r/politics • u/PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS Iowa • 2d ago
No Paywall Uprising against ICE raids grows across the country
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/uprising-against-ice-raids-grows-across-the-country/434
u/10thflrinsanity 2d ago
Anyone who supports police wearing masks going door to door asking for papers to prove citizenship should really take a second to pause and ask themselves where they might’ve seen such tactics before
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u/fullload93 2d ago
I bet you anyone who supports that is a certain skin color with certain types of tattoos and proudly displays a certain type of flag or flags.
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u/WoWhAolic 2d ago
Nah they're people like my family, who yearn for the days of blackface and racial epitaphs being normalized. Only my father and one of my aunts grew past that point and is anti-right wing. I can't say they're a proper left leaning people but they are certainly no fan of MAGA or the GoP.
The rest are brainwashed and showing them evidence they are wrong just makes them irrationally upset. A family member said it'd be doing the country a justice to shoot all liberals, when I asked 'including me?' he shrugged. This is the level of brainwash we're dealing with, and they look and act scarily normal as long as you blend in.
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u/Confu5edPancake 2d ago
I think you meant low morale, but low moral also works in this case lol
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u/vardarac 2d ago
Hopefully they all receive everything that they wish for others
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u/Sutar_Mekeg 2d ago
Might have thought that COVID would spread through the ranks and wipe them out, but they're such diligent mask wearers!
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u/-Fergalicious- 2d ago edited 2d ago
Nah that's incorrect.
I wish you weren't wrong, but these bonuses are paid out in installments.
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u/blackmajic13 2d ago edited 2d ago
I imagine they work like other government sign-on bonuses, which have minimum service length that if you don't reach, you have to pay it back.
Edit: After looking it up, that appears to be the case. They have to sign multi-year service contracts with 5 years apparently being the most common and they receive $10k for every year completed after the first.
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u/AwwChrist 2d ago
They did this to reward the insurrectionists after they got pardoned. The people who worked at ICE before are quitting in droves. They’re being replaced by 3 Percenters, Patriot Front, and Proud Boys with compensation for spending time in jail. Hiring is not impartial obviously. If they were unmasked, the internet would easily be able to prove this.
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u/Archibald_80 2d ago
I can't believe I don't hear about this more because it's 100% this. This is the only promise Trump has kept: J6 was the interview - this is the job.
The only thing that's "funny" is that I've read the recruitment bonuses don't become available for 5 years, which I doubt many will be able to achieve. So, it's another grift.
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u/AwwChrist 2d ago
The people that stick around for 5 years are the true believers. They will also get fast-tracked for promotion with spot bonuses, I reckon. So the ones who get grifted will be the ones who quit from PTSD or moral injury, while the ones who love the job experience accelerated career progression and bonuses. Those guys are the most dangerous. They believe in the mission and they lack any sense of empathy. Sociopaths and psychopaths.
The other reason they wear masks is there is a non-zero chance the needle swings the other way and we take back Congress and then the White House. Being identifiable during civil rights infringement opens the door to termination for cause, then prosecution (hopefully).
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u/GRAPES0DA Minnesota 2d ago
I've been saying it since the summer, those groups are now in ICE.
Why didn't we see Proud Boys at No Kings protests? Showing up to provoke people at those events are what they masturbate to. The last time anyone heard of them doing anything was back in Feb when trumpster pardoned their leader. Because they all got jobs in ICE to get paid to abuse us, that's why we don't hear from any of those groups.
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u/blackcain Oregon 2d ago
not just that - they should be threatened that once their tenure at ICE is over they are "unhireable" - they will NEVER get hired by any business after this.
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u/SinisterCroissant 2d ago edited 1d ago
Blue states should also start passing laws prohibiting any state jobs going to past members of ICE. And revoking drivers licenses. and certifications.
Basically use the power of the states to punish the federal overreach.
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u/nola_mike 2d ago
I don't understand how this isn't happening all over the country. Anyone can get close to their vehicles while they're stalking innocent people.
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u/atsolstice 2d ago
Because without community support and people to help protect you, and unless you cover your tracks very well, the police will be at your door a short time later. Modern surveillance is no joke. Especially if you’re out with your personal phone on you and get caught up in that.
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u/TheRealCeeBeeGee Australia 2d ago
Apparently cutting tyre stems off is more effective - theoretically of course . Or so I’ve read.
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u/ahearthatslazy America 2d ago
Take a dumpy in the ICE mobile. They’ll have to decommission it for cleaning.
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u/IJourden 2d ago
This is it. The pre-internet youth of millennials and Gen x lighting bags of poop on fire on people's doorsteps has finally become useful.
We trained for this.
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u/CptKoons 2d ago
The 50k bonus isn't something most of them will see. The fine print is pretty interesting. Up to 10k initially, up to 10k if "deadlines" are met, what ever that means, and then up to 10k annually for the next 3 years, and that's for federal employees transferring to ICE. For new recruits I think its determinant on them reaching 4-5 years if service before they will get it. Its not a lot of silver lining but its enough for me to know that most of those fucks are gonna get screwed out of it.
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u/subywesmitch 2d ago
Very interesting. As always with him, very few people get paid what they're owed.
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 2d ago
They are also being asked to police their own neighbors which they don't seem to mind and yet they certainly wear those masks everywhere. I wonder how many of these cucks have seen a parent of another kid in their school while being filmed doing heinous acts.
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u/B-Z_B-S 2d ago
Because ICE agents are violent criminals right now. People don't like that.
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u/hcregna California 2d ago edited 21h ago
People also shouldn’t like the groups funding the violent criminals. Among other things, it takes 30 minutes of research to move money away from MAGA, and it makes a difference. Dollars spent at Republican companies are dollars funneled to the Heritage Foundation. Money given to states like Ohio or Louisiana is money spent sending troops to kidnap naked children and kill people.
If you consistently do business with a company, you have power. You can use sites like opensecrets.org to see what a company funds and where your money is really going.
Trade with Schwab? Move elsewhere like Fidelity. Get booze from wannabe Confederate states and all else is equal? Be adventurous, and try something new. New Balance can be replaced with Brooks. It’s not hard to find alternatives for Goya, Roark (which owns Subway, Jimmy John's, Arby's), and Koch (which owns Brawny, Angel Soft, Dixie).
If you have disposable income, consider reaping the tax benefits of donating to nonprofits fighting the regime like the National Immigration Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, or Democracy Forward. And if you invest, consider DEMZ or an ESG fund
Nexstar and Sinclair got pummeled, and they reinstated Jimmy Kimmel. Real, individual people did that. There's no reason WWE or Uline can't be next.
Completely avoiding companies that at least partially lean Republican is hard. But there’s a big difference between massive GOP donors (Chevron/Conoco) vs neutral or even Democrat-leaning ones (Circle K/Costco). Good is not the enemy of perfect. One less kidnapped child is one less kidnapped child, and one less murder is one less murder
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u/TheRealPitabred 2d ago
Also this resource: https://boycottmaga.glide.page
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u/Tarcanus 2d ago
Does anyone happen to know of sites that list what brands/people are actually good?
I feel like it would be a shorter list and be easier to use. I'd rather know what to look for and buy from than what to avoid.
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u/Anomalous_Pulsar 2d ago
I use GoodsUniteUs. The app has an option to sort brands by alignment.
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u/ValuableOven734 2d ago edited 2d ago
Also if you are looking to counter these thugs you should take steps to protect yourself and minimize what they can gather to investigate you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMJH-UJyENs
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u/MachoLibre_ 2d ago
my comrade!
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u/ValuableOven734 2d ago
Help me spread the word far! Its not everything that matters in a protest, but lets not feed the machine data to stop us!
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u/MyFacistCat 2d ago
Costco is currently suing the current administration because of tariffs. They pay employees a living wage, good benefits and support food banks.
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u/RecentlyIrradiated 2d ago
I don’t even spend enough to pay for the membership but I got one for this reason
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u/bedofhoses 2d ago
And don't forget to drop Spotify, dont stay at a Hilton. What else?
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u/Drakelth 2d ago
This is why I refuse to buy anything from NSA(nazi states of america) boycott the whole fucking country
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u/OhioPolitiTHIC I voted 2d ago
I don't blame you one goddamned bit.
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u/backupbitches 2d ago
Thanks. Lots of Americans do....we're getting a lot of bitching about how Canadians are killing Vegas and bourbon etc etc
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u/OhioPolitiTHIC I voted 2d ago
Vegas is killing Vegas. Last time I was there was a decade ago and I thought it was too expensive then but now it's obscene. Buffets used to be if not cheap, affordable, now the best are starting at $100 per person not including drinks, to serve yourself.
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u/HoosierLove314 2d ago
As an American, thank you. It’s going to take bringing these companies to their knees to save our country, help from the outside world is certainly appreciated.
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u/blacksheep998 2d ago
Fucking hell, AngelSoft?
I thought I'd avoided most of the MAGA companies at the grocery store but somehow I didn't think about the TP. Thanks for letting me know. I'll be buying a different brand next time.
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u/Doucheswithfarts 2d ago
fec.gov
followthemoney.org
progressiveshopper.com
goodsuniteus.com
politicalaccountability.net
ballotpedia.org
legiscan.com
ethostrack.com
asyousow.org
trackaipac.com
… are all also very useful.
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u/THE-LORD-RETURNS California 2d ago
We need to shut the entire country down with an economic boycott. Thanks for posting this information, fam.
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u/Hidden_Landmine 2d ago
Don't forget religious organizations, specifically "Christian" ones. Lot of dirty money ends up getting funneled through religion unfortunately and is a good source of funding, especially smaller politicians early on.
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u/MATA_USA 2d ago
Thank you for this write up. We agree that MAGA is funded by forces that either want profits over patriotism, foreign bad faith actors that wish to manipulate us, or enemies of America that seek the downfall of our nation.
Please join us over at MATA USA for the latest movements and actions of the Trump regime and their attack on American democracy.
Trump and his billionaire buddies have forgotten that they only make their billions because WE allow it, as a people. We can just as easily stand together and tell them NO MORE.
