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.
“In the dead of night, with only five senators present on the floor and no one there to object, the Senate rushed through a DHS funding bill that deliberately left ICE and CBP unfunded.
Now, they are leaving town.
No SAVE America Act. ICE and CBP unfunded.
Senate Republicans just gave the Democrats everything they wanted and more.”
—
Obstructing your own party’s president and principles is what NTers do.
“I am not voting for any Republican until @johnthune is removed as Leader of the United States Senate.
Take the “Thune Pledge” with me. I will cast a ballot in each election by picking one independent, so my ballot is not stolen. @WisGop @RNC @JudiciaryGOP @GOP
Also, I will not donate to any Republican candidate, none, until Thune is removed as Leader of the Senate.
No matter if it takes a month or years.Those who say “then Democrats will win”. With guys like Thune, there is no difference.
Thune and his goons won’t pass the save act, but it is much worse. Thune has been blocking President Trump’s agenda, blocking Trump’s appointments.
I will be directly noticing my local GOP chairman, the state GOP and various candidates there will be zero votes, zero money, for any Republican. “
“PULITZER PRIZE WINNING CARTOONIST WHO PORTRAYED PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A SEXUAL PREDATOR AND PEDOPHILE IN HIS VICIOUS ANTI TRUMP CARTOONS IS NOW ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING OVER 134 VIDEOS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL 🔻
This is Darrin Bell the Sacramento based artist who built his entire career drawing disgusting cartoons that smeared Donald Trump as some kind of sexual deviant while collecting his awards and pretending to speak for the disenfranchised. He won the Pulitzer for his so-called daring work attacking the Trump administration and he loved projecting every sick accusation imaginable onto the president. Now the mask is off. Sacramento County sheriffs arrested this 49 year old hypocrite after linking him to 134 videos of child sex abuse material plus computer generated child pornography making him the first person charged under Californias new law against AI created CSAM. The same man who spent years lecturing everyone about morality got caught with the real thing on his devices. The lefts favorite attack dog is finally exposed for exactly what he is.”
“Liberals are shocked that this No Kings protestor admitted ON-CAMERA that professional demonstrators go protest-to-protest to inflate numbers for the camera
“500 groups with $3B in revenues are behind the #NoKings protests and communist call for ‘revolution’
A Fox News Digital investigation finds the “No Kings” protests are backed by a network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in annual revenue, including communist and socialist organizations calling for “revolution.””
“It took me about 80 hours of work to find and confirm the 223 transactions that flow through this ideological pipeline from American tycoon Neville Roy Singham in Shanghai to the U.S. and then to the world.
I used eyeball intelligence, studying scores of IRS 990 filings.
I am so grateful to a young data scientist on Fiver who taught me how to use Flourish, a data visualization tool.
It took about 20 more hours to create this interactive visualization and the best part is the data is visible if you click on any stream.
Why did I work so hard to share this with you? Because once you see the truth, you cannot unsee it.
And I want you to be armed with the data and receipts, so you can assess the threat of communist money flowing into the U.S. from an American tycoon in Shanghai who thinks America is a fascist state that must be toppled.
Know “the enemy.”
I am so grateful to the incredible Fox News social media team for sharing this video with you.
“Ontario doctors are under orders to lie on your death certificate.
Not shade the truth. Lie.
Here it is. Official. In writing. From the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
“The illness, disease or disability leading to the request for MAID is to be recorded as the cause of death. The certificate cannot include any reference to MAID or the medications administered.”
Source: CPSO: Medical Certificates of Death in the MAID Context”
“Iranian woman goes BERSERK on a smug white liberal who is supporting the Islamic regime
“Convince me of WHAT? Of R*PE?! Of women not having rights?! I am Iranian, I’ve been imprisoned by that regime!”
“Iranians are ASKING for the bombs! Iranian youth are asking to be bombed, and you are standing here SUPPORTING a terrorist regime! What are you DOING supporting a terrorist regime?!”
*Lib spouts off about Palestine*
“This has NOTHING to do with Palestine. This is about a terrorist regime in MY COUNTRY.”
“The Associated Press — which boasts about its “not for profit” status and its commitment to truth-telling journalism — is running paid ads for the blacklisted CCP spyware firm Huawei.”
