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littlemissmartypants

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8. There is...

Reply to Haggard Celine (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:34 PM

Jan 15

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

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Bernie Sanders cites an amazing statistic. [View all] iemanja Jan 15 OP

$28 billion! Haggard Celine Jan 15 #1

There is... littlemissmartypants Jan 15 #8

It's probably worth posting that in GD iemanja Jan 15 #20

So, I am curious. OldBaldy1701E Jan 16 #23

Is Trump ratcheting things up with ICE now because of funding only through January 30th? SupportSanity Jan 16 #28

IDK, you'll have to ask him. I don't live on a sofa in his head. littlemissmartypants Jan 16 #29

Thanks for bringing up the funding deadline. SupportSanity Jan 16 #32

WOW kwolf68 Jan 15 #2

It truly is shocking. iemanja Jan 15 #19

Where is anyone railing about our tiillion dollar military budget. That is our money and this c-rational Jan 16 #27

Someone's embezzling a lot of that $28B. sop Jan 15 #3

It is a money free for all. The amount being stolen is incalculable. Irish_Dem Jan 15 #7

Doesn't matter if they want it. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 15 #4

Trump's Praetorian Thugs aren't cheap. Ping Tung Jan 15 #5

Expensive, government-sponsored Thug Machine democrank Jan 15 #6

Thank you, Bernie, for being a whistle blower Grim Chieftain Jan 15 #9

Oh, come on Bernie, use BLUEsky instead of X mysteryowl Jan 15 #10

It's almost like how we voted is as important as that we voted! W_HAMILTON Jan 15 #11

Oh snap! sheshe2 Jan 15 #14

HA! Indeed. When "Head & heart at odds" and one votes with the asshole. betsuni Jan 15 #21

I agree LetMyPeopleVote Jan 16 #31

Criminal statistic. Just like the mis-administration. George McGovern Jan 15 #12

A plane for a hundred million here and another hundred million there progressoid Jan 15 #13

Treasonous blood money chowder66 Jan 15 #15

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Jan 15 #16

The level of larceny in this administration staggers the imagination. NoMoreRepugs Jan 15 #17

And we can thank the 8 Dem Senators who ... Bread and Circuses Jan 15 #18

Wrong on all counts. W_HAMILTON Jan 16 #22

It's almost like bush created that department just for this moment 🤔 Clouds Passing Jan 16 #24

and people still doubt he will have the ability to prevent the midterms. Javaman Jan 16 #25

And MORE than NASA's budget for FY 2026 RT Atlanta Jan 16 #26

Part of the reason NHvet Jan 16 #30