Five Questions About Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s DHS-and-Reconciliation Nightmare

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Originally published at: Five Questions About Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s DHS-and-Reconciliation Nightmare - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Negotiations to try to end the ongoing Department of Homeland Security-specific shutdown — and, critically, fund the TSA — picked up earlier this week. After supposedly convincing President Donald Trump to jump onboard during a White House meeting, Senate Republicans said they were sending a proposal to Senate Democrats that would fund all parts of…

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One of the worst parts of the Trump era is the inescapable realization of just how many awful people walk among us.

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said she thought reconciliation was not a “good approach” for the issues at hand.
Yes, I’m sure she is “very concerned”.

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So the crazy-in-public Republicans have to negotiate with the crazy-in-public-and-private Republicans, along with a demented narcissist and “self-proclaimed deficit hawks”, plus Lindsay “Iwo Jima” Graham? Should be smooth sailing.

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Enjoy flying home, boys.

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Even worse is how many of them elected to positions of power.

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deficit hawks: An extinct species of Republican.

P.S. deficit hawks are often mistaken for spineless worms. Or Ted Cruz.

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“Republicans in Disarray” would be the headline, if we still had a working free press. Meanwhile, the Mighty Wurlitzer is figuring out how to blame the Democrats.

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If Thune would pull his head out of Trump’s ass and become a man this would be settled.

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Hahahaha :rofl:

That’s a good one, like any of these guys actually care about that

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This answered a bunch of questions I had, so thanks.

We are in a deep, deep hole.

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