Christopher Ball

[Dave Rubin @RubinReport]

This is one of the most perfect things the internet has ever created.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Hello Senator Thune,

At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.

Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.

You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.

You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.

You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.

Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.

Let's be precise about what you did:

1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.

The precedent you set:

You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.

But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:

• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions

You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.

What you've actually accomplished:

Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.

Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.

And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:

Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?

Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?

You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.

Here's my message: We saw it anyway.

Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.

Own it.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

SIGNS OF LIFE ARE PRESENT: Mike Johnson, who for the most part refuses to show grit, has FINALLY become so fed up with Democrats that he can't hold it in.

Would've been nice to see this kind of passion over the last year.

How many rogue judges has Johnson pushed to be impeached? How many DOGE rescissions got codified? How about delivering on the rest of Trump's agenda?

He also failed to whip the votes for two different censure resolutions.

Disappointment after disappointment is what we've seen from @SpeakerJohnson, but it's not too late for him. The key to recovering his reputation is SIMPLE.

DOING HIS FUCKlNG JOB.

[Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson]

For 40 days, Democrats have shut down the very law enforcement agencies responsible for keeping our homeland secure and Americans safe.

Why? Because Democrats care more about criminal illegal aliens than American citizens.

This the modern Democrat Party.

[John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr @realJohnJohnJr]

🚨OMG… THIS IS THE SINGLE GREATEST CRIME EVER PERPETRATED AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY THE ENEMY WITHIN.

Border Czar Tom Homan: “No one ever talks about it. I’ll talk about it.”

“Why did the Democrats release illegal aliens into the interior United States rather than put them into an ICE bed? Why not put them in an empty ICE bed — $127 a night — rather than a hotel at $500 a night?

The Democrats did it on purpose. If you put them in an ICE detention bed, they get a hearing in 35 days.”

In other words, you’ve been robbed, deceived, betrayed, extorted, blackmailed, and defrauded—and sedition and amnesty are what they want next.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

Pass the SAVE America Act

[Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 @ProudElephant]

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?!

[Monterey County Republican Party @MCGOP_CA]

Dear @grok - using a safe estimate, how many average daily car trips would it take to equal the emissions of a private jet flight from California to Munich? Asking for the @GovPressOffice - just a one sentence answer please, at a 3rd grade reading level.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is how you know

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Great point

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is why

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Correct

[Fox News @FoxNews]

PETER DOOCY: "You just suggested that this woman who was killed, Renee Good, is part of a broader left-wing network. Who do you think is behind this broader left-wing network?"

VP VANCE: "When somebody throws a brick at an ICE agent, or somebody tries to run over an ICE agent, who paid for the brick and who told protesters to show up and engage in violent activity against our law enforcement officers?"

"How did she get there? How did she learn about this?"

"There's an entire network, and frankly, some of the media are participating in it that is trying to incite violence against our law enforcement officers. It's ridiculous. It's preposterous. And part of our investigatory work is getting to the bottom of it: Who's funding it, who's supporting it, who's cheerleading it."

@pdoocy

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

What the actual fuck

[🇺🇸 🍑Catherine🍑 🇺🇸 @cat_barnes30]

Truth bomb 💥💥💥

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

Dear Pam Bondi,

Please do not let the statue of limitations run out on the J6 committee criminals... They all need to be held accountable for the treason they committed.

Regards,
78M Americans that voted for President Trump.

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

Today is day 329 of the Trump Administration.

Day 316 of Bondi as Attorney General.

Day 310 of Kash as FBI director.

Day 281 with Dan Bongino as Asst Director of the FBI.

0 politicians have been prosecuted.

I voted to drain the swamp.

When are the mass arrests coming?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yes

[Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84]

This..💯