Birds That Mate for Life: Part 2

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Just Birding lists these 8 birds as top picks for Birds That Mate for Life.

Albatross

When it comes to bird love, nobody does it like albatrosses. These birds may travel hundreds of miles across the oceans for long periods of time, but they always return to the same breeding spot and the same mate. How romantic is that? Considering the fact that they live up to 50 years and mate for life, that means they stay married longer than many humans. Plus, they prove that long distance relationships can work if you are dedicated.

Spending much of their time gliding in the wind over oceans near Antarctica, Australia, South Africa, South America, and the North Pacific, these large seabirds settle together in colonies on isolated islands when it’s time for amoré. Mostly white with dark wings and tails, webbed feet, wide wingspans, and long, hooked beaks, albatrosses are wise and take their time before marrying because they do not become sexually mature until five or ten years old. They actually need those years to master their elaborate courtship dance that involves a series of bowing, fencing and beak clattering. Albatross pairs take care of their single chicks for several months until they are ready to fledge out on their own.

Black Vulture

Black vultures prove you don’t have to be beautiful to enjoy a committed, long-term relationship. Looking dressed more for a funeral than a wedding, these scavenger birds feature all-black plumage with bumpy, featherless grayish-black heads, and short, hooked beaks. Found in open habitats and along roads from the southeastern United States to South America, black vultures are all about family life. They form bonds that last their whole lives (about 10 years).

Pairs hang out with each other all year-round instead of just during the breeding season. They take fidelity seriously, and there have been instances where males were observed attacking another male for the crime of adultery. Keeping strong family bonds are important to black vultures, and they often roost with large flocks of their relatives. However, they build their nests in tree hollows, caves, and abandoned buildings where both parents take care of their two chicks.

Geese

Male geese, or ganders, take their roles as providers and protectors seriously. They diligently root up plants for the female to eat. They are also devoted to guarding the female, especially when she is incubating eggs. They will fight an intruder and inflict injury if necessary. It is believed that one of the reasons ganders don’t cheat is because they have too much fear of leaving their mates vulnerable to predators.

Females build their nests with grasses, mosses, and other plant material along with down feathers nearby water and lay anywhere from two to nine eggs, depending on the breed. Goslings begin eating on their own within a day of hatching, but Mom and Dad both keep a close watch on them for several weeks until they are able to fly on their own.

Barn Owl

Barn owls have a short lifespan of only about 4 years, but they sure know how to make the best of that time. They don’t just mate for life. They love for life. Barn owls are said to be affectionate with their partners even outside of the breeding season. Some of the ways they do is this by mutual grooming, leaning on each other, and cheek-rubbing.

Distributed all over the world, except Antarctica, barn owls are beautiful birds with creamy white underparts and reddish-gold wings and tails. Their white, heart-shaped faces are not just for looks. They also have facial muscles that they use to communicate and convey emotions to one another. If a barn owl loses a mate, it may die of a broken heart by becoming catatonic and starving to death.

When a young, male barn owl is trying to woo a female, he seeks to impress her by offering her food, such as a dead mouse, from his beak while fluttering his wings open. (Doesn’t that just make you want to swoon?) Young lovers will also form new bonds by chasing one another in flight displays. After making a nest in an existing cavity, Mom incubates an average of five eggs while Dad goes out hunting for food to bring back to her. After the chicks have hatched, Dad will continue to bring the bacon home, and Mom will try to evenly distribute it to her chicks.

SOURCE: JUSTBIRDING.COM  DREW HAINES

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  3. Evan Lips

    @evanmlips

    Feb 10• 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

    Here’s the letter signed by treasurers from 16 “sanctuary” states — including @DebGoldbergMA — claiming the enforcement of federal law will wreck their illegal immigration-based economies. #mapoli

    Essentially, Massachusetts and other blue states are demanding that feds exempt them from national laws enacted to protect access to labor/housing for American citizens.

    These states argue that enforcement of federal laws will ruin their economies.

