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

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…

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MoveOn Statement on Weak CR With Zero ICE Accountability

WASHINGTON – As reporting indicates a clean Department of Homeland Security continuing resolution deal struck in the Senate with no ICE reforms, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “Leader Schumer should ask the Minnesotans who are watching their neighbors get killed in cold blood if a deal with no plan to stop ICE is enough right now.” ### MoveOn is a people-powered force for progress. MoveOn mobilizes the left to enact progressive change. We are the home base for millions of members who refuse to accept…

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VA readies massive contract for veterans’ private sector health care

The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to issue what’s likely to become one of the largest service contracts in government history as it restructures its arrangements, aiming for rigorous management of the department’s role as a health care payer and greater competition among health care management firms. The massive contract vehicle represents only the second time VA has signed large contracts with health plans to coordinate private sector care for veterans. The first was shortly after the MISSION Act was signed in 2018. Those contracts are now expiring, and…

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The Logical End Point of Trump Saying He Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue

On January 23, 2016, Donald Trump notoriously declared, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” That statement was understood at the time as a metaphorical expression of the depth of Republican voters’ commitment to him. Ten years and one day later, his administration’s agents shot a disarmed man on the street in full view of the public. Perhaps we should have taken him not only seriously but also literally. The dynamic Trump observed is that he had created a…

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‘Rugged Individualism’ Leads to Community

The most fertile soil for collectivism is isolation. During his inaugural address, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Many people have skewered the second part of that statement—and rightfully so. For those who’ve endured it, the warmth of collectivism feels like hell on earth. In the last century, communist regimes slaughtered more than 150 million people. Hundreds of millions more have suffered through scarcity and oppression. Collectivist regimes struggle to keep the lights on and produce…

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