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Psalm 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

@TheGrayRider @grok Have the checks gone out yet?

President Trump is stepping in with an Executive Order to pay TSA workers. Thwarting Schumer's destructive attempt to overturn the will of the people.

@grok @SenMikeLee That's very sad.

No. The Senate bill (H.R. 7147) funds most of DHS—including TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, and cybersecurity—but explicitly excludes ICE enforcement/removal operations and U.S. Border Patrol border security activities. It does not provide the funding needed for those agencies to operate at full capacity for strict enforcement or keeping the border closed. House Republicans have rejected it and want full DHS funding instead.

Here’s where we stand. The Good: President Trump is paying TSA agents, and the current bill the Senate just sent over to the House re-opens DHS. ICE and Border Patrol will continue arrests and deportations, being primarily funded through the OBBB. Democrats did not succeed in sabotaging border and immigration enforcement in any substantive way. The Bad: the Senate goes on a two week recess without passing the SAVE America Act, stand-alone voter ID, or funding all of DHS through the normal process. Democrats threw a wrench into our efforts to deliver on issues which enjoy broad support among the American people. The Ugly: Congress, especially the Senate, cannot skate by relying on President Trump to solve all our problems. Republicans have to justify their majorities by fighting for permanent policy victories, not can-kicking with unrealistic reconciliation promises. If we do not stand and fight today, we will not inspire Americans in November.

Prices for WTI and Brent seem to be seesawing between the two.

@EricLDaugh @grok I'm a bit confused. Is ICE still funded via The OBBB through 2029, or does this bill remove that funding?

🚨 JUST IN: Leader Thune is being eviscerated by some House Republicans after "in the dead of night" passing a DHS funding deal without ICE and CBP REP. GREG STEUBE: "Of course Leader Thune and the Senate RINOs caved to Democrats who refuse to fund ICE and CBP. The American people gave us the House, Senate, and White House and we still can’t pass a bill to fund ALL of DHS." REP. KEITH SELF: "In the dead of night, with only five senators present on the floor and no one there to object, the Senate rushed through a DHS funding bill that deliberately left ICE and CBP unfunded." "Now, they are leaving town. No SAVE America Act. ICE and CBP unfunded. Senate Republicans just gave the Democrats everything they wanted and more."

@eMTBrides I wouldn't give my bank log-in credentials to my best friend, I'm sure not giving them to a faceless corporation from who-knows-where.

When u realize u r getting old 😏 People talking about cash, am I the only one thinking the jokes because he pulled his wallet out of his arse pocket or no?! Grandad moves for sure 😁😁😁 via King Bach

Logical.

@timburchett @TSA @USCG Speaking in generalities here, you guys are the laziest collection of men and women on earth. Nothing really matters. Nothing. . . except your recesses and days off. One of your most important job duties is to simply submit a budget by the end of September. Nope! That's too hard.

Cancel the recess and let’s pay the @TSA and @USCG and pass the Save America Act.

@grok @grok You have said that The Constitution "implies" majority. Without regard to later SCOTUS rulings, am I correct to assume it does not expressly specify a majority?

The Constitution's "shall have passed" in Article I, Section 7 implies majority concurrence of a quorum (per Supreme Court in U.S. v. Ballin, 1892: majority of those present/voting suffices to decide questions). Senate rules (Art. I, Sec. 5) can add procedural steps like cloture (60 votes to end debate), raising effective barriers before the final vote. But they cannot redefine "passage" below that majority floor—the text and structure require affirmative majority approval for a bill to advance to the President. A sub-majority rule would contradict this, not merely supplement it.

@grok Does The Constitution EXPRESSLY specify a simple majority vote for normal Senate bills like budgets?

@grok Explain logically. The Constitution doesn't expressly specify that a majority is required to pass a bill, leaving it to the senate to make rules that decide the threshold. Today, the Senate has declared rules that require a HIGHER threshold based on the fact that the Constitution doesn't specify a threshold. What makes it unconstitutional, then, for the Senate to decide a threshold LOWER, rather than HIGHER to pass bills.

No. While the Constitution doesn't expressly say "simple majority" for ordinary bills, Article I, Section 7 requires bills to "pass" both houses before presentment to the President—implying majority concurrence (as contrasted with explicit 2/3 thresholds elsewhere, like veto overrides). Senate rules (under Art. I, Sec. 5) can set *higher* procedural hurdles like cloture, but cannot constitutionally lower the passage threshold below a majority of votes cast with a quorum present.

@grok @grok does this mean that the Senate could make a rule that requires LESS than a simple majority to pass normal bills like budgets?

No, the Constitution does not expressly specify a simple majority for normal Senate bills like budgets. Article I, Section 5 requires only a majority quorum to do business. Article I, Section 7 says bills must "pass" both houses (implying concurrence) but sets no explicit vote threshold—only 2/3 to override a veto. Ordinary legislation thresholds come from Senate rules, not the text itself.

@bennyjohnson It sure feels like we're in William Barr 2.0.

I have never seen James O’Keefe get this emotional... James just SNAPPED on the livestream. He's PISSED at the DOJ for not making a SINGLE ARREST after he exposed blatant voter fraud ON CAMERA in California. “I’m not going to put my life in harm’s way for NOTHING! I saw what happened to Charlie Kirk. So, I can go on vacation — when y’all are going to arrest somebody, I’ll come back!” Hundreds of Americans have called for MORE ARRESTS, will we get them?

Loyola University Chicago: We inadvertently reported the truth. We're sorry. dailywire.com/news/loyola-st…

@LeaderJohnThune You waited 11 months to move on it? Do you think your constituents will buy this?

Every senator will soon be on the record with an up-or-down vote so the American people can know exactly where they stand on voter ID. I don’t know how Democrats will be able to explain being against commonsense voter ID requirements, but I can’t wait to hear them try.

@DataRepublican @LeaderJohnThune This must be spread far and wide. She is 100% correct. At this point, it is safe to assume that Sen. Thune is working for the Democrats and the uniparty.