    Massachusetts and other states should have thought of that before they opened the illegal immigration floodgates to counteract the number of American taxpayers fleeing their states.

    Actual line in the letter:

    “Our responsibilities require us to safeguard state fiscal health, manage public funds prudently,
    and ensure the economic stability our budgets depend upon. The enforcement operations
    currently underway across multiple states threaten to produce economic harm that directly
    undermine these obligations.”

    These states went rogue and created economies completely dependent upon illegal immigration at the expense of the American citizen.

    There’s simply no other way to spin it. #mapoli

    @DebGoldbergMA If I’m running the campaigns of any of the three GOP candidates for Massachusetts governor, I blast copies of this letter out to every single (legally) registered voter in the commonwealth.

    This is the platform of @massdems, and it’s absolutely insane.

    If you’re wondering why this Feb. 3 letter wasn’t bigger “news” in Massachusetts, it’s because it was barely reported. It only attracted a small brief by @statehousenews, and was then reposted by a fraction of the #mapoli press — and not before @statehousenews gave the messaging a good massage.

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2021240000898007049.html

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  6. Just The News: “The Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Wednesday identified the suspected shooter in a deadly attack at a British Columbia high school as transgender 18-year-old high school dropout Jesse Van Rootselaar.

    Van Rootselaar is believed to be the perpetrator behind two shootings Wednesday, at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a nearby residence, which resulted in the deaths of nine people, including Van Rootselaar’s mother and step-brother, according to CNN, and dozens of others injured. 

    The police confirmed Van Rootselaar, who was a resident of Tumbler Ridge, was among the nine dead, after the former student was found deceased from what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury. Two firearms, a long gun and a modified handgun, were recovered by officers.

    Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald told reporters that the suspect was transgender, having been born male but has since transitioned to female.

    “I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female and identified as female, both socially and publicly,” he said.

    McDonald said there has been no indication that Van Rootselaar was bullied for being transgender and that it was “too early to say” whether there was a correlation between the shooter being transgender and the shooting.

    The deputy commissioner also said Van Rootselaar “was not currently attending school,” and that police had been to the suspect’s “residence on multiple occasions over the past several years,” to deal with “concerns of mental health.” The most recent police visit took place last spring.

    Police also identified the deceased victims as a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, ages 12 and 13. Two additional victims, a 39-year-old female and 11-year-old male — Van Rootselaar’s mother and step-brother — were deceased at the residence.”

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      1. Well, to be fair – he didn’t specify the trans flag…..at least not in that clip. He just said flags will be flown at half-mast in the Peace tower and all other government buildings. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

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  7. Just The News: “Ford Motor lost $4.8 billion on its electric vehicle lines in fiscal year 2025. Over the past few years, the company has reported losses on its EV lines every quarter. During the company’s earnings call Tuesday, Sherry House, Ford’s chief financial officer, said Ford doesn’t expect to break even on the Model-E division until fiscal year 2029. 

    In the fourth quarter of 2025, the company reported a loss of $1.2 billion on the Model-E division, down from $1.4 billion in the same quarter the previous year. The year-end losses for fiscal year 2025 were down from $5.1 billion in 2024. 

    Ford sold 178,000 electric vehicles in fiscal year 2025, up from 105,000 in 2024. This brings the loss per EV in the last fiscal year to nearly $27,000.” 

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  8. Charlotte99

    February 12, 2026 8:24 am

    @WallStreetApes
    6h
    A Somali man named Mohamod Jama ran a NGO in Minnesota taking Medicaid payments

    He was billing Medicaid $12,630 per month PER PERSON for care that was never given

    He even stopped paying rent for patients and they’re being evicted onto the streets

    “They were billing Sky’sMedicaid $421 per day, claiming they always provided 12 hours of service — Most days was like two hours, maybe one or two hours”

    “The company and its owner, Mohamod Jama, stopped paying rent — So Sky got evicted, just one of the vulnerable people paying the price through no fault of their own for Minnesota’s fraud crisis thrown onto the street homeless.”

