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demmiblue

(39,906 posts) Tue May 5, 2026, 07:21 AM Yesterday

NEW. The Senate Judiciary and HSGAC reconciliation bills are out...$1 billion for Secret Service ballroom work [View all]

Here are the Republican priorities. This is the budget reconciliation package the GOP has to pass alone because democrats held their ground and refused to fund ICE and CBP.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-05-05T02:53:19.730Z

â€œ.. The funding would come in legislation authored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, which would allow for Republicans to pass the money over Democratic objections.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-05-05T11:21:31.260Z

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NEW. The Senate Judiciary and HSGAC reconciliation bills are out...$1 billion for Secret Service ballroom work [View all] demmiblue Yesterday OP

Disgusting. SunSeeker Yesterday #1

Krasnov is very good at laundering money, gab13by13 Yesterday #2

Half is a generous estimate Bettie Yesterday #4

Kick orangecrush Yesterday #3

Yet, we can't afford daycare. spanone Yesterday #5

A meeting hall gilded with solid 24 carat golden ornamentation's so the American Nazi Republican Party can hold their,. magicarpet Yesterday #6

Looks like another 65 billion to rendition immigrants to prison camps, 1.5 billion for federal criminal enforcement. Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #7

This is FUCT UP Akakoji 22 hrs ago #8

MaddowBlog-Republicans want to spend $1 billion in taxpayer money on Trump's $400 million ballroom LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #9

So, What Happened To... GB_RN 22 hrs ago #10

White House officials said that the legislation would authorize the entire project -- including the aboveground ballroom LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #11

Trump admin's official position is that almost EVERYTHING in the ballroom is security-related. LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #12