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이세진 서브남주로 나오는 드라마 막방 촬영하고 스탭들이랑 회식하고 들어옴
시청률도 목표치 달성해서 다들 신나서 마셔라 부어라 하는 분위기에 혼자 뺄 수도 없어서 평소보다 조금 더 마심
이세진 또 한 건 했다~하는 뿌듯하고 상기된 기분으로 왁자지껄한 숙소 생각하며 들어오니 어라.
이세진 서브남주로 나오는 드라마 막방 촬영하고 스탭들이랑 회식하고 들어옴
시청률도 목표치 달성해서 다들 신나서 마셔라 부어라 하는 분위기에 혼자 뺄 수도 없어서 평소보다 조금 더 마심
이세진 또 한 건 했다~하는 뿌듯하고 상기된 기분으로 왁자지껄한 숙소 생각하며 들어오니 어라.
어쩐지 아무도 없고 거실에서 책 읽고있던 배세진 형님 뿐이라.
어... 다들 어디 갔어요?
선아현이랑 류청우는 예능 촬영. 박문대는 김래빈이랑 잠깐 회사. 차유진은 요 앞에 편의점.
아...
너도 들어가서 쉬어...윽. 술냄새.
그렇게 많이 나요?
좀...? ..많이 마시는 건 안좋아.
어... 다들 어디 갔어요?
선아현이랑 류청우는 예능 촬영. 박문대는 김래빈이랑 잠깐 회사. 차유진은 요 앞에 편의점.
아...
너도 들어가서 쉬어...윽. 술냄새.
그렇게 많이 나요?
좀...? ..많이 마시는 건 안좋아.
아 형님 절 뭘로 보고~ 당연히 조절했죠~ 그냥 오랜만에 마시니까 취기가 도나,...
빤히 쳐다보면 배세진이 잠깐 기다려봐. 하더니 냉동실에서 메로나 하나 까서 줌.
이거 저 술주정 그만 부리고 찬거 먹고 정신 차리란 의미?
반은 맞아.
쩝.하고 쇼파 옆자리에 나란히 앉아서 먹음
빤히 쳐다보면 배세진이 잠깐 기다려봐. 하더니 냉동실에서 메로나 하나 까서 줌.
이거 저 술주정 그만 부리고 찬거 먹고 정신 차리란 의미?
반은 맞아.
쩝.하고 쇼파 옆자리에 나란히 앉아서 먹음
I've reviewed another book, a classic this time.
'The ties that bound, peasant families in medieval England', by Barbara A. Hanawalt (1986)
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/17/boo…
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/book-review-…
Some teasers in this thread:
'The ties that bound, peasant families in medieval England', by Barbara A. Hanawalt (1986)
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/17/boo…
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/book-review-…
Some teasers in this thread:
Some things don't change... 
What??
Medieval people bathed???
Medieval people bathed???
🇺🇦 Ukraine just did in 2 months what takes most militaries years🧵
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence @DefenceU has deployed Mission Control — a unified AI-powered drone management system — across every single army corps and troop grouping on the front line.
Here’s why this is a bigger deal than it sounds. 👇
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence @DefenceU has deployed Mission Control — a unified AI-powered drone management system — across every single army corps and troop grouping on the front line.
Here’s why this is a bigger deal than it sounds. 👇
2/ WHAT IS MISSION CONTROL?
Mission Control is a digital command layer inside Ukraine’s DELTA battlefield ecosystem — a real-time intelligence and coordination platform Ukraine has been building since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
It tracks every drone unit’s activity across the entire force and converts raw operational data into clean, actionable dashboards — available simultaneously from battalion level all the way up to the General Staff @GeneralStaffUA and Ministry of Defence @DefenceU .
Mission Control is a digital command layer inside Ukraine’s DELTA battlefield ecosystem — a real-time intelligence and coordination platform Ukraine has been building since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
It tracks every drone unit’s activity across the entire force and converts raw operational data into clean, actionable dashboards — available simultaneously from battalion level all the way up to the General Staff @GeneralStaffUA and Ministry of Defence @DefenceU .
3/ WHAT PROBLEM DOES IT SOLVE?
Before Mission Control, drone units filed manual reports — forms 5.31 and 5.32.
For an active unit, filling those tables + transmitting data up the chain took several hours per cycle.
Hours of admin work = slower decisions = lives at risk.
Mission Control eliminates that entirely. Data entered once → dashboard generated in minutes.
Before Mission Control, drone units filed manual reports — forms 5.31 and 5.32.
For an active unit, filling those tables + transmitting data up the chain took several hours per cycle.
Hours of admin work = slower decisions = lives at risk.
Mission Control eliminates that entirely. Data entered once → dashboard generated in minutes.
🧵Rumblings from the 7th Circuit over a tense oral argument in USA v. Rishi Shah which should be of concern to anyone paying attention to Democrat lawfare.
The Circuit Judges are bewildered at prosecutors scripting witness testimony after the witnesses were given immunity - completely changing their testimony.
Judge Thomas Kirsch: "I've actually never heard of anything like this."
Judge Thomas Kirsch: "I've actually never heard of anything like this."
In 2019, the DOJ brought criminal charges against Outcome Health founder Rishi Shah, after Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker's venture capital firm sued the company to retrade terms of their investment.
🚨 VOCÊ PAGA TAXA DE ENTREGA E ACHA QUE ENTENDEU O IFOOD.
NÃO ENTENDEU PORRA NENHUMA.
Senta aqui que eu vou te explicar o que é o maior banco disfarçado de app de comida do Brasil.
NÃO ENTENDEU PORRA NENHUMA.
Senta aqui que eu vou te explicar o que é o maior banco disfarçado de app de comida do Brasil.
Por fora: app de delivery.
370 mil restaurantes. 1.500 cidades. R$ 83 bilhões em pedidos em 2024.
Maior app de entrega da América Latina.
Mas delivery virou detalhe. Virou porta de entrada pra outra coisa.
370 mil restaurantes. 1.500 cidades. R$ 83 bilhões em pedidos em 2024.
Maior app de entrega da América Latina.
Mas delivery virou detalhe. Virou porta de entrada pra outra coisa.
Pensa com a cabeça fria.
O iFood sabe quanto cada restaurante fatura. Quantos pedidos por dia. Os horários de pico. Se o dono paga as contas em dia.
O iFood tem mais dados financeiros dos restaurantes brasileiros do que qualquer banco do país.
E em 2024 decidiram usar isso.
O iFood sabe quanto cada restaurante fatura. Quantos pedidos por dia. Os horários de pico. Se o dono paga as contas em dia.
O iFood tem mais dados financeiros dos restaurantes brasileiros do que qualquer banco do país.
E em 2024 decidiram usar isso.
Master thread on the 2015-2022 closure of the Internet, the process by which every major Internet platform went from broadly open with a few basic guidelines to strict narrative enforcement, often with the collaboration of govts and outsourcing moderation power to NGOs.
YouTube was the most important platform for reaching The Youth and also uniquely compatible with monetization, allowing independent political/intellectual entrepreneurs to make a career. Closed 2015-2019.
Reddit was known for its "anything goes" speech policy in 2015, and was the hub for text-based debate between normal people on opposing sides of issues. Turned into a leftist echo-chamber to spite r/TheDonald.
🧵🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: A $15+ MILLION DOE contractor and NoKings protest organizer with active nuclear security contracts is on camera recommending a color revolution "how-to" 🚨🚨
His name is Steven A. Cash. Former CIA officer (Balkans, Clinton era). Under Biden: Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary at DHS Intelligence & Analysis.
The day after Trump's 2016 election, Cash co-founded "The Steady State" — a network of more than 340 former intelligence community officials who decided Trump was an "existential threat".
When Biden won, the threat was gone. Cash went into Biden's DHS. His own words: "we disappeared."
Then Trump won again. "Suddenly the existential threat was back." The Steady State reactivated and is now a planning partner with NoKings. In the clip below, their meeting recommends "Bringing Down a Dictator" — the Otpor documentary about toppling Milošević — as "a how-to."
Meanwhile, Cash's company Deck Prism LLC holds $15+ million in Department of Energy contracts. Almost every one: sole-source or non-competed. One is for the National Nuclear Security Administration — our nuclear weapons program — justified because "disclosure would compromise national security."
