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ancianita

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15. Who were the 8 cavers, again? Call them and tell them that.

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 09:37 PM

21 hrs ago

Give them this line: Remember how you caved after House Democrats said "Republicans want to cut your healthcare so badly, they'll shut down the government to do it."

Do you really want to cave when it comes to Democratic American lives and cities and states?? When it comes to the invasion of Minnesota?

https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

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Democratic senators come out in opposition to funding DHS, raising the risk of another government shutdown next week [View all] ancianita 23 hrs ago OP

Good! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #1

Just do it, Dems. No funding for the Ice-stapo. ananda 23 hrs ago #2

Oh, I love that description of ICE, MarineCombatEngineer 8 hrs ago #22

I stole it too. ananda 5 hrs ago #23

Excellent Iris 23 hrs ago #3

Thune won't bring it to the floor bluestarone 23 hrs ago #4

All the better. The budget won't pass, and the American people will know it's about Noem and ICE. ancianita 22 hrs ago #5

True. guess i'm not thinking again. bluestarone 22 hrs ago #6

The threat of a govt shutdown is mute. We don't have a government any longer so the talk of shutting the in2herbs 22 hrs ago #7

No, it's not moot. IF he sticks to this position, and I dearly hope he does, Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #13

Unfortunately, the repugs don't want the government open... Chemical Bill 12 hrs ago #20

With all due respect I wrote "mute" not "moot" because no one appeared to be talking about the forthcoming in2herbs 5 hrs ago #24

LOL. "Now, pull my other finger." PSPS 22 hrs ago #8

I gotta tell ya, MarineCombatEngineer 21 hrs ago #9

We've been here twice before. Each time the ramifications ratcheted up. Now the Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #11

Oh, but I can blame people for their negative attitude, MarineCombatEngineer 21 hrs ago #14

Actions - and inactions - have consequences and people have memories. I dearly hope Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #21

Then why not spend your posting time telling the eight senators not to cave this time? Here are their numbers. ancianita 21 hrs ago #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #17

I hear ya. ancianita 21 hrs ago #18

That's not a risk. That's a mandate from their constituents. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #10

F it. Shut it down for a year. CanonRay 21 hrs ago #12

Who were the 8 cavers, again? Call them and tell them that. ancianita 21 hrs ago #15

There were 7, and I wrote every one. CanonRay 20 hrs ago #19