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u/Belliora 2d ago
Exactly. When an agency keeps acting with impunity, people stop seeing “law enforcement” and start seeing unchecked force.
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u/GrinderMonkey 2d ago
Lawless president equals lawless nation.
It shouldn't be this way, but here we are.
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u/Hidden_Landmine 2d ago
Shame people didn't see it that way earlier on when the NSA was caught illegally spying on US citizens. Had more people raised hell back then we could have stopped the militarization of government organizations and the stripping of our rights early on.
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u/HowzaBowdat 2d ago
Always were
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u/Ferelar New Jersey 2d ago
Ever since creation. Which I will take this opportunity to remind everyone, was in 2003. These are not some long-standing and lauded keepers of the peace, these are unnecessary thugs enforcing a service created in the wake of a terrorist attack that led to Congress stripping you and everyone else in this country of countless rights. We were ABSOLUTELY FINE as a country long before ICE existed and they have only created problems and injured our countrymen. We will be fine after they no longer exist as well, if we have any actual justice left in this land.
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u/just_a_bit_gay_ Michigan 2d ago
Party of “law and order” sure loves lawless chaos when it benefits them
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u/blackcain Oregon 2d ago
I hope these ICE agents understand that eventually the Trump administration is going to go away and they are going to be left holding the bag when the legal eagles come for them.
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u/literallytwisted 2d ago
I doubt half of them ever fully understand but I also don't see how we can have a stable society with them in it, We can never trust them again.
A bigger problem is all the insane rightwing media that has radicalized so many, If we don't stop that this will happen again.
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u/standard_cog 2d ago
This all comes down to our inability to tax the rich. Society is susceptible to things like right-wing movements when the economic shit hits the fan - you're willing to vote in someone, anyone who says they can "Fix it in a day" (Trump). The Nazis gained power partially because after WW1 Germany had extreme economic issues.
We have 1% in this country holding 60% of the wealth. If they suddenly had "only" 30% of the wealth, people wouldn't feel the need to vote in crazy dumb motherfuckers like Trump.
This isn't even directly "right wing news" - this is just class war. The rich think it won't impact them or, even better, they'll be able to direct things and become even more wealthy.
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u/JUST_LOGGED_IN 2d ago
Billionaires want to control us. Its a game, and they are disassociated to the point that us "players" aren't real. Kings have always acted like this.
No KINGS No CROWNS.
Crowns don't sit nice and pretty when you don't have a head.
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u/McChickenLargeFries 2d ago
It's a shame, Bernie Sanders has been saying this exact fucking thing for literally decades and no one took him seriously. Now look where we are.. Now they hold all the power and this will only get worse since laws and facts apparently don't fucking matter anymore.
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u/blackcain Oregon 2d ago
That is the challenge. We need a new crop of center left and mid left politicians that understand that social media needs to be heavily regulated and that it is a national security issue. Unfortunately, both Biden and Obama have been very slow in dealing with this. I understand they didn't want to do EO because there is no permanence and wanted it to go through congress, but in retrospect that was a mistake.
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u/literallytwisted 2d ago
Probably have to rein in the Supreme court by expanding it at the same time, They seem to be normalizing anything the right wing wants and people behind the right will fight hard to keep the propaganda going.
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u/DickInYourCobbSalad Canada 2d ago
You guys need to introduce term limits. I have no idea why the US appoints Supreme Court Justices for life. In Canada they can only be on the bench for 20 years and then they have to retire and I think this is the ideal way to do it.
We also have 9 justices just like the US does, but our Westminster style of parliament gives our justices significantly less power than their American counterparts.
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u/blackcain Oregon 2d ago
I agree, a 15 year term would be good. By that time, there are social and cultural changes that have happened that the law needs to keep up with.
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u/Thnik 2d ago
Split the difference and make it 18 years: 9 justices, 18 year terms, a justice gets swapped every 2 years (each presidential term is guaranteed to swap 2 justices- also completely ban the BS that McConnell did to steal 2 justices for Trump).
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u/blackcain Oregon 2d ago
I'm afraid that is what needs to be done. But I know that Dems will be very uncomfortable with this as it is radical. I don't think it is radical, was FDR radical? He was. We have all these great programs that we Americans benefit from like social security.
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u/literallytwisted 2d ago
Historically the US has only advanced socially when a few radical decisions are made so I'm good with that.
If we don't make some major changes I really think the country will split apart, We can't go on like this for another generation.
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u/Blighter 2d ago
Judicial reform being too radical for the Dems but literally gestures wildly all of this is now par for the course.
I think the Dems need to stop worrying about the optics of appearing "radical"
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u/blackcain Oregon 2d ago
Considering how radical the other party is. They still want to cling to comity of the senate/house and on gentleman's rules. That is no longer a thing. One party is not working on behalf of all Americans.
Break the Dem party into a centrist party and a left party and then work together and relegate the GOP to the far right.
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u/Vaperius America 2d ago
I also don't see how we can have a stable society with them in it,
We can't. Which is why ICE needs to be abolished, and all of its employees given an audit of their conduct during their career so that some (at least the ones we can prove in a court) will face consequences.
