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Pic Of The Moment: Quote Of The Day (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2026 OP
And yet most of them would still vote for Dipwad Endlessmike56 Feb 2026 #1
And then most of them will go broke orangecrush Feb 2026 #19
hope so.......fafo gopiscrap Feb 2026 #34
The beatings will continue until morale improves! Initech Feb 2026 #22
One of my favorite sayings from my dad!!! Moostache Feb 2026 #42
They had no idea Trump didn't like brown immigrants dalton99a Feb 2026 #2
Maybe they thought he was going to just take immigrants that work for dems or in blue areas. ??? -nt CrispyQ Feb 2026 #5
That could be PatSeg Feb 2026 #17
He definitely was targeted for some reason..... popsdenver Feb 2026 #20
or maybe an agribusiness wants to corner the french fry market. rampartd Feb 2026 #70
Ding, Ding, Ding . . . . Scubamatt Feb 2026 #28
Stomp on shit... Dave Id Feb 2026 #3
Nom nom nom go the leopards!! Coventina Feb 2026 #4
Burp! Burp! Says the leopard. Botany Feb 2026 #13
LOL! n/t Coventina Feb 2026 #14
Damn! That's one beautiful animal! joshdawg Feb 2026 #40
Beautiful, well-fed and immigrated on a genius grant as there PufPuf23 Feb 2026 #47
They didn't think it could happen in their town SocialDemocrat61 Feb 2026 #6
People with itty bitty angry minds UpInArms Feb 2026 #7
Reminds me of a book title...what was it?... MiHale Feb 2026 #8
Book title I'm thinking of It Can't Happen Here. sueh Feb 2026 #53
👍 MiHale Feb 2026 #65
Weird how they never arrest the white gut Johonny Feb 2026 #9
The White Republican liberalgunwilltravel Feb 2026 #12
Yeah, funny that MustLoveBeagles Feb 2026 #49
Hmmm, maybe Fox news will have some answers for this poor fellow? hadEnuf Feb 2026 #10
"those immigrants would have murdered you as soon as the harvest was over ." rampartd Feb 2026 #71
The definition of liberalgunwilltravel Feb 2026 #11
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2026 #15
To my once residential state of Idaho, with love... 2naSalit Feb 2026 #16
That was awesome Botany Feb 2026 #68
Big Red Hat FAFOOOOOH NO!!! orangecrush Feb 2026 #18
I never thought the leopards eating faces party AllyCat Feb 2026 #21
One fella Codifer Feb 2026 #23
Frank Zappa called it also. Initech Feb 2026 #25
Blast from the past! 2naSalit Feb 2026 #69
When push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love! Initech Feb 2026 #24
FAFO, MY BRETHREN! 😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂 ColoringFool Feb 2026 #26
At its heart this is a story of white privilege--like so many of these are.... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 2026 #27
White privilege leanforward Feb 2026 #63
ICEstapo does not care about your town, as long as they get a bounty for each arrest + meeting their quota ... aggiesal Feb 2026 #29
Just a quick comment...these so-called bonuses promised by tRUMP still haven't been paid... SWBTATTReg Feb 2026 #37
Unfortunately, there's an uncomfortable reality they may not have accepted yet: calimary Feb 2026 #38
how true! SWBTATTReg Feb 2026 #41
Congress... hahahaha... pedora(c,p)ist will just deposit it in Justice matters. Feb 2026 #46
Loyalty is a one-way street..... SergeStorms Feb 2026 #30
FAFO ..... WestCoastDem42 Feb 2026 #31
Where I grew up they would call these people "dumb fucks" then turn around and say the same thing. twodogsbarking Feb 2026 #32
Yet another one for the FAFO Forum.... n/t TygrBright Feb 2026 #33
Oops, well, anyway ... relayerbob Feb 2026 #35
Oh, It'll Never Happen Here. MineralMan Feb 2026 #36
It's okay to make mistakes Soul_of_Wit Feb 2026 #39
Well first step is admitting you have a problem. Initech Feb 2026 #43
Idaho is the dumbest bunch of voters in the country. idahoblue Feb 2026 #44
When angry white people have something to actually be angry at government about -- but it's their own party! betsuni Feb 2026 #45
Let me go find the binky. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2026 #48
Hey David Lincoln JustAnotherGen Feb 2026 #50
This happened back in mid October Farmer-Rick Feb 2026 #51
Well, Farmers. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps and get into those fields and take care of your crops! sueh Feb 2026 #52
Um VFPYGF Clouds Passing Feb 2026 #54
I don't know if any of you remember when Mugabe bobalew Feb 2026 #55
Classic narrow MAGA vision. North Coast Lawyer Feb 2026 #56
No problem, Wilder. Hire republicans. Norrrm Feb 2026 #57
It's a Trump feature, not a fault. Aussie105 Feb 2026 #58
Sad. I am disappointed rpannier Feb 2026 #59
So Katcat Feb 2026 #60
Thems of us Just Jerome Feb 2026 #61
The most important part about that article Johnny2X2X Feb 2026 #62
Freaking wow malaise Feb 2026 #64
When Trump talked about 'Making America Great again' Aussie105 Feb 2026 #66
Millions of us told them this would happen Hassler Feb 2026 #67
FAFO ALERT! mdbl Feb 2026 #72
Another illustration of my "bottom half" theory RVN VET71 Feb 2026 #73
Congrats, MAGAts! You brought about the tyrannical government you always warned us about! Beartracks Feb 2026 #74
Lesson learned, I hope... Joinfortmill Feb 2026 #75

