Bernie Sanders cites an amazing statistic.

[iemanja]

Link to tweet

[Haggard Celine]

1. $28 billion!

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

[littlemissmartypants]

8. There is...

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

[iemanja]

20. It's probably worth posting that in GD

So more people see it.

[OldBaldy1701E]

23. So, I am curious.

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?

[SupportSanity]

28. Is Trump ratcheting things up with ICE now because of funding only through January 30th?

15 days to declare Insurrection Act and declare dictatorship?

[littlemissmartypants]

29. IDK, you'll have to ask him. I don't live on a sofa in his head.

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

[SupportSanity]

32. Thanks for bringing up the funding deadline.

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

[kwolf68]

2. WOW

Where be the Righties railing about government spending run amuck? They seem to like those parts of government that kill people, wage war, attack and imprison people. Basically they like the police state elements of the government. Health care, cancer research? Fuck em.

[iemanja]

19. It truly is shocking.

[c-rational]

27. Where is anyone railing about our tiillion dollar military budget. That is our money and this

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.

[sop]

3. Someone's embezzling a lot of that $28B.

[Irish_Dem]

7. It is a money free for all. The amount being stolen is incalculable.

[BlueTsunami2018]

4. Doesn't matter if they want it.

They’re getting it.

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

[Ping Tung]

5. Trump's Praetorian Thugs aren't cheap.

[democrank]

6. Expensive, government-sponsored Thug Machine

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

[Grim Chieftain]

9. Thank you, Bernie, for being a whistle blower

Now what?

[mysteryowl]

10. Oh, come on Bernie, use BLUEsky instead of X

[W_HAMILTON]

11. It's almost like how we voted is as important as that we voted!

[sheshe2]

14. Oh snap!

[betsuni]

21. HA! Indeed. When "Head & heart at odds" and one votes with the asshole.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. I agree

[George McGovern]

12. Criminal statistic. Just like the mis-administration.

[progressoid]

13. A plane for a hundred million here and another hundred million there

Fightin' brown people isn't cheap!

[chowder66]

15. Treasonous blood money

[Upthevibe]

16. Kick. N/T

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. The level of larceny in this administration staggers the imagination.

[Bread and Circuses]

18. And we can thank the 8 Dem Senators who ...

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

[W_HAMILTON]

22. Wrong on all counts.

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?

[Clouds Passing]

24. It's almost like bush created that department just for this moment 🤔

[Javaman]

25. and people still doubt he will have the ability to prevent the midterms.

I laugh long and hard at that notion.

[RT Atlanta]

26. And MORE than NASA's budget for FY 2026

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

[NHvet]

30. Part of the reason

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