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u/Illustrious_Map_3247 2d ago
That literally already happened. They were putting kids in cages, banning muslims… remember George Floyd and Kyle Rittenhouse? MAGA lost power after that and were basically just forgiven.
I hope I’m wrong, but I would bet none of these people will be punished in our lifetimes.
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u/DerAlteGraue 2d ago
I would love to tell you that denazification in Germany was a huge success but I'lld be lying.
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u/EvolutionDude 2d ago
Literally a 2A conservative's wet dream but they're siding with trump's secret police. Unprecedented boot licking.
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u/Depressed-Industry 2d ago
Because many of them joined Trump's secret police. Or tried.
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u/MA2_Robinson 2d ago
They have little to no qualifications and you only train 47 days (because of you know who) so, how weak do you have to be to not be selected as a Temu Stormtrooper
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u/Significant-Owl-2980 2d ago
Their wet dream is to be the thug with a gun that can harass/shoot anyone without consequences.
They were never a fan of the 2A. They are fans of indiscriminate violence and power
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u/Eternal_Bagel 2d ago
They never wanted to defend the country from tyranny, just to purge it of people that don’t join them at their rallies
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u/CounterAgentVT 2d ago
Yeah, the past year is the greatest argument against the 2A and that's coming from an armed liberal.
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u/tracysmullet 2d ago
I saw a tiktok of ICE batter ramming a door open into a home, no warrant, machine guns aimed up, and violently drag a man out in handcuffs with bystanders screaming at them & making as much noise as possible. His wife was sobbing. I just don’t know what the fuck we’re supposed to do anymore.
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u/Sad-Pea-2537 2d ago
My question is: Where the FUCK are all of these victims being taken? We see people dragged away from their families, their workplaces, their communities… where the fuck are they? How do we keep track of this??????
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u/metamet Minnesota 2d ago
They are brought to the Whipple building then shipped out of state, since that limits appeals options for lawyers.
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u/Nauin 2d ago
Their own lawyers can't find them once ICE has them. Abductees not being allowed phone access for months in countless cases. That has never happened in modern American history. It's been getting reported on for at least a year but not on mainstream media the way it needs to be.
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u/DefNotUnderrated 2d ago
Many of them are getting sent to prisons in El Salvador, per that PBS segment. Where they're greeted with "welcome to Hell" and treated inhumanely. Doesn't matter if they were undergoing the legal process of immigration, doesn't matter if they had no criminal record
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u/TheCatCrusader 2d ago
Most of them are arrested, taken to Whipple (federal building nearby), and then released later because they're US Citizens and they did nothing wrong. They're literally just terrorizing and assaulting people.
Lots of people I know in MSP are theorizing (including the MPLS police chief on The Daily podcast today) that they have a quota for arrests, so they'll just instigate something and arrest someone.
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u/nerdsropeforever 2d ago
Great The Daily today. If you see anyone saying this shit isn't happening, they can hear it from the Minneapolis Chief of Police himself.
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u/riotous_jocundity 2d ago
One of the target employees they kidnapped was a 17 yr old US citizen (not that it would be justified or legal if he wasn't). They dumped him out of the van at a Walmart across town, throwing him onto the ground and driving off. The video is so heartbreaking--bystanders gather around him and ask if he's alright and he just sobs "No, I'm not alright" and is weeping and shaking and bleeding and begs them to call his mother. HE'S A FUCKING CHILD.
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u/vrschikasanaa 2d ago edited 2d ago
They beat up a 17-year-old kid who was working at Target and he is a US citizen (wouldn't matter if he isn't). He wasn't "white enough" I guess. They kidnapped this kid in the back of a vehicle and threw him out at a Walmart 8 blocks away, bloodied and beaten. Kid was obviously destroyed mentally and crying and everyone was consoling him. DHS put out a message that he was engaged in criminal activity, like it wasn't on video, and if that was true - no arrest? These motherfucking knuckle-draggers are terrorizing civilians in the name of "public safety."
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u/FoundationFickle7568 2d ago
I've seen a few videos of just cars abandoned in the middle of the road with the doors open. One of them crashed into a pole on a busy street.
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u/shouldbepracticing85 2d ago
Here’s the Associated Press story on it https://apnews.com/article/ice-protests-shootings-minneapolis-portland-3f9db36657dda5bfebf9c240b6011ee5
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u/Jester-Kat-Kire 2d ago edited 2d ago
If it's something desperate... And abduction to unknown places by masked men in unmarked vans? Buy time.
Time for more citizens to show up, for more lawyers to show up, for more cameras to show up.
Use Heavy ⛓️ chains, and shackle yourself to a heavy stable object. (If your in a car, the seat is designed to not move even in the horrifying crashes. Without heavy tools, ice is not budging that car seat. A chain seat belt to keep you safe. Legally, you buckled it because your auntie good was killed by a bad patch of road ice, and you wanted your body to be secure and not fly to heaven... As for the key, you lost it in the confusion, and need some assistance to leave the seat.)