    He was billing $276-$421 per patient, per day to American taxpayers

    Deport all Somalians back to Somalia

    https://nitter.net/WallStreetApes/status/2021843914186272991#m

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  11. “The Unfinished Business of American Justice: Transparency Without Accountability is Not Justice.”

    Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET), Feb 12, 2026

    “The continuing release of declassified investigative materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, including internal emails and previously sealed communications, has renewed national attention on one of the most consequential accountability failures in modern American history. In early 2026, the Department of Justice released millions of pages of documents pursuant to congressional mandate, revealing extensive correspondence between Epstein and individuals across finance, politics, and diplomacy.

    While these disclosures have expanded public knowledge of the scope of Epstein’s network, they have also underscored how much remains unresolved. Many documents remain redacted, contextual information is still missing, and critical questions about institutional responsibility remain unanswered. The disclosures illuminate patterns of contact and proximity to power, yet they stop short of clarifying who acted, who failed to act, and who may have actively enabled years of abuse.

    While the emails and investigative files confirm systemic failures that allowed Epstein’s crimes to persist, they have not produced comprehensive accountability for those who facilitated, ignored, or benefited from his activities. Many victims have expressed frustration that their identities were sometimes insufficiently protected while influential figures continue to avoid meaningful scrutiny.

    Transparency that exposes the vulnerable without restraining the powerful risks compounding injustice rather than correcting it. Justice, from the perspective of survivors, is not measured by the volume of released documents but by whether those documents lead to consequences. This ambiguity has fueled a broader public perception that the powerful are protected while the vulnerable are exposed.

    For many years, those who tried to expose Epstein’s actions were dismissed, sidelined, and labeled as conspiracy theorists. Journalists, survivors, independent investigators, and concerned citizens were routinely told that their concerns were exaggerated, speculative, or politically motivated. Media institutions often minimized early reporting, officials downplayed credible allegations, and public discourse was shaped by a persistent narrative that discouraged deeper scrutiny. This sustained pattern of gaslighting did not merely silence critics; it delayed justice.

    The recent release of internal communications and corroborating evidence now demonstrates that many of the warnings raised over the decades were well-founded. What was once ridiculed as implausible has been confirmed by official records. Yet recognition without consequence remains an incomplete form of vindication.

    Many of us are led to believe this reflects a moral indictment of how justice is administered in this country. Declassification without accountability is a hollow transparency. Unless the evidence leads to actual consequences for those who enabled, facilitated, or turned a blind eye to Epstein’s abuse, the revelations risk becoming merely sensational history rather than instruments of justice. There must be a full disclosure of files, and for legal consequences to extend beyond Epstein and his most direct accomplices to those whose relationships with him may have facilitated decades of impunity.

    The American people have expressed similar frustration. Polling from late 2025 and early 2026 found overwhelming majorities of voters across the political spectrum demanding the release of all Epstein‑related files and expressing dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of the disclosures. This moment of collective demand for accountability speaks to a larger consensus: that a just society requires not only the illumination of facts but the enforcement of consequences when those facts reveal wrongdoing.

    This popular vote for justice articulated through our nation highlights the enduring importance of institutional transparency. It also underscores the limits of disclosure when it is decoupled from enforcement. The emails, now public, are historically significant but not an endpoint; they are evidence of what remains unsettled. True accountability would require not only further declassification but prosecutorial and civil actions against individuals whose conduct is implicated, and structural reforms to prevent similar abuses of power in the future.

    The persistence of the Epstein affair illustrates the limits of transparency when it is detached from enforcement. Disclosure alone cannot repair decades of institutional failure. Meaningful accountability requires sustained prosecutorial review, civil remedies for victims, and structural reforms to prevent similar abuses of power in the future. It also requires honest reckoning with how wealth, influence, and political access distorted oversight mechanisms and discouraged intervention. Epstein’s network did not flourish in isolation; it thrived in environments where scrutiny was discouraged, and responsibility was deferred.

