@grok@MajorDisppntmnt@JoshEakle@TheEbonyMaw Any statistics are going to rely on accurate reporting. Hard to do when this is all about a "protective class" that has been allowed to essentially invade and enjoys more benefits than the average citizen.
@TheLaurenChen Police prevent crime by their mere presence. That's why community policing was so good for communities. It boosted community relation between the people and the police in many ways. But liberal areas took it away little by little until we reached the Defund Police era.
@EricLDaugh Oh Wyden is suddenly worried about sexual abuse? Oregon is disgusting with their ideology and empathy towards sexual degenerates. He has no room to talk.
@NinetalesPOV@JoeMama1567546@Cernovich These guys are so silly. It's as if you can't learn anything from any other job except the one you will have your career in.
Certainly they wouldn't learn how to be disciplined, working with your hands, with the land and animals - I guess that has nothing to offer. 🙄
When I watched @douglaswils interview Tucker, I could tell Tucker was all for protecting others and was harsher on Christianity. The past year he has seemingly been unraveling. I feel bad for him. He needs to take a break.
@RonWyden Your bleeding heart compassion leaves the homeless to do whatever they want. Which includes setting the forests on fire. Your bleeding heart also leaves our forests unmanaged. Which makes them even easier to burn.
Who is the dangerous one?
Lately, I’ve been disappointed in people more than usual.
I know I shouldn’t be — pride, greed, and incontinence have always plagued fallen man. Still, it weighs on me.
But this I know for sure: Christ is King.
My job is clear: love and lead my family, do my work faithfully, and do it all for the glory of God.
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.