His FEC records: 20+ donations over 20 years. 100% Democratic. Zero Republican. Including $1,001 to Kamala Harris on August 4, 2024, while his NNSA nuclear contract was active.
I have the USAspending receipts, the FEC filings, and him on camera twice.
As always, patience as I pull together the thread. 👇
His name is Steven A. Cash. Former CIA officer (Balkans, Clinton era). Under Biden: Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary at DHS Intelligence & Analysis.
The day after Trump's 2016 election, Cash co-founded "The Steady State" — a network of more than 340 former intelligence community officials who decided Trump was an "existential threat".
When Biden won, the threat was gone. Cash went into Biden's DHS. His own words: "we disappeared."
Then Trump won again. "Suddenly the existential threat was back." The Steady State reactivated and is now a planning partner with NoKings. In the clip below, their meeting recommends "Bringing Down a Dictator" — the Otpor documentary about toppling Milošević — as "a how-to."
Meanwhile, Cash's company Deck Prism LLC holds $15+ million in Department of Energy contracts. Almost every one: sole-source or non-competed. One is for the National Nuclear Security Administration — our nuclear weapons program — justified because "disclosure would compromise national security."
His FEC records: 20+ donations over 20 years. 100% Democratic. Zero Republican. Including $1,001 to Kamala Harris on August 4, 2024, while his NNSA nuclear contract was active.
I have the USAspending receipts, the FEC filings, and him on camera twice.
As always, patience as I pull together the thread. 👇
Before proceeding with this thread, please follow @listen_2learn , who tried to expose Cash earlier. Thanks to my new co-visiting fellow with @ItsYourGov , @JeffClarkUS , for help in researching.
@listen_2learn @ItsYourGov @JeffClarkUS Cash in his own words. Listen carefully.
"Pretty much the day after the election of Donald Trump."
"It really wasn't a political thing."
"Joe Biden wins. Existential threat gone." ... "We basically disappeared."
Then he went into Biden's DHS.
"Pretty much the day after the election of Donald Trump."
"It really wasn't a political thing."
"Joe Biden wins. Existential threat gone." ... "We basically disappeared."
Then he went into Biden's DHS.
تونل های دارالعباده-1: مخزن موشکی
به همت سترگ حامیانمون توانستیم عکسهای ماهواره ای مجموعه موشکی یزد رو در روز 25 اسفند (15 مارس 2026) حدود دو هفته پس از شروع جنگ تهیه کنیم. تحلیل این تصاویر نشون میده که بخشی از برنامه اولیه امریکایی ها علیه این مجموعه به موفقیت نرسیده بوده 🔽
به همت سترگ حامیانمون توانستیم عکسهای ماهواره ای مجموعه موشکی یزد رو در روز 25 اسفند (15 مارس 2026) حدود دو هفته پس از شروع جنگ تهیه کنیم. تحلیل این تصاویر نشون میده که بخشی از برنامه اولیه امریکایی ها علیه این مجموعه به موفقیت نرسیده بوده 🔽
پایگاه موشکی یزد از دو مجموعه تشکیل میشه:
1. مخزن موشکی که در زیر کوهی به ارتفاع 1500 متر قرارداره
2. مجموعه پرتابگر موشکی که به فاصله 1 کیلومتری در غرب مخزن موشکی قرار داره و با سنگرهای مدفون، مواضع از پیش تعیین شده لانچ و ... شلیک موشک ها رو تسریع و تسهیل می کنه/
1. مخزن موشکی که در زیر کوهی به ارتفاع 1500 متر قرارداره
2. مجموعه پرتابگر موشکی که به فاصله 1 کیلومتری در غرب مخزن موشکی قرار داره و با سنگرهای مدفون، مواضع از پیش تعیین شده لانچ و ... شلیک موشک ها رو تسریع و تسهیل می کنه/
ارتفاع 1500 متری کوه تنها محافظ طبیعی مخزن موشکی یزد نیست.
