Keep it up Democrats in Congress ...

[Daniel]

@bernard I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for Schumer and Jeffries to stand on principle either. They keep folding. Why would they stop now?

I used to write letters and call the offices of people in Congress, governors, and people in state legislatures.

In all honesty, the only result I got from it that had any good outcome or any pleasant result was a heartfelt reply from a Florida State Senator after I thanked him for his vote on making my alma mater an independent part of the State system.

I once expressed my dissatisfaction with a bigoted statement Hawaii Governor Lingle made by leaving a voicemail.

I wrote to my alumni association about advisory votes they took several times. Each and every time they voted for the benefit of their careers instead of what would be the right thing to do for the College, its values, or any values.

I excommunicated them, and to have a "vote" in their metric of % of alumni who give $1 or more, I ignored them. They sent me mail for a few years asking for $1 saying why it was important to them. We paid a lot of attention to data in those days. It might sound petty but it was the only action I could take.

I won't have anything to do with them. They are unforgiven.

Good luck. After everything I wrote, please don't think I intend this as sarcasm. I don't.

[wtg]

The White House and Senate Democrats reached a deal Thursday to separate the fight over ICE funding from the threat of a broader government shutdown, sources told Axios.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/29/government-funding-deal-shutdown-dhs-schumer-trump

[Bernard]

@wtg I'll admit it makes me nervous. Give them an inch, they'll take a mile. But it does seem to accomplish what we wanted: to separate DHS from the rest of the funding. Two weeks isn't very long.

I wish to heck though, that Congress would do it's proper job and just stop it with the constant CRs. It's no way to run a government.

[wtg]

So Lindsay Graham has thrown a monkey wrench into the works. Doubt he's doing this on his own. I figure he and The Orange One have a good cop-bad cop thing going on.