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ElysiumSprouts Mar 28, 2026 +114

What a joke. The senate bill had much broader bipartisan support. It's as good as it gets in the short term. Johnson decided to keep airports a mess for spring break season. Jokes on them I guess. Between TSA, the Iran war, and the crippling Trumpflation, Americans are in full-blown recession mindsets. Anecdotally, I know many who have both canceled optional trips (with refunds) and are intentionally are looking to avoid travel next summer. Are you putting off optional expenses? That's what I'm hearing all around.

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lovenutpancake Mar 28, 2026 +23

Yep. We canceled half of our spring break trip. Would have canceled the other half but our lodging was not refundable.

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Carlyz37 Mar 28, 2026 +18

Absolutely putting off unnecessary purchases. Including non urgent home and car repairs. Just hunkering down and making do. Couple of family members have canceled travel plans. It's like being under siege.

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Dracono999 Mar 28, 2026 +6

Nope left the States last time he was in office ain't returned yet and boy was that a good decision.

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dedlobster Mar 28, 2026 +3

We are doing summer family vacation at a friend’s lake house nearby instead of traveling further and staying at an expensive resort. I also normally take my own “workation” to spend a few days working on budgeting, bookkeeping, tax prep etc, but instead of getting an Airbnb I’m dogsitting for a neighbor and having my “workation” there (so I make a little money instead of spending money). We might go camping this summer but will keep it as nearby as possible. One thing I am doing is spending money to get a new fancy laptop (for my work - I am freelance) before prices get more insane because my 7 year old computer is about to bite the dust. But other than that I’m clamping down on other expenditures, especially since my daughter has a lot of medical bills this year.

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TheOGRedline Mar 28, 2026 +2

Lots of little indicators. I took a motorcycle to a major Ducati dealership for service yesterday. It was… pricey. Nearly 50% more than I expected. That’s not the telling thing though, just Trumpflation. The woman working the desk thanked me for showing up for the appointment! She told me their no shows and cancellations were WAY up, unlike anything she’s seen, but comparable to 2008-2009. People with money for Ducatis are skipping service during their busiest, pre-summer season. In fact… I was there for 2 hours and I can’t remember another customer…

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Several_Weather3098 Mar 28, 2026 +4

Yes. We cancelled two vacations and will be bowing out of a wedding sadly. This shouldn't be America.

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FalstaffsGhost Mar 28, 2026 +1

Yup. Putting off or delaying. I had to get brakes replaced on my car and wound up having to do it on a mavis credit card cause it’s 12 months interest free so I can chip away at it, because paying for it all at once was not feasible

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whatproblems Mar 28, 2026 +1

been in semi that mode for years now

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Paresseux1 Mar 28, 2026 +1

I realize this is all anecdotal, but yes, I put off all optional expenses. I don’t have a single trip by plane scheduled right now. No vacations, no jaunt to Florida in the cold months, nothing. Most of my friends are doing the same. Costs have gone crazy, and will probably get a lot higher.

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111anza Mar 28, 2026 +1

I agree with you whole heartedly except that the joke is on us.

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Luke1521 Mar 28, 2026 +1

anecdotal evidence but they are doing heavy trash pickup in my neighborhood this week. It used to be that you couldn't walk down the sidewalk when this goes on because of all the couches, TV sets and other household items stacked up. The last 2 years (but this one especially it is just barren. No one is upgrading anything. Most I have seen is some rotten fence posts. Even the scrap metal guys aren't swarming like they usually do. This economy is cooked man.

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weaponjaerevenge Mar 28, 2026

It's just baffling, you know. I know were 10+ years in, but Christ...

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Corey307 Mar 28, 2026 +187

So the shutdown smashes the record set in October 2025. TSA officers are supposedly going to get their three missed paychecks by March 30 but there’s been zero talk of pay beyond that. So another missed check is guaranteed at a minimum. and no pay for all of the other DHS employees that are not receiving paychecks. People working for FEMA, CISA, unarmed workers at CBP, BP, civilians at the Coast Guard. But the news doesn’t talk about them.

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Faucet860 Mar 28, 2026 +148

Ice gets paid. They were oddly funded until roughly 2029. This was in that turd mega bill. Really weird right? Why just them?

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TheSwampTramp Mar 28, 2026 +88

They’re the only ones needed for his plans.

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shelter_king35 Mar 28, 2026 +43

Mods removed my last comment. Trumps building prisons and gonna use ice on to put us in there when we fight back against him. It’s why they labeled anti fascist a terrorist organizion while fascist are the good guys now.

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026 -21

The mods removed it because it was stupid. There are like 20,000 ICE agents. How are we all going to be arrested by so few people?

