I’m tired of the Senate’s evergreen excuse for inaction:
“We don’t have 60 votes.”
There are ways around the 60-vote cloture standard.
It’s time to start using them.
And stop disingenuously characterizing any refusal to do so as virtuous or conservative.
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@tnfairelections Hey @ClayTravis! I heard you asking the question on the radio about whether or not absentee ballots are sent to China. Did you know that TN actually allows people how have never resided in this state to vote in all of our elections? 🤯
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.
We can refute every argument they throw at the SAVE America Act
And we have
We must keep doing that—day after day, and week after week—until this bill passes
Pass it on
The level of consolidation in our health system helps explain why Americans feel anxious about their health care – because the coverage they have, the drugs they rely on, and the doctors they can see, are increasingly controlled by the same corporate families.
Wow! When we were moving in 2021 out of Washington, the moving companies said that for every person moving into California, seven were moving out. Should give you an idea of the number of illegals that are in California. 😳
At this rate I might watch SNL again. The culture is shifting. This is hilarious and promising.
First time in 15 years I’ve seen the LGBT third rail be mocked on TV
WATCH
It was ALL a lie. The real reason USAID was in Africa
Former African Union Ambassador to the United States, Arikana Chihombori-Quao:
��They're using that open access, sounding humanitarian, to constantly destabilize governments”
“We need to understand the real reason why USAID is in Africa, and not just USAID, but other NGOs They are coming in claiming that they're introducing grassroots initiatives that are going to help the people, and so they use that as a way to go into the most remote parts of Africa. When you look at it on paper, it all looks really good, but they're actually wolf in sheep's clothing.”
“The American taxpayer needs to know the billions of dollars that are being given to USAID. A fraction is making it to the people”
“They're using that open access sounding humanitarian to constantly destabilize governments. I can tell you right now, the majority of African leaders, and not just African leaders, but leaders in the developing world are celebrating the exit of USAID.
If you think about it, their sole purpose, for example, filling in the gaps in healthcare and education, where is the change? Show me one country that USAID was in and education improved. Show me what country where USAID was in and healthcare improved?”
They laundered our money.
BREAKING: Germany has completed counting all the 48 million votes from today’s election, just eight hours after polling stations closed across the country.
So last night, Senate Republicans adopted a budget resolution to spend another $342 billion on defense/border enforcement and allow for $516 billion in cuts over 4 years. They held a "vote-a-rama" on amendments but it was pretty weak. The only good amendment was from Rand Paul. He proposed cutting $1.4 trillion over 10 years (out of a lowball projected outlay of $89 trillion!!!), yet more than half the Republicans voted no.
Billionaires are trying to close our public schools with something called private school vouchers.
They say it’ll help poor kids go to private schools. They call it “school choice.” It all sounds so noble.
But vouchers are the biggest scam I’ve ever seen.
If we don't make sure that our voter rolls have integrity, then anything downstream to make our voting process more robust seems pointless. #AuthenticateTheVoter