You're probably getting a lot of messages right now. Candidates across the country are facing their first FEC end-of-quarter deadline of the Election Year, and they're competing for your support.

This isn't just an arbitrary fundraising deadline — it is one of the most important moments of the entire cycle.

After this deadline, campaign fundraising numbers are published. And everyone sees them: Republicans. Outside groups. The media. Allies deciding where to invest.

Twenty-two years ago yesterday, I watched Congress abdicate its responsibility and let a President take us to war in Iraq on a lie.

More than 4,400 American troops died in that war, and over 32,000 came home physically and emotionally wounded. We spent the better part of two trillion dollars on a conflict that destabilized an entire region and made us less safe. Today, we're still living with that wreckage, and the families who lost someone never stopped living with it for a single day.

I think about all of that right now, because I'm watching the same machinery start to move again.

These warehouses are not facilities built with any concern for human dignity.

Apparently, the horrific ICE raids, existing detention centers, and extralegal deportations are not enough for Trump.

He and his administration have continued to up the ante on the inhumane treatment of Americans. We're talking about tens of billions (yes, billions with a b) of dollars being spent to purchase warehouses across this country and turn them into what can only be called concentration camps.