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This is day 89 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act.
Can’t believe I’ve been posting about this for 89 days (& the Senate is on vacation).
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@BasedMikeLee Since the @VP is the president of the senate? Can he not take over the pro forma session?
And then recess the senate?
All smoke and mirrors
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The Senate just completed a pro forma session
No attempt was made to pass DHS funding by unanimous consent
The Senate must convene now
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee
Convene The Senate Now
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Turns out that @LeaderJohnThune was totally projecting when he said the SAVE Act was an influencer campaign.
Senator John Thune is compromised by a company that literally exists to sell access to himself.
Pass it on.
DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican
Hello, Mr. Desiderio, Punchbowl News sells access to Capitol Hill for corporate clients. Their senior Senate reporter is you, Andrew Desiderio. Here's how the access works: Punchbowl has a weekly show called "Fly Out Day," taped at the Punchbowl News Townhouse and described on their own site as an "exclusive first look" for Premium subscribers. Those Premium subscribers are the K Street corporate government affairs staff and trade association officials whose legislative interests depend on what Senate leadership decides to schedule… or kill. The second-ever guest was Senate Majority Leader John Thune, on September 11, 2025. This is documented in your own webste. Now let’s go over your post carefully. You say Mike Lee "primed the GOP base to believe" something. That’s manipulative framing, the language of a man working a crowd. But Thune "pointed out" something. That’s the language of a man correcting the record, establishing fact. This is not a one-off phrasing choice on your part. Your Punchbowl coverage consistently frames Thune's positions as institutional reality and conservative alternatives as base management. Thune "declared" that the talking filibuster is dead. Lee and his allies "captivated Trump's base." Thune "had enough." The SAVE Act push is "a self-inflicted wound." These are not neutral verbs. They are a point of view… and it's Thune's point of view, delivered with a byline. There's a structural reason this happens. Jake Sherman described Punchbowl's business model in his own words on The Rebooting podcast (January 2022): nearly 90% of the outlet's revenue comes from corporate sponsorships… "trade groups and companies looking to get their public affairs messaging in front of those making public policy." The sponsors documented at Punchbowl include PhRMA, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Facebook, JPMorgan, Blackstone, the American Investment Council (private equity lobby), and others. These sponsors need the goodwill of the Senate Majority Leader, who controls which of their legislative priorities come to the floor. Thune controls the floor. Thune sits in Punchbowl's townhouse. You reports Thune's framing as conventional wisdom. When Desiderio writes that the talking filibuster "will ultimately fail" ... not might fail, not Thune argues it will fail, but when it ultimately fails ... is that journalism? Or is it the view from Thune's Fly Out Day chair? You are busted, Mr. Desiderio.
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David Mark retweetledi
I’m going to say this as respectfully, peacefully, and professionally as possible:
If our Republican Senate majority does NOT pass the SAVE America Act,
there will be massive consequences
(beginning on May 26th, 2026).
It’s a courteous & polite promise.
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@WNEP You getting paid for all your free coverage?
Because we the people could care less about these protests. You seem to want to post about them hourly.
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More than 3,000 events are set to take place. Watch live coverage here. wnep.com/article/news/n…
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@MikeLevin Really odd take given you and the rest of congress should doing what we the people want.
Which is exactly what Mr Speaker is doing.
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I’ve been in Congress through divided governments, bitter fights, and historic crises. I’ve never seen anything like the last 24 hours.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson killed Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s bipartisan deal to fund the TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA.
It was a deal that had the support of Senate Republicans and Democrats alike, 100-0!
Why?
Because Johnson places his own political survival and fealty to Trump over all else, including long waits at airports or anything else.
We could have passed it in the House easily if only Johnson had allowed the vote to proceed. But instead he blew up the whole thing.
Where this goes next is anyone’s guess, but what’s very clear is that Johnson is the worst and most subservient speaker in modern American history.
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@mattvanswol @TheLastRefuge2 To these people ‘feelings’ matter, not results.
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I've been holding back on this, but I'm just gonna let loose...
So many of these "protestors" here in Asheville NC have had their lives DRAMATICALLY improved by President Trump.
Trump's FEMA resolved 80% of ALL open Hurricane Helene cases Biden left sitting 116 days... in 5 DAYS.
Trump's DOT gave nearly $2 BILLION to fix roads and bridges in WNC, which is the largest Emergency Relief allocation in federal highway history.
Trump's DOT reopened I-40 in 5 months. Everyone said it would take years.
Trump's HUD approved $1.4 billion for Helene housing recovery so fast that even Democrat Governor Josh Stein publicly thanked him for it.
