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Game, Set, Match: ICE

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 3/22/2026 4:58:20 AM

Despite the fact that funding for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) was already set for three years, Senate Democrats insisted on shutting down funding for DHS (Department of Homeland Security), CBP (Customs and Border Protection), and TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) in an effort to geld ICE. This partial shutdown lasted over 30 days, with delays at airports reaching as long as three hours. TSA workers, unpaid for weeks, were quitting. The Democrats wanted to force the Administration to change the policies and practices of ICE.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 3/22/2026 7:10:05 AM (No. 2083450)
One conclusion to draw from Clarice's insightful piece - - - - Europe is willing to be totally annihilated - - as long as no one calls them racists - - or interferes with their plans to end gullible warming.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: udanja99 3/22/2026 7:33:20 AM (No. 2083455)
#1, those stem from the “gift” of socialism. I lived in Europe in the early 80s and their socialist system already provided a month of paid vacation for people who were unemployed. Think about that - you could sit home on your arse and collect 13 months of welfare from their system. Europeans have become so fat, lazy and comfy that they no longer care to defend themselves. We must do everything possible to prevent that happening here which is what President Trump is all about.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 3/22/2026 7:33:38 AM (No. 2083456)
A rare editing error by Clarice, calling the island Garcia Diego, but never fear, she it corrected it further down in the article. Other than that, the usual brilliant insight.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 3/22/2026 8:41:11 AM (No. 2083491)
Over the past decades, Europe ignorantly traded military defense for social programs. They managed get America to help them out twice in both world wars. Europe failed to learn the meaning of peace through strength - twice. But Europe will be on its own next time around though I doubt that Germany will be the agressor. As we see now, the future world order is being fought. Militarily and politically. It certainly will not be the new world order that Obie, his fellow communists, and European socialists were looking for. So far, advantage Team Trump. America is most fortunate to have President Donald J. Trump. I still praise God for His intervention on July 13, 2024 in Butler PA.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: pensom2 3/22/2026 9:17:04 AM (No. 2083504)
Yet another brilliantly insightful and probing summary from Clarice. She's a gift. Long live Clarice Feldman.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: vhs68 3/22/2026 9:38:42 AM (No. 2083513)
To answer the Iranian question: Taqiyya.
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