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Jeff Merkley

Democrat

US Congress Twitter/X

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#94

X Rank

109,861

Benchmarker Score

201

Posts

54,779

Likes

27,541

Comments

273

Avg Likes

137

Avg Comments

82,320

Total Engagement

410

Engagement Rate

25.2

Posts/Week

Daily

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449,708 followers

Data last refreshed: June 01, 2026

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20 posts

Folks in Oregon and across the country know they’re being gouged at the gas pump and the grocery store. We feel the pain of rising costs, spurred by Trump’s illegal war, and we deserve transparen...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Inflation Oil & Gas Pentagon Budget May 31, 2026 View on X

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A JFK Birthday present!! On his birthday, the court ruled that Trump must remove his name from the Kennedy Center! To paraphrase, Congress named the facility in law, and only Congress can change th...

Culture, Media & Sports Arts & Culture May 30, 2026 View on X

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I’ve been pushing to ban Members of Congress and their families from buying and trading stocks because it stinks of corruption. As we call out the Trump family’s corruption, we need to work on fixi...

Policy Announcements & Executive Action Congressional Ethics May 30, 2026 View on X

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Good news: a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s nearly $2 billion dollar slush fund! This isn’t the end of the road—I’ll keep working to make sure that Trump can’t raid the Treasury to l...

Crime, Justice & Law Enforcement MAGA May 29, 2026 View on X

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Dystopian: the Trump Administration wants to use smart glasses to invade your privacy, scan your face and biometrics without your knowledge, and threaten your civil rights. HELL NO! I’m fighting ...

Science, Technology & Digital Data Privacy AI Regulation May 29, 2026 View on X

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HELL NO. This is illegal, dictator behavior. The Trump Administration is focused on delivering for one person: Donald Trump. They don’t care that folks are struggling to pay for gas and groceries—t...

Party Politics & Leadership Inflation MAGA May 29, 2026 View on X

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Corruption on full display. The Trump family is setting a record in self-dealing. https://t.co/8KrM86wvCo

Party Politics & Leadership MAGA May 29, 2026 View on X

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ICYMI: Trump wants to use nearly $2 BILLION of your tax dollars for a slush fund to enrich his political allies. It’s a cash for cronies scheme. HELL NO.

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Federal Budget Campaign Finance May 28, 2026 View on X

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Pure authoritarianism: Trump is going after critics and trampling free speech, just because he doesn’t like what they’re saying. Bad for democracy, bad for all of us. I’ll keep fighting to protect...

Constitutional & Electoral Reform First Amendment May 28, 2026 View on X

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Trump wants to use YOUR tax dollars for payouts to his billionaire buddies and political allies. HELL NO, he can’t raid the Treasury for his cash for cronies scheme.

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Federal Budget May 27, 2026 View on X

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Our public lands are not for sale. https://t.co/tzJRJCOP5B

Environment & Energy Conservation May 27, 2026 View on X

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Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating Eid al-Adha in Oregon and around the world! Wishing you and your loved ones joy, prosperity, and health.

Personal & Human Interest Religious Liberty May 27, 2026 View on X

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This is exactly right! https://t.co/5uzzrU3UhP

N/A N/A May 26, 2026 View on X

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We’re facing a health care shortage, and the Trump Administration is making it more difficult for nurses to get graduate degrees. I’m introducing a straightforward, bipartisan bill to fix this and...

Legislative & Congressional Activity Higher Education Public Health Bipartisan May 26, 2026 View on X

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⚠️ Trump is trying to use $1,800,000,000 of YOUR TAX DOLLARS for his “cash for cronies” slush fund. He’s treating the Treasury as his personal piggy bank while ripping health care and nutrition b...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Federal Budget Medicaid Health Insurance May 26, 2026 View on X

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Trump wants use YOUR tax dollars for a $1.8 BILLION dollar slush fund for his buddies.   The kicker? Acting Attorney General can’t promise those funds wouldn’t go to convicted January 6th insurre...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Federal Budget Domestic Terrorism May 25, 2026 View on X

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On Memorial Day, we remember and honor all those servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom and hold in our hearts their families and loved ones.

Personal & Human Interest Armed Forces Veterans Affairs May 25, 2026 View on X

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Community health workers like Sandy Guzman and clinics like One Community Health are a lifeline for rural communities—connecting folks with the care they need, case by case, and neighbor by neighbo...

Healthcare & Social Programs Public Health May 23, 2026 View on X

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HUGE: The Trump Administration’s vindictive charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia have been dismissed. A win for justice, thanks to the tireless effort of everyone who advocated and raised their voi...

Crime, Justice & Law Enforcement Police Reform May 23, 2026 View on X

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President Trump's profanity-laden Easter threat to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—are the words of a frustrated and immoral madman. Many experts agree that such atta...