Trump's USDA delivered $221 million directly to WNC farmers who lost everything.
Trump gave NC 6 full months of 100% federal cost coverage — one of the longest in FEMA history.
The same people driving on rebuilt roads, drinking clean water, living the comeback... are out here protesting the man who made most of it happen.
JUST GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!!!
It's not that hard.
He knew you hated him before the storm.
He knew that when he landed in Asheville.
And guess what?
HE SHOWED UP AND HELPED YOU ANYWAYS!!!!!!
And today you grabbed your little sign and costumes, got in your little Subaru, you drove on those rebuilt roads, over those rebuilt bridges, passed rebuilt houses and rebuilt parks, to protest a man who helped your city.
You look stupid, out of touch, and insanely ungrateful.
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@BasedMikeLee Maybe we should try the 5 Senators at @ 3am trick again - what do you think @johnthune? Sure seems you can pass things you actually want to pass.
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@HHSResponse @SecKennedy Great idea! But Don’t worry some judge will throw it out because you know - ‘NO KINGS’
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.@SecKennedy: “We’re going to have the best information out about baby formula by the end of the month…For the first time in 30 years we are revising the nutrition standards so that we’re going to have good nutrition of baby formula, as close to breast milk as we can get.”
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David Mark retweetledi
@LeaderJohnThune This is day 87 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act.
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@SenateGOP Shut the fuck up.
Seriously.
No one cares about your dumbass tweets.
We know you all bolted to go on an 18 day vacation and just tried to leave border security defunded.
You are traitors. Cowards. Grifters. Frauds.
Then you ran away…
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@BasedMikeLee @grok confirm Trump has the constitutional authority to reconvene the Senate today.
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Seems like 5 of them can pass the save act then 🤷♂️
FemMechEngineer@femmechengineer
Thank you @SpeakerJohnson & thank you @HouseGOP👏 😡@SenateGOP Replace the smirking traitor @LeaderJohnThune with @SenMikeLee. 😡😡@Senategop It takes 5 of you to call for a vote. Do we have 5 who are not Democrats in disguise? @SenKatieBritt @tedcruz @SenatorLankford (who is probably toast in Oklahoma - association matters)
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@SenMcCormickPA So you are one of the senators doing these pro forma sessions keep @POTUS from making recess appointments?
My assumption since the cowardly senate left yesterday
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Said it on the Senate Floor late last night, and I'll say it again: shutting down DHS is petty political theater by Senate Democrats, and it puts Americans at risk.
Despite all the noise since then, I have not changed my view. Fund DHS in full. Secure the homeland. End the political theater.
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David Mark retweetledi
Hello Senator Thune,
At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.
Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.
You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.
You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.
You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.
Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.
Let's be precise about what you did:
1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.
The precedent you set:
You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.
But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:
• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions
You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.
What you've actually accomplished:
Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.
Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.
And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:
Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?
Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?
You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.
Here's my message: We saw it anyway.
Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.
Own it.
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Tone deaf much? We the people don’t care about your vacation. We don’t care about your deals. We don’t care about your donors on k street. We don’t care about your party.
We care about our country.
Your backroom deal will hopefully die a spectacular death in the House
I know the party will die a slow, slow one just like the whigs. This level of disregard for a bill 80+ percent of the population wants is the end. The save act isn’t optional.
Enjoy the dustbin of history.
@GOP @HouseGOP @potus
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During the past 41 days, Senate Democrats showed America who they’re fighting for.
480+ TSA agents quit, the U.S. suffered over $2.5 billion in losses, and there were four-hour-long lines at our busiest airports.
All to protect criminal illegal aliens from deportation.
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It appears Senate Majority Leader Thune is getting a private escort leaving Ronald Reagan Airport for Easter vacation
without passing the SAVE America Act.
By the way, FISA Section 702 expires on April 20th.
CC: @LeaderJohnThune
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I thought you were one of the good guys … someone fighting for we the people …yet … you allow a voice vote in the senate on this DHS funding by. Not demanding a roll call vote at least … which is totally in your power by voting nay on the voice vote.
You are a disappointment and no better than the rest, just louder.
Godspeed @gop @SenateGOP @HouseGOP
Soon you will join the whigs in the ashbin of history.
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Let’s freaking go!
Voter ID right now:
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Rep. Andy Ogles@RepOgles
WE in the HOUSE should AMEND the Senate Bill, ADD VOTER ID AND FORCE A VOTE IN THE SENATE. 🇺🇸🫡 The Democrats will steal the elections if we don’t!!!
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