    The American people have, in effect, already rendered their verdict. Through elections, legislative mandates, and sustained public pressure, they have voted for justice and accountability. The declassification of emails and investigative records is not the conclusion of this process but its foundation. These materials represent an evidentiary record that now demands action. Until institutional responses match the moral clarity expressed by survivors and citizens alike, the Epstein affair will remain unresolved.

    The endurance of this scandal is not the product of sensationalism or political opportunism. It persists because fundamental questions about justice, equality, and institutional integrity remain unanswered. It endures because transparency has outpaced accountability. It will continue because society cannot move forward while credible evidence of systemic failure remains unaddressed.

    In this light, the Epstein affair persists because a powerful society has not yet mobilized its legal and political instruments to match the moral clarity of its will. The release of documents marks a beginning, not an end.

    Justice delayed has tested our patience; justice denied has tested our faith, but justice pursued with resolve and honesty can renew both. The Epstein affair need not define an era of failure. It can define an era in which truth prevailed and accountability was restored.”

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      1. Yes. Problem is, 200 troops aren’t going to be able to do squat. It would take a full-on invasion to get the Islamic insanity under control!!! This is NOT why people join the US military!!!

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  14. “The storyline below this should read something like this:

    Our (sister/daughter/wife/mother/cousin) was so fuckin’ stupid she broke in to the freezer of a Dollar Store when no one was looking – when she was shit-faced fucked up. She passed out in there and froze to death, so we’re gonna sue Dollar Tree for having the freezer in the first place. 

    Sometimes ya really gotta wonder how some people grieve. Do they think somehow that some jerkoff jury giving them a shitload of money is gonna somehow remedy the situation? It’s people like this family that weaken my faith in humanity…”

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  15. This was one show I never missed! LOVED IT!!!!

    “Fifty-five years ago this month, January 12, 1971, a disclaimer appeared on television screens tuned to CBS across the nation: “The program you are about to see is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show – in a mature fashion – just how absurd they are.” It was a watershed moment, even if it went by without much notice at the time. 

    The show featured heated arguments about everything from the women’s movement, residential segregation, and the war in Vietnam to the right order to put on your socks and shoes (“the whole world puts on a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe,” Archie insisted while Mike explained that he “likes to take care of one foot at a time”).

    It became the most successful television show of the 1970s and is considered one of the most influential shows of all time. It topped the ratings for a record-breaking five consecutive seasons with as many as 60 percent of all television sets in the US tuned to the show.” 

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  21. Just The News: “Border czar Tom Homan on Thursday announced the end of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Minnesota.

    “As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals,” Homan said at a news conference, The Associated Press reported. “I have proposed and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.”

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched the crackdown, called Operation Metro Surge, on Dec. 1. According to federal authorities, the crackdown focused on the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, and led to the arrest of more than 4,000 people. 

    “The surge is leaving Minneapolis safer,” Homan said. “I’ll say it again, it’s less of a sanctuary state for criminals.”

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  22. Mom got the package we sent her last Saturday. I sent her a framed picture of her, hubby and I two Christmases ago, and 3 sandwich sized bags of the peppermints she loves and some red jelly candies. She said she hid the peppermints in her dresser drawer and put the jellies in her little cabinet drawer that sits next to her chair.

    She was a very happy camper this morning. An aide saw that she got up at about 5 to use her bathroom (the light was on) and asked Mom if she wanted to get her shower and hair washed…she was ecstatic to get it done early! doesn’t take much to make Mom happy.

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  24. FloridaFredOutWest

    February 12, 2026 11:19 am

    Democrat judges have invented a new legal concept, common law citizenship, to prevent illegal aliens from being deported.

    The law is crystal clear, “shall be detained,” so judges bent on ignoring the law have to be ever more clever. Politico reports that two district-level judges within the 5th circuit (TX-LA-MS) have invented a new constitutional right which prevents ICE from,

    detaining people who have established roots in the U.S. without due process. Those roots amount, in legal parlance, to a “liberty interest” that the Constitution says cannot be taken away without at least a hearing before a neutral judge.