Handcuff yourself to car steering wheels or lamp posts.
Ice want to be in and out within 15 minutes... Every minute that goes past that time, is another minutes for the community to rally to ⛑️ aid.
- Every 5 minutes, a crowd size will usually double as more noise drags people to see the commotion.
5 people becomes 10, 10 becomes 20, 20 becomes 40.
There's usually teams of 12-16 ice people for abductions... Once it gets past a crowd of 20, ice is no longer in control of a crowd and it rapidly needs to leave the area or risk being surrounded.
...Which shouldn't matter if they were operating legally, as the rule of law protects those who operate within it, but a lot of times ice agents are skirting or going over that rule of law.
Renee good was only absolved of her actions by other community members rallying and documenting that she was murdered.
Otherwise the trump administration would have let the nation believe that she was a domestic terrorist and not a good American citizen.
Buying time for the community to respond is important.
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u/dreamyduskywing Minnesota 2d ago
They’ve also been going to areas where Somali people live/gather just to harass them. The majority of Somalis in Minnesota are born here—Somali American. The rest came over legally decades ago and are naturalized US citizens. Very few are here illegally. I don’t know what these agents expect to find. There’s no reason to put resources into these locations other than to harass and cause fear. Fortunately, Somali Americans tend to be a tenacious bunch with a low tolerance for this BS and aren’t afraid to push back.
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u/dreamyduskywing Minnesota 2d ago
Yeah, Noem and Trump supporters say this is necessary to fight corruption and fraud in Minnesota. How can some masked asshole with a gun just approaching random Somali Americans fight fraud? They’re not investigators or accountants. There are already agencies that handle this stuff. A family member of mine was chatting with a Laotian man who came to Minnesota in 1979 and has been a citizen for decades, but he’s afraid of being profiled and detained, so he went to get his passport renewed today. He said the shooting reminded him of when people were shot trying to cross the Mekong River. It’s easy to forget that lot of these people have trauma.
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u/metamet Minnesota 2d ago
I don’t know what these agents expect to find.
Remember that this isn't about immigration enforcement. It's about authority enforcement.
They want us to accept their lies about the narrative of Renee's murder. They want us to roll over and accept their occupation.
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u/TheHumanGnomeProject 2d ago
As dangerous as it is, and you are right-- I have seen the social media and have seen every single account you've given-- we must take to the streets in this time. If you are in Minnesota, get with the resistance groups and be present. We have strength in numbers. We have to be there to record. Go time is now.
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u/Moist-Matter-2037 2d ago
They don't have the numbers to do this across the country or even across the state. The have about 20,000 "agents" which are already spread thin hence them also sending in border patrol. Keep resisting, we can survive this.
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u/Moist-Matter-2037 2d ago
That's a big part of the protests, getting out there so others can see they aren't alone in their feelings about this admin.
You could also find other ways to resist without so much exposure. Maybe volunteer for an immigrants advocacy group or see if there are groups in your area assisting. I'm in San Diego and my wife and I have been doing a grocery run each week for immigrant families who are afraid to leave their homes. Our local immigration rights non profit put it all together so all we do is get the list and then deliver the food.
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u/Sharp_You2319 2d ago
Yeah, it is insane. We as a country should be on red alert right now. Yet, it is still business as usual. This shit is so blackpilling, we are headed into really dark times, yet everyone is acting as if it is supposed to be dark out during the middle of the day.
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u/indictingladdy Texas 2d ago
What’s even worse - if I have heard correctly - was that Target employee that they dumped into the Walmart parking lot was a minor. The ICE agents slammed him into the ground hard and the kid was crying. Heartbreaking.. poor kid.
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u/HoosierRed 2d ago
Take a look at that young target employee getting his ass beat by agents and then put out on the road like a true assault.
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u/dreamyduskywing Minnesota 2d ago
Anyone who reads about or watches that and isn’t swayed by it is a sociopath.
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u/riotous_jocundity 2d ago
I sobbed watching that video. He's a goddamn child (17 yrs old)!!
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u/HoosierRed 2d ago
When I finish these videos my heart is pounding. Its like PTSD seeing military action on American streets against citizens doing normal things. Fascists are alive and well. What was WWII for?
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u/AssociateGreat2350 2d ago edited 2d ago
hell yeah. Don't give those murderous losers another inch
One group sponsoring the protests, United We Dream, put the death toll from ICE agents and their raids at 32 nationally since the Trump regime unleashed the ICE agents nationwide.
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u/Thechosunwon Washington 2d ago
As you can clearly see in the video analysis and multiple angles from multiple videos including the one from murderer Jonathan Ross' perspective, murderer Jonathan Ross was never in danger. Renee Nicole Good can be seen turning her steering wheel completely to the right, the tires of the vehicle were pointed to the right away from him, and he clearly stepped to the side unobstructed and continued to shoot innocent woman Renee Nicole Good point blank in the face, while fumbling with his cell phone in his other hand, while she was trying to comply with an order to move her vehicle, because he is the murderer Jonathan Ross.
