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GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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@MarshaBlackburn @GovTimWalz Flipping pancakes is not helping. complaining about others makes you look worse for leaving unfinished business.

Another reason why @GovTimWalz should resign. His state is putting female athletes in harm’s way.

@EricLDaugh And springing 2 am meetings with your buddies.

🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Brandon Gill just dropped a REALITY CHECK on Leader John Thune "Bypassing the 60 vote cloture threshold in the Senate will not 'destroy the institution' of the Senate. But you know what will? Taking a two week Spring VACATION while the Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded!" "Protect the institution. Bypass the filibuster." Nailed it. Start fighting. WE CAN WIN, if our GOP FIGHTS.

@ThePatriotOasis Get rid of the filibuster.

🔥🚨JUST IN: Senate Republicans have reportedly ended negotiations with Democrats and are now pushing forward with a plan to fund ICE for the next three years through budget reconciliation. This approach would only require a simple majority of 50 votes, with Vice President JD Vance ready to cast the tie-breaking vote if needed. "We're taking this off the table." — Sen. Hoeven

If you haven’t heard, and even if you have, Jimmy Kimmel said this about Markwayne Mullin, former Senator from Oklahoma, and our newest Secretary of Homeland Security: “We have a plumber now protecting us from terrorism.” Apparently, there has been some backlash. Plumbers were offended, obviously, as were parents of plumbers, spouses of plumbers, children of plumbers, and millions of people who have had a plumber show up when they needed one. Comedians were also offended, (the funny ones, anyway,) along with a surprising number of terrorists - especially those with access to hot and cold running water. However, in spite of the ensuing kerfuffle, @jimmykimmel doubled down. “I’m not upset that the head of Homeland Security was a plumber,” he said, “I’m upset that he isn’t still a plumber." He further elucidated by adding, "I wouldn't put a plumber in charge of Homeland Security for the same reason I wouldn't call a five-star general to pull a rat out of my toilet, OK? We all have our areas of expertise.” Being offended is always a choice, and I don’t choose to be offended by a joke, even one that comes at the expense of the skilled tradespeople my foundation tries to elevate. But I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation. Obviously, expertise and skill are important. If I need a new kidney, I’d prefer a doctor do the surgery, not a late-night talk show host. But if the doctor in question used to host a talk show, why would I hold that against him? Ten years ago, during one of the presidential debates, @MarcoRubio answered a workforce-related question by arguing that America needed to get shop class back into high schools. He concluded by saying, “What our country needs are more welders and fewer philosophers.” A lot of people on this page commented that Rubio and I were singing from the same hymnal, but in fact, we weren’t. At least not entirely. Because I don’t think the current shortage of welders has anything to do with an overabundance of philosophers. In fact, I think it’s a mistake to promote one vocation at the expense of the other. What we really need in this country, are more welders who can talk intelligently about Aristotle, and more philosophers who can run an even bead. More Generals, in other words, who can fix their own toilets, and more plumbers who can hold a powerful government job. This is what Mullin did. He was a private citizen who mastered an essential skill and then turned that skill into a multi-million-dollar company that employed a lot of people and served a lot of customers. That gave him the freedom to do other things with his life, including a career in public service which got him into Congress, where he’s spent the last eleven years doing whatever Congressmen do. Now, he has a very consequential position in the Cabinet of the current administration. Is that not the embodiment of the American Dream? I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life? The only sensible thing to do in the wake of a moment this tone deaf, is remind America that the skills gap is wide, and getting wider. The shortage of skilled tradespeople is now headline news and closing it is nothing less than a matter of national security. This year, my foundation has set aside $10 million dollars to help train the next generation of plumbers, and lots of other essential workers. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of AI-proof, six figure jobs that don't require a four-year degree, waiting to be filled. The money is currently available to anyone who wants to master a useful skill at mikeroweworks.org. Apply today. As for those of you genuinely offended by Kimmel's comments, consider expressing your disappointment with a modest donation to mikeroweWORKS. Our work ethic scholarship is making a real difference, and your money will be well spent, I promise. The donate button is big and red and hard to miss, at mikeroweworks.org I’d love to chat but I’ve gotta pull a rat out of my toilet…

@_ZachGriff Any information on Tampa?