“Hakeem Jeffries and Tim Walz are flat out lying with claims that ICE agents “aren’t doing a damn thing” at airports. Credible reports from NYTimes, Military.com and elsewhere confirm ICE agents have been given basic TSA training, and eyewitness accounts (including from LaGuardia) describe dramatically improved PreCheck and general lines. People reported clearing security in 10–30 minutes despite long visible queues, with praise for ICE agents being efficient, polite, and helpful.
Political clowns have staked their positions on vicious lies about ICE, and they’re sticking with those lies…despite clear evidence to the contrary.”
No Kings is fairly legit in that you can’t astro-turf 8-9 million people on to the street. They have taken their cue and model themselves after the Tea Party — both grassroots and some top down organisation; use the funding they get to compile email and social media groups and focus on voter registration and turnout. If you want to ignore or put down the demos, you will underestimate their appeal and effect. The generic congressional vote is now at +6 for Democrats — if they are actually organised they might actually accomplish something (I’m still sceptical — its the democratic party after all).
Any agitator, comedian or reporter can find the right person from a protest crowd to say what they want — whether it be absurd, stupid or confirming suspicion. When in doubt, bring along a few people to fill in as a “person in the street”. Just don’t use the same person too often, people will catch on. It happens — FOX used the same person for “street” interviews on multiple occasions.
Ex-pats are usually not a good source of information about their homeland. And the Palestinian issue is tied to the Iranian issue simply because Israel is at war with Palestine, Iran and Lebanon. For the Iranian ex-pat the issue is simple — political issues in the homeland but for others, there are other considerations — including Palestine. And let’s face it; the best way for a regime to regain support is a foreign invasion — Israel/US actions have made the Iranian regime more secure for now.
The tweet you cite at 1:17 pm mentions the Democratic Party in Canada. It’s the New Democratic Party (NDP). I wonder if the mix-up is deliberate. I’ve been a member/donor off and on over the years for the NDP — its a left wing social democratic party that occasionally gets things right — I join to support a local candidate. I’d donate more and spend more time on the party if they would spend more time on economic issues as opposed to social issues. They just look silly with equity cards.
ICE at the airport continues to be a mixed bag —- some good things and some complaints, all depending on your point of view. The interesting thing is they are not wearing masks. Apparently its required in the street, at schools and the workplace but at the airport they are mask-free.
Wandering Views 
Do you fully understand what Thune just did?
Pathetic, and weak.
https://x.com/i/status/2037568329591009401
“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.”
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Cowards.
https://x.com/i/status/2037524364875157721
“In the dead of night, with only five senators present on the floor and no one there to object, the Senate rushed through a DHS funding bill that deliberately left ICE and CBP unfunded.
Now, they are leaving town.
No SAVE America Act. ICE and CBP unfunded.
Senate Republicans just gave the Democrats everything they wanted and more.”
—
Obstructing your own party’s president and principles is what NTers do.
https://x.com/i/status/2037536197795336194
“This is how the GOP Senate blocks Trump from recess appointments.
2 minute pro forma sessions every few days during their vacation.
Only POTUS in history that has had recess appointments blocked by his own party.
Think about that.
Traitors.
Sickening.”
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About where I’m at too…
https://x.com/i/status/2037615538050879953
“I am not voting for any Republican until @johnthune is removed as Leader of the United States Senate.
Take the “Thune Pledge” with me. I will cast a ballot in each election by picking one independent, so my ballot is not stolen. @WisGop @RNC @JudiciaryGOP @GOP
Also, I will not donate to any Republican candidate, none, until Thune is removed as Leader of the Senate.
No matter if it takes a month or years.Those who say “then Democrats will win”. With guys like Thune, there is no difference.
Thune and his goons won’t pass the save act, but it is much worse. Thune has been blocking President Trump’s agenda, blocking Trump’s appointments.
I will be directly noticing my local GOP chairman, the state GOP and various candidates there will be zero votes, zero money, for any Republican. “
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Taxation without useful representation.
https://x.com/i/status/2037733594370543922
“From colleague Tyler Olson. The House just passed the GOP leadership’s 60-day DHS CR by a vote of 213-203.
3 Dem yeas were Reps. Davis (NC), Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) and Cuellar (TX). All Republicans voted yes
This is almost certain to be blocked in the Senate, leading the DHS shutdown to continue.
