BThere’s a post on X from Alex’sGhost saying the border gets a gaping hole on January first.
BA hole, not a policy gap. A literal hole.
BHis words: “a gaping hole in the border is likely to open up on Jan 1.”
BThat’s a prediction dressed as a warning. Does he name the authority that expires?
BNo, he just says Congress failed to pass border security before the midterms.
BAnd with Democrats taking both chambers, the next Congress won’t be seated until January. The timing is real.
BRight. If something lapses, agents are stuck until a new Congress acts.
BBut his own post says storm fronts and Border Patrol are still obstacles. That’s not a wide-open border.
BObstacles aren’t legal tools. If the authority lapses, smugglers absolutely exploit it.
BOnly if there is an actual authority tied to January first. I haven’t seen one named.
BThe bigger failure is Congress going home without a border package. That part’s confirmed.
BFine, but a countdown to chaos is not the same as reporting.
BWe do this every cycle. Wait until the deadline, then blame the other party.
BAnd when they rush, we get a bill nobody read. That’s worse.
BNo, the alternative is a narrow border measure. They couldn’t pass that either.
BBecause asylum, detention, funding—all hard choices. Both parties walked away.
BBut it wasn’t both parties equally. Republicans had the House and still didn’t pass a border bill.
BThey needed sixty in the Senate. The filibuster exists, Brian.
BThey had two years and a majority. At some point it’s leadership.
BLeadership failed, I’ll grant you. But the post is still guessing about January first.
BNow the warning is that January first arrives and nothing is ready.
BThen call it a warning. Don’t call it a hole.
BFair enough. The account is speculating, but the failure is real.
BThe failure is real. The hole is a guess.
BRight, and the hole is still a guess. Even if the storm front is doing more work than Congress.
BDeadline panic is a D.C. tradition. Legislative failure is the only thing on schedule.
BThen January first will be the proof.
BOr just another missed deadline with a new Congress to blame.
BMeanwhile the tone from the losing side is already curdling. A guy named Ryan on X posted, “Yea we stole all the races but you have no hope of figuring out how.”
BThat’s a troll being sarcastic at people who think the election was stolen.
BHe also says, “It’s over. It’s done. Ya lost.” It’s got the exact shape of the conspiracy, just flipped.
BOh, come on. He’s mocking the sore losers, not feeding them.
BIs that distinction obvious to everyone? Because the phrase “we stole it” does the rounds.
BIf we can’t tell a joke from a lawsuit, we’re cooked.
BWe can. But the joke gives the next guy a clip: “See, they admit it.”
BThat’s a stretch. The account has no power, no audience, no lawsuit.
BIt doesn’t need power. Every stolen-election post adds another layer to the lie.
BYou want to ban sarcasm because some people might misread it?
BI don’t want to ban anything. I want people to see how this stuff moves.
BI’ll take a troll over a congressman lying about voting machines any day.
BThat’s a low bar.
BIt’s the bar we’re working with.
BSo we agree only that it’s better than a congressman.
BFor now, I’ll take it.
BI’d rather argue about border policy than decode sarcasm for the rest of the hour.