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Initech

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20. Elections won't save us, the law won't save us...

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #17)

Sun Aug 17, 2025, 08:04 PM

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What do we do? We can't just keep caving into the fascist' demands. We have to kick their asses.

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First-hand report from Gestapo-occupied DC. It's not pretty. [View all] AverageOldGuy Sunday OP

It's getting grim fast. I hope that your daughter and her friends stay safe. Dave Bowman Sunday #1

It's what they want of course, but people can only take so much, and they know that Cheezoholic Sunday #2

It's clearly what they want liberalgunwilltravel Sunday #27

They are accelerating, popsdenver Sunday #49

If they just go ahead slightlv Monday #68

I hope she remains safe. Throwing away the meager belongings of the homeless is just LoisB Sunday #3

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Yes! I imagine none of us would be able to sleep or look at ourselves in the mirror. They LoisB Sunday #28

I picture ICE agents as guys like Kyle Rittenhouse-- willing to ignore the law and mo remorse even for killing someone. Lonestarblue Monday #76

They want the homeless popsdenver Sunday #50

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Really? EmmaLee E Monday #70

Wow, Excellent Descriptive OP... TY AOG! Cha Sunday #4

"throwing all the belongings from homeless people into trash trucks" :( speak easy Sunday #6

I know... my face when I read that, too... Cha Sunday #7

86 47 Then Ice Ice Baby... MayReasonRule Monday #72

Sounds Reasonable to me. TY Cha Monday #83

Works for me, too. calimary Monday #88

Ugh, the NYC Parks Dept have nimble black trash trucks just for that ugly task IbogaProject Sunday #19

normal day in any american city quakerboy Sunday #57

I did not know that :( speak easy Sunday #58

In Seattle, the Homeless encampments become public health hazards. maxsolomon Monday #80

Krasnov awaits the response so he can declare martial law. GoodRaisin Sunday #5

I expect sooner rather than later. flashman13 Sunday #8

Time to hold a strike in DC or leave angrychair Sunday #9

Emptying cities (especially the blue ones) brakester Monday #84

I keep hearing that angrychair Monday #85

All it is going to take is a tiny spark... S/V Loner Sunday #10

Riots - What they want bpod1 Sunday #11

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Or even better, popsdenver Sunday #51

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these are people who refuse to do ANYTHING about chronic gun carnage Skittles Monday #69

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Monday #81

Creepy! I wonder if this was what they had planned for downtown Los Angeles. C Moon Sunday #12

Undoubtedly. B.See Sunday #43

I use ICEtapo, instead of Gestapo. I think more people relate to ICE instead of Ges. n/t aggiesal Sunday #13

It's all intended to provoke caraher Sunday #14

This is why i don't believe JustAnotherGen Sunday #34

I think the little shit lied Hekate Sunday #42

It looked like JustAnotherGen Monday #73

My son and his family live in DC mcar Sunday #15

I hope resturants and delis can selectively close temporarraly if the IceStazi show up IbogaProject Sunday #23

No pizza for Nazis! Blues Heron Sunday #26

That's right. Starve them out! ReRe Sunday #52

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Rest of the world, you are free to liberate us from this nightmare any time you like! Initech Sunday #16

If we need the rest of the world to solve this problem, we do not deserve a country. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #17

Elections won't save us, the law won't save us... Initech Sunday #20

Militias JustAnotherGen Sunday #38

And, numbers. OldBaldy1701E Monday #74

I'm on Threads quite a bit JustAnotherGen Monday #75

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I just don't see how we win a violent outcome MadameButterfly Monday #92

Well, none of us want it. hamsterjill Monday #94

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They won't JustAnotherGen Sunday #36

Too many countries are dealing with their own fascist turds. Initech Sunday #40

DO the White House, Congress, government building use local restaurants and other services? question everything Sunday #22

What about all the people working there that can't pay their rent or feed their families if they aren't working? MichMan Sunday #39

Who are the regular employers for all of these Ilsa Sunday #64

OK, but that has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted MichMan Sunday #65

No, I was thinking about small businesses from Ilsa Monday #66

It should be called trump gestapo California Kid Sunday #24

We need national strikes, work stoppages and maybe even hadEnuf Sunday #25

"The Gestapo spent yesterday throwing all the belongings from homeless people into trash trucks and hauling it away." WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #29

This is sadism. I wish that some would set a protest, that someone in Congress will decry this question everything Monday #79

That does look like trash to me? TnDem Monday #90

When people are living rough, their belongings do tend to look like trash, particularly by the time governors show up to WhiskeyGrinder Monday #95

The Gestrumpo Disaffected Sunday #30

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Yes I fear violence is in the future. Kablooie Sunday #33

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What in the world? MIButterfly Sunday #44

Numerous federal district courts, including Washington D.C., have found citizens have a First Amendment right sop Sunday #45

It's possible to photograph their activities, but I wouldn't do it with a cellphone FakeNoose Sunday #62

Trump's Gestapo/Secret Police patrol in squads, not pairs. Norrrm Sunday #46

Thanks for info. elleng Sunday #47

Well hey, we KNEW (didn't we?) that B.See Sunday #48

I'm pretty sure it's illegal, but.... COL Mustard Sunday #54

saw this on bsky orleans Sunday #56

Good thing Republicans are 'better for the economy' ! Jack Valentino Sunday #60

Number one priority: Don't carry a cellphone if you're going anywhere near them FakeNoose Sunday #59

Bullies prefer to pick on the vulnerable, madamesilverspurs Sunday #61

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That Was The Consensus Deep State Witch Monday #78

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