The Senate has voted 64-35 to pass the Laken Riley Act, which will enable Trump’s ICE to put migrants in detention without due process & empower states to block visa programs & federal immigration policy. 12 Democrats voted with Republicans. - ThreadSky

premthakker.bsky.social • 36 days ago

The Senate has voted 64-35 to pass the Laken Riley Act, which will enable Trump’s ICE to put migrants in detention without due process & empower states to block visa programs & federal immigration policy.

12 Democrats voted with Republicans.

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danieo9.bsky.social•33 days ago

48 House Democrats also voted in favor of this bill. I'm amazed and disappointed to see that this many Democrats in both houses voted in favor.

thevelcrostrap.bsky.social•14 days ago

Wow Warnock

12thdim.bsky.social•33 days ago

Overreaction.

goannafarmer.bsky.social•36 days ago

Failed State

grazinggrace5.bsky.social•36 days ago

Please no more voting "blue no matter who"

richardson8.bsky.social•32 days ago

What is the alternative? Aside from Bonafide Nazis??

webrant.bsky.social•36 days ago

These Democratic senators just voted to set up concentration camps for those only facing accusations of a crime like shoplifting.

Cortez Masto
Gallego
Hassan
Kelly
Ossoff
Peters
Rosen
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner

https://bsky.app/profile/premthakker.bsky.social/post/3lg7j6ghlpk2i

coldwaterpnw.bsky.social•36 days ago

You missed two.

belda.bsky.social•35 days ago

dogsitmatter.bsky.social•33 days ago

📌

2the7thgen.bsky.social•36 days ago

😡

cheryllyn.bsky.social•34 days ago

12 cowardly dinos .... not dems

leahhr.bsky.social•33 days ago

The concern here is huge. How does a person prove they are actually a citizen without due process. Just wait. Somebodys brown haired brown eyed Caucasian 16 year old is going to end up on a bus bc they get picked up by ICE in a group. It's going to happen a lot.

richardson8.bsky.social•32 days ago

"Offical" papers and armbands perhaps??? maybe government-issued tattoos??

leahhr.bsky.social•32 days ago

So much for "small govt"

premthakker.bsky.social•36 days ago

mialis.bsky.social•34 days ago

Uh @maddow.msnbc.com time to put a few of these Dem's on the hot plate and ask them WHY they voted for the Laken Riley Act? cc: @lastword.msnbc.com
I live in Pa, voted for Fetterman, but he sure isn't representing us as promised. Will NOT vote for him again- primary Fetterman when it's time.

thatblueeyedguy.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ruben Gallego, WTF?!

robert-wolf.bsky.social•34 days ago

NV is not surprising.

franceslarina.bsky.social•36 days ago

John Fetterman is turning out to be the new Joe Manchin

santamonicated.bsky.social•36 days ago

At least Manchin wears pants.

franceslarina.bsky.social•35 days ago

I don't care what someone wears, only how they behave. Fetterman could wear a g-string so long as he helped instead of hurt.

wallybuan0.bsky.social•35 days ago

These 12 quietly sit at the Nazi table

deeznaughtius.bsky.social•35 days ago

No, the rest of the democrats sit quietly - these ones are very loud about their support.

troopek.bsky.social•36 days ago

Mostly people in “swing” states or seats in peril.

benecal.bsky.social•35 days ago

Warnock???

camiam21.bsky.social•35 days ago

She’s from georgia

benecal.bsky.social•35 days ago

I know who he is and where he is from and what his profession is.

camiam21.bsky.social•35 days ago

I meant laken riley is from georgia. That’s the only explanation I could think of for him and ossoff.

benecal.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ah! Interesting.

apostatenerd.bsky.social•35 days ago

What did you expect from a pastor? Christians are always gonna support nazis

amyasparagus.bsky.social•36 days ago

If the Democrats are more concerned about their paycheck than actually helping people then what's the point of having them in these positions in the first place. We need people who will at least vote against human rights violations. Terrible.

sickandtired2.bsky.social•7 days ago

Why???