برای مثال ورودی های این مخزن داخل دره های تنگی قرار داده شدند که زاویه برخورد بمب ها و موشک های سنگر شکن رو به شدت محدود می کنند. این مخزن سه ورودی اصلی مجزا داره که به ما یک تصویر نسبی از وسعت مجموعه میدند
قرمز:ورودی های جنوبی
آبی: ورودی های شمالی/
برای مثال ورودی های این مخزن داخل دره های تنگی قرار داده شدند که زاویه برخورد بمب ها و موشک های سنگر شکن رو به شدت محدود می کنند. این مخزن سه ورودی اصلی مجزا داره که به ما یک تصویر نسبی از وسعت مجموعه میدند
قرمز:ورودی های جنوبی
آبی: ورودی های شمالی/
Investors don’t realize gold ALWAYS crashes during an oil-driven crisis.
It happened in all major oil shock in the last 50 years - 1973, 1979, 1991, 2001, and 2022.
In this thread, I'll break down exactly why it happens and what institutions expect happens next:
It happened in all major oil shock in the last 50 years - 1973, 1979, 1991, 2001, and 2022.
In this thread, I'll break down exactly why it happens and what institutions expect happens next:
It begins with a disruption in oil supply, resulting in:
1) Oil prices spike
2) Inflation expectations rise
But the Fed gets stuck - it can't cut rates anymore.
So bond yields climb, and suddenly US debt paying 5% is more attractive than gold.
Money flows out of gold.
1) Oil prices spike
2) Inflation expectations rise
But the Fed gets stuck - it can't cut rates anymore.
So bond yields climb, and suddenly US debt paying 5% is more attractive than gold.
Money flows out of gold.
Then the US dollar gets stronger.
Why?
When people around the world get scared, they send their money back to the US as the next "safety option".
Now 3 things are working against gold:
1. High yields
2. Strong dollar
3. A frozen Fed
Why?
When people around the world get scared, they send their money back to the US as the next "safety option".
Now 3 things are working against gold:
1. High yields
2. Strong dollar
3. A frozen Fed
🚨 INDIA’S NEW RENTAL RULES 2026 😳🔥
Big changes for both landlords & tenants!
If you live on rent or own rental property, this is a MUST READ. 🧵👇
Big changes for both landlords & tenants!
If you live on rent or own rental property, this is a MUST READ. 🧵👇
1️⃣ Entry Rules Changed: -
Landlords can’t just walk in anymore.
➡️ Minimum 24 hours’ notice is now mandatory before entering the property.
Privacy = Protected ✅
Landlords can’t just walk in anymore.
➡️ Minimum 24 hours’ notice is now mandatory before entering the property.
Privacy = Protected ✅
2️⃣ Rent Increase Restrictions: -
No more sudden rent hikes!
➡️ Rent can be revised only once in 12 months
➡️ 90 days’ prior notice is compulsory
Better planning for tenants 📊
No more sudden rent hikes!
➡️ Rent can be revised only once in 12 months
➡️ 90 days’ prior notice is compulsory
Better planning for tenants 📊
In 2019, MIT professor Patrick Winston gave a legendary 1-hour lecture called “How to Speak.”
It has 18M+ views for a reason.
His frameworks:
• Your ideas are like your children
• The 5-minute rule for job talks
• Why jokes fail at the start
15 lessons on communication:
It has 18M+ views for a reason.
His frameworks:
• Your ideas are like your children
• The 5-minute rule for job talks
• Why jokes fail at the start
15 lessons on communication:
1. Your success is determined by speaking, writing, then ideas in that order
"There ought to be a protection for students because they shouldn't go out into life without the ability to communicate."
"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas in that order."
"There ought to be a protection for students because they shouldn't go out into life without the ability to communicate."
"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas in that order."
2. Knowledge and practice matter far more than talent
"I was skiing at Sun Valley. Mary Lou Retton Olympic gymnast, perfect 10s was a novice at skiing."
"I was a better skier than she was. And she's an outstanding Olympic athlete."
"I had the knowledge and the practice. All she had was the talent. You can get a lot better than people with inherent talents if you have the right knowledge."
"I was skiing at Sun Valley. Mary Lou Retton Olympic gymnast, perfect 10s was a novice at skiing."
"I was a better skier than she was. And she's an outstanding Olympic athlete."