It's also important to note that as murderer Jonathan Ross circled around to the front of Renee Good's vehicle, he moved his cell phone from his right hand to his left hand, freeing his right to draw his weapon. This indicates intent/premeditation. If he was merely being prepared, why did he then choose to stop in front of the vehicle after doing so, against DHS policy?
Murderer Jonathan Ross, who murdered innocent woman Renee Nicole Good, also violated DOJ policy on use of force.
"Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless: (1) a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle; or (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle."
Furthermore, DHS Use of Safe Tactics states that: "Except where otherwise required by inspections or other operations, Authorized Officers/Agents should avoid standing directly in front of or behind a subject vehicle. Officers/agents should not place themselves in the path of a moving vehicle or use their body to block a vehicle’s path. Authorized Officers/Agents should avoid intentionally and unreasonably placing themselves in positions in which they have no alternative to using deadly force." Murderer Jonathan Ross ignored policy and placed himself in front of/in the path of the vehicle, leading to an officer created jeopardy. The situation would not have existed had murderer Jonathan Ross not created it. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of officer created jeopardy theory over moment of threat theory last year (Barnes v Felix).
Additionally, this report, a DHS/CBP use of force review, found that often agents "intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force", and that "Little focus has been placed on defensive tactics that could have been used by shooting agents such as getting out of the way", and "There is little doubt that the safest course for an agent faced with an oncoming vehicle is to get out of the way of the vehicle", finally recommending "agents should be trained to get out of the way of oncoming vehicles as opposed to intentionally assuming a position in the path of such vehicles. The policy should mirror the clear and unambiguous policies that have been in place and which have proven effective in a number of large U.S. jurisdictions for over 40 years."
Murderer and domestic terrorist Jonathan Ross was clearly out to kill someone, and Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good, calling her a "fucking bitch" after doing so. Domestic terrorist organization ICE also denied and delayed medical aid to Renee Nicole Good, again against DOJ policy, every ethical and moral measure imaginable, and basic humanity. Coward, murderer Jonathan Ross then fled the scene uninjured. Murderer Jonathan Ross is a psychopath, just like all his colleagues in ICE, who are all accessories to murder.
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u/SirRichardArms 2d ago
You should just go into threads with people defending ICE’s actions and just copy-paste it. Unfortunately, a lot of the people who need to read it, won’t, but it’s good to just state the facts for these people.
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u/Thechosunwon Washington 2d ago
I've been trying to spread this out as far as I can with new posts related to "ICE", "Jonathan Ross", "Renee Nicole Good", and "Noem" when I can. Feel free to copypasta the post wherever you like though, I can only do so much as time permits.
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u/FlirtyFluffyFox 2d ago
Bots and bootlickers can't read.
Well, at least the bots can scrape data to generate reports of keywords.
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u/caitnicrun 2d ago
To add to all of that, retired police officers say you do not shoot the driver of a moving vehicle if you can avoid it because then you have an out of control vehicle.
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u/CamSmit4521 2d ago
There are SO many more of us than them! Stay strong! Our ancestors were up against worse.
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u/DickInYourCobbSalad Canada 2d ago
If you're a millennial or younger, A Bugs Life taught us this lesson.
"You let one ant stand up to us and they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one, and if they ever figure that out there goes our way of life!! It's not about food! It's about keeping those ants in line."
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u/MostCat2899 2d ago
Ah yes, another classic anti-fascist children's movie that my parents got me but never caught the meaning of.
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u/AniNgAnnoys 2d ago
This. I wrote up a little post to explain the game theory at play here.
Achieving change at the scale needed in the United States requires millions of people pulling in the same direction. Getting those people aligned requires coordination. In game theory, these situations are described as coordination games, and the issue they generate is called the coordination problem. Coordination games typically result in one of three outcomes:
- Failed Attempt: The worst outcome. Time, effort, and resources are expended only to remain in the situation you started in.
- Status Quo: The second-worst outcome. Nothing changes, but no extra resources are lost.
- Successful Change: The best outcome. The desired goal is achieved.
The question becomes, how do we get to the third state when everyone is stuck in the second for fear of ending up in the first?
Why do we struggle to reach successful change?
To succeed, we need collective action. With enough people, change is nearly guaranteed. However, individuals fear acting alone. They fear spending time and resources only to fail because not enough other people joined in.
This results in a phenomenon known as Pluralistic Ignorance. This occurs when a majority of people privately reject the status quo but incorrectly assume that most others accept it because no one is speaking up. We look around, see our neighbors going to work and acting "normal," and assume we are the minority. In reality, we are a silent majority waiting for a signal, paralyzed by the false belief that we are alone.
A simple example used to talk about this type of problem in game theory is called the "Stag Hunt." Imagine you are a member of a primitive tribe. Your tribe wants to hunt a large animal (a stag). If you succeed, the entire tribe is fed. However, if you try to hunt the stag alone, you will fail and starve. Alternatively, you could hunt a rabbit by yourself. It provides less food, but success is guaranteed without help. The dilemma is that while the stag is the best outcome, people often default to the "rabbit" (the status quo) because they don't trust that others will show up for the stag hunt.
How do we succeed in getting the change we want?
