Rep. Jake Auchincloss
@repauchincloss
Dad. Marine. Massachusetts Congressman. Build an economy that works like Legos, not Monopoly.
The Dignity Act: Give immigrants a pathway to legal certainty and freedom from fear. Secure the border. Fix the visa & asylum & E-Verify systems.
To help make real the American Creed, tax inheritance for billionaire heirs.
AI agents should be liable for torts, just like humans are. Current law is sketchy. My bipartisan bill makes it clear.
Sometimes politics is about turning private knowledge into common knowledge.
The war is already a failure. It must not become a quagmire.
The Alzheimer’s Early Detection Act would require health plans to cover biomarker testing for pre-symptomatic adults, especially those aged 50 and older, so that you can start taking medicines to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s years before cognitive decline begins.
Two failures cause forever wars — sunk cost bias and groupthink. The Trump administration is making both mistakes.
Hegseth tomorrow is on Capitol Hill to ask Congress to fund an illegal war. No appropriations without authorization.
“The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind." - Common Sense, 1776 Happy 250th anniversary to the American Experiment.
Antisemitism mushrooms in failed societies. Meta, TikTok & the rest are platforming antisemitism because they host failed societies governed by algorithms that amplify the seven deadly sins.
Social media corporations are the tobacco companies of the 21st century.
America needs to return to Teddy Roosevelt’s wisdom: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
The negotiations happening now could have happened w/o a war. Indeed, they’re probably harder now. All Trump’s bombs achieved was to make gas more expensive.
Car safety should be evaluated not just based on hazards to motorists, but to pedestrians, too.
The New American Dream: an excellent education by 18, homeownership by 30, dignified retirement by 65.
2003: President aims for regime change in the Middle East, lies about it, ends up in quagmire 2026: President aims for regime change in the Middle East, lies about it, ends up in quagmire Congress must prevent more blood & treasure being sunk into wars of choice.
Who wins when the president appoints his personal attorney as Attorney General? Friends, family, and felons.
No issue better demonstrates the whiplash from Trump’s reversal on China than TikTok. Trump 1 wanted it under U.S. control. Trump 2 tanked the deal that Congress made possible. Xi Jinping still controls what he calls the ‘smokeless battlefield.’
Americans do not believe they have more in their pockets right now.
China is racing ahead on biotech. Instead of futile attempts to trip it up, America should focus on running faster.
Even one of the sharpest Republicans on national security can’t defend this war.
GOP last year: “Make America Healthy Again!” GOP this year: “Maybe we’ll get measles under control.”
CNN: The president already took a lot of heat, even from some in his own party, for pardoning the January 6 rioters. Do you believe he'd actually go so far as to pay them out as well? AUCHINCLOSS: Yes.
