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‘We Must Hold the Line and Support ICE’: House Republicans Say Schumer’s Demands Are ‘Non-Starter’

January 29, 2026 support, ‘We, Schumer’s, “ICE, ‘NonStarter’, Republicans, House, must, Demands, line, Hold0 comment

Republicans accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of “trying to handcuff” immigration enforcement as Democrats refused to advance a bill to keep government open on Thursday. “Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are trying to handcuff ICE because their party is committed to open borders,” Rep. Andy Barr told The Daily Signal. “We must hold the line and support ICE.” Schumer, motivated by the immigration enforcement involved fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, laid out demands for keeping the government open on Wednesday. Schumer has demanded an end…

Is a Red Line Still a Red Line?

January 17, 2026 still, line0 comment

One of the most embarrassing moments of the extremely embarrassing Barack Obama presidency came in the context of the Syrian civil war. In August 2012, Obama vowed that “a red line for us,” which would thereby necessitate some sort of American intervention, “is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.” The 44th president continued: “That would change my calculus.” Except it didn’t. A year later, former Iran- and Russia-backed Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad crossed Obama’s “red line,” launching a lethal sarin gas on…

An Unexpected Line in the Sand

October 5, 2025 Sand, line, Unexpected0 comment

There has been talk for millennia about the wheat and the tares and the eventual separation of the two that Jesus foretold. I don’t know if that separation is happening in the ultimate sense right now, but something is happening and it is significantly unsettling. I admit, I thought any major, society-wide division would be on more nuanced grounds. The brashness of the current situation surprises me. There seems to be a division arising between those who endorse murder and those who do not. I’m not talking about taking someone’s…

Congressional repeal of Social Security’s ‘evil twins’ nears finish line

January 24, 2024 nears, congressional, finish, line, repeal, Security’s, ‘evil, twins’, Social0 comment

The possibility of repealing Social Security’s so-called ‘evil twins” is closer than ever to the finish line. There are now 303 House cosponsors on the Social Security Fairness Act. It is the second highest number of cosponsors on any pending bill in all of Congress. If enacted, the legislation would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The two provisions reduce, and in some cases eliminate, Social Security benefits for certain federal retirees. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) is urging the…

Congressional Republicans Have Found Their Red Line

March 11, 2022 Republicans, Their, found, congressional, line0 comment

It was fair, last week, to question whether Republicans in Congress would condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, because the party’s de facto leader was praising Vladimir Putin’s aggression as “genius” and “wonderful.” Yet instead of falling in line behind Donald Trump, most congressional Republicans have denounced Putin just as loudly as Democrats have. This fact would not have been surprising just a few years ago. But it’s one of the more meaningful distinctions that rank-and-file members of the party have drawn recently between themselves and the former president, a man…

Where Things Stand: Greene Tiptoes Up To The Line Of Arguing That Guns Should Be Used Against Dems

January 13, 2022 Tiptoes, Arguing, things, stand, against, Should, Dems, line, Guns, used, Greene0 comment

<p>It may be the 21st century, but the QAnon congresswoman is urging folks to take up arms against their sea of troubles.</p> <p>During a <a href=”https://www.sebgorka.com/video/marc-elias-is-the-architect-of-the-fake-insurrection-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-with-sebastian-gorka-on-america-first/”>podcast interview</a> with none other than the bombastic former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) loudly nodded at the “Second Amendment” as a solution to the far-right’s problems — in this case the “tyrannical government,” aka (for her) Democrats. Greene suggested Democratic lawmakers are currently doing exactly what the founders feared when James Madison proposed the inclusion of Second Amendment rights in…