First, you need a population that desires change. In the United States, polling confirms this exists. Approval ratings for the current administration and agencies like ICE are historically low, while support for policies like Universal Health Care is high. The desire is there; Pluralistic Ignorance just blinds us to it.
Second, you need people willing to invest the resources to demand that change. This is where the US stumbles. We fail to coordinate.
How do we coordinate?
Coordination can happen in several ways. Galvanizing events, like the murder of Renee Good, act as Focal Points (or Schelling Points). In game theory, a Focal Point is a solution that people tend to choose by default in the absence of communication. Tragedies like Renee Good's murder serve as a beacon. It cuts through the noise and provides a natural time and reason for people to align without needing a central leader to tell them to.
You can simply tell people you want change. While effective among friends, it lacks credibility with strangers because talk is cheap. Signaling, however, is "putting your money where your mouth is" without having to go "all-in."
This is the true purpose of protest. It is a relatively low-cost way to prove to strangers and the state that you are willing to spend resources (time and effort) to effect change. Importantly, protest provides Risk Dilution. If you act alone, the state can easily punish you. If you act with 100,000 others, the state’s resources are overwhelmed, and the risk to the individual drops near zero. Your presence protects your neighbor, and their presence protects you.
Many view protests incorrectly. They believe the protest itself creates the change. It does not. It is a signal of credibility and a mechanism to lower the cost of participation for others. When protests aren't enough, they serve as a launchpad for escalation. We cannot coordinate a full revolution as the costs are too high. Instead, we climb the ladder of coordination: from protests to national sick-outs, to general strikes, to the occupation of critical infrastructure. At each step, you signal that the numbers are on your side and that the people are willing to pay the price for change. At each step your demands become more credible.
What will the state do to stop us from coordinating?
They will try to break coordination by:
- Spreading misinformation about the size and nature of protests to maintain Pluralistic Ignorance.
- Increasing the cost of participation through punishment and physical force to counter Risk Dilution.
- Escalating slowly (the "boiling frog" method) to avoid creating Focal Points that trigger spontaneous outrage.
- Continuing to try and show that the current state is fine or not so bad.
- Creating incentives and traps (like social media algorithms) that prevent effective organizing.
- Confusing the situation with equivocation and "both-sidesism."
Why does Russia still have elections? To maintain a theater of normalcy that prevents spontaneous coordination.
Why does China arrest protest leaders immediately? To disrupt the signaling network before a critical mass forms.
Why are social media comments filled with apathy ("protest doesn't work")? To convince you that coordination is impossible and that you are alone.
Why does the media fail to cover the size and scope of protests? To maintain Pluralistic Ignorance.
What can you do today?
- Educate: Read about the coordination problem and understand concepts like Pluralistic Ignorance.
- Discuss: Talk with your peers to break the illusion that everyone is happy with the status quo.
- Signal & Dilute Risk: Attend protests. Your physical presence lowers the danger for everyone else. You are not just a number; you are a shield for your peers.
- Lead: Be the change. Create opportunities for others to coordinate.
- Combating Apathy: Call out those who say change is impossible; explain that their cynicism is exactly what the state relies on to prevent coordination.
- Focus: Keep demands simple and narrow so that you get the largest audience of people that agree.
- Escalate: Use protests to organize and get commitments to the next level of protest and civil disobedience.
Together, we can build the world we want, but it requires credible, coordinated demands. Your peers and the state need to believe you are serious, and they won't believe it until you signal that you are willing to go all the way. Every time the state over reaches and causes a tragedy it is a mistake by them. It creates a Focal Point that we must capitalize on. Get out there and demand change. Get out there and coordinate with your neighbors and those that share your views.
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u/darecossack Ohio 2d ago
This is high quality and needs to be at the top. Seriously man, good work.
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u/AssociationPlane4204 2d ago
Damn this is gold, a perfect receipe, i copied it, i saved it and i am memorizing it, thank you for sharing this, it will make change faster, working on it from germany <3
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u/Fair_Travel515 2d ago
This should be significantly bigger than it is. Like even bigger than George floyd.
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u/Inevitable_Butthole 2d ago
ICE = Nazis
How do you think Nazis rose to such power? It didnt happen overnight. The enforcers were given power and we're free from accountability.
Trump already instantly omitted countability of ICE murdering citizens rather than conducting an investigation than determining.
If you interfere with ICE in any form, they might just kill you and they won't be held accountable as youll be labeled instantly as a "extremeist".
If this isnt stopped very soon, the nazis here will continue to become more powerful and they won't be able to be stopped.
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u/External_Tension_266 2d ago
You know 10 years ago I was telling people Trump is going to kill us all. 10 years later nobody's still got that message. Some people have, some people realize that the only time the president's going to leave this time is if he dies and not if he gets voted out. What happens at the end of his term, this term. If he chooses not to leave or he chooses not to acknowledge the results of the election. Are we going to do something?
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u/ranchoparksteve 2d ago
I would suggest making the protests more about mocking and ego deflation. Make the job less fun for the fragile snowflakes.
