Richard Penner5d ago

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@Arpie4Math/116321155791480656

> I guess we're lucky that anyone in the "view from nowhere" camp even covered Friday's briefs because it's not getting a lot over coverage from the big networks with more visible failures like the elective war based on overdependence on AIs trained to be echo chambers replacing critical thought and Trump deciding first to put untrained ICE agents in airports to "help" TSA without a plan and then deciding that if the Constitution says he has to negotiate with Congress then laws mean nothing.

#StraitOfHormuz #IranWar :

• https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/hormuz-trump-administration-underestimated-iran

• https://houseofsaud.com/iran-war-ai-psychosis-sycophancy-rlhf/

* https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5762019/americas-first-ai-fueled-war-is-unfolding-right-now-in-iran-this-is-how-we-got-here

#ICE and #TSA #Appropriations:

• https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/dems-scold-trump-for-not-stealing-money-sooner/

See, I knew @LizDye was busy on something.

Patrick G. EddingtonMar 5
Senator Lee wouldn't have gone public with this unless he knew Senate Surveillance State hawks were about to pull this little stunt. #FISA #surveillance #DHS #appropriations
The Democracy AdvocateFeb 9

 Mark Alford funding claim is misleading and self serving

Mark Alford is claiming credit for nearly $23 million in district funding. The process is real, but the “I secured it” story is inflated.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/mark-alford-funding-claim/

The Democracy AdvocateFeb 5

HR 7148 funding bill is a short-term fix with real consequences

The HR 7148 funding bill keeps most of the government funded through Sept. 30, 2026, but it only extends DHS funding through Feb. 13, 2026.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/hr-7148-funding-bill-short-term/

Don Hawkins - W7DAHJan 28
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/27/representative-marie-glusenkamp-perez-washington-vancouver-politics/ #ICE #appropriations #funding #government #ushouseofrepresentatives #democrats #republicans #DINO #politics #uspol #uspolitics #Activism #resist #protest #politicalviolence #violence #vandalism #traitor #law
US Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez’s office in Vancouver was vandalized, police say

U.S. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez stays quiet about ICE vote, but constituents send a message

OPB
News BeepJan 22

Funding rescissions, re-staffing initiatives and other major takeaways from the final FY26 funding package

A government shutdown at the end of January is looking unlikely, even as Congress has just more than…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #2026budget #appropriations #CBP #dhs #federalbudget #hiring #ICE #irs #rescission #shutdown #spendingbills #Trump #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/368534/

News BeepJan 20

US lawmakers release $839B compromise defense spending bill

The House and Senate’s conferenced version of a fiscal 2026 defense budget would restore fu…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AirForce #appropriations #circulated-air-force-times #circulated-army-times #circulated-defense-news #circulated-marine-corps-times #circulated-military-times #circulated-navy-times #Congress #defense-news #dn-dnr #e-7-wedgetail #F-35 #F-47 #f/a-xx #spendingbill #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/366938/

Kim PeralesJan 20

"The proposed #Appropriations bill🚨for the #DHS released today puts No MEANINGFUL CONSTRAINTS ON THE GROWING #LAWLESSNESS OF #ICE, & increases funding for #detention over the last Approps bill passed in 2024. I understand Dems in these negotiations had a hard job -no new budget for DHS is going to cure all the rampant illegality happening within the dept.

But this bill doesn’t🚨put CBP agents back at the border where they belong & doesn’t put checks on ICE’s out of control..."
-Sen Murphy
#USPol

Show threadNonilexJan 16

“These are bills that reject the devastating #cuts #Trump demanded in his deeply unserious #budget he sent to #Congress about a year ago,” said Sen #PattyMurray of Washington, the top #Democrat on the #Appropriations Cmte. “When just about every secretary came before our Appropriations Committee to advocate for those Trump #funding cuts, I made clear to them I planned to rip up his budget & write a new one — & that is exactly what we are doing.”

#law

News BeepJan 14

A federal workforce census, targeted cuts and more key takeaways from the latest FY26 spending package

Congress has unveiled yet another package of bills to fund some agencies through fiscal 2026, marking a third…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #2026budget #appropriations #fundingbill #irs #minibus #spendingbills #statedepartment #treasurydepartment #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/359038/