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Delta Airlines suspends "special Congressional desk" service till shutdown ends (Original Post) Tanuki Mar 2026 OP
Do nothing for a do-nothing Congress dalton99a Mar 2026 #1
Not Congress -- azureblue Mar 2026 #13
Politics is a "team sport." I'd prefer a collaborative endeavor, but... littlemissmartypants Mar 2026 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2026 #30
They're doing nothing because they're trying to do something for themselves. C Moon Mar 2026 #49
Best thing I have heard all year! marybourg Mar 2026 #2
Make it permanent n/t leftstreet Mar 2026 #3
We so need this kind of equality,. delisen Mar 2026 #4
Cancun Cruz won't be happy newdeal2 Mar 2026 #5
He is my senator, and frankly I prefer him out of the state/country ... lol - n/t TBF Mar 2026 #26
lol orleans Mar 2026 #39
yes Skittles Mar 2026 #47
He flies United. cloudbase Mar 2026 #46
well Skittles Mar 2026 #48
Too damn bad, Teddy-boy. calimary Mar 2026 #50
This is the right thing to do, for starters, they take shackled people and contribute to deportation w/o due process Deuxcents Mar 2026 #6
They shouldn't fix it. They should refuse to participate. Initech Mar 2026 #25
Maybe Delta watched Rachel Maddow drag them through the mud last night? gab13by13 Mar 2026 #7
Probably - Flying a little boy to a tRump prison is a bad look. nt AnotherMother4Peace Mar 2026 #11
After reading your post, I found that clip of Rachel's show. 70sEraVet Mar 2026 #45
The Republican congress criters popsdenver Mar 2026 #8
They wish. Show me your evidence. littlemissmartypants Mar 2026 #18
Here's a non-paywall link to the AJC article in "archive" form QueerDuck Mar 2026 #9
Maybe Kristi can fly them to their destinations Norbert Mar 2026 #10
She isn't in charge anymore obamanut2012 Mar 2026 #12
Yeah but, did she give her jet back? gab13by13 Mar 2026 #14
Did they take away her residence? Seinan Sensei Mar 2026 #29
Nancy Mace is gonna be pissed!! Owens Mar 2026 #15
Oh yes! That could be an .....epic fury😃 underpants Mar 2026 #35
I wouldn't want to be behind her either MustLoveBeagles Mar 2026 #42
I realize that some of them may have urgent «official busness» to attend to DFW Mar 2026 #16
Neat story! Thanks for sharing with us. KPN Mar 2026 #24
You'll appreciate this supplemental little detail DFW Mar 2026 #32
Haha. Yeah, that's some pretty detailed rules-following! KPN Mar 2026 #36
Great story and supplemental 👍 underpants Mar 2026 #37
Cruz and Noem are going to be livid if treated like commoners Torchlight Mar 2026 #19
Yeah, the picture is pretty clear now Quiet Em Mar 2026 #20
Health Coverage bdamomma Mar 2026 #21
We should take away all their perks... llmart Mar 2026 #38
This MustLoveBeagles Mar 2026 #40
I've known the mother of the author for years Henry203 Mar 2026 #22
Good for Delta! Martin68 Mar 2026 #23
Should have done this from Day One of the shutdown. Maybe charge them niyad Mar 2026 #27
Yep MustLoveBeagles Mar 2026 #41
Good LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2026 #28
Is everyone interpreting ths article incorrectly or is it just me. Didn't Cornyn just force Democrats to support a KPN Mar 2026 #31
Great! Now do health care and retirement benefits. BadgerMom Mar 2026 #33
Finally..............they can join the "small people"..............and see what it is like to eat cake............ turbinetree Mar 2026 #34
Delta gives preferential treatment to those with lots of SkyMiles Soul_of_Wit Mar 2026 #43
You know what would solve this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations. Ray Bruns Mar 2026 #44
Good catrose Mar 2026 #51

Response to azureblue (Reply #13)

delisen

(7,497 posts)
4. We so need this kind of equality,.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:40 AM
Mar 2026

The overlording of public service has warped our vision for America

TBF

(37,632 posts)
26. He is my senator, and frankly I prefer him out of the state/country ... lol - n/t
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:52 AM
Mar 2026

Deuxcents

(28,222 posts)
6. This is the right thing to do, for starters, they take shackled people and contribute to deportation w/o due process
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:47 AM
Mar 2026

Delta and other airlines should suspend that “service” until Congress fixes that madness. Congress has abdicated their responsibilities with this administration and they need to take em back.

Initech

(109,634 posts)
25. They shouldn't fix it. They should refuse to participate.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:51 AM
Mar 2026

What Trump and Miller are doing in these mass deportations is extremely illegal and cruel. They need to be stopped and Fat Donny can go shove his "threaten to revoke" bullshit up his ass.

gab13by13

(33,072 posts)
7. Maybe Delta watched Rachel Maddow drag them through the mud last night?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:52 AM
Mar 2026

Video of Delta flying the little boy with the bunny ears hat to a concentration camp in Texas.

Rachel brutalized them for hauling families with little kids off to concentration camps.

70sEraVet

(5,743 posts)
45. After reading your post, I found that clip of Rachel's show.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:10 PM
Mar 2026
https://m.
&pp=ygUnUmFjaGVsIG1hZGRvdyBvbiBMaWFtIHJhbW9zIGJlaW5nIGZsb3du

Thanks for your post.

popsdenver

(2,802 posts)
8. The Republican congress criters
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:57 AM
Mar 2026

aren't affected.......they have some Corporation's Private Jet at their service 24/7/365...........

Seinan Sensei

(1,728 posts)
29. Did they take away her residence?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:05 PM
Mar 2026

That rent-free house in Navy Yard, which is intended for the Coast Guard Commandant?

Owens

(600 posts)
15. Nancy Mace is gonna be pissed!!
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:26 AM
Mar 2026

All the airlines should do this! Republicans will buckle under that!

underpants

(197,806 posts)
35. Oh yes! That could be an .....epic fury😃
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:14 PM
Mar 2026

Nancy would probably be ranting raving and chucking empty airplane bottles at the people in front of her.

DFW

(60,807 posts)
16. I realize that some of them may have urgent «official busness» to attend to
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:27 AM
Mar 2026

Last edited Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:12 PM - Edit history (1)

But their seat isn’t going to get there any faster than the rest of the plane, after all.

One time, I was on a commuter flight from Amsterdam to Düsseldorf, and I noticed the guy sitting next to me looked exactly like Walter Scheel, the former President of Germany. I figured, no way, their former president wouldn’t be flying all by himself. But I couldn’t hold back, and I asked him if he was Walter Scheel, and he said yes, that’s me.

I explained that I was from the USA. He asked where. I said originally Virginia, near Washington. He said, oh, sure, I used to travel there every so often when I was still working. « When I was still working?? » The country’s Federal President, instead of saying, « while I was still president, » just puts it as « while I was still working. »

When we landed, we got to German immigration (pre-Schengen), and he presented his passport like anyone else. The German border police waved him through, saying, yes, yes, Herr Präsident, we know who you are. I was right behind him, so he turned to me, and said, take it easy, and see you next time in Washington! The border cops saw my American passport, and said, « you know our president? » I said « of course! » and they said, well then, go on through. Ridiculous, since I could have been a wanted serial killer for all they knew. But it was the easiest border control I ever had.


DFW

(60,807 posts)
32. You'll appreciate this supplemental little detail
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:09 PM
Mar 2026

The Germans, true to their reputation for being obsessed with bureaucratic detail, in those days used to print the profession of every passport holder in the passport underneath the photo and listed name. When Walter Scheel opened his passport to show the German border police, I saw what was printed in his passport in the line where the holder's profession was supposed to be listed. It read "Alt-Bundespräsident," or "former Federal President." How stodgy can a country get? Can you imagine some CBP officer asking Bill Clinton, arriving from London or wherever, what he does for a living? To their credit, Germany doesn't do that any more.

Torchlight

(7,238 posts)
19. Cruz and Noem are going to be livid if treated like commoners
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:38 AM
Mar 2026

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.

Quiet Em

(3,237 posts)
20. Yeah, the picture is pretty clear now
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:40 AM
Mar 2026

Between Republicans realizing that the public rightly blames the con artist for the slowdown at airports because the con is refusing to pay TSA workers, the bad optics and potential danger of putting ICE agents at airports, and now no perks for Congress.

Suddenly all the Republicans want to work with Senate Democrats to pay the TSA workers after refusing to do so for several weeks.

llmart

(17,775 posts)
38. We should take away all their perks...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:16 PM
Mar 2026

We would have a much more egalitarian Congress because the users who grift off our taxpayers' dime would have no incentive to run for office. Our country would be so much better off. While we're at it we should pass laws to get the money out of campaigns and limit the time a candidate's campaign can last.

Henry203

(976 posts)
22. I've known the mother of the author for years
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:44 AM
Mar 2026

She was our board memeber for our school district.

niyad

(135,307 posts)
27. Should have done this from Day One of the shutdown. Maybe charge them
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:03 PM
Mar 2026

double, or triple.

KPN

(17,596 posts)
31. Is everyone interpreting ths article incorrectly or is it just me. Didn't Cornyn just force Democrats to support a
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:09 PM
Mar 2026

bill he introduced, publicly touted, and successfully passed via unanimous consent last week to make Senators/Congressmen go through the same long security check procedures as everyone else? Didn't he call out Democrats for not passing DHS funding in doing this? Here's his quote:

“I am glad the Senate has agreed with this commonsense bill to prevent those of us who pass the laws, or in this case refuse to pass the laws funding [the Department of Homeland Security] appropriations, to prevent us from receiving special privileges,”

Couldn't Delta be applying the same sort of pressure? Aren't they the airline that has agreed to work with ICE in moving the folks they kidnap to detention centers and overseas?

I'm not sure applauding Delta is appropriate. Are you?

BadgerMom

(3,470 posts)
33. Great! Now do health care and retirement benefits.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:09 PM
Mar 2026

It endlessly galls me that Congress gets top-tier health care and generous retirement while we voters and citizens only get them restricting those things. Legislators should be paid a fair wage and not given a whole lot beyond that.

turbinetree

(27,802 posts)
34. Finally..............they can join the "small people"..............and see what it is like to eat cake............
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:10 PM
Mar 2026

next up United and American, Southwest, Jet Blue, Frontier...............what say you...........

Soul_of_Wit

(204 posts)
43. Delta gives preferential treatment to those with lots of SkyMiles
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:46 PM
Mar 2026

Guess who tends to have a lot of SkyMiles?

Ray Bruns

(6,965 posts)
44. You know what would solve this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:03 PM
Mar 2026
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