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lexm Mar 28, 2026 +13

How many ice agents do you think would be needed to arrest dissidents? Feel free to refer to the Nazis, the Soviet’s, pol pot’s regime and, more recently, China v. Uyghur. Especially as, like it happened in France during the occupation, local authorities had the power to arrest people who are against the system, other citizens are encouraged to give up their neighbors and a large majority of the country doesn’t give a shit about others (because that won’t happen to them).

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026 -15

Unless they’re planning on taking the guns first, good luck with that. The pen is what will end this country, not the sword.

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lexm Mar 28, 2026 +11

Bless your heart. I’m glad you haven’t watched the news recently where having a gun justified the execution of an American citizen in broad daylight.

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026 -9

I guess we’ll find out which one of us is right before long.

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cloudubious Mar 28, 2026 +6

Tell that to the dead American who was shot for it by ice.

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026 -1

There's a difference between killing one and killing hundreds of thousands...if not millions. They don't have the resources for that kind of action. You'd need the army and even our army couldn't occupy this country for long. This is going to end exactly like it did last time.

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Dyslexic_Kitten Mar 28, 2026 +5

ICE gets police departments to do their work for them in some states. Here in Florida most departments and highway patrol have signed 287(g) agreements that authorize them to make immigration arrests on behalf of ICE. So while there are 20K official ICE agents. There are many more that fulfill the same role.

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026 -2

And ICE is going to empower the police to start arresting regular citizens and placing them into prisons?

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musashisamurai Mar 28, 2026 +3

I know a cop, in Massachusetts. Gen Z. They aren't our friends. They will gladly die for Trump or do whatever. They believe theres an invasion of immigrants and Democrats are treasonous rats. They won't say no to ICE. Have any polixe departments nationwide done that?

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Just so we understand each other, you believe that the police, with the support of ICE, are going to begin arresting political opponents and placing them into prisons? Is this going to happen before or after the midterms?

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musashisamurai Mar 28, 2026 +5

Florida's governor SWAT'ed a whistleblower in the morning. The current president of the United States incited a riot and insurrection as part of an attempted coup. The current Secretary of Defense published a book where he calls liberals the greatest threat to America and called for using National Guard units from red states to occupy blue states. Locally, state reps in my area make Holocaust jokes to their Jewish co-reps, and have scared or intimidated some out of politics. Locally, The Proud Boys have marched here locally against school boards. They are classified as a terrorist organization by Canada and New Zealand, and promote the use of violence. When people with a history of violence threaten you with violence, don't ignore them. I would love it if everything said, threatened, feared, or proposed was hyperbole. But I also imagine that if the moderates of the Weimar Republic or the Kingdom of Italy could give any pointers, they'd say they wish they took the threat of fascism more seriously.

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BillsFan82 Mar 28, 2026

You didn't answer my question. Will this happen before the midterms or after?

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shelter_king35 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Ice spent like 20 billion to build new prisons. If we’re deporting all the illegal except for the rich ones why are they building prison and why did they fund ice for years to come and make it so they can wear mask? Are you dense?

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BillsFan82 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Something like 10 million people protested the administration today. What is ICE waiting for?

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IlluminatedPickle Mar 28, 2026 -2

It's as dumb as the FEMA camps.

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YoureDumbAsHellLeroy Mar 28, 2026 +2

Except there is actual evidence of them buying up a ton of property to put offices in every state and they are purchasing and converting other property to “hold people”. But sure, let’s all keep playing dumb.

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IlluminatedPickle Mar 28, 2026 -2

Mmk buddy. And Obama was totally organising FEMA camps too.

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shelter_king35 Mar 28, 2026 +2

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retiredagainstmywill Mar 28, 2026 +115

There’s nothing so depraved that a Republican won’t vote for it.

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RadiantBeeees Mar 28, 2026 +55

They voted to not impeach bondi for refusing to release epstein files. You are right.

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IMissNarwhalBacon Mar 28, 2026 -25

Don't worry, the Senate Republican whip Chuck Schumer will save the day for the GOP.

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FantasticJacket7 Mar 28, 2026 +13

I can't count how many times I've read this comment despite a record setting shutdown that he hasn't budged an inch on. Y'all really do just repeat shit you've read without the slightest bit of thought don't you? It's fascinating.

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Ill-Jellyfish6101 Mar 28, 2026 +17

"Republicans are bad." "Haha yeah dem's bad too" We see you,

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frostytree42 Mar 28, 2026 -20

I have never voted for a Republican in my life, been voting since Obamas first campaign. With that said I keep telling my wife democrats are in a lot of ways worse than Republicans. Republicans are worse for the country full stop no debate, but at least you can say they are doing things that their voting base likes. Democrats do nothing for their voter base they just position themselves in a way that if you have a brain you have no other option but to vote for them. There is no one on earth happier about how shitty the republicans are than the DNC, they don’t need to run against their donors interests at all they just need to point at trump and say clearly we are the better option.