    I’m otherwise a big fan of “liberty,” but these judges have manufactured a squatter’s right to remain in America without permission. Keep in mind that detainees have already received all of the process to which they are due, that is, they have been ordered removed by an Immigration Court.

    https://www.americanexperiment.org/habeas-and-squatters-rights/

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  25. they have removal ORDERS! how does a judge now release them???
    article

    A federal judge released four illegal immigrants who were convicted of murder and child sex crimes from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    U.S. District Judge John deGravelles for the Middle District Court of Louisiana, an Obama appointee, on Friday granted the defendants release from ICE custody, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

    “The ramifications will only be the continued rape, murder, assault, and robbery of more American victims,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. “Releasing these monsters is inexcusably reckless. President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing the law and arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country.”

    “We are applying the law as written,” she added. “If an immigration judge finds an illegal alien has no right to be in this country, we are going to remove them. Period.”

    Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, an Ethiopian illegal immigrant, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor and was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Sept. 5, 2024. The Biden administration released him into the U.S.

    Luis Gaston-Sanchez, a Cuban illegal immigrant, was convicted of homicide, assault, resisting an officer, concealing stolen property, and two counts of robbery. He was ordered to be removed on Sept. 24, 2001.

    Another Cuban illegal immigrant, Ricardo Blanco Chomat, was convicted of homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault with a firearm, burglary, robbery, larceny, and selling cocaine. His final order of removal was issued on March 27, 2002.

    Francisco Rodriguez-Romero, a Cuban illegal immigrant, was convicted of homicide and a weapons offense. He was ordered to be removed on May 30, 1995.

    Fox News Digital, which has reported on the releases, reached out to the Middle District Court of Louisiana for comment. But as of Thursday, there does not appear to be a response.

    https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/judge-releases-four-illegal-immigrants-convicted-murder-child-sex-crimes-ice

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  26. what a load of SHIT!

    article

    In the heart of New York City, the NYPD just hosted its 4th Annual World Hijab Day “celebration” at the MUNA Islamic Center, turning taxpayer-funded police resources into a propaganda platform for Islamic veiling. Female officers were seen tying on hijabs, learning the “proper” way to wrap them, and gushing about “empowerment,” “dignity,” and “choice.” Quranic recitations echoed through the room, student presentations glorified the veil, and NYPD chaplains invoked Hadith—all while balloons bobbed and photos were snapped for social media glory. This isn’t community outreach; it’s institutional submission.

    New Yorkers: Where’s the “World Cross Day” this Easter? Imagine NYPD captains draping crucifixes around their necks in solidarity with Christians being slaughtered in Africa by Islamist extremists. Or how about a Hanukkah “try-on” session for kippahs at a local synagogue, with kids bused in for lessons on Jewish “pride and faith”? Zero chance. Only ONE faith gets this red-carpet rollout: Islam. And it’s not just symbolic—leaked NYPD memos reveal department buses shuttling participants from Bronx mosques to these events, all on the public’s dime.

    This selective pandering isn’t “inclusion”—it’s dhimmitude in action. While Iranian women are burning their hijabs and facing death for defying forced veiling, and Afghan girls are barred from education under Taliban mandates, the NYPD is promoting the very symbol of oppression as a “choice.” Taxpayers are footing the bill for transport, photo-ops, and the soft sell of a garment that’s mandatory under Sharia law in many countries. Why? Because civilization jihad doesn’t need bombs when Western institutions hand over their uniforms willingly.

    Where’s the equal energy for other religions? The capture is real, and it’s blatantly one-sided.

    https://rairfoundation.com/nypd-surrenders-sharia-4th-annual-world-hijab-day/

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  29. “The SAVE America Act Won’t Pass the Senate — Unless Senate leadership gets very serious”

    Dr. Robert W. Malone, Feb 12, 2026

    EXCERPT: “The SAVE America Act, formally known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, is a Republican-led election integrity bill designed to do something that sounds almost boringly obvious. It would require proof of United States citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, mandate photo identification for voting, and direct states to take additional steps to remove noncitizens from voter rolls.