Live TSA wait times are back for JFK, EWR, and LGA! The Port Authority just reenabled its live feed, and my tracker is now pulling the latest checkpoint-by-checkpoint info. Wait times are definitely improving, but early AM lines are still rough. Link: tsa.fromthetraytable.com

🚨 SENATE SELLOUT IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT: While America slept, just 5 Senators showed up at 2AM and rammed through a DHS funding bill by quiet voice vote. NO debate, NO recorded vote. The five who were present: @LeaderJohnThune (R-SD) Eric Schmitt (R-MO) Bernie Moreno (R-OH) Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Andy Kim (D-NJ) They funded TSA to "fix" airport lines but ZERO full funding for ICE and Border Patrol. NO SAVE America Act, no proof of citizenship nor identification to vote. Now they all prepare to jet off for a 2-WEEK RECESS! Is this the "Republican leadership" you voted for in 2024? House SHOULD REJECT this betrayal. Care to explain this GOP Senate Surrender to voters? @SenEricSchmitt @berniemoreno

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@RepFine Protecting their votes

Democrats are laser focused on protecting Somali pirates, Muslim terrorists, and illegal immigrants. What they don’t care about is the American people. That is unacceptable. Tonight, House Republicans will fight back by passing a 60-day CR to fund the ENTIRE government. Now the Senate needs to do its JOB. End the vacation and get it done.

This means you, @SenDanSullivan and @lisamurkowski.

Thune was put into place to work with the democrats to work against Trump. That was made clear in his middle of the night.

@EricLDaugh 3am shenanigans

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Rep. Chip Roy just said the House GOP is BLOCKING the Senate's DHS Democrat compromise, replacing it with something better The bill has no ICE funding, and people are livid That means senators better come back in town, NO VACATION. "What the Senate just sent over to the House is so laughably bad, we're rejecting it out of hand!" "They sent over a bill that's not going to fund ICE and Border Patrol and stand with the great men and women who are defending our country!" "We reject that. We're going to stand alongside our law enforcement personnel. We're going to have a full-throated debate." "We're deciding what we're going to do. But suffice it to say, we need to stand with those who are standing up for us to defend our country. We need to fully fund them." "We need to consider voter ID and other things to make our country safer and better. But we're not going to move this Senate bill. We're going to move something better and send it back to the Senate. We have to!"

@MarshaBlackburn @SenSchumer Where were you at 3am?

Earlier this month, @SenSchumer said Democrats support voter ID. Then why did Democrats just block an amendment requiring it? They’ll say anything to win over voters, and then they’ll turn around and betray Americans the minute they cast their votes. foxnews.com/politics/schum…

This. Who’s blowing who?

@MarshaBlackburn @SenatorFischer @SenLummis @SenCapito And yet you’re going on vacation.

Serving on the Senate Commerce Committee isn’t the only thing @SenatorFischer, @SenLummis, @SenCapito, and I have in common. All four of us can also define the word woman!

@EricLDaugh @DataRepublican Sneaky arse holes they are.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Speaker Johnson and Whip Tom Emmer are FURIOUS with what the Senate GOP did with the DHS funding deal, which omits ICE The Senate might have to COME BACK. "They did this at 3 IN THE MORNING!" "Our speaker is VERY unhappy, I'M not happy! Our whole leadership." "What the Senate did was FRANKLY NOT RIGHT. We WILL make sure the border is funded!" "We will not allow radical anarchist socialist Marxist Democrats to create an open borders situation again!" "By the way, this sets dangerous precedence." "We WILL have a solution."

@LeaderJohnThune Which begs one to question why you’re the senate leader. You have control of the senate yet you’re going on vacation. Yet you can get rid of the filibuster and you aren’t. So a good question to ask is who is blowing who?

Let’s summarize where we are after a 40+ day Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. 1) ICE and CBP are funded, thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts and the foresight of President Trump and Republicans in Congress. 2) After holding DHS and the American people hostage for over 40 days, Dems got ZERO restrictions that would prevent ICE and CBP agents from doing their jobs safely. 3) Due to Dem obstruction of the appropriations process, ICE and CBP will get even more funding through budget reconciliation. 4) Dems have once again established themselves as the “Open Borders, Defund the Police” party heading into an election. 5) Dem leadership has proven once again they can’t be trusted to make a deal. Which begs the question if you’re a Dem senator or one of their left-wing supporters: What was this really all about?