House is set to leave town for 2 weeks, just as the Senate did earlier this morning.”
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Huh.
Go figure.
https://x.com/i/status/2037881051314311432
“PULITZER PRIZE WINNING CARTOONIST WHO PORTRAYED PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A SEXUAL PREDATOR AND PEDOPHILE IN HIS VICIOUS ANTI TRUMP CARTOONS IS NOW ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING OVER 134 VIDEOS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL 🔻
This is Darrin Bell the Sacramento based artist who built his entire career drawing disgusting cartoons that smeared Donald Trump as some kind of sexual deviant while collecting his awards and pretending to speak for the disenfranchised. He won the Pulitzer for his so-called daring work attacking the Trump administration and he loved projecting every sick accusation imaginable onto the president. Now the mask is off. Sacramento County sheriffs arrested this 49 year old hypocrite after linking him to 134 videos of child sex abuse material plus computer generated child pornography making him the first person charged under Californias new law against AI created CSAM. The same man who spent years lecturing everyone about morality got caught with the real thing on his devices. The lefts favorite attack dog is finally exposed for exactly what he is.”
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Astroturf.
https://x.com/i/status/2038248083788571039
“Liberals are shocked that this No Kings protestor admitted ON-CAMERA that professional demonstrators go protest-to-protest to inflate numbers for the camera
She’s going OUT OF STATE.
“We’re making the rounds!”
Paid.”
—-
https://x.com/i/status/2037994952127652014
“500 groups with $3B in revenues are behind the #NoKings protests and communist call for ‘revolution’
A Fox News Digital investigation finds the “No Kings” protests are backed by a network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in annual revenue, including communist and socialist organizations calling for “revolution.””
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And who funded most of this?
You did, thru USAID and Democrats.
But don’t worry, Chinese commies with the help of their American counterparts are at work too.
https://x.com/i/status/2037896252252205096
“Here’s how communist PR deception works:
They have two protests minutes away from each other, but one protest starts 2.5 hours after the other ends.
The media is an ally, so they will report massive attendance at both without admitting it’s the same people.”
—
Always follow the money. Click the tweet, there’s a nice diagram that lays out the scam.
https://x.com/i/status/2037668979901108309
“It took me about 80 hours of work to find and confirm the 223 transactions that flow through this ideological pipeline from American tycoon Neville Roy Singham in Shanghai to the U.S. and then to the world.
I used eyeball intelligence, studying scores of IRS 990 filings.
I am so grateful to a young data scientist on Fiver who taught me how to use Flourish, a data visualization tool.
It took about 20 more hours to create this interactive visualization and the best part is the data is visible if you click on any stream.
Why did I work so hard to share this with you? Because once you see the truth, you cannot unsee it.
And I want you to be armed with the data and receipts, so you can assess the threat of communist money flowing into the U.S. from an American tycoon in Shanghai who thinks America is a fascist state that must be toppled.
Know “the enemy.”
I am so grateful to the incredible Fox News social media team for sharing this video with you.
You are now inoculated with truth.c
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It’s like when people with Covid died in car crashes, and Covid was listed as the cause of death.
It’s BS.
https://x.com/i/status/2038096879875973127
“Ontario doctors are under orders to lie on your death certificate.
Not shade the truth. Lie.
Here it is. Official. In writing. From the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
“The illness, disease or disability leading to the request for MAID is to be recorded as the cause of death. The certificate cannot include any reference to MAID or the medications administered.”
Source: CPSO: Medical Certificates of Death in the MAID Context”
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It’s not journalism, it’s propaganda…
The Chinese pay them, then they run stories on X and other wire services on behalf of the Chinese.
https://x.com/i/status/2038222191657930985
“Associated Press runs paid PR ads for Chinese telecom Huawei as CCP seeks to influence UN agency”
https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/associated-press-runs-paid-pr-ads-chinese-telecom-huawei-ccp-influences-un?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost
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The masks are off.
No Kings, but communist overlords are fine.
https://x.com/i/status/2038000584771461529
“Leftists in NYC chant “There is only one solution, Communist revolution” at the No Kings rally.”
