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leftstreet

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4. I feel like I'm insane

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2026, 04:03 PM

Friday

Trump Takes Executive Action to Pay TSA Workers as Funding Stalls in Congress
House lawmakers reject Senate plan to fund all of Homeland Security except for ICE and Border Patrol

By Olivia Beavers , Terell Wright and Natalie Andrews

Updated March 27, 2026 3:58 pm ET

WASHINGTON—President Trump directed federal officials to pay Transportation Security Administration workers, bypassing a gridlocked Congress after the latest proposal to fund the broader Department of Homeland Security ran aground Friday.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-gop-leaders-reject-bill-to-fund-dhs-likely-extending-standoff-4fdd1a7e?mod=e2tw

Johnson claims he has Trump's ear, so he refuses the Senate version. But then Trump just goes and...

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'Astounding to watch': CNN reporter floored as Johnson and Thune now on 'collision course' [View all] Celerity Friday OP

'Gotta love it. No great adoration for Thune, but I'd dearly like to see Johnson squished like the hlthe2b Friday #1

Thune is 6'4" - Mikey is 5'7" Seinan Sensei Friday #21

These idiots couldn't govern a trailer park. spanone Friday #2

That's an insult to trailer parks. questionseverything Friday #5

I thought i read *rump has some dhs funds he could use to pay people if he wanted to? questionseverything Friday #3

I feel like I'm insane leftstreet Friday #4

Freaking subscription needed, could you please sum it up? questionseverything Friday #8

I just pasted what I could access leftstreet Friday #9

see this: Celerity Friday #15

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archive link Celerity Friday #14

CAGE - Fight ! Bread and Circuses Friday #6

Slap fight! ornotna Friday #20

Translation: Trump told him not to allow a vote. maxsolomon Friday #7

I agree with you. Trump also wants to grandstand as "our savior." h2ebits Friday #17

THIS orangecrush Friday #19

Thune should just pound that little guy in the ground. pwb Friday #10

Trump is losing it about his SAVE ACT. Passages Friday #11

Rs in disarray? senseandsensibility Friday #12

I still say this weekend and weeks ahead TSA employees have the opportunity bluestarone Friday #13

Johnson received his orders from Vought Diraven Friday #18