Initech

(109,291 posts)
22. The beatings will continue until morale improves!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:05 PM
Feb 2026

Or in the immortal words of Hamilton - "When push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!".

Moostache

(11,297 posts)
42. One of my favorite sayings from my dad!!!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:49 PM
Feb 2026

He loved that one when my brother and sister and I were fighting as kids...I can still hear him intoning "The beatings will now commence and they shall continue until morale improves!"

Thanks for that, I needed it more than I can ever say right now as my dad is on hospice care and nearing the end of a fight with age, dementia and a broken heart since we lost mom to COVID back in 2020. It brought a smile to my face and I appreciate that enormously.

CrispyQ

(41,111 posts)
5. Maybe they thought he was going to just take immigrants that work for dems or in blue areas. ??? -nt
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:58 AM
Feb 2026


popsdenver

(2,634 posts)
20. He definitely was targeted for some reason.....
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:55 PM
Feb 2026

or to spread Republican terrorism through a piss ant Republican State for some screwed up reason.
Maybe another farm owner who competes with him, wanted him taken out as competition.....
Or a neighboring farm wants his land at a cheap price, so he causes the bankruptcy of the farm, now with no workers.
Or maybe a neighboring farm owner didn't hire illegal aliens, but this guy did, so he called in a favor and got this farmer destroyed...

Scubamatt

(317 posts)
28. Ding, Ding, Ding . . . .
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:25 PM
Feb 2026

We have a winner!!!! MAGA minds see no inconsistency between cheering on a policy that hurts their perceived enemy and then being shocked/outraged when that same policy gets used against them. They are incapable of empathy beyond their immediate "clan." (no wonder they loved Charlie Kirk and Elon).

PufPuf23

(9,967 posts)
47. Beautiful, well-fed and immigrated on a genius grant as there
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:50 PM
Feb 2026

is a shortage of face-eating leopards at present.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,054 posts)
6. They didn't think it could happen in their town
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:58 AM
Feb 2026

but were probably ok with it happening in other towns. Typical conservatives.

UpInArms

(55,406 posts)
7. People with itty bitty angry minds
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:00 PM
Feb 2026

Never understand the big picture … they always think they are special

The trouble is that they are truly “special,” just not in a good way

MiHale

(13,187 posts)
8. Reminds me of a book title...what was it?...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:03 PM
Feb 2026

I know it was that paperback I picked up at a Sinclar gas station.

hadEnuf

(3,658 posts)
10. Hmmm, maybe Fox news will have some answers for this poor fellow?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:05 PM
Feb 2026

They will be completely false answers, but no matter. Just don't believe what you are seeing, hearing and actually speaking. Then it will all go away and anything bad will be Joe Biden's fault!

Stew in in, assh@le.

rampartd

(5,077 posts)
71. "those immigrants would have murdered you as soon as the harvest was over ."
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:19 PM
Feb 2026

trump tells these people that all 20 million or is it 40 million immigrants are murderers , rapists, and insane people looking for an asylum.

"they are eating the dogs. they are eating the cats" trump

Botany

(77,883 posts)
68. That was awesome
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:57 PM
Feb 2026

The lead singer with her ukulele and awesome pipes, the choir with the voices along with an attitude to
seat six, and more than a little “show boat” in them. That was great.

That made me happy.😃

AllyCat

(18,998 posts)
21. I never thought the leopards eating faces party
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:01 PM
Feb 2026

Meant the leopards would eat my face.

