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Passages

(3,206 posts)
1. Brought to you by those who claim to want a small presence of gov in your life.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:43 AM
Jul 2

What a travesty.

TommyT139

(1,634 posts)
2. I think I figured it out
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:01 AM
Jul 2

What they want is a small presence of government in their lives.

Then that leaves lots more government presence to keep watch over us.

electricmonk

(2,011 posts)
14. That's why they love the Gadsden flag
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 01:58 PM
Jul 2

since it says Don't Tread on Me instead of Don't Tread on Us

COL Mustard

(7,492 posts)
17. I think that ship sailed a long time ago
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:14 PM
Jul 2

They conned enough people for long enough to get what they wanted, and a few years ago the masks came off and the fangs came out.

Wonder Why

(5,953 posts)
4. It's easy to pick out the difference. One is a sleazeball, Constitution violating traitor and the other usually has
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:13 AM
Jul 2

a history of being convicted.

paleotn

(20,608 posts)
5. Who's to say the ICE goons don't have criminal records.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:31 AM
Jul 2

We don’t even know who they are…….yet. Wait until one gets popped by a target who happens to be armed. It will be quite informative if the regime fails to cover it up.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,591 posts)
6. The day is coming. It'll be interesting to see how the courts manage to reconcile
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:44 AM
Jul 2

it with "stand your ground" laws if the deceased agent/kidnapper refused to identify themselves.

Marcuse

(8,527 posts)
12. True. Another page from Putin's playbook. Recuit your prison population to augment your military or paramilitary.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:15 AM
Jul 2

TommyT139

(1,634 posts)
15. In that case
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 02:10 PM
Jul 2

...in true gestapo style I would bet there will be very harsh treatment of the entire neighborhood or area, so no one else gets the idea that standing up to fascists is wirthwhile.

Brainfodder

(7,519 posts)
7. World is too fubar to care if they show up directly at my front door and bash it in.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:49 AM
Jul 2

By that time, all the actual talking heads who have been "talking shit" about him since 2015 and possibly longer will have long been rounded up in the first round of illegal BS round up round up?

This is more likely IMHO just to be them raiding census data for locations of large groups of their undesirables.

Is it easy to predict that they will be avoiding the opposite ends of the housing spectrum? Ghetto/Ultra Rich Neighborhoods with own gates with armed guards a mile outside the actual neighborhood; that tier.

Being rid of exploiters of workers, and not just visitors to the country, regardless of paperwork, that I still support!

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