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Clueless, a requirement if you’re to be a useful idiot for Dems.
https://x.com/i/status/2038255392292065681
“Iranian woman goes BERSERK on a smug white liberal who is supporting the Islamic regime
“Convince me of WHAT? Of R*PE?! Of women not having rights?! I am Iranian, I’ve been imprisoned by that regime!”
“Iranians are ASKING for the bombs! Iranian youth are asking to be bombed, and you are standing here SUPPORTING a terrorist regime! What are you DOING supporting a terrorist regime?!”
*Lib spouts off about Palestine*
“This has NOTHING to do with Palestine. This is about a terrorist regime in MY COUNTRY.”
“I can’t even go see my father’s grave!”
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No Kings, but idiots are fine. Like with the No Kings sheep, just point and laugh.
https://x.com/i/status/2038286883965358201
“Speakers at the Democratic Party conference in Canada argue over their “gender equity cards” which allows them to skip the line to speak
This is real”
—-
https://x.com/i/status/2038278734705512888
“Far-left Canadians start arguing over “Equity Cards” at the 2026 NDP Leadership Convention.
Woman 1: I was standing here with my gender equity card before you called on the previous speaker. That’s my point of privilege…
Woman 2: I want everyone to be mindful that these cards for individuals like myself who identify as a black woman have no value outside of this space.
Good to see Canada arguing over the issues that matter. “
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“The Associated Press — which boasts about its “not for profit” status and its commitment to truth-telling journalism — is running paid ads for the blacklisted CCP spyware firm Huawei.”
https://x.com/i/status/2038274697582825818
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But muh narrative….
https://x.com/i/status/2038283148849521070
“Hakeem Jeffries and Tim Walz are flat out lying with claims that ICE agents “aren’t doing a damn thing” at airports. Credible reports from NYTimes, Military.com and elsewhere confirm ICE agents have been given basic TSA training, and eyewitness accounts (including from LaGuardia) describe dramatically improved PreCheck and general lines. People reported clearing security in 10–30 minutes despite long visible queues, with praise for ICE agents being efficient, polite, and helpful.
Political clowns have staked their positions on vicious lies about ICE, and they’re sticking with those lies…despite clear evidence to the contrary.”
—-
And speaking of political clowns….
https://x.com/i/status/2037640270490001554
“Tim Walz says ICE agents at airports “aren’t doing a damn thing.”
Even CNN admits they’ve helped reduce wait times:
“Can’t believe I’m able to say this!” – CNN Reporter”
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No Kings is fairly legit in that you can’t astro-turf 8-9 million people on to the street. They have taken their cue and model themselves after the Tea Party — both grassroots and some top down organisation; use the funding they get to compile email and social media groups and focus on voter registration and turnout. If you want to ignore or put down the demos, you will underestimate their appeal and effect. The generic congressional vote is now at +6 for Democrats — if they are actually organised they might actually accomplish something (I’m still sceptical — its the democratic party after all).
Any agitator, comedian or reporter can find the right person from a protest crowd to say what they want — whether it be absurd, stupid or confirming suspicion. When in doubt, bring along a few people to fill in as a “person in the street”. Just don’t use the same person too often, people will catch on. It happens — FOX used the same person for “street” interviews on multiple occasions.
hrw
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Ex-pats are usually not a good source of information about their homeland. And the Palestinian issue is tied to the Iranian issue simply because Israel is at war with Palestine, Iran and Lebanon. For the Iranian ex-pat the issue is simple — political issues in the homeland but for others, there are other considerations — including Palestine. And let’s face it; the best way for a regime to regain support is a foreign invasion — Israel/US actions have made the Iranian regime more secure for now.
The tweet you cite at 1:17 pm mentions the Democratic Party in Canada. It’s the New Democratic Party (NDP). I wonder if the mix-up is deliberate. I’ve been a member/donor off and on over the years for the NDP — its a left wing social democratic party that occasionally gets things right — I join to support a local candidate. I’d donate more and spend more time on the party if they would spend more time on economic issues as opposed to social issues. They just look silly with equity cards.
ICE at the airport continues to be a mixed bag —- some good things and some complaints, all depending on your point of view. The interesting thing is they are not wearing masks. Apparently its required in the street, at schools and the workplace but at the airport they are mask-free.
hrw
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