One Eyed Man in the Land of the Blind

@Timodc Sessions didn't appoint Mueller idiot.

This is crazy. Trumps 1st endorser Jeff Sessions appointed Mueller!! He indicted 25 Russians. The report was so straightforward the GOP senate report echoed it. Then he retired and went back to private life. For this he deserves the president grave dancing on him? Trash.

@igorbobic Congress is useless

Tillis says he has “great concern” about thousands of troops headed to Middle East: “Anytime you're talking about Marines, two different contingents and contingent of the 82nd airborne you know — I'm okay with using this as another lever to get Iran to come to the table and cease hostilities —but if we're going to deploy them in a dangerous setting, members of Congress need to understand what that is.”

@David_J_Bier Illegals are criminals and need to be arrested

Glad to see it. Hope they never have to go back to racial profiling and arresting peaceful people again.

@igorbobic Stupid point to make an issue out of

Sen. King says emerging DHS funding deal is “very close” to what Dems proposed 2 weeks ago but may require some guardrails: “For example, this would not fund ICE, but it would fund HSI. And we would want to be sure they couldn't take HSI people and turn them into ICE.”

@LauraEWeiss16 So he's against immigration enforcement. Clown

Sen. MURPHY says leaving Dem lunch that the caucus remains united against funding immigration enforcement without reforms - and believes this offer does just that “The problem is that they have everybody at DHS right now doing immigration enforcement. And so we have to recognize that right now, if you give money to CBP or HSI, you're providing money for immigration enforcement,” MURPHY says

@TheStalwart @scottlincicome That's laughable

Approval of Trump's handling of the economy, per the newest Reuters/Ipsos poll, is now lower than at any time during the Biden admin. reuters.com/world/us/trump…

@sahilkapur @SenSchumer F Schumer. Fund ICE thru Reconciliation and dare the bastards to keep everything else shutdown

Republican proposal in trouble? @SenSchumer: “We need reforms to ICE. We need to rein in the violence. We have never changed our position. This does not have any reforms in ICE.” “We’ll be sending them an offer back, and I can assure you it’ll contain significant reform in it.”

@MPG37685458 @Defence_Index Wrong. There is plenty of footage of it in port in Crete showing it is undamaged

@Defence_Index It was struck by Iranians and they are now lying about it.

🇺🇸 JUSTIN: Pentagon report flags serious flaws in the USS Ford aircraft carrier, deeper than the laundry room fire, raising doubts about its ability to operate under enemy attack, Bloomberg reports.

@Oilfield_Rando Trump would veto it and then it requires two thirds

Any funding passed via reconciliation can be repealed via reconciliation. If the GOP loses a bare majority in Congress to the Dems, ICE funding vanishes.

@PabloReports @Acyn You're AG is a leftist nut job hack and there is zero chance the Feds are going to cooperate with him. So pound sand

NEW: Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over ICE Killings — And a Car Sitting Shrink-Wrapped in a Warehouse. Reporting by me: migrantinsider.com/p/minnesota-su…

@John_Fanta SJU is hardly a powerhouse. Yes they beat UConn but they haven't beaten any of the top tier teams

The Pitino Effect is real. At 73, he is leading St. John's to its first Sweet 16 since 1999. After years of darkness, the Johnnies are in fact back as a national heavyweight. And in the process, Pitino is showing what's possible at SJU, just like he has everywhere else he's been:

@David_J_Bier Bc most airline passengers are deranged leftists who will doxx ICE agents

Weird how doxxing isn't a problem at airports, apparently.

@NickyScatz Cornyn got 42% in the first round so this result is absurd

I'm concerned about this .

@AndrewDesiderio @bresreports That's not a tenable position for the Dems

Thune says the GOP offer is to fund 94% of DHS, withholding $5.5 billion for ICE enforcement. It’ll include the modest reforms that were agreed to in the original DHS bill, but Thune says Dems won’t get more ICE reforms because they “don’t want funding.” “If you’re not going to have funding, I don’t know how, all of a sudden, now you can demand reforms.” Dems are saying they need more than just the reforms agreed to in the original DHS bill

@ForecasterEnten @SohrabAhmari Who cares. He's not running again

Trump won in 2024 because of men. They are abandoning him right now. He won men by 13 pt in 2024, but his net approval is now -7 pt with them. Men under 45: Trump won by 5 pt in 2024. Now he's 19 pt underwater with them. On cost living, he's now 30 pt underwater with men!