Codifer

(1,213 posts)
23. One fella
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:06 PM
Feb 2026

that thought that this could happen here was Sinclair Lewis.

And that was in 1935.

Initech

(109,291 posts)
24. When push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:07 PM
Feb 2026

La da da da da da da DIE da da da da DIE da da da...

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,079 posts)
27. At its heart this is a story of white privilege--like so many of these are....
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:18 PM
Feb 2026

First of all, there is the white privilege that has for so long defined life in rural America:

"Wilder felt far enough off the beaten path that residents assumed the aggressive immigration crackdowns they'd been hearing about were a big-city problem."[1]


But even more telling is the venue of the raid itself:

The raid targeted La Catedral Arena, an unlicensed racetrack that's been part of the social scene around here for ages. It wasn't just some random spot—people went there for events, to see friends, to be part of the community. Then federal agents showed up, and everything changed.
...
John Carter runs a security company that worked at the racetrack, and he's a Trump supporter himself.[1]


So this unlicensed racetrack--read: illegal betting--that had a distinctly Hispanic name and was run by immigrants was "part of the social scene" and protected by a security company run by a conservative, but "[n]obody thought something like this could happen here"?

This sort of thing is endemic in rural red areas across this country: their white privilege tells them that they have the right to do all sorts of things that others should not enjoy the same right to.

Whether it is illegal moonshine, drugs, gambling, animal fighting, tax evasion, etc., rural white America enjoys their privilege--and it is so embedded in the culture now they are often shocked when it breaks down.

But the malAdministration is so dedicated to their racism that even white privilege is being pushed out of the way to satisfy their lust to inflict pain on immigrants.

It might move the needle eventually....


[1] https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pro-trump-idaho-farming-town-nearly-destroyed-ice-raid-leaves-community-without-harvest-workers-1777595

aggiesal

(10,919 posts)
29. ICEstapo does not care about your town, as long as they get a bounty for each arrest + meeting their quota ...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:27 PM
Feb 2026

Each "body" means money and you're just getting in their way to collect those 💵💸💰'💲

SWBTATTReg

(26,409 posts)
37. Just a quick comment...these so-called bonuses promised by tRUMP still haven't been paid...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:25 PM
Feb 2026

And I wonder how they'll be authorized, since Congress is the only entity that authorizes expenditures.

calimary

(90,842 posts)
38. Unfortunately, there's an uncomfortable reality they may not have accepted yet:
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:40 PM
Feb 2026

that Trump’s promises mean NOTHING. And he doesn’t give a whiff about ANY of them.

SergeStorms

(20,827 posts)
30. Loyalty is a one-way street.....
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:34 PM
Feb 2026

with King Kon, buddy.

You actually thought Drumph was on your side and had your back?

What a maroon!

twodogsbarking

(19,388 posts)
32. Where I grew up they would call these people "dumb fucks" then turn around and say the same thing.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:46 PM
Feb 2026

Stupidity doesn't come and go, it stays and stays.

MineralMan

(151,597 posts)
36. Oh, It'll Never Happen Here.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:21 PM
Feb 2026

They're only going for the Blue states and cities. We're good...

Famous last words...

Soul_of_Wit

(148 posts)
39. It's okay to make mistakes
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:40 PM
Feb 2026

If you fail to learn from your mistake, then shame on you. If you learn from your mistake, then it had all of the value in the world.

Initech

(109,291 posts)
43. Well first step is admitting you have a problem.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:55 PM
Feb 2026

It didn't have to get this bad before people realize what a mistake it was to elect the asshole for a second term. But I hope that people continue to wake up to the damage this insufferable turd and his goons are doing to our country.

idahoblue

(456 posts)
44. Idaho is the dumbest bunch of voters in the country.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:00 PM
Feb 2026

They bitch about losing access to public land but vote for those closing it.
They complain about too few doctors but vote for those causing the mass migration of doctors out of the state.
They scream local control but vote for those placing government control on everything.
California and Texas are not sending us their best.

betsuni

(29,312 posts)
45. When angry white people have something to actually be angry at government about -- but it's their own party!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:01 PM
Feb 2026

Oops, confusing. Sad!

JustAnotherGen

(38,115 posts)
50. Hey David Lincoln
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:14 PM
Feb 2026

pull this finger and I . . .

They knew - they just thought their cheap labor would be spared.

