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Cosplay Kristi gonna buy some new threads
The POLITICAL problem is that we will be hearing from the #Puritopians after every ICE atrocity that Democrats voted for this, as they urge everyone to not vote in the midterms, because: that’ll show ‘em!
And you absolutely know that’s coming.
Anyway, the NYTimes:
The House on Thursday passed legislation to fund a broad swath of the government including the Department of Homeland Security, narrowly mustering the votes amid a Democratic revolt over spending for Immigration and Customs Enforcement…”
“…In the end, the vote to pass the homeland security funding legislation was 220 to 207, with 206 Democrats voting against it, and seven voting for it. Republican leaders agreed to allow a separate vote on that bill to allow Democrats to register their unhappiness with the measure without imperiling the rest of the spending package. One Republican, Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, also opposed the bill…”
“…The seven Democrats who voted in favor of the homeland security spending measure were: Representatives Don Davis of North Carolina, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Laura Gillen of New York, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine and Tom Suozzi of New York.”
Not a lot of surprises in that list of Blue Dogs. I understand ICE is gearing up to invade and occupy Maine, so Golden —who quit and won’t be running in 2026 and thus had nothing to lose— is giving everyone across the country the finger, but mostly to his own constituents who are now going to see what the Gestapo has planned for them.
And just in: another swing and a near miss:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the legislation fell just short of the majority needed for passage.
The tied vote was the latest sign of Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s tenuous hold on the majority, as well as some of the growing pushback in the GOP-controlled Congress to Trump’s aggressions in the Western Hemisphere. A Senate vote on a similar resolution was also tied last week until Vice President JD Vance broke the deadlock.
To defeat the resolution Thursday, Republican leaders had to hold the vote open for more than 20 minutes while Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt, who had been out of Washington all week campaigning for a Senate seat in Texas, rushed back to Capitol Hill to cast the decisive vote.
That is a desperation move, calling the dude in from the campaign trail and holding the vote open until he got there. So Republicans own whatever happens next with The Orange 🤡 Big Adventure in Venezuela.
It’s not cheating, per se, but it sure isn’t sportsman-like. When/IF we get the gavel back, we have to be as ruthless as they are.
But from the NOTUS afternoon email thingie, sounds like something good happened in the bills:
The House is jamming the Senate by putting the repeal of a provision that would have allowed senators to sue the government over Jack Smith’s investigation into a must-pass spending bill.
The Orange 🤡 Crime Family
The Journos at the NOTUS email thingie tell us:
Trump’s “Board of Peace” is official as of this morning, when he signed the organization’s new charter at the World Economic Forum. It was first pitched last fall as part of his administration’s plan for rebuilding Gaza — though it has since morphed into what seems to be a wider forum for addressing conflicts worldwide.
Some 20 countries were in attendance for the charter signing, which primarily served as an opportunity for Trump to repeat his claim that he’d helped settle “eight wars.”
Interrupting here to clearly state that at $1B Ameros per ticket and that The Orange 🤡 controls the money in perpetuity is the actual opportunity for him.
Back to NOTUS.
He said that he hoped to resolve Russia’s war in Ukraine next and that “Iran wants to talk.” Notably, Trump said the new body would “work with everybody” even the United Nations, rejecting claims that the new body is meant to replace the U.N. (Trump’s speech naturally included mention of his 2024 election win and the “rigged” election of 2020).
The presentation also featured Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who presented a slide at the ceremony showing a plan to “redevelop Gaza” with images of shiny skyscrapers. Kushner said there was no “plan B” if Hamas did not demilitarize and that rebuilding Gaza would bring it to “100% employment.”
And that’s the other opportunity for The Orange 🤡. Amazed that they said this out loud and in public.
So it’s doing swell, as swell as all of The Orange 🤡 Crime Family’s plans.
Grafitti in my ‘hood.
The House is set to vote on the stand-alone DHS funding bill this week, separately from the rest of the gubmint funding bills. If Democrats in Congress truly want to stop ICE in Minnesota and across the country, this is chance to do it.
Speaker Pornhub Moses has the slimmest majority (and he’s no cat herder), so if the Democrats are united, there’s a chance it might not pass and have to be re-negotiated. NOTUS:
So far, Republicans are bullish. Internal whip counts predict at least 10 Democrats will cross the aisle and support a GOP-led appropriations bill for the embattled agency, a source told NOTUS’ Em Luetkemeyer.
Call your representatives. Let them know that you’ve got their back.
Anyway, Axios has some details on how that’s going:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told his caucus during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday that he opposes a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, five sources familiar with his comments told Axios.
Why it matters: Jeffries’ opposition comes as Democrats both inside and outside of Congress are lining up against the bill, which they say isn’t nearly sufficient to constrain ICE following the shooting of Renee Good.
- At least five House Democrats spoke up against the bill in the Wednesday morning meeting, with none speaking for it, sources told Axios.