@JewishWarrior13 CNN has lied so much I doubt this is true but even if it is I'm supposed to believe the Iranians?

🚨CNN "We're now learning from a senior Iranian source that there has been an outreach between the US and Iran."

@Acyn This is apparently not true given that's what they're going to do

Coons: When Republicans went to the president and said, ‘We want to fund TSA,’ and Democrats have offered over and over to fund TSA, it was Trump who said no.

@burgessev If the Rs give him a clean vote on everything except ICE how exactly do the Dems vote no?

News: Schumer has indicated to colleagues that he sees potential for a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security this week. BUT he is still seeking more concessions on immigration enforcement “He made it clear to his members and to Republicans that only removing [Enforcement and Removal Operations] funding without any other reforms is not enough,” said a spokesperson for Schumer.

@NoOne23131214 @ChadPergram Fine but Reconciliation takes time. Bc it only requires a major vote it can't be moved in the senate quickly

@SJonNantucket @ChadPergram Then do a reconciliation package FIRST!

Republicans May Forge Ahead On New Plan To End DHS Funding Impasse “As Early As Tonight” And What It Means To the SAVE America Act   This is cobbled together talking to senior Senate Republican sources.   Senate Republicans are developing a plan to fund most aspects of DHS – leaving out controversial programs at ICE and – to end the five-and-a-half week partial government shutdown. This emerged after a meeting at the White House last night. There is a lot to sort out at the GOP Conference luncheon at the Capitol today.   However, Fox is told that the Senate could start to move forward on a plan to end the DHS shutdown “as early as tonight.”   The new plan would fund ICE investigations – like cartels, traffickers and child predators. But they will leave unfunded programs for “enforcement and removal.”   Ironically, this idea would mirror what Democrats have tried to do on multiple occasions. Democrats have asked unanimous consent on the floor to pass bills to fund DHS – sans ICE.   So, Republicans have come around to the position that this is the only way out of this cul-de-sac – even if it reflects the Democratic position.   Still, Republicans contend they are “calling the Democrats bluff.”   “We’re going to have to move forward and give them what they want,” said one Senate Republican source, referring to the Democrats.   But the question is whether Democrats will balk – especially since this was their idea. Regardless, this approach would still need Democratic buy-in and need 60 votes to clear a filibuster.   Fox is told that this is NOT pre-baked with House Republicans. The House and Senate would have to sync up to end the shutdown. Lawmakers on both sides are increasingly freaked out about the possibility of a terrorism attack – to say nothing of watching lengthy lines at airports.   Now the question is what Republicans can do with the SAVE America Act.   Fox is told that Republicans hope to extract a promise from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) to come off the SAVE America Act – and resume that debate after the Easter/Passover recess.   But that bill lacks the votes to pass.   In addition, Republicans are looking at stuffing some provisions from the SAVE America Act into a budget reconciliation package. By nature, a reconciliation package is NOT subject to a filibuster and only needs a simple majority to pass. However, reconciliation requires bills be fiscal in nature and deal with numbers, not policy. 
It is possible Republicans could fund the enforcement and removal programs at ICE under budget reconciliation. But portions of the SAVE America Act is dicey. Fox is told that Republicans could try to focus on the “money” aspects of the SAVE America Act – such as withholding dollars from states which don’t require photo ID, et al. But getting those provisions past the Senate umpire, Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, is challenging. MacDonough could rule out of order policy provisions pertaining to the SAVE America Act in a reconciliation measure.

@TheFieldOf68 @RobDauster Yeah good luck with that. Better teams haven't come close to doing yo them

ICYMI: @RobDauster on how St. John’s can beat Duke 👀 “The key is putting enough ball pressure on Duke so they can’t get into their offense. You’ve got to push them out to 40–45 feet from the basket, then force turnovers and win on the glass.” 🎥: youtu.be/KxRGO8RcB2E