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Democrats will allow full ICE funding in budget bill (www.wsws.org)
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The American Prospect reported that several Democrats in closely contested districts would be voting for the ICE appropriation. “They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement,” an unnamed source told the liberal magazine. “They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”

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[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 65 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Democrats are so fucking stupid:

  1. ICE is no longer law enforcement (if it ever was). They are Trumps roving gang of thugs laying siege to American cities. We don’t get to exist as a free society if ICE continues to exist.
  2. Don’t fucking talk about cost of living when you tried to gaslight us that everything was fine under Biden in 2024 AND tried to bury Mamdani last fall.
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Transferring the whole ICE budget towards universal healthcare would go a long way towards addressing cost-of-living. The Democrats, however, want to keep suckling the corporate teat.

We need a new party, that isn't Blue nor Red. Its mission: to get rid of the Trump Regime, and to create a voting system that protects our politics from Hapsburgian inbreeding.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
  1. Especially since one of the dipshits that voted for this was Henry Cuellar, who was protected by the party against progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros. With their help, he eked out a victory in the primary of fewer than 600 votes.
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago

they support this, because they still want the hand that feeds them,ie billionaires who also support the gop. also because they can use this as political capital to get elected in the next elections

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

And kept De La Cruz and Greens (I know) off the ballots only in swing states.