House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations.

Johnson signaled he is relying on help from Donald Trump to ensure passage. Trump struck a deal with senators to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a broader package after public outrage over two shooting deaths during protests in Minneapolis against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The measure approved Friday by the Senate would fund DHS temporarily, for two weeks, setting up a deadline for Congress to debate and vote on new restrictions on ICE operations.

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    “I don’t want to have to hurt you, but THEY’RE making me! THEY could stop me anytime they wanted to if they’d just agree to let me hurt you whenever I want.”

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    The ‘greatest country on Earth’ and they routinely fail to keep their government running. I have a question: if your government fails to govern, why does it exist? The whole point of these people is to manage things. They are failing to do the only thing they exist to do. There is obviously a fundamental flaw in this system.

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      The whole point of these people is to manage things.

      Let me fix that for you: In a democracy, the whole point of these people is would be to manage things.

      There is obviously a fundamental flaw in this system.

      Ya think?

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      The republican party exists only to extract money and influence. Actually doing their job is of no interest to any of them, unless that “job” is to tear down or punish their competition in any way possible.

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      That’s exactly why the planned opposition party will continue to keep the machine running. At this point, I think anyone that has faith in the Democratic party is literally more delusional than the people that voted for Trump three times.

      We are literally watching the equivalent of the liberal parties in Germany voting for the Enabling Act. And, honestly, they already did that when they funded ICE like they did.

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        Thank you. This is exactly how I feel about the democratic party. I can’t believe people don’t see the parallels between the opposition parties in the 1930’s to 1940’s to our modern day DNC.

        It’s certainly made me realize how many people fail at basic pattern recognition.

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          A lot of people don’t read Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds. Sounds like something you’d enjoy. Though, given your comment you might have already.

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              "Search “yellow Parenti” on YouTube if you want a taste of the author in lecture form

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    @[email protected] I just want to say thanks for posting quality links so frequently. You’re one of the few who isn’t posting click bait junk like Raw Story and Daily Beast.

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    Dems need to shut it down and keep this government down. Any dem who aligns themselves with the republicans over this needs to be kicked the fuck out. I know that is a tall order especially for Chuck the cuck. But fucking hell do something for once.

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    “The president is leading this,” Johnson, R-La., told “Fox News Sunday.”

    “It’s his play call to do it this way,” the speaker said, adding that the Republican president has “already conceded that he wants to turn down the volume” on federal immigration operations.

    Republican Congress leaders Johnson and Thune look like what’d you get if you impressioned a face-shaped boot tread onto a faceless head. And Johnson’s comments here really shows that boot-licking is all he’s got left.

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      “Der Führer is leading this,” Göring told Das Reich.

      “It’s his play call to do it this way,” the Reichstag president said, adding that the NSDAP chancellor has “already conceded that he wants to turn down the volume” on anti-Jewish operations.

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    So did the Dems just cave so the government shuts down EXCEPT for ICE?

    Fucking wankers.

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      No, the Senate Dems funded everything except ICE until like October but only 2 weeks for ICE (should be none, but oh well)

      House has to approve the same bill but Republicans are stalling now, because they want ICE to be fully funded.