Farmer-Rick

(12,787 posts)
51. This happened back in mid October
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:24 PM
Feb 2026

Why are we only hearing of it now? The date on when the site published the article is 9 February.

Four months later we hear how rural towns are being decimated by Pedo Trump's federal goons. I heard some folks here in rural East TN say the pedo was sending his goon squads here. I thought it was just conspiracy thinking. But now, I'm not so sure.

October is prime harvest season. I wonder if all the crops were picked and collected? February and March is freaking cold in Idaho so not much for immigrant farm workers to do. Though here in East TN, March is prime planting season. Yikes, I wonder if any planting will get done?

sueh

(1,973 posts)
52. Well, Farmers. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps and get into those fields and take care of your crops!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:36 PM
Feb 2026

bobalew

(477 posts)
55. I don't know if any of you remember when Mugabe
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:23 PM
Feb 2026

decimated his economy when he shut down & removed all of his Quiosk vendors for being socially underclassed. ( he referred to them as scumbags), but when he did that, he cut the bottom pillars out from his economy, causing a deep dive into really bad inflation, & killing his country's economy. This is what Tr@mp is doing to ours, cutting the bottom out of our economy. He is doing a "Mugabe" to us by removing an economic layer.

North Coast Lawyer

(266 posts)
56. Classic narrow MAGA vision.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:27 PM
Feb 2026

Did these guys really think they were special? Mass deportation is what Trump promised. They're getting exactly what they voted for. Hope they enjoy their continued slide into economic obviation.

Norrrm

(5,621 posts)
57. No problem, Wilder. Hire republicans.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:30 PM
Feb 2026

Good news, Republicans. You get your jobs back...

All those jobs the immigrants took from you.

Aussie105

(8,191 posts)
58. It's a Trump feature, not a fault.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:12 PM
Feb 2026

If you consider his aim is to do maximum disruption to American society, you will see more clearly.

Add in the fact he hates everyone, no matter who you voted for, and things make sense.

The thing that worries me though, is not that an insane person is doing insane things, but that a lot of his past and present supporters somehow think they can benefit from him being in the White House.

Critical thinking and buyer beware due diligence unfortunately aren't common features of a lot of Americans.
(I blame the education system.)

rpannier

(24,960 posts)
59. Sad. I am disappointed
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:13 PM
Feb 2026

It's only nearly destroyed. I was kind of hoping it was totally destroyed. Maybe if we give it time
Rent a black SUV and drive through town

Katcat

(616 posts)
60. So
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:15 PM
Feb 2026

You’re saying they got what they voted for but it’s not what they want now? Too bad, so sad, they were had, and now they’re mad. F them

Johnny2X2X

(24,440 posts)
62. The most important part about that article
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:56 PM
Feb 2026

Was when he talked about how he thought this would only be in the cities. He was all too happy if some other people’s communities were being terrorized and destroyed, but not his own.

These people are truly sick and deserve to lose everything.

Aussie105

(8,191 posts)
66. When Trump talked about 'Making America Great again'
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:31 PM
Feb 2026

was he really thinking of taking America back to a depression, like the one from 1929 until the onset of World War II in 1941?

Hassler

(4,968 posts)
67. Millions of us told them this would happen
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:41 PM
Feb 2026

But they didn't believe it. If they change their minds and vote better next time this horror can be stopped...but who am I kidding?

RVN VET71

(3,226 posts)
73. Another illustration of my "bottom half" theory
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:38 PM
Feb 2026
The median IQ of Americans is 100. That means half of us have IQs above 100, and the rest voted Republican.

These are people who don't think, they just look to those they consider their intellectual betters for instructions and protection.

So when Trump's thugs attack them just like they were Blue State people, their whole belief system crashes and they are just lost and confused --- and frightened, too, because they suddenly realize that the pain they enjoyed being visited on others is now being visited on them, and there's no where to turn for protection.

It's "bottom half" panic.

But come election day, these same people will vote for Republicans again, maybe with tears in their eyes, hoping they'll be readmitted to the protective arms of the GOP. Think of a poor beaten wife, black of eye and puffy of lip, begging her drunken (with power in this case) husband to forgive her.

Bottom half mortification.

Beartracks

(14,654 posts)
74. Congrats, MAGAts! You brought about the tyrannical government you always warned us about!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:42 PM
Feb 2026

Joinfortmill

(21,696 posts)
75. Lesson learned, I hope...
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:58 AM
Feb 2026

As a country and as Americans, we need to be done with this fascist shit. RESIST.

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