Yes.  Yes he is.

You can definitely make that argument about DHS, although IIRC part of the reason it was mis-assessed was the lack of willingness to share intelligence between agencies. And even though the FBI has basically become a counter-terrorism agency I don’t think it helps them do their job to throw the 8 agencies under…

To answer the question about DHS...it literally started because those agencies by themselves couldn’t prevent a very preventable terrorist attack. That’s not to say DHS couldn’t use some major changes, but there is a need for the department itself.

I’m hopefully that these teacher strikes are the first signs that the pendulum is beginning to swing back towards a push for stronger unions.

The left, too, knows what it wants: No ICE—or CBP or DHS at all, really—and something close to open borders, if not the thing itself.

We choose to go to the Mars in this presidential term and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because of the fake news media; because that goal will serve to help my poll numbers and distract from the fake Russia thing, because that challenge is one that I am willing to accept, one I am unwilling to…

You really should re-examine your definition of ruining a life.

If every TSA worker and or every air traffic controller called in sick this shutdown would be over faster than you could say hamberder.

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Then again, she thinks ICE should exist.

Is anyone seriously considering striking?  And that they aren’t considering it isn’t the point.  They SHOULD consider it.

Regular people are already being affected. The GOP outside of Trump would cave in immediately once the the non-regular people, aka their donors, are affected. TSA and ATCer’s walking off the job, and grounding the country’s entire air fleet would certainly do the trick.

There are no “both sides”. We wouldn’t be in a shutdown if Trump hadn’t had a hissy fit because Coulter and Limbaugh were mean to him. This is on Trump and McConnell period.

Hannity is that you?

First of all, an air traffic controller is NOT a 100% protected, low effort, low skill job. Secondly genius, good luck hiring hundreds of thousands of people to replace all those federal workers for free since they wouldn’t get paid either because of the shutdown.

No shit...the House has passed one.  McConnell won’t take it up because Trump won’t sign it.  Striking would either force him to do so, or force Mitch to vote and override Trump’s veto.

If every federal employee walked out the GOP would have no choice but to re-open the governmet. Get out the picket signs and put an end to the shutdown!

My father, also an air traffic controller, would agree to a strike given many of the things they fought for (better equipment, safety standards etc) were implemented after the PATCO controllers were fired.

No...he lied then too.  He could shoot multiple people on 5th Avenue and not loose any supporters.