Well, howdy there, Internet people, it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about the GOP's block on TSA funding, risking airport closures.

Back on March 13th, we went over House Senator Patty Murray of Washington, who is the top Democrat on the Senate

Appropriations Committee, asked for unanimous consent on a measure that would fund Department

of Homeland Security agencies that weren't involved in immigration enforcement.

The Republican Party blocked the attempt to fund TSA, FEMA, and so on. So they could use

them as leverage to get Democrats to fund ICE and border patrol. There will be a link below.

Senator Gary Peters of Michigan called out the GOP fake outrage and said that Republicans blocking it, quote, would send a very clear signal that they are not interested in opening up TSA at our airports, FEMA for natural disasters, or CISA protecting us from cyber threats.

Not even a week later, in Republican refusal to pay employees,

is starting to show signs of creating major issues.

Trump's acting Deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl said, quote,

As the weeks continue, if this continues, it's not hyperbole to suggest that we may have to quite

literally shut down airports, particularly smaller ones if call-out rates go up.

Of course, the Republican line is that Democrats are blocking funding DHS, despite the attempt

to fund everything except immigration that was blocked by Republicans.

They're still out there with the same talking points that fly in the face of them blocking the funding

for about 50,000 TSA security officers who are having to work without pay. About one out of

ten didn't show up last Sunday. Hundreds have quit. Major airports are seeing anywhere from a third to a half of their

TSA staff fail to show. Think about the situation the workers are in. They've gone a month

without pay. The federal government was once seen as a stable job. Think about dealing with the rising inflation

because of Trump's tariffs. You're not getting a check, but you still have to show up at work.

That's annoying. But now Trump starts an elective war that he can't really justify, that sends gas prices through the roof.

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