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    Shutdown imminent after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill

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    2. dblan9 on

      >Schumer acknowledged that White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Thursday that it was ending its surge deployment of ICE officers in Minnesota but declared the action falls short of what’s needed to prevent troubling incidents connected to law enforcement operations.

      >“We need legislation to rein in ICE and end the violence,” he said. “Without legislation, what Tom Homan says today could be reversed tomorrow on a whim from a Donald Trump.”

      Nice to see remnants of a spine still exist in Schumer every now and again.

    4. trashboatfourtwenty on

      It really sucks that having a shutdown seems to always be a win for the GOP, although if the Dems hadn’t caved last time it probably would have done something

    5. RaspberryCommie on

      How long until Chuck tells the most right wing democrats to vote to reopen the government so that they take the heat for it instead of him.

      You know. Again.

    6. Pave_Low on

      “This was a bipartisan bill. Democrats helped negotiate it,”

      Was that before or after ICE began murdering Americans on the streets of Minneapolis?

    8. Top_Somewhere9160 on

      Chuck needs to reach deep down into his Depends and find his balls, then actually follow through on this.

      Not give in to the Republicans with nothing in return.

      Not continue to “negotiate” for less and less.

      Hold. The. Fucking. Line.

      Shut it down and keep it shut down. Push ALL negative press onto the Republicans and force them to cave.

      Anything less is yet another failure from AIPAC’s favorite spokesman Schumer.

    9. whythefuckalready on

      Ice was created after 9/11 in a rush bill without any oversight. Redo or eliminate. Only federal agency with power and no oversight.

    10. wrxninja on

      “Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has a long-standing policy of voting against government shutdowns, was the only Democrat to vote for advancing the measure.”

      As always, Fetterman being the POS as usual.

    13. MelloDawg on

      Clarify this for me – what else would shut down besides DHS? If nothing else, shouldn’t Democrats have all the leverage?

    14. PostMerryDM on

      The moment the shutdown happens ICE will absolutely go ballistic in terrorizing a city. 1) As retaliation and to break democratic resolve; 2) Give themselves new justification for their budget and brutality once the city tries to defend themselves.

      Edit: Shutdown absolutely needs to last as long as necessary. But we have to be ready, unfortunately.

    17. Lonely_skeptic on

      Good. Shutting down DHS is what we need. Didn’t I just read something about DHS poking into voter data?

    18. sowich4 on

      I hate when the MSM claims a party “Blocks” a Bill.

      They didn’t block anything, Congress simply votes on a Bill, and if it gets enough votes it passes, if not, it doesn’t

    19. c4upinhisbhole on

      They need to stand firm in the face of mounting pressure to fold as the regime feigns rolling back their smash mouth DHS/ICE/BP tactics. Nothing has changed other than messaging. The regime and their supporters still want to pour billions of our dollars into shadowy organizations who will kick us in the teeth and empty their guns into us.

    22. HuTaosTwinTails on

      Good. Shut it down. Fuck this administration and all the pedophile protecting Republicans.

    24. Snowwolf247 on

      KEEP IT SHUTDOWN TILL WE GET CHANGE THIS TIME.

      No more half measures you feckless cowards.

      People have literally died for us to get where we are and people will continue to die while DHS exists in its current form.

    25. ailish on

      If I’ve been wrong for my whole life and there actually is a god please let the fucking Democrats keep this one going because we really need to hold out this time. Look ladies and fellas of the Senate, at what happened last fall when you shit the bed and reopened the government. The Republicans didn’t do shit that they promised and the ACA is a mess. People are paying out the ass for insurance.

      So, please oh please don’t let them fool you again. Don’t let Chuck shithole Schumer talk you into reopening the government again. Just for once in your money grubbing lives do the right thing for the American people please oh please. If you don’t then if/when everything goes to shit because of fascism we’ll make sure your shit asses get tried and thrown in jail with everyone else. Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.

      Ps, Fetterman, there’s already a cell set aside for you where you have to bend over to fit and your feet will hang off the edges of the bed.

    26. yeereyesiadkkz on

      No, it’s a partial shutdown just for the DHS lol, which they deserve zero funding rn until ICE has legitimate oversight and reduction of their force/budget. But that will never happen so just keep DHS shut down to defund ICE once they blow thru their bloated budget.

    27. TheChaosPaladin on

      GOOD

      Shut it all down until they jail all the pedophiles and court marshall every Gestapo officer

    29. Eagles_Heels on

      The shutdown is pointless though. ICE / CBP have tons of funding to draw from. The only part of DHS that actually gets shut down is FEMA, TSA, & Coast Guard.

      I feel bad for TSA agents, who are forced to continue showing up to work but not getting paid for weeks. How they supposed to pay rent?

    36. GuiltyRedditUser on

      Another call to my Pennsylvania Senator, John Fetterman, the only Democrat to vote yes.

      If you’re in PA, please call his office and tell then what you think. I asked what HE is doing to stop the illegal stopping, kidnapping, imprisoning, and killing. Since he wants to keep funding the group that is doing it, what is Fetterman doing to STOP IT?

    38. starry49 on

      Goos but we know how this ends: like every other time. The dems will cave and give in.

      I sure hope not but history repeats itself and that’s all the history we have..