Defense & National Security Apr 06, 2026 View on X

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Kash Patel was never fit to serve as FBI Director. He needs to resign. Now.

Crime, Justice & Law Enforcement Apr 18, 2026 View on X

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Trump's Forest Service “reorganization” is really a plan to gut the agency ahead of wildfire season and keep folks in Oregon and across the country from having a say in how we protect public lands....

Environment & Energy Apr 11, 2026 View on X

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Trump says he will pay TSA workers..... Yesterday I asked unanimous consent to fund TSA and pay all its workers for the entire budget year and Senate Republicans blocked it. In fact, the Senate R...

Legislative & Congressional Activity Mar 27, 2026 View on X

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I voted HELL NO on sending more bombs and bulldozers to Israel. Approving this sale is wrong and deepens U.S. complicity in the immense suffering. https://t.co/3Rnvl173nW

Legislative & Congressional Activity Apr 17, 2026 View on X

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Presidents are not kings. Laws are not suggestions. There are no kings in America—not now, not ever.

Constitutional & Electoral Reform Mar 28, 2026 View on X

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Trump is stealing funds that rural libraries and museums need to fund another vanity project. Your tax dollars are being ripped out of your community to fund a monument to Trump’s ego. Hell no! ht...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Apr 10, 2026 View on X

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Republicans want to let a foreign mining company pollute the pristine Boundary Waters and kick the door open to selling out our public lands. And they’ll violate the Congressional Review Act to do ...

Environment & Energy Apr 15, 2026 View on X

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I OBJECTED to the Republican plan to fund Trump’s ballroom because we took an oath to a Constitution that doesn’t have a king. I encourage my Republican colleagues to focus on bringing down cost...

Legislative & Congressional Activity May 11, 2026 View on X

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What happened to Trump’s billionaire buddies footing this bill for his $400,000,000 ballroom? Get loud about the fact that Senate Republicans are now proposing that TAXPAYERS pay for Trump’s vanity...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget May 04, 2026 View on X

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Presidents are not kings. Laws are not suggestions. There are no kings in America—not now, not ever.

Constitutional & Electoral Reform Mar 28, 2026 View on X

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Defense & National Security Apr 06, 2026 View on X

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Legislative & Congressional Activity May 11, 2026 View on X

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No amount of Trump Administration spin can fix the pain folks are feeling from Trumpflation. Trump’s vision has always been: families lose, billionaires win. https://t.co/RSNv6DVAap

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Apr 27, 2026 View on X

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Trump says he will pay TSA workers..... Yesterday I asked unanimous consent to fund TSA and pay all its workers for the entire budget year and Senate Republicans blocked it. In fact, the Senate R...

Legislative & Congressional Activity Mar 27, 2026 View on X

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First, Trump got the compromised Supreme Court to make him immune from criminal charges for actions during his presidency. Then, Trump flexed pardon power, freeing Jan. 6th insurrectionists. The ...

Crime, Justice & Law Enforcement Apr 11, 2026 View on X

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Trump’s lawless federal agents are ripping families apart—leaving kids without their parents. It’s cruel and inhumane, and I’ll continue to fight to protect communities in Oregon and across the cou...

Immigration & Border Security Apr 11, 2026 View on X

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I voted HELL NO on sending more bombs and bulldozers to Israel. Approving this sale is wrong and deepens U.S. complicity in the immense suffering. https://t.co/3Rnvl173nW

Legislative & Congressional Activity Apr 17, 2026 View on X

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420

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Trump’s SAVE America Act is an attack on vote by mail. Folks in red and blue states alike vote by mail—it’s a simple, secure, high integrity system. I’ll fight like hell to protect it. https://t...

Constitutional & Electoral Reform Apr 20, 2026 View on X

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Trump is exploding YOUR utility bills, pushing families in Oregon and across the country to the absolute limit. And now he’s trying to cruelly rip away assistance that makes energy bills more aff...

Environment & Energy Apr 03, 2026 View on X

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Rank History

Jun 2026

+2 #94

May 2026

-16 #96

Apr 2026

#80

Content Categories

District & State Issues 40

Legislative & Congressional Activity 29

Economic Policy & Federal Budget 28

Healthcare & Social Programs 14

Constitutional & Electoral Reform 11

Topics & Themes

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Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 126 of 503 in US Congress

Posts

196

Jeff: 310 ↑

Likes

200,555

Jeff: 312,374 ↑

Comments

19,881

Jeff: 50,476 ↑

Avg Likes

873.2

Jeff: 1,007.7 ↑

Avg Comments

86.7

Jeff: 162.8 ↑

Benchmarker Score

240,317

Jeff: 413,326 ↑

Posts/Week

16.8

Jeff: 25.2 ↑

Avg Post Length

234 chars

Jeff: 188 ↓