cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/23689
US Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday demanded the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller—a key architect of President Donald Trump’s violent mass deportation campaign—as well as concrete reforms in exchange for any new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In remarks on the Senate floor, Sanders (I-Vt.) called ICE a “domestic military force” that is “terrorizing” communities across the country. The senator pointed specifically to the agency’s ongoing activities in Minnesota and Maine, where officers have committed horrific—and deadly—abuses.
Sanders said that “not another penny should be given” to ICE or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “unless there are fundamental reforms in how those agencies function—and until there is new leadership at the Department of Homeland Security and among those who run our immigration policy.” The senator has proposed repealing a $75 billion ICE funding boost that the GOP approved last summer, an end to warrantless arrests, the unmasking of ICE and CBP agents, and more.
“To be clear, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller must go,” Sanders said Wednesday, condemning the administration’s attempts to smear Renee Good and Alex Pretti, US citizens who were killed this month by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Watch Sanders’ full remarks, which placed ICE atrocities in the context of Trump’s broader “movement toward authoritarianism”:
Sanders’ speech came as the Senate is weighing a package of six appropriation bills that includes a DHS bill with over $64 billion in funding—with $10 billion earmarked for ICE. Democrats have called for separating the DHS measure from the broader package and pushed reforms to ICE as a condition for passage.
Punchbowl reported Thursday morning that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Trump White House are “negotiating a framework to pass five of the six outstanding FY2026 funding bills, as well as a stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security,” ahead of a possible government shutdown at the end of the week.
“Under this framework, Congress would pass a short-term DHS patch to allow for negotiations to continue over new limits on ICE and CBP agents as they implement President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown,” the outlet added. “If Schumer and the White House come to an agreement, there would still likely be a funding lapse over the weekend. The House, which is slated to return Monday, would have to pass the five-bill spending package and the DHS stopgap.”
In addition to demanding ICE reforms, a growing number of congressional Democrats are calling for Noem’s ouster as DHS chief in the wake of Pretti’s killing. Noem falsely claimed Pretti “arrived at the scene” in Minneapolis “to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.” Noem has attempted to blame Miller—who also smeared Pretti—for the lie.
More than three-quarters of the House Democratic caucus is now backing articles of impeachment against Noem, accusing her of obstruction of Congress, violation of the public trust, and self-dealing. Trump has thus far rejected calls to remove Noem, saying they “have a very good relationship.”
“The two agents who shot and killed Alex Pretti are now on leave, but Trump still backs Noem instead of firing her,” Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), the leader of the impeachment push, said late Wednesday. “I’m leading 174 members with articles of impeachment against Noem. The public is crying out for change. Enough is enough.”
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“Those deckchairs must be rearranged!” - screams Bernie as the Titanic sinks.
until
fuck off Bernie
Bernie Sanders once again making no demands. They stopped minting the penny so nobody gets them, anymore, you old fool!
rip the phrase “not another penny”
Palestine protesters stay winning, we’ve been chanting “not another nickel not another dime, no more money for
’s crimes” for years and we don’t have to change shit
Can’t believe I liked this loser.
Like many people, he came at a time when our politics weren’t fully informed
I still have my Bernie bumper sticker on my car, ironically it’s worn and almost completely faded away whereas my Sunset Sarsaparilla sheriff bumper sticker gleams like the day I bought it
Mother nature gots game(s) and knows what’s up.
I hope that little bird that landed on his podium was re-educated.
It was Loki hoping to get us to post Bernie Sanders as a Disney princess, and it WORKED! WHHYYY! WHY DID IT WORK!!!
Can’t beat a god
Not without a Supergod
Those are rare these days
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I still have my Bernie bumper sticker on my car, ironically it’s worn and almost completely faded away whereas my Sunset Sarsaparilla sheriff bumper sticker gleams like the day I bought it
I got a mug at the start of his 2020 campaign. It began cracking immediately until the entire body split just from having tea in it. It’s the only mug I’ve ever owned that did that. My DSA mug from like 2016 is still like-new, all of the mugs I’ve had made for my dog’s country over the years are like-new, the random Walmart ones I bought because I didn’t own anything to drink out of are still like-new. I didn’t understand how he could fuck up a cup until I saw the rest of his campaign and the subsequent five years.
I’ve got a bunch of mugs because I want my guests to pick their own mug/cup when they have tea at my place. I should get a cursed mug so people can choose poorly. Gonna look out for that bernie cup
Do you want the Bernie mug?
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?Sure. Will you mail it to Europe or should I just wait until Greenland becomes the 51st state?
He also legit used to be better before he officially joined the Democrats. Still a shitty social chauvinist but nowhere near these total shitlib levels
I kept my Bernie sticker for years until I got a new car last year because it just said “Billionaires Should Not Exist” and “Bernie” was very small beneath it.
please mr hitler i cant condone the gestapo anymore. himmler must step down so we can return the gestapo to how it should be. please. if you feel like it.