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PaxDramaticus Mar 28, 2026 +10

"The democrats aren't as evil as Republicans, but they aren't perfect, and isn't that kinda like being even worse?"

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First-Detective2729 Mar 28, 2026 +3

This is so spot on its not funny

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Ill-Jellyfish6101 Mar 28, 2026 +9

"no, actually Dems are worse!" Yikes guy. Way to double down.

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sircastor Mar 28, 2026 +62

"I just don't get it. We demanded everything they didn't want, and gave them nothing they asked for. Why can't these people be reasonable?" \-Mike Johnson probably

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Toadfinger Mar 28, 2026 +35

Somebody explain to Thune that the Judge Dredd methodology of ICE will never be funded. Trump can't have his own personal gestapo.

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Grubsnik Mar 28, 2026 +25

Thune knows this, which is why the senate passed the sane bill. Mike Johnson is the one blocking this from going through and instead just sending the GOP fairytale the other direction

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cvaninvan Mar 28, 2026 +4

He already does....

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Toadfinger Mar 28, 2026 +2

Not anymore.

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UltraNoahXV Mar 28, 2026 +44

> Senators left town for a two-week recess and are not planning to return until Monday, April 13. House members are also leaving to depart for the two-week holiday break and are not planning to return until Tuesday, April 14. Would really appreciate them *not* doing this...looks like it was approved ahead of time for the House but not Senate [House](https://www.majorityleader.gov/uploadedfiles/legislative_2026_calendar_119_house.pdf) [Senate didn't have a finalized version...](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/resources/pdf/2026_calendar.pdf)

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Interesting-Risk6446 Mar 28, 2026 +44

Senate passed their bill yesterday. House refused to take a vote on it.

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pimparo0 Mar 28, 2026 +39

The Senate unanimously passed their version yesterday

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Impossible-Fig-8463 Mar 28, 2026 +3

Im so confused, article states senate is not expected to pass this house bill, so it won’t become law?

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jimbarino Mar 28, 2026 +42

Senate passed the bill that GOP and Dems compromised on that funded TSA, but not ICE. House refused to vote on that, and instead passed just the original GOP bill that included none of the Dem asks. Dems in the Senate are, predictably, not going to vote for that, so the bill goes nowhere. Honestly, our country is not headed in a good direction.

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Impossible-Fig-8463 Mar 28, 2026 +14

Thanks for clarifying. What a clusterfuck. And trump’s EO adding more confusion. I’ll log off the internet for a few days at this point

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shelter_king35 Mar 28, 2026 +19

Trump eo is not legal.

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TwoTalentedBastidz Mar 28, 2026 +15

Trump just signed that eo so he can pretend he tried but the radical left blocked him. Those people aren’t getting paid anytime soon. This man is speed running this country into something unrecognizable

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TheForeverUnbanned Mar 28, 2026 +11

The senate unanimously passed funding for the tsa and dhs with no money for ICE before they left. It went to the house, where Mike Johnson killed it by refusing to bring it up for a voted then pushed a stupid short term stopgap bill instead, and there’s joining the senate for two weeks to (reject) that. He honestly thinks he’s invincible. Watching him burn is going to be one of the great pleasures of the next few years.

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Thecomfortableloon Mar 28, 2026 +6

Like physically burn. I hope he self immolates.

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smurfsundermybed Mar 28, 2026 +6

Last time I had 2 weeks off, my parents were paying my tuition. Must be nice.

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basketballsteven Mar 28, 2026 +6

The senate went home yesterday. They are on vacation.

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Jaislight Mar 28, 2026 +6

They want their Gestapo bad. Need foot soldiers to beat down the rest of us as they continue looting the country.

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greenisgood13927 Mar 28, 2026 +7

This is where Amtrak needs to step up and make some amazing deals on railway trains

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Otinsraips Mar 28, 2026 +13

Classic Congress move pass something they *know* won’t survive, just to say they did something. It’s like homework you know won’t get graded.

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RepresentativeOk4825 Mar 28, 2026 +8

Oh? Is someone worried about their constitutional powers being eroded? GFY. I don't think you actually care.

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Peacefully_Calm Mar 28, 2026 +2

TMZ asks followers to take photos of Congress members enjoying spring break following nationwide airport delays: “While TSA workers are wondering how they will pay their bills, Congress members will be vacationing for spring break… Send it to TMZ so we can properly put them on BLAST.”

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dmp2you Mar 28, 2026 +1

They do these 30 ,60, 90 day deals, then go on recess for 95% of the days, then only actual do something on the last 2 days or so.

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AcanthisittaNo6653 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Totally performative, Johnson knew in advance a CR wouldn't fly in the Senate. Thune told him as much on his way to the airport after passing their bill. These bozos are intentionally serving the tennis ball into the net.

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KamKorn Mar 28, 2026 +1

In a normal society, this would be brought to the presidents doorstep

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