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Torchlight

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19. Cruz and Noem are going to be livid if treated like commoners

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:38 AM

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The snowflakes believe their entitlement and privilege are meant to save them from rubbing elbows with constituent residents (and weather, too) and their folksy concerns over high food prices, stagnant wages (for those with jobs), exorbitant fuel costs, and the General Welfare crap so inconvenient to the wight-wing.

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Delta Airlines suspends "special Congressional desk" service till shutdown ends [View all] Tanuki 13 hrs ago OP

Do nothing for a do-nothing Congress dalton99a 13 hrs ago #1

Not Congress -- azureblue 12 hrs ago #13

Politics is a "team sport." I'd prefer a collaborative endeavor, but... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #17

Message auto-removed Name removed 11 hrs ago #30

They're doing nothing because they're trying to do something for themselves. C Moon 6 hrs ago #49

Best thing I have heard all year! marybourg 13 hrs ago #2

Make it permanent n/t leftstreet 13 hrs ago #3

We so need this kind of equality,. delisen 13 hrs ago #4

Cancun Cruz won't be happy newdeal2 13 hrs ago #5

He is my senator, and frankly I prefer him out of the state/country ... lol - n/t TBF 12 hrs ago #26

lol orleans 11 hrs ago #39

yes Skittles 9 hrs ago #47

He flies United. cloudbase 10 hrs ago #46

well Skittles 8 hrs ago #48

Too damn bad, Teddy-boy. calimary 6 hrs ago #50

This is the right thing to do, for starters, they take shackled people and contribute to deportation w/o due process Deuxcents 13 hrs ago #6

They shouldn't fix it. They should refuse to participate. Initech 12 hrs ago #25

Maybe Delta watched Rachel Maddow drag them through the mud last night? gab13by13 13 hrs ago #7

Probably - Flying a little boy to a tRump prison is a bad look. nt AnotherMother4Peace 12 hrs ago #11

After reading your post, I found that clip of Rachel's show. 70sEraVet 10 hrs ago #45

The Republican congress criters popsdenver 13 hrs ago #8

They wish. Show me your evidence. littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #18

Here's a non-paywall link to the AJC article in "archive" form QueerDuck 12 hrs ago #9

Maybe Kristi can fly them to their destinations Norbert 12 hrs ago #10

She isn't in charge anymore obamanut2012 12 hrs ago #12

Yeah but, did she give her jet back? gab13by13 12 hrs ago #14

Did they take away her residence? Seinan Sensei 12 hrs ago #29

Nancy Mace is gonna be pissed!! Owens 12 hrs ago #15

Oh yes! That could be an .....epic fury😃 underpants 11 hrs ago #35

I wouldn't want to be behind her either MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #42

I realize that some of them may have urgent �official busness� to attend to DFW 12 hrs ago #16

Neat story! Thanks for sharing with us. KPN 12 hrs ago #24

You'll appreciate this supplemental little detail DFW 11 hrs ago #32

Haha. Yeah, that's some pretty detailed rules-following! KPN 11 hrs ago #36

Great story and supplemental 👍 underpants 11 hrs ago #37

Cruz and Noem are going to be livid if treated like commoners Torchlight 12 hrs ago #19

Yeah, the picture is pretty clear now Quiet Em 12 hrs ago #20

Health Coverage bdamomma 12 hrs ago #21

We should take away all their perks... llmart 11 hrs ago #38

This MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #40

I've known the mother of the author for years Henry203 12 hrs ago #22

Good for Delta! Martin68 12 hrs ago #23

Should have done this from Day One of the shutdown. Maybe charge them niyad 12 hrs ago #27

Yep MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #41

Good LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #28

Is everyone interpreting ths article incorrectly or is it just me. Didn't Cornyn just force Democrats to support a KPN 11 hrs ago #31

Great! Now do health care and retirement benefits. BadgerMom 11 hrs ago #33

Finally..............they can join the "small people"..............and see what it is like to eat cake............ turbinetree 11 hrs ago #34

Delta gives preferential treatment to those with lots of SkyMiles Soul_of_Wit 11 hrs ago #43

You know what would solve this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations. Ray Bruns 11 hrs ago #44