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quakerboy

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24. we are way past that

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 02:07 PM

Jan 9

If they have any mechanism to deny ice funding they need to yank those levers hard. Not as a negotiation tactic. To stop them.from funding this army of brownshirts. It is a tool being built to suppress Americans and their votes and inevitably to kill dissenters.

This is, in my opinion, the difference between life and death for every level. The country. The party. The individuals. All of us are directly in immediate danger.

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Democrats threaten to withhold funding after ICE killing in Minneapolis [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 9 OP

Don't threaten...do it! sop Jan 9 #1

THIS orangecrush Jan 9 #5

Yes! surfered Jan 9 #7

You beat me to it...My thoughts exactly, stop threatening, just do it! Escurumbele Jan 9 #9

And doing exactly what that ghoul Stephen Miller wants. ShazzieB Jan 9 #13

You're right, it's Miller duckworth969 Jan 9 #26

Every Democrat better vote in support of this. And those that don't need to hear from us relentlessly. Scrivener7 Jan 9 #16

Threats don't work yankee87 Jan 9 #25

+1 dalton99a Jan 9 #30

We need this sweeping reform package yesterday. Time is of the essence. IcyPeas Jan 9 #2

Wish I could go to one, but I have to work. mwmisses4289 Jan 9 #4

"There are marches/protests happening nationwide on Saturday", a lesson from history Escurumbele Jan 9 #10

Like anyone thinks Democracy lives in Iran? BaronChocula Jan 9 #15

Protests make an impression on Congressional and state and local elected officials. And if more people Scrivener7 Jan 9 #31

Defund ICE Chi67 Jan 9 #3

Defund and shut them down. Period. hadEnuf Jan 9 #6

Will the twelve senators and 34 congressperson LuvLoogie Jan 9 #8

Don't just threaten to do it, actually do it! Play ball! Clouds Passing Jan 9 #11

ICE should be shut down, to be replaced with a new organization under strict guidelines and with a new name. Any hires Ford_Prefect Jan 9 #12

They don't have any power they're in the minority nycbos Jan 9 #14

They can vote unanimously in support of it. And they better. And good on Murphy. He should be in charge. Scrivener7 Jan 9 #17

They can try to blow up the DHS appropriations funding BumRushDaShow Jan 9 #18

Several of them caved in the senate Indyfan53 Jan 9 #19

I think we need to not expect anything from Fetterman. Scrivener7 Jan 9 #21

Absolutely not. ShazzieB Jan 9 #28

Post removed Post removed Jan 9 #20

I haven't seen any evidence of that Bayard Jan 9 #22

Don't threaten G*d damn do something already!!!!!!! NotHardly Jan 9 #23

we are way past that quakerboy Jan 9 #24

Fucking DO IT, Democratic leadership! Paladin Jan 9 #27

So sick of hearing "we're gonna"....by god get off your asses and DO SOMETHING!!!!! hamsterjill Jan 9 #29