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Swede

(37,577 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 08:56 AM Friday

This is Chicago,Illinois,not some far off, war torn other country. AMERICA. This cannot be allowed to continue.

It sure is. And it sure can't.

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This is Chicago,Illinois,not some far off, war torn other country. AMERICA. This cannot be allowed to continue. (Original Post) Swede Friday OP
All this, while murielm99 Friday #1
He's just that petty. YodaMom2 Friday #12
and Hillary Skittles Friday #16
Post here wants MLB teams to refuse to play and forfeit games as a protest against ICE MichMan Saturday #29
K & R................... Lovie777 Friday #2
ICE appears to be nothing more than a masochistic white supremacists hate group pretending to be an ratchiweenie Friday #3
I saw online someone mentioned the Proud Boys et al aren't protesting anymore. They all got jobs now. Swede Friday #9
ICE are the American Gestapo. wnylib Friday #17
And we Americans Traildogbob Saturday #26
JFC spanone Friday #4
we're doin our best here. mopinko Friday #5
And we NEED to. calimary Friday #6
i've had a string of health issues that have kept me on the bench, but mopinko Friday #7
I've met some nice folks at the local events I've attended. calimary Saturday #22
there'll b an old friend or 2, but mopinko Saturday #24
And it's guaranteed to remind you that LOTS of people agree with you calimary Saturday #25
American trained soldiers have often done even worse IbogaProject Friday #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Friday #10
The homeless in Chicago are part of the target Marthe48 Friday #11
I knew that wouldn't last long Marthe48 Friday #15
we protest, we fight markie Friday #13
That raid was a crime. If there are no indictments... Martin Eden Friday #14
Abolish ICE !! leftstreet Friday #18
The McConnell Court green-lighted this calamity. BurnDoubt Friday #19
What recourse do we have? Oeditpus Rex Friday #20
THEY USED FUCKIN HELICOPTERS Figarosmom Saturday #21
And broke down doors once inside! electric_blue68 Saturday #23
Outright Nazi GESTAPO tactics and DOMESTIC TERRORISM, unleashed B.See Saturday #27
Absolutely! electric_blue68 Saturday #28
What is happening in Chicago is a GREAT argument for a non-right-wing militia or citizen's police force, Jack Valentino Saturday #30

murielm99

(32,395 posts)
1. All this, while
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 09:02 AM
Friday

Chicago is in the middle of celebrating a Cubs win, something not often seen. I think fucking trump is trying to ruin anything Chicagoans might enjoy. He is just that sadistic.

ratchiweenie

(8,136 posts)
3. ICE appears to be nothing more than a masochistic white supremacists hate group pretending to be an
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 09:29 AM
Friday

arm of the law. Did ICE hire only Proud Boys and Oath Keepers as their new recruits, because it sure seems that way.

Swede

(37,577 posts)
9. I saw online someone mentioned the Proud Boys et al aren't protesting anymore. They all got jobs now.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:15 AM
Friday

nt

Traildogbob

(11,992 posts)
26. And we Americans
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 09:02 PM
Saturday

That pay taxes, are funding their outrageous salaries. While everything WE pay taxes for to benefit us is being cut and eliminated.
Let’s all sing the National Anthem and remove our hats. So fucking proud.

mopinko

(73,058 posts)
7. i've had a string of health issues that have kept me on the bench, but
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:16 AM
Friday

hopefully the last of those gets fixed today. we have 2 wkly visibility events in my hood. i’ve only been once, but they’re growing now. hope to b a regular.

mopinko

(73,058 posts)
24. there'll b an old friend or 2, but
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 08:53 AM
Saturday

yeah, mostly folks i’ve never met. another good reason to get out. i need to b around like minded folk.

calimary

(88,052 posts)
25. And it's guaranteed to remind you that LOTS of people agree with you
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 08:11 PM
Saturday

and support what you're doing. It really is encouraging and invigorating! Everybody's nice and dedicated to peacefully opposing the donald. People smile, wave, and/or flash thumbs-up as they drive by. I've been there for many weeks in 2025 and each Friday, I count a maximum of only five "middle finger salutes." Hasn't gone beyond that, at least not yet, and most of the time it's less than that - mainly threes and fours.

Highly recommended, gotta say!

IbogaProject

(5,154 posts)
8. American trained soldiers have often done even worse
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:48 AM
Friday

This is like Karma, except the wealthy who backed our training secret police are benefiting unstead of being the ones ripped out of their homes in the dead of night. Our nation has visited this hell around tge developing world for over a century.n

Response to Swede (Original post)

Marthe48

(22,068 posts)
11. The homeless in Chicago are part of the target
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:38 AM
Friday

Anyone who is vulnerable can be assaulted by i.c.e.

Hope that helps you see the big picture.

Martin Eden

(14,958 posts)
14. That raid was a crime. If there are no indictments...
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:56 AM
Friday

...then our Justice system is already broken.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,902 posts)
20. What recourse do we have?
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 08:37 PM
Friday

Voting? It's 13 months away and can no longer be trusted, besides

Arming ourselves? The enemy would just deply more forces and heavier armament.

A coup d' état? We'd have to remove all of les états. For that, we'd need the arms, the organization and the people willing to carry it out -- that is, willing to be taken prisoner or to die.

Seems like we can only continue what we've been doing. Sooner or later, The Felon will be gone, and maybe his Gestapo and SS will run out of gas. Maybe.

I'm not giving in. I just don't see a way for this to be stopped as quickly as it needs to be. (Look at what it took to stop the Thhird Reich.)

Figarosmom

(9,080 posts)
21. THEY USED FUCKIN HELICOPTERS
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 01:35 AM
Saturday

Last edited Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:08 AM - Edit history (1)

To drop agents onto the roof of an apartment building in the middle of the night.

THAT IS NOT NORMAL

B.See

(6,963 posts)
27. Outright Nazi GESTAPO tactics and DOMESTIC TERRORISM, unleashed
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 09:11 PM
Saturday

upon an American city, and upon US citizens.

Jack Valentino

(3,558 posts)
30. What is happening in Chicago is a GREAT argument for a non-right-wing militia or citizen's police force,
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 10:49 PM
Saturday

to take these lawbreaking criminal ICE agent THUGS into custody and bring charges against them!


Sorry, but I've seen more than I can take anymore...

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