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5. Weak sauce, really -- they should have claimed airports as border, thus justifying invasion of any major city at will

Reply to Sogo (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 03:29 PM

Oct 2025

"What, your city has an international airport? Ah, that's border right there. Your whole metro area belongs to us now!"
Then deploy as desired anyway while it goes through the courts. As has been SOP for these fascist assholes previously. How did they miss such a golden opportunity for criming? Seriously, is Stephen Miller really that distracted? He's off his 4'10" game.

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The Feds are justifying Border Patrol in Chicago (required to operate within 100 mi. of a border) by saying the shore of [View all] Sogo Oct 2025 OP

For them, any bald-faced LIE will do. B.See Oct 2025 #1

Why? Mad_Machine76 Oct 2025 #2

Hell no... Moostache Oct 2025 #8

I forgot to put this: Mad_Machine76 Oct 2025 #15

Geography not their strong point. boonecreek Oct 2025 #3

The Great Lakes around Michigan are treated as a single body of water DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2025 #4

Weak sauce, really -- they should have claimed airports as border, thus justifying invasion of any major city at will 0rganism Oct 2025 #5

Don't give them any ideas! LOL! Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2025 #11

So weird that they'd miss it 0rganism Oct 2025 #16

The CBP's 100-mile zone starts at the boundary of the lakes. I'm almost positive there was a court case about this but WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2025 #6

Da fuck are ya talkin'? I saw this gub'mint guy on Fox and he had a map of the Great Lakes region and he had 3Hotdogs Oct 2025 #7

Portland, Oregon is more than a 100 miles from the border too. Botany Oct 2025 #9

no, the entire US coastline is considered a border, so Portalnd is within the 100 mile zone. Celerity Oct 2025 #14

Next thing you know Trump will want to rename it The Great Trump Lake. flashman13 Oct 2025 #10

Per the ACLU eggplant Oct 2025 #12

The Great Lakes are counted as one body of water. Celerity Oct 2025 #13

Most of the Magats probably believe that Lake Michigan borders with Canada... Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #17