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Lovie777
(21,716 posts)white nationalist...................kkk..........................rwers..........................so called Christians................
Torchlight
(6,303 posts)Wide nets, blindly cast with disregard to rule of law cause these masked agents of trump's Ministry of White Power to engage in absurd and downright abusive mistakes. Provocateurs may have about another week to pretend, sea-lion, and what-about these events, but soon the vents will overtake even their blindness and force them to see.
littlemissmartypants
(31,609 posts)Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)I think our side is a bit dellusional on the fact this will continue to happen, and it might be even easier.
rzemanfl
(31,106 posts)Initech
(107,394 posts)And Fox and the Heritage Foundation need to be declared enemies of the state.
Johonny
(25,406 posts)And we all knew this would happen
Initech
(107,394 posts)Only Putin and Xi are worse. And that's saying something.
moonshinegnomie
(3,848 posts)live uploading to the cloud. either on tik tok or some othe rservice. that way even if they take your phone the footage is still there
hamsterjill
(16,964 posts)How do you do that?
moonshinegnomie
(3,848 posts).theres also an app called twitch that can livestream. those are probably the 2 easiest.
hamsterjill
(16,964 posts)I will learn.
moonshinegnomie
(3,848 posts)who ever thought americans would need to learn from hong kong protestors on how to deal with thug cops
hamsterjill
(16,964 posts)I have been contacting family and friends this morning just to make sure that everyone has a plan. I feel like a fearmonger for doing it, but the fact is that everything we've seen people speculating about as to what's going to happen is actually happening. Almost in the order that the speculation has described.
The gut reaction is to want to say "oh, that'll never get that far", etc., but it IS getting there and we have GOT to take this seriously.
moonshinegnomie
(3,848 posts)i bought ammunition and a weapon. (im in texas)
hamsterjill
(16,964 posts)n/t
soldierant
(9,281 posts)There are playbooks for this - and they are being followed
TomSlick
(12,878 posts)I even think I've figured out how to use it.
I can't imagine there will be any trouble in Hot Springs. But if there is, I'm ready.
Thanks.
William769
(59,147 posts)Javaman
(65,089 posts)easier to hide.
Attilatheblond
(8,274 posts)FirstLight
(15,764 posts)and go after the ones in FAKE uniforms!
Attilatheblond
(8,274 posts)She can sniff out good guys and bad guys. Her sidekick is a 3 legged survivor of the AZ borderlands desert. He is extremely protective and his bark is intimidating, but his bite might be deadly. Dog's mouth reminds my of a gator.
I think most dogs can 'sniff out' people with bad intentions.
CrispyQ
(40,665 posts)Wow. There are a huge variety!
IronLionZion
(50,813 posts)sooner or later
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)These Fascist Nazis grabbed a US citizen at Home Depot because she was recording the ICE thugs inside the store.
It is 100% legal for anyone to record police in a public place, Home Depot is a public place.
Trumps ICE Gestapo dont give a rats ass about the laws in USA.
ICE is nothing but a lawless gang of abusive criminals grabbing and
abducting people without any legal warrants.
Attilatheblond
(8,274 posts)And I have read that Big Butthole Bill includes $25K bonuses for all ICE agents. They are not recruiting the best and brightest.
orangecrush
(28,274 posts)Liberal In Texas
(15,977 posts)DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)First they came for the ____________and I did nothing because I wasn't a _______________.
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barbtries
(31,120 posts)hoping to terrorize right thinking people into surrendering their rights proactively.
fuck them. I'm balls to the walls petal to the metal never giving up at this point. fuck them to hell and below
i mean it really makes me feel quite angry.
Initech
(107,394 posts)He is seriously crossing some lines that should never be crossed.
bdamomma
(69,164 posts)because things that this regime and Stephen Miller hoped would happen did not. The People are getting aware what they see is not what they like.
The regime is out of control, things are not going the way they planned. I have just finished listening to this other thread. Please take a listen please. Stephen Miller and the Felon are out of control, they are lashing out on Americans right now. And I even read that people are walking around with their passports now to prove they are Americans. Papers please, WTF!!!
Protests all over the US, the crowds will be big for this. Please read guidelines for peaceful protests.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220386184
VMA131Marine
(5,168 posts)The organisation is corrupted to the core and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.
Initech
(107,394 posts)Alliepoo
(2,768 posts)I respectfully disagree that it needs to be rebuilt. It needs to be burned to ashes, never to be heard from again. We dont need ice.
Joinfortmill
(20,032 posts)stollen
(1,040 posts)Is Home Depot a conduit to ICE?
justaprogressive
(6,296 posts)send their workers to pick up orders...
sop
(17,400 posts)waiting to be hired by contractors and other construction people. Many Home Depots (informally) reserve a section of their parking lots where these interactions occur. I suppose ICE targets Home Depot because that's where they can most easily arrest undocumented immigrants.
Wingus Dingus
(9,173 posts)need them--win win!
eppur_se_muova
(40,951 posts)Saw plenty of this in San Antonio (76% Spanish-speaking, last I checked). Most are legal, but ICE wouldn't care.
Attilatheblond
(8,274 posts)The day laborers generally on the shaded side of the building, where the Curbside Orders Pickup spot is.
moondust
(21,193 posts)Home Depot was founded and run by RWers.
Like Ken Langone:
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Langone heavily donated to efforts to defeat Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.[17] He led an effort by a group of wealthy Republican donors to draft Chris Christie to run; when he declined, Langone backed Mitt Romney.[17] He criticized the Affordable Care Act championed by Obama,[19] although he was also critical of Republican congressional leadership for triggering a government shutdown in an effort to block the ACA.[14] In 2014, Langone likened populist appeals to raise taxes on the rich in the United States to Hitler's rhetoric in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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There could conceivably be some coordination with the White House.
Figarosmom
(9,721 posts)They are not law enforcement. These guys have been recruited abd given free rein, just fir the purpose of rounding up brown and black people. It seems people recording and reporters have been added at least to threaten and harrass.
Pachamama
(17,540 posts)Cha
(316,703 posts)Ameica is going to know who they Are.
Evolve Dammit
(21,488 posts)Hassler
(4,756 posts)nt
haele
(15,068 posts)Pointing out that at the very least, ICE agents need to be in standard uniform, no masks, name tags and official badges, because basically, they might as well be wearing hajib because they're doing shit they know is wrong and could get them hauled up to a trial when their little empire building experiment does fall apart.
Also, the way ICE is operating make the US less safe, especially for businesses and wealthy f'ers Any criminal gang could swarm a high end store or restaurant claiming to look for undocumented employees to rob it and customers; any psycho could easily get a cosplay type uniform and target people - including MAGA - to hold for ransom, torture, rape or kill.
Just look at what happens in countries run by gangs and "private security" - like Haiti or Columbia.
Yes, what ICE doing is definitely unconstitutional and the first step to fascism. But MAGA cares only for their own skin, and pointing out how ICE is increasing the danger to the public the way they operate can blunt the support for their attack on democracy.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)think of the un-fathomable number of CHILDREN that were taken from their parents and who were just "disappeared" in Trumps first Reign of Terror.