    In other words, it proposes that to vote in American elections, one should be an American citizen and be able to prove it.

    Obviously, this is all common sense. You need identification to board a plane, open a bank account, buy certain cold medicines, or pick up concert tickets. Participating in the most powerful civic act in the country should not be held a lower standard than renting a car.

    Democrats in Congress oppose the bill, arguing that the requirements could create administrative burdens or complicate registration for some voters. Many progressive activists insist that requiring proof of citizenship is discriminatory. Advocates of the legislation counter that citizenship is already a legal requirement to vote in federal elections. The bill does not invent a new qualification. It simply asks that the existing rule be verified. That debate, as you might imagine, is less about paperwork and more about tribalism within the hallowed halls of Congress:

    (Video)

    The House of Representatives passed the bill on February 11, 2026, by a narrow 218 to 213 vote. Only one Democrat crossed party lines, and that was Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas. It now sits in the United States Senate, which is where legislation often goes to contemplate its life choices.

    The obstacle in the Senate is not necessarily majority support. It is procedural. Rules and regulations that were passed long ago to ensure that nothing ever gets through the Senate that could actually influence America.

    The obstacle in the Senate is not necessarily majority support. It is procedural. Rules and regulations that were passed long ago to ensure that nothing ever gets through the Senate that could actually influence America.

    Under current Senate rules, most legislation requires 60 votes to invoke cloture and end debate. Cloture is the formal process that stops debate and allows a final vote. The Senate historically prides itself on extended debate. This tradition is what makes the filibuster possible. That was then, this is now…..”

    https://www.malone.news/p/the-save-america-act-wont-pass-the

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  32. “Opposition legislators tried to block Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Akin Gurlek, who President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed to the top judicial portfolio, from taking the oath of office in parliament. As tempers flared, legislators were seen pushing each other, with some hurling punches.

    Might be fun to see Maxine Waters and Anna Paulina Luna slugging it out in chambers…”

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  34. Have a Seat

    Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), J-Six Ranch, Arizona

    Re-purposed truck door, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.

    Sleep with the dogs….

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  42. 🕳️ Giant sinkhole swallows road in Shanghai

    A massive sinkhole suddenly opened beneath a major roadway. The ground simply gave way. Infrastructure always appears permanent — until it isn’t. Beneath every city is a constantly shifting geological system.

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  50. Just The News: “The Senate broke for President’s Day weekend on Thursday evening without a government funding bill that would keep the Department of Homeland Security operational for the remainder of the year. The upper chamber’s departure means that the department will be forced to shut down beginning Saturday, until a funding bill is approved by President Donald Trump and both chambers of Congress. 

    The Transportation Security Administration warned that the shutdown could impact travel time because all of its workers will not be compensated until a funding agreement is reached. It is not clear if the workers would receive backpay.

    “The government shutdown will cease pay for all of TSA’s more than 63,000-person workforce and suspend non-essential services,” Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl said on X. “Over 99% of that workforce resides in communities across the country.

    “Democrats should fund the department and stop punishing our workforce and the everyday travelers they serve,” he continued. “A prolonged shutdown could result in significant attrition and increased callout rates of our officers, including noticeable impacts at airports, including delays, longer wait times and canceled flights.”

    The government shutdown will only impact federal workers under DHS because Congress approved funding legislation for all other departments and agencies for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

    The biggest agency that is at the heart of the funding fight is Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is not expected to be impacted by the shutdown because of an extra $75 billion in its operating budget that was passed by Congress last year. ICE is also considered essential to public safety so all of its operations would be expected to continue, even if workers did not get paid. 

    The Senate is scheduled to convene Monday, Feb. 23, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune advised members they could be called back early if a deal on DHS funding is reached.” 

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