Bernie Sanders in 1940: “Not another Reichsmark for the Schutzstaffel Until Heinrich Himmler is Gone!!”We have to do something about all these sexist Bernhard Brüder.
lmao you beat me to almost the same joke. great minds think alike
$Rtx bernie, in 2025: not another dollar to entity until netanyahu is gone
Why invent factoids
Pretty sure someone posted the other day how the dnc is under new thinktank management that’s always on the wrong side of any issue, so naturally they won’t want to abolish ice.
New boss same as the old boss, predictable as the tides were before we obliterated the Moon for being gay and Chinese.
Please link that
I can’t find the thread here on hexbear because search sucks but it’s called “searchlight”
Found it. What a bunch of dorks that are doing the poll-driven garbage again: https://www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the-searchlight-approach-to-the-housing-crisis/
The Searchlight Approach
To create a dynamic where residents have a stake in the policies that are most likely to increase growth and lower costs, we propose a novel, market-based federal incentive program that lowers housing costs by encouraging local governments to build more, and giving residents a financial incentive to support pro-housing policies.
Under our proposal, every household in communities that hit ambitious housing production targets would receive a cash rebate. If states and cities rapidly increase the pace and amount of housing development, their residents will benefit — not only through lower housing costs in the long run, but also through direct rebates to relieve housing cost burdens in the short run.
I scrolled a bit to try to figure out what shit they were shilling. I read that and I stopped. Call me highly skeptical but I think any plan to build much more housing should build much more fucking housing.
Where is this free money going to come from?
Ninja edit. I was an idiot. I scrolled a bit more and I gave myself an insta-migraine. It’s fucking copypasta. I made smaller paragraphs - to help you if you want to give yourself a big headache.
Our proposal would apply incentives directly to each of the key players who may impact local decision-making on housing: current homeowners, current renters, and policymakers. Local debates over housing policy are typically dominated by a small segment of homeowners opposing more development, warning of changes to community character, stress on local infrastructure, and increased traffic.
Policymakers are largely responsive to these voices, who are typically more affluent and politically connected. The policy would give more residents a direct and short-term financial stake in boosting housing supply. While the prospect of a cash rebate may not bring all previously opposed residents to support new policies to build more, it may be attractive for some, especially lower-income homeowners.
Other homeowners’ opposition to new development may be softened by the understanding that their friends and neighbors would lose out on rebate checks.
I wonder if the entire page - hell, the entire site - is AI.
A lot of local politics would be solved if people got elected who are willing to tell the local NIMBY cranks to shut the fuck up
Ignore NIMBYs would be cruel and unusual punishment to all the high-priced dem consultants who want to buy a second yacht. It’s their job to explain how nothing can ever get built in their policy papers that are 100s of pages long that nobody ever actually reads.
Not abolish ICE, UNLESS Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are gone
Not we’ll defund ICE, UNLESS Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are gone
No, it’s “we won’t give you MORE money”…after ICE has already broken records for a funded pig agency
Fuck this old clown
The “centrist” position would be to return DHS funding levels to pre-BBB (i.e. Biden-era) funding levels. I don’t understand how dems are prepared to sign off on continuing to fund this shit at such an insane level, when billions of dollars could be freed to restore ACA subsidies, increase SNAP funding, or literally anything else.
In the 2024 election the centrist position was “some genocide” so I think the dems are just doing whatever at this point
That’s been Democrat’s official position for decades though, they were merely being consistent.
With this ICE shit they are actually just committing political suicide by refusing to get rid of the GOP fascist militia
Also possibly just actual suicide for a bunch of them, considering how the republican base just cheers for death
Yeah I mean, the centrist position if democrats were advocating for abolition like they should be (this is what their base wants overwhelmingly)
In America, the “centrist” position is the status quo. If you manage to make a huge shift and change, that’s now the new “center”
There is no memory, this is no past. Only the present
First time in a while I agree with bernie. They shouldn’t get any money until those people are gone. They also shouldn’t get any money after those people are gone, but I suppose I’ll have to agree to disagree with old mr. “gonna give all your data to Hillary Clinton so Joe Biden can ask you for even more money to ignore covid and fund cops also both sides are bad in Palestine.” It’s an odd line for him to draw, but that’s being old and racist for you
Not another penny for the Third Reich until they stop using a hate symbol as their emblem
PERKELE!
I am going to pull this murder machine over if we don’t repaint it!
The guy who gave props to Trump’s immigration policy just a few weeks ago, literally one of the worst Dems on this issue SHUT THE FUCK UP
Well that stand off lasted 6-8 hours.
Just got so sleepy and my tummy hurts