"I had the knowledge and the practice. All she had was the talent. You can get a lot better than people with inherent talents if you have the right knowledge."
I spent hours testing NotebookLM so you don't have to.
This will upgrade your research and save you hours.
Here are 15 prompts to use right now:
This will upgrade your research and save you hours.
Here are 15 prompts to use right now:
1. Feynman breakdown (learn fast)
This exact structure shows up constantly in “best prompts” threads.
Prompt:
Explain the topic using the Feynman technique:
1) Simple explanation (no jargon)
2) Identify gaps or confusing parts in my sources
3) Rewrite the explanation clearer
4) Give 3 analogies + 3 real examples
Finish with 5 self-test questions (with answers).
Cite sources.
This exact structure shows up constantly in “best prompts” threads.
Prompt:
Explain the topic using the Feynman technique:
1) Simple explanation (no jargon)
2) Identify gaps or confusing parts in my sources
3) Rewrite the explanation clearer
4) Give 3 analogies + 3 real examples
Finish with 5 self-test questions (with answers).
Cite sources.
2. Chapter mastery guide
Turns messy PDFs into a structured map.
Prompt:
Turn this into a chapter mastery guide:
- 2-3 sentence overview
- Learning objectives
- Outline: main topics -> subtopics -> details
- Key frameworks/formulas and when to use them
- 3 hardest sections and why
- Explain the hardest idea like I'm 12
- 10 bullet review sheet for night-before revision
Cite sources.
Turns messy PDFs into a structured map.
Prompt:
Turn this into a chapter mastery guide:
- 2-3 sentence overview
- Learning objectives
- Outline: main topics -> subtopics -> details
- Key frameworks/formulas and when to use them
- 3 hardest sections and why
- Explain the hardest idea like I'm 12
- 10 bullet review sheet for night-before revision
Cite sources.
You must create "When I Die" binder.
It will help the people you love find all your financial accounts and guide them on next steps.
Here are 9 things to include:
It will help the people you love find all your financial accounts and guide them on next steps.
Here are 9 things to include:
If anything happens to you tomorrow, will your family know what to do?
Where ALL your accounts are? Who to even contact?
This could be the most important binder you create, and let me show you how:
Where ALL your accounts are? Who to even contact?
This could be the most important binder you create, and let me show you how:
This binder should have:
1. Here's where everything is
2. Important contacts
3. Here's what to do after
This binder should be stored SECURELY. Some people use safety deposit boxes, some use Drive with 2FA. Just choose a secure location.
Let's go over contents:
1. Here's where everything is
2. Important contacts
3. Here's what to do after
This binder should be stored SECURELY. Some people use safety deposit boxes, some use Drive with 2FA. Just choose a secure location.
Let's go over contents:
🚨Deja de usar Claude como si fuera ChatGPT. Son herramientas completamente diferentes.
Aquí te explicamos cómo configurarlo correctamente en 10 minutos👇🏼
(Guarda esto para más tarde 🔖)
Aquí te explicamos cómo configurarlo correctamente en 10 minutos👇🏼
(Guarda esto para más tarde 🔖)
Paso 1️⃣
Descarga la aplicación Claude.
Abre la pestaña "Cowork" de Claude. Esto no es un chatbot.
Está instalado en tu ordenador, lee tus archivos.
Paso 2️⃣
Seleccione el modelo correcto.
Seleccione Opus 4.6.
Active el Pensamiento Extendido.
Obliga a Claude a pensar (no te saltes esto❗️
Descarga la aplicación Claude.
Abre la pestaña "Cowork" de Claude. Esto no es un chatbot.
Está instalado en tu ordenador, lee tus archivos.
Paso 2️⃣
Seleccione el modelo correcto.
Seleccione Opus 4.6.
Active el Pensamiento Extendido.
Obliga a Claude a pensar (no te saltes esto❗️
Paso 3️⃣
Crea un documento de Google Docs sobre ti.
📌A qué te dedicas.
📌¿Cómo te comunicas (formal, informal, directo)?
📌Un ejemplo de un escrito del que te sientas orgulloso.
Paso 4️⃣
Deja lo que te guste. Escribe lo que rechaces.
"Me gusta la escritura clara" → inútil.
