wuuw1JxH1f
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@JoaquinCastrotx
Joaquin Castro
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People are being harassed and arrested because of the color of their skin. Trump’s masked agents are operating without warrants, without probable cause—just discrimination. It's un-American and must end.
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@RonFilipkowski
Ron Filipkowski
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The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.
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@ShibleyTelhami
Shibley Telhami
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Astonishing: Witkoff says they have 'masterplan' for Gaza that people have been working on for two years. So the planning started before Gaza's destruction, before it was known what Israel was going to do, and without Palestinians and other stakeholders! https://t.co/MiMjiIAnbH
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Rebuilding Gaza could cost around $50 billion, says Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy who helped broker the Israel-Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange. Witkoff says they already have a master...
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@JoaquinCastrotx
Joaquin Castro
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This month, I’ve heard from many of you concerned about healthcare premiums increasing and the impacts of the government shutdown. I regularly write to update folks on what is happening in Congress and how I am fighting for San Antonians. Sign up below to join the conversation.
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@IsabellaMWeber
Isabella M Weber
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Shock therapy once more doing what shock therapy does. After Milei abolished price controls & slashed government spending, inflation shot up to ~300%. 3.4 million Argentinians pushed into poverty. Poverty rate highest level in two decades. At least 136,000 jobs wiped out.
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@AACI_Cancer
Association of American Cancer Institutes
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Earlier this week, @JoaquinCastrotx shared the story of his cancer experience at #AACI2025, where he received the 2025 Public Service Award alongside @SenKatieBritt. Thank you for your continued support of cancer research funding! @mayscancer #DefendingCancerResearch
@JoaquinCastrotx
Joaquin Castro
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This morning I shared my story about finding out I had cancer. As a cancer patient, I know treatment is expensive. For many Americans, having health insurance is the difference between life and death. That’s why I—and so many Democrats—are fighting so hard to protect
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@TPCarney
Tim Carney
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So it’s not a war, but it’s not law enforcement. It’s just, like, the government killing people.
@kathrynw5
Kathryn Watson
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TRUMP on cartel strikes: "Well I don't think we're going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We're going to kill them. You know? They're going to be like, dead."
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@ReichlinMelnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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Videos like this make it extremely clear that DHS claims that agents are not racially profiling are just ridiculous. They're going up to people who look Hispanic and asking them what country they were born in. That's racial profiling. Period.
@Suzierizzo1
Suzie rizzio
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This is ICE profiling Brown people in the parking lot of Walmart! Just listen to what they say and ask her! 😡
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@benfowlkesMMA
Ben Fowlkes
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All my life growing up in America I’ve heard from a certain kind of dude who says he’s constantly preparing to resist exactly this kind of thing and now those same dudes are the ones making it possible.
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
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Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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Wildly corrupt
@CGasparino
Charles Gasparino
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SCOOP: A Trump official tells @nypost that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important
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@franklinleonard
Franklin Leonard
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The fix is in.
@CGasparino
Charles Gasparino
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SCOOP: A Trump official tells @nypost that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important
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@tomaskenn
Thomas Kennedy
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The U.S. deported a teenage high school girl to Guatemala, a country she does not know, along with her mother who suffered from a medical condition. Her mother passed away soon after being deported. Truly heart-wrenching and bleak stuff.
@keribla
Keri Blakinger
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absolutely heartbreaking
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@GeneforTexas
Gene Wu
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Interesting how quickly and eagerly the party of "Freedom and Liberty" became the party of "You will think the way we tell you to think or else!" Almost like their support of Freedom and Liberty was just an act to fool their voters.
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@JoaquinCastrotx
Joaquin Castro
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Trump is more focused on his $200 million ballroom and bailing out Argentina than he is on re-opening the American government. Trump and Republicans need to end the shutdown and lower costs for families in Texas and across the country.
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@RepMikeQuigley
Mike Quigley
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Ruben Torres Maldonado, a Chicago painter for the past 20 years, is still in ICE custody — all while his daughter fights stage 4  cancer. Ruben has a hearing with a federal judge tomorrow morning, but we’re going to have to keep up the pressure to get him released. #ice
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