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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hello Senator Thune,
I'm replying to your post from yesterday: "Despite Democrats' partisan games, we're still going to get the entire federal government funded."
Today, you sent the Senate home... not because of Democrats. Because of you. 
Here's what actually happened.
On May 18, the DOJ announced an Anti-Weaponization Fund: $1.776 billion to compensate Americans harmed by Biden-era DOJ abuse. Your own caucus revolted. After a two-hour closed-door meeting, you departed for Memorial Day recess without a vote. ICE and CBP funding, punted to June 1. The "partisan games," it turns out, were yours.
Your stated objections: no congressional authorization, no eligibility standards, no legal precedent, executive overreach. Fine. But let's talk about November 2025, when you tucked a provision into the government funding bill.  
The FBI had quietly seized phone records from eight Republican senators without notice, under an investigation codenamed "Arctic Frost."
Your provision gave those senators, and only those senators, $500,000 per violation, retroactive to 2022. The House voted 426-0 to repeal it.
The critics weren't opposed to compensating victims of DOJ abuse. They were opposed to senators compensating themselves while doing no other structural reforms.
Lindsey Graham held the Senate hostage to preserve it. He delayed a spending deal in January 2026 to secure a floor vote on his revised version.
Let's put the two columns next to each other:
➤ DOJ abused senators: $500K/violation payout, senators only, no hearings, no process, no eligibility debate, no floor vote on substance.
➤ DOJ abused Americans: "very legitimate questions," two-hour meeting, Senate goes home, reconciliation punted, June 1 deadline in jeopardy.
You told Punchbowl News you "did not personally see a need for this fund."
You personally saw a need for the fund when the targets were you.
Go cry harder to your Punchbowl friends @JakeSherman and @AndrewDesiderio, because at this rate, they'll soon become the only people who are buying what you're selling.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2057587303254839321

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hoping I can write up about LDAD next week. I was absolutely floored.
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Jeff Clark @JeffClarkUS
I’ve demanded a retraction of inaccurate information about my DC Bar license by LDAD, a socialist pressure group.
I had to send it to them via LinkedIn because they are too cowardly to be on X, where they could face a diversity of views.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2057518308015169983

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Article: What does "Block the Merger" have to do with "Our Democracy?"
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2057618029274644695

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Just start a NGO called Bureau for Democratic Capacity Building in Stellar Regions and apply for a grant from Alex!
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Elon Musk @elonmusk
Yeah, we need to fund making life multiplanetary somehow!
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2057575086954299815

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Mike Lee has said many times that the 5 Senators is a myth. You still need a majority of Senators to elect a new leader.
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Greg @mrrockywater
DRr, Can someone Vance, Rubio or President Trump call for the removal of Thune ?
Is there 5 Senators brave enough to bring this needed change ?
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