Great post you hit a lot of great areas.
more on some Republican spine, from Fox:
” Five Republican senators say they will withhold their support from any omnibus spending package due to what they say is a failure to adequately fund border security — pointing specifically to a lack of funding for the wall at the southern border.
In a letter to fellow senators to be sent on Monday, Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Mike Lee, R-Utah, Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas., say funding proposals released by the Senate Appropriations Committee “fail....(to do the job)