They can do a lot of mischief with that much money. I wish there was some way to claw it back.

ICE and Border Patrol are part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is currently funded only through January 30.

The new funding bill that's currently being written is our opportunity to put significant restrictions on ICE and ensure it doesn't get a single penny more to enable its brutality.

This bill cannot pass without Dem votes in the Senate, so we have real leverage here. But we need to act fast, and we need to be loud.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10114800

So more people see it.

When these zealots decide that they will work for free to honor their savior, and they start being even more vicious because there is no further deterrent...

What then? Or, are we thinking that, like some of the other things going on these days, that this won't ever happen?

15 days to declare Insurrection Act and declare dictatorship?

All I can do is share what I know. Sorry.

I'll pose my question to the group. Sorry to bother.

component is never mentioned. If we are not going to defennd the world order we do not need a world police force, and that military is not donny two scoops private militia. But hey, let's not forget a large part of our military budget is in place to protect our business interests.

They’re getting it.

And just imagine how much of that money is going directly into Swiss bank accounts and political coffers.

Forget feeding hungry children. Trump has a Brutality Movement to fund.

Now what?

Fightin' brown people isn't cheap!

We’re so kind hearted to break the shutdown for THIS!

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" was passed through the reconciliation process, which means it didn't need -- nor did it get -- any Democratic votes.

And ICE was deemed "essential" so it continued to terrorize our nation during the shutdown (https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/does-ice-continue-working-during-government-shutdown-customs-border-protection-kristi-noem-dhs-pay-officers-social-media-rumors).

This is a Democratic Party-supporting website and one that is based in truth, so why would your first thought be to incorrectly blame Democrats for any of this?

I laugh long and hard at that notion.

where, you know, science and exploring (like what NASA does) actually benefits us......

We can't have nice things. Like Universal healthcare, and people not being homeless and hungry. I mean at one thine we were the country everyone else wanted to be. Now... meh