energy9086.bsky.social•36 days ago

WTF is going on?

vekzero.bsky.social•36 days ago

Warnock solidifie his place in hell with this vote. Hope his lord is forgiving.

hope30.bsky.social•35 days ago

And the trumpification of Ds begins…Despicable!

rationist4.bsky.social•36 days ago

good start to the opposition 😂

mkn68.bsky.social•30 days ago

It was 46 Democrats in the House, 12 in the senate. Make it make sense.

yourneighbor57.bsky.social•36 days ago

Ossoff and Warnock 💔

castroforgeorgia.com•35 days ago

Let's make sure the world remembers what they did!

marvelwitch.bsky.social•35 days ago

Warnock is devastating!

paganmama.bsky.social•35 days ago

Now isn’t the time for realpolitik. I wish I understood how they could do this.

urby87.bsky.social•36 days ago

Makes me wonder what else might've been in the proposal.

maniraptor.bsky.social•36 days ago

My first thought was shoring up potential GOP attack vectors in the midterms. (Kemp will likely be running, and it may be a tough re-election campaign for whichever Dem incumbent he targets.)

I feel sick that they voted for that awful bill, though.

dillo.media•36 days ago

if they think this will help them with "Dems love open borders" in any way they aren't qualified to drive a car much less be in the senate

whisperingsage.bsky.social•36 days ago

What could have been in there that would have justified the rest of it?

urby87.bsky.social•36 days ago

No idea, that's why it makes me wonder.

whisperingsage.bsky.social•36 days ago

My question was rhetorical, because nothing justifies how the rest of the bill treats human beings.

Deals with the devil are not harm reduction.

ppasture.bsky.social•36 days ago

Cowards

momfordemocracy.bsky.social•36 days ago

Sickening.

kimberlyt.bsky.social•36 days ago

Raphael Warnock????? How?????💔

apostatenerd.bsky.social•35 days ago

Because all pastors are fuckin nazis

ommyotter.bsky.social•36 days ago

My guess is that Warnock and Ossoff voted the way they did because Laken Riley was killed in Georgia, and voting against the bill would give Republican challengers a clear line of attack. I hate it so much.

dillo.media•36 days ago

they will be attacked either way. this kind of vote isn't acceptable

ommyotter.bsky.social•36 days ago

True, and I'll be writing to tell them that as a constituent.

keithdjohnson.bsky.social•35 days ago

I already hollered at the MI Dems for this & shared: https://bsky.app/profile/keithdjohnson.bsky.social/post/3lg76gmowac2t

liam-hicklin.bsky.social•35 days ago

Well fetterman comes as no surprise. What a disappointing sack of shit.

nightlilah.bsky.social•36 days ago

Fuck fetterman

oregonemom.bsky.social•33 days ago

WTF DEMOCRATS?

misstris.bsky.social•36 days ago

First Snoop. Now this?

crowma.bsky.social•34 days ago

Why? What happened to "Democrats in congress will be a united bulwark against Trump?

johnbelusky.bsky.social•33 days ago

You're kidding, right?

Bsky really needs a *laugh* emoji for comments like this.

peterent.bsky.social•34 days ago

What? Dems voted for this? Were they threatened?

cornellmom.bsky.social•36 days ago

Fuck them 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

the8tregirl.bsky.social•32 days ago

😡😡😡

maxyamy.bsky.social•35 days ago

I had cheered for his good work as Mayor in Braddock Pa. Pennsylvania voted John Fetterman in as senator. Despite knowing that a few years ago, he’d pulled a gun on a Black jogger in his neighborhood. His recent senate voting record has me crying: We could have had the wonderful Malcolm Kenyatta.

bee990.bsky.social•15 days ago

Or Connor Lamb. I like both Kenyatta and Lamb.