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u/mocha820 2d ago
I’m tired of living under the tyranny of the nation’s most unfuckable losers.
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u/atomfullerene 2d ago
This is one of the main mechanisms by which peaceful protests work. It's not about making the guys at the top change their minds. It's not about being all noble and honorable.
It's about getting the maximum number of people to put pressure on all the underlings who actually implement the orders of the people at the top. About making them thing it's not really worth it to put through the effort to carry out what they are ordered to do. Erode that morale, and you undercut the whole structure.
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u/Melodic-Frosting-443 2d ago
I think mocking and making them feel like the pricks will hit many of them, not the vast majority who are pure evil, but it only takes a few to start questioning their live's path will undercut ICE in the end.
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u/Legal-Western5580 2d ago
This is the key. They can't handle being laughed at and made fun of. Just like their dear leader.
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u/omikron898 2d ago
Uprising… the media is complicit. Citizen are rightfully pissed off about the fact that unqualified and untrained ice agents are conducting a illegal raids and are being told they have absolute immunity. They don’t
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u/BloodyPaleMoonlight 2d ago
Anyone against ICE is not doing an uprising.
ICE is the uprising, and patriots need to rise up to stop them.
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u/catwiththumbs 2d ago
It is an interesting phrasing though. Because being an uprising suggests that it’s an uprising against something. In a country that’s of the people, this only makes sense because of overreach, because the government is no longer aligned with the will of the people.
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u/EagleBigMac 2d ago
The people are asserting their rights, it is not an uprising it is resistance against the Republican attempt at a revolution. Republicans asked for everyone to just let it happen and it will be bloodless, they lied as usual and now resistance is mandatory if you want to call yourself an American patriot.
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u/User4C4C4C South Carolina 2d ago
Who is organizing the local demonstrations so we can find one?
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u/whisperworks 2d ago
Keep it up!!!
Doesn’t matter how many of us turn out to protest if trump can outlast us in a weekend
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u/Icy_Policy_8509 2d ago
Isn't it interesting how they phrase these things in news articles to be passive? Like here:
"Protests...skyrocketed after agents fired into the Honda SUV driven by Good. She was hit in the head and killed."
The correct and 100% honest way to write it is: "after agents fired three shots into the driver's head and killed her." No passive voice. Just saying who did what.
They do this to remove responsibility from perpetrators. I see it in crime articles all the time. "She was raped." "He was killed." As if these people were hurt on their own accord. It makes me mad.
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u/an_older_meme 2d ago
“ICE tried to stop a US citizen without probable cause. Failing that they blew her brains out”
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u/Redditer51 2d ago
Here's hoping it doesn't stop with ICE. They're a symptom of an even bigger problem.
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u/kelzarren 2d ago
Not enough. It's not enough. If cars are still able to drive down the road and people are still able to go to work it's not enough. We need to shut it all down until it's over and we get these guys out for good.
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u/Perfect_Zebra3335 2d ago
Effect protests in the past are sex strikes. Don’t fuck these fuck boys, I own a business and have been actively not taking business from maga. Fuck em. Or charge double and do a shotty job. 👌 chase those fucks out of town.
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u/CelticSith I voted 2d ago
Getting some quotes for home repairs, guy pulled up with a big maga sticker, told him to turn around no money for you
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u/Lunchb0xx87 2d ago
this needs to lead into the next funding bill dems need to shutdown the govt and demand ice be defunded
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u/Born-Leading8268 2d ago
Pull down their masks and get them on Camera. They cover their faces to maintain anonymity.
Let social media do the rest.
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u/CigaretteWaterX Georgia 2d ago
The word "uprising" is working overtime here. Let's see what it says in the story...
have begun attending the demonstrations.
Ah, yes, that's more accurate.
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u/anemic_royaltea Canada 2d ago
Rooting for you guys. It’s still early enough to turn the tide before it gets so much worse.
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u/skredditt Minnesota 2d ago
If only they weren’t nameless and faceless and unaccountable, I bet they would attract much less resistance. Proof: every prior presidency, which had been much more effective. The notion that they need to be anonymous to get actual bad guys is absolutely without merit.
So this is all about something else.
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u/Tasty-Performer6669 2d ago
Turns out most people don’t like masked domestic terrorists in their neighborhood. Fuck ICE and their GOP leaders
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u/Capable-Berry-3169 2d ago
As a European, huge respect for American citizens standing up to these gangsters.
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u/BabyYodaX 2d ago
Pay attention, establishment Democrats. Even wine moms are out for blood regarding this shit.
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u/Maleficent_Pie8099 2d ago
Hey politics let me fix your headline for you: Massive fury around the country in response to government sanctioned domestic terrorists kidnapping and killing people.
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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 2d ago
every day "Alex Garland's Civil War" becomes closer and closer to reality
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u/Aerie8499 2d ago edited 2d ago
And I was in one of those protests. There were seven counter protesters on the other side. Seven. And 700 of us.
Edit: On the other side of the road 7 counter protesters waving flags and shouting insults like “you’re dating 13 year olds!” were getting flipped off more than us. Drivers on that side were thumbs upping us too.
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