General Discussion

Quiet Em

(2,922 posts)

20. Yeah, the picture is pretty clear now

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:40 AM

21 hrs ago

Between Republicans realizing that the public rightly blames the con artist for the slowdown at airports because the con is refusing to pay TSA workers, the bad optics and potential danger of putting ICE agents at airports, and now no perks for Congress.

Suddenly all the Republicans want to work with Senate Democrats to pay the TSA workers after refusing to do so for several weeks.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

MustLoveBeagles

51 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Delta Airlines suspends "special Congressional desk" service till shutdown ends [View all] Tanuki 22 hrs ago OP

Do nothing for a do-nothing Congress dalton99a 22 hrs ago #1

Not Congress -- azureblue 21 hrs ago #13

Politics is a "team sport." I'd prefer a collaborative endeavor, but... littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #17

Message auto-removed Name removed 20 hrs ago #30

They're doing nothing because they're trying to do something for themselves. C Moon 15 hrs ago #49

Best thing I have heard all year! marybourg 22 hrs ago #2

Make it permanent n/t leftstreet 22 hrs ago #3

We so need this kind of equality,. delisen 22 hrs ago #4

Cancun Cruz won't be happy newdeal2 22 hrs ago #5

He is my senator, and frankly I prefer him out of the state/country ... lol - n/t TBF 21 hrs ago #26

lol orleans 20 hrs ago #39

yes Skittles 18 hrs ago #47

He flies United. cloudbase 19 hrs ago #46

well Skittles 17 hrs ago #48

Too damn bad, Teddy-boy. calimary 15 hrs ago #50

This is the right thing to do, for starters, they take shackled people and contribute to deportation w/o due process Deuxcents 22 hrs ago #6

They shouldn't fix it. They should refuse to participate. Initech 21 hrs ago #25

Maybe Delta watched Rachel Maddow drag them through the mud last night? gab13by13 22 hrs ago #7

Probably - Flying a little boy to a tRump prison is a bad look. nt AnotherMother4Peace 21 hrs ago #11

After reading your post, I found that clip of Rachel's show. 70sEraVet 19 hrs ago #45

The Republican congress criters popsdenver 22 hrs ago #8

They wish. Show me your evidence. littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #18

Here's a non-paywall link to the AJC article in "archive" form QueerDuck 21 hrs ago #9

Maybe Kristi can fly them to their destinations Norbert 21 hrs ago #10

She isn't in charge anymore obamanut2012 21 hrs ago #12

Yeah but, did she give her jet back? gab13by13 21 hrs ago #14

Did they take away her residence? Seinan Sensei 20 hrs ago #29

Nancy Mace is gonna be pissed!! Owens 21 hrs ago #15

Oh yes! That could be an .....epic fury😃 underpants 20 hrs ago #35

I wouldn't want to be behind her either MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #42

I realize that some of them may have urgent �official busness� to attend to DFW 21 hrs ago #16

Neat story! Thanks for sharing with us. KPN 21 hrs ago #24

You'll appreciate this supplemental little detail DFW 20 hrs ago #32

Haha. Yeah, that's some pretty detailed rules-following! KPN 20 hrs ago #36

Great story and supplemental 👍 underpants 20 hrs ago #37

Cruz and Noem are going to be livid if treated like commoners Torchlight 21 hrs ago #19

Yeah, the picture is pretty clear now Quiet Em 21 hrs ago #20

Health Coverage bdamomma 21 hrs ago #21

We should take away all their perks... llmart 20 hrs ago #38

This MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #40

I've known the mother of the author for years Henry203 21 hrs ago #22

Good for Delta! Martin68 21 hrs ago #23

Should have done this from Day One of the shutdown. Maybe charge them niyad 21 hrs ago #27

Yep MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #41

Good LetMyPeopleVote 21 hrs ago #28

Is everyone interpreting ths article incorrectly or is it just me. Didn't Cornyn just force Democrats to support a KPN 20 hrs ago #31

Great! Now do health care and retirement benefits. BadgerMom 20 hrs ago #33

Finally..............they can join the "small people"..............and see what it is like to eat cake............ turbinetree 20 hrs ago #34

Delta gives preferential treatment to those with lots of SkyMiles Soul_of_Wit 20 hrs ago #43

You know what would solve this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations. Ray Bruns 20 hrs ago #44

Good catrose 7 hrs ago #51