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yaesu

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Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:33 PM 15 hrs ago

Should there be a limit to how many times a democratic senator can kiss fascist ass before they are no longer protected [View all]

here as far as not saying anything "bad" about them? The recent Senate vote on funding the nazi ICE ss got me thinking about it. I mean, we went through this shit with Manchin, Sinema and even Garland through association.


US homeland security department on track for shutdown after funding bill fails in Senate
Lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over much-criticized agency’s funding

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is on course for an official shutdown at midnight after lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over the much-criticized agency’s funding.

A range of services, including domestic flights and the US Coastguard, could be vulnerable to disruption after the Senate failed on Thursday to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to pass the DHS appropriations bill. Democrats blocked the funding in protest over violent tactics used in the Trump administration’s recent immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

The Senate fell almost entirely along party lines in a 52-47 vote on the legislation, with John Fetterman of Pennsylvania being the sole Democratic exception in backing the bill. Democrats also blocked an attempt to temporarily extend funding for two weeks at current levels.

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