"Nunca uso 'apalancamiento' como verbo, nunca empiezo con 'En el mundo actual', prefiero repetir una palabra que usar un sinónimo" → útil.
💡El 80% de tu expediente debería ser lo que nunca dirías.
Guárdalo en formato .md en tu ordenador portátil 📥
Crea un documento de Google Docs sobre ti.
📌A qué te dedicas.
📌¿Cómo te comunicas (formal, informal, directo)?
📌Un ejemplo de un escrito del que te sientas orgulloso.
Paso 4️⃣
Deja lo que te guste. Escribe lo que rechaces.
"Me gusta la escritura clara" → inútil.
"Nunca uso 'apalancamiento' como verbo, nunca empiezo con 'En el mundo actual', prefiero repetir una palabra que usar un sinónimo" → útil.
💡El 80% de tu expediente debería ser lo que nunca dirías.
Guárdalo en formato .md en tu ordenador portátil 📥
Er kam, um Tribut zu fordern. Nun stirbt der Fürst von Kyjiw einen grausamen Tod: Die Drewljanen binden Igor an niedergebogene Birkenstämme und reißen ihn entzwei. Als seine Frau Olga davon hört, beginnt einer der finstersten Rachezüge des Mittelalters.
So ging es weiter: ➡️
So ging es weiter: ➡️
Die Drewljanen schicken Gesandte nach Kyjiw, um die Witwe zu besänftigen. Olga lässt die ersten Besucher lebendig begraben. Die nächsten führt sie in ein Badehaus und zündet es an. Dann lädt sie zum Totenmahl für Igor - und als die Drewljanen betrunken sind, werden sie erstochen.
Höhepunkt der Abrechnung: Olga greift die Feinde an und belagert ihre Hauptstadt Iskorosten. Laut der Legende lässt sie brennende Vögel über die Mauer fliegen, die die Holzdächer in Brand setzen. Die ganze Stadt geht in Flammen auf, die Drewljanen zahlen ab jetzt Tribut an Kyjiw.
Letter to Sultan Al-Atrash
1⃣ On the 44th anniversary of your passing, it is difficult to describe to you how the world of your time has turned upside down. You led the first national uprising in the Middle East and insisted on Syria's unity.
1⃣ On the 44th anniversary of your passing, it is difficult to describe to you how the world of your time has turned upside down. You led the first national uprising in the Middle East and insisted on Syria's unity.
2⃣ And today, there is a jihadist regime in Damascus that has smashed your statues and its people, trampling on your pictures.
You insisted on not accepting a Druze state from the French, and you told us that everyone must be loyal to their country.
You insisted on not accepting a Druze state from the French, and you told us that everyone must be loyal to their country.
3⃣ But in your country and in neighboring Lebanon, the state is no longer loyal to the Druze. In these countries, they are working to erase the Druze contribution to their independence.
Iran: l’incredibile mix di arroganza e incompetenza che ha messo all’angolo USA e Israele
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A quasi un mese dall’inizio dell’aggressione lanciata da USA e Israele contro l’Iran, tutti i piani israelo-americani sono saltati. La fermezza con cui Teheran ha risposto all’attacco ha fatto svanire il miraggio di una guerra lampo vagheggiato da Washington e Tel Aviv.
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La paralisi della navigazione nel Golfo Persico, e l’espandersi del conflitto a livello regionale, hanno provocato uno shock economico senza precedenti, con prezzi energetici alle stelle e l’interruzione di catene di fornitura essenziali.
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Hello Senator Thune,
At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.
Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.
You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.
You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.
You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.
Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.
Let's be precise about what you did:
1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.
The precedent you set:
You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.
But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:
• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions
You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.
What you've actually accomplished:
Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.
Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.
And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:
Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?
Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?
You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.
Here's my message: We saw it anyway.
Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.
Own it.
At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.
Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.
You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.
You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.
You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.
Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.
Let's be precise about what you did:
1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.
The precedent you set:
You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.
But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:
• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions
You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.
What you've actually accomplished:
Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.
Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.
And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:
Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?
Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?
You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.
Here's my message: We saw it anyway.
Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.
Own it.
@LeaderJohnThune Here's why this actually de facto paves the way to kill ICE forever: