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"One former top-level Hill staffer told the Prospect: “In some circles, to ‘Schatz’ something is starting to be used as a verb, by which I mean undermining bills that take on corporate power, pretending to be motivated by progressive concerns, when it is transparent to everyone involved that he is just trying to build chits with powerful industries.” "
https://prospect.org/2026/03/13/brian-schatz-comfort-with-big-money/
#privateequity #housing #brianschatz #disengenuous #eattherich

Brian Schatz’s Signals of Comfort With Big Money

The Hawaii senator and heir apparent to Chuck Schumer attacked a bipartisan housing bill without trying to fix it, merely to show support for private equity.

The American Prospect

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Bruce Mirken Mar 13

@ddayen.bsky.social #BrianSchatz is one of my senators. He's the worst sort of mushy corporate Democrat. #Hawaii needs to do better. (Our other senator, Mazie Hirono, is pretty good)

StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Mar 10

#MeidasTouch host #BenMeiselas reports on the TERRIBLE news that as many as 150 US service members have been wounded in the #Iran war as it appears Trump has been involved in a MAJOR cover up. Ben interviews Dem. Senator #BrianSchatz about the illegal and sloppy war in #Iran youtu.be/YqNsuADct-s?...

🚨 Trump PANICS as 150 TROOPS W...

🚨 Trump PANICS as 150 TROOPS WOUNDED!!

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News Beep Feb 12

Democratic senators decry attempt to indict lawmakers for video

WASHINGTON (A…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BrianSchatz #CharlesSchumer #chrismurphy #DistrictofColumbia #DonaldTrump #ElissaSlotkin #Generalnews #Governmentandpolitics #Indictments #JohnThune #MarkKelly #mikejohnson #Politics #SendtoAppleNews #U.S.DemocraticParty #U.S.DepartmentofJustice #U.S.news #U.S.RepublicanParty #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesgovernment #UnitedStatesSenate #Us #USA #Washingtonnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/393080/

Techdirt Jan 21

Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/21/congress-wants-to-hand-your-parenting-to-big-tech/

Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech

Lawmakers in Washington are once again focusing on kids, screens, and mental health. But according to Congress, Big Tech is somehow both the problem and the solution. The Senate Commerce …

Techdirt

Moritz #Ukraine Supporter 🌊🌊🌊Jan 3

Sen. #BrianSchatz warns #US has "no vital national interests" in #Venezuela

Advocate.com Dec 23

All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/cecot-story-bari-weiss-spiked

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Nov 6

The #US Is Skipping This Year’s #Climate Summit.
And that is just fine with those who see Trump’s hostility toward anything related to #climatechange
World leaders at #COP30, will try to agree on more ambitious plans to cut #greenhousegas
“I normally subscribe to the idea that we should always be at the table,” said #Senator #BrianSchatz, Dem Hi. “But if we’re going to be at the table and turn it over, then I think it’s best if we don’t show up.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/belem-brazi-cop30-trump.html
https://archive.ph/BSbXp