We (e.g., the People of PA) got conned by @fetterman.senate.gov

mikeyman6.bsky.social•33 days ago

That's disappointing!

bandanabishop.bsky.social•36 days ago

📌

energy9086.bsky.social•36 days ago

Some Democrats are weak. They need to be kicked out with the Republicans

bookwyrmknight.bsky.social•36 days ago

So they just flat out ignored the parents’ wishes to not have their daughter’s death be used as political theater?

dekonj.bsky.social•35 days ago

Are you genuinely surprised by this?

bookwyrmknight.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sadly no :(

tallcorn-patrick.bsky.social•34 days ago

It would've passed without the Democrats. Senators in AZ, NV, GA, etc. would put their seats at risk voting against something like this. There's no point in putting their seats at risk just for the symbolism.

lsblacksky.bsky.social•35 days ago

The Democrats continue their lurch towards the far right, as the Republicans are now extremely fringe right.

krisro7.bsky.social•36 days ago

What the hell!? And Mark Kelly?? The same guy Kamala considered as vp? What the actual f is happening

feralelferoz.bsky.social•34 days ago

Kelly reps Arizona, a border state and he has to vote for his constituents. Do I like it, no. Do I understand it, yes. He's better than Kari Lake or another rabid GOP senator.

marqanderson.bsky.social•35 days ago

Border state (AZ)

dead-ny.bsky.social•35 days ago

Why did ANY Democrat vote for this? No going back you fucks, you break it you buy it and we will out forget!

captainahab.bsky.social•36 days ago

Credit to Tammy Baldwin for being the only D senator from a state Trump won to not vote for this.

Warnock, Ossoff, Kelly and Gallego all ended their 2028 ambitions today. This vote is going to age almost as badly as voting for the Iraq War.

drssb.bsky.social•35 days ago

Warnock and Ossoff are Georgia Senators. They had to vote for it. They would lose here if they voted against. And Ossoff is being challenged by MTG. He needs to keep UGA on his side.

damnnothere.bsky.social•29 days ago

what’s the fucking point of having Democrats then?

drssb.bsky.social•32 days ago

There are LOUD whispers that #Georgia Gov. #Kemp will also challenge #MTG and #Ossoff. Let's hope that those two weaken each other. In any case, it will be a fantastically expensive campaign. Ossoff will need us all.

dmark.bsky.social•35 days ago

And yet she voted to move it to the vote. Her claim that she wanted amendments was thin, knowing that the Thugs wouldn’t allow any Dem amendments.

mkn68.bsky.social•30 days ago

And my VA senator Warner

ryanwalters.bsky.social•36 days ago

Is this not a violation of habeas corpus?

escapedexplorer.bsky.social•36 days ago

Yes, but, and I'm being earnest here: Republicans do not believe that the Constitution applies to noncitizens as a matter of law. (They barely believe it applies at all, of course, but the "noncitizens" part is an explicit legal theory they're going to push even harder now.)

ryanwalters.bsky.social•36 days ago

true, but I think at least one federal judge would agree that it’s unconstitutional.

escapedexplorer.bsky.social•36 days ago

Absolutely the case! But there's the risk of How Republican Law Is Made(tm) bullshit, which is, to wit:
1) carefully analyze best venue and jurisdiction for legal action
2) ignore all that, file in Northern District of Texas for Judge Kacsmaryk
3) get rubber stamped from NDTex -> 5th Cir. -> SCOTUS!

megancarolan.bsky.social•36 days ago

Following after this outstanding explanation

lt14gjc.bsky.social•36 days ago

Horrific!

kieranblake.bsky.social•36 days ago

12????? Jesus wept

4281r.bsky.social•34 days ago

Crap

prole-lite.bsky.social•36 days ago

Where are those blue maga weasels that always pop up in the replies when they’re shown their own shameful party

chem-mom-of-4.bsky.social•36 days ago

By percentage, illegal immigrants commit less crimes.

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate

franceslarina.bsky.social•36 days ago

By percentage, trans people are only 0.7% of the population. And according to the NCAA, only ten of us nationwide play college sports.

Numbers and facts don't matter to fascists.

mariecali.bsky.social•33 days ago

Preach Frances ✋🏻

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