- Swing-district Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), coming out of the gathering, told reporters he is a “hell no.”
And right there I will interrupt and note that if a centrist is a Hell No, then this looks pretty good!
Yes, but: Several battleground-district and centrist Democrats exited the caucus meeting saying they remained undecided on the bill.
- That includes Reps. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the battleground representative to leadership, and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), the chair of the center-left New Democrat Coalition.
- “I’m going to continue to speak with my colleagues and speak to my team around it,” Rep. John Mannion (D-N.Y.), a swing district member, told Axios.
Any of those squishes your representatives? CALL THEM!
UPDATE 1: Dan Pfeiffer on the new NYTimes / Sienna poll (Emphasis mine):
Democrats are currently debating whether to vote for a bill to fund ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. The party is also, once again, wrestling with the slogan “Abolish ICE.”
As we debate those matters, it’s worth noting that immigration—and ICE in particular—is no longer a political strength for Trump.
- His immigration approval is 40–58.
- 63% disapprove of ICE’s actions.
- 61% think ICE’s actions have gone too far.
The chaos surrounding the ICE deployments has contributed to the larger sense that Trump is out of control—and not focused on what voters actually care about.
You can debate what role immigration messaging should play in our campaign strategy, but the idea that Democrats should remain silent or be afraid to speak about ICE is absurd and not borne out by the data.
UPDATE 2: The Orange 🤡 threatens to sue the NYTimes over the poll (which certainly tells you a LOT about how he knows nothing about the Streisand Effect):
The Times Siena Poll, which is always tremendously negative to
me, especially just before the Election of 2024, where I won in a
Landslide, will be added to my lawsuit against The Failing New
York Times. Our lawyers have demanded that they keep all
Records, and how they “computed” these fake results – Not just
the fact that it was heavily skewed toward Democrats. They will
be held fully responsible for all of their Radical Left lies and
wrongdoing!
(Axios)
In case there was any doubt, Axios’ morning email thingie informs us that it never has been better to be filthy rich:
The health of the economy increasingly depends on rich people spending money, Axios’ Emily Peck writes from a Moody’s analysis of government data.
- Why it matters: That puts the U.S. in a fragile place because consumer spending drives growth — so the economy now relies on a smaller number of people to keep things afloat.
🎨 The big picture: Inflation and a lackluster job market are weighing on most people, and their level of spending has flatlined.
- But at the high end, things are looking pretty good — particularly for those in the stock market.
🔢 By the numbers: 59% of all consumer spending now comes from the top 20% of income earners, a near record high, according to a Moody’s Analytics analysis of recently released numbers from the Federal Reserve.
- Only 41% of spending comes from the bottom 80% — a record low.
As always, every billionaire is evidence of a tax policy failure. This is totally unsustainable.
“This is an IHOP sir.”
A story told in 4 posts:
Prznint Sundowner returns to distraction.
Greenland
The Journos at NOTUS email thingie report:
Donald Trump says he has a ‘framework of a future deal’ on Greenland. The president said on Truth Social that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have a “solution” that, “if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America and ALL NATO nations.”
A) I really don’t like Vulgarmort saying “consummated” because, ick and 2) When Republicans say “a framework of a plan,” translated: it means that they got nothing.
Here’s the full text (no link for obvious reasons):
Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland. Further information will be made available as discussions progress. Vice President JD
Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and various others, as needed, will be responsible for the negotiations They will report directly to me. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Lawrence O’Donnell —as everyone knows— has said since the Greenland saber rattling began LAST YEAR that it was a distraction (Epstein?), and it would appear he was right. Look how many news cycles this distraction ate up that could have gone to something else, like Epstein.
Back to NOTUS:
- Asked if the deal would lead to the U.S. owning Greenland, Trump paused for several seconds, then said: “It’s a long-term deal. It’s the ultimate long-term deal. And I think it puts everybody in a really good position.”
- Reporters asked Rutte for details. He said: “Read the Truth Social post.”
- The announcement came just hours after a speech in which Trump said he wouldn’t seize Greenland by force, threatened to retaliate against European allies and told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that he’d better watch his mouth.
- Trump repeatedly mixed up Greenland and Iceland during his speech. Karoline Leavitt said he didn’t.
This morning’s Electoral-Vote discussed all the reasons any Greenland adventure was going to fail. TL;DR: we don’t have troops trained for arctic battle, we don’t have gear designed for arctic battle, and northern Europe definitely does. (It’s a really interesting read, give it a bash.)
Yes, I’m relieved, but no, I’m not convinced it is over, either. I don’t think The Orange 🤡 has learned a lesson (except that he can bend the world’s attention at will) and I do think this or something like this will happen again and probably soon.
Pornhub Moses hears, speaks and sees No Evil.
What’s that thing about bearing false witness?
…but when you are the useful idiot to the bigger useful idiot…
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