We could probably hand out a third of that as cash if they left voluntarily.
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If the GOP left voluntarily, we could save a LOT more than a third... it's not even comparable
Even better!
What a stupid thing to waste money on.
You could save some of that money and just enforce rules and fines on the people who hire undocumented workers. You'll get money from fines and people will stop hiring those without papers. It's almost like the problem will take care of itself.
Oh wait, that's right. This is all about hurting brown people, breaking up families, throwing sick kids in cages, and making them suffer.
Nevermind.
I’d like to see them crack down on employers who pay substandard wages no matter who they’re trying to exploit. It does not bother me that anyone is hiring illegal immigrants specifically.
But, but it’s not the poor employers fault for taking advantage of illegal immigrants. That would be very unfair to our glorious job creators. /s
It's a bit more than that. ICE can act outside the constitution within 100 miles of the border. We've really only seen this with warrantless searches but that's gonna expand.
Which covers like 2/3 of the US population.
It’s even more egregious than that; I’m pretty sure a court ruled a while ago that international airports count as borders too, for the purposes of ICE.
Anyone take bets that ICE will start arresting political enemies?
tomorrow
Well, it's nice to know the US is getting what they voted for. LOL
O, we did this...and we decreased our revenue through tax cuts....while we sorta made up for that by fucking over millions of Americans in the process...but...the rich...will be richer...so thats nice.
But we can't afford to feed kids or have medical care or research for cancers and diseases or build housing for everyone.
But we can buy expensive bombs galore to drop on families and build concentration camps.
Neat.
So, when do we all stop paying taxes and stop going to work and bring the whole system crashing down to stop this madness?
Just waiting for a large group to start a movement to call for the general strike. We all need to agree on when we start otherwise small pockets of strikers will just get fired. We need the collective to start all at once so we protect each other's jobs by being unanimous.
Today would have been a good day to start it. People would mostly be off to get their affairs in order.
Is anyone still pretending ICE is about immigration? ICE is Trump's SS, and they just got funding beyond any dictator's wildest dreams. Good luck with your totalitarian police state.
Edit: I want to retract my last sentence. It was callous and stupid. My heart aches for the people who fought against this.
Don't worry, the gun nuts will stand up against the totalitarian regime.
The left need to arm themselves asap
The real problem will likely end up being that civilians can't own the firepower the US military/police have, legally. No full auto, no giant drums, no grenades, no missiles, no fighter jets. Even if it were a "well-regulated militia" one fighter/bomber could take them all out, and be marketed on some made up news articles as, "we stopped the terrorists, you're safe now."
If it really came down to it, such a battle would be very one-sided, so it would have to be more strategic guerilla tactics.
Oh, and the SS just got a huge budget increase, so that won't help. (As seen above.)
Any moment now 🫠
Its probably time we all become the gun nuts at least while they still let us
There were already talks in the p2025 circles about ceasing civilian firearms in some fashion and then allowing "permits" at some future time for "loyal" gun owners. Wouldn't be surprised if they'll still try it.
Actually really curious as to the exact wording of this.
Because I wonder if this one in particular were better publicized, if it would turn some percentage of hardcore single-issue 2A types against the regime, if they put their money where their (very loud) mouths are.
It seems like it wouldn't work, but I imagine if we can broadcast a lot of "Are you STILL so sure they're not the bad guys?!" messages with receipts, it could eventually change some minds.
Even if they want to get back to arguing with us over the dinner table when the dust settles, we need everyone we can get.
That's how it was supposed to be, until the Right co-opted firearms as an entire personality, and the liberal response was to spread ignorance, miseducation, and fear about them so that their party branding looked different enough.
So now all the insecure, hateful, scared-of-everybody violence-fantasists are armed, knowledgeable, and stocked.
And those that would oppose authoritarianism en masse were force-fed "Only cops and the military should be armed and the rest of us should just wish they didn't exist".
So they're now largely rendered toothless and clawless normies who think flash hiders, rail grips, and black paint make a weapon "more lethal." And don't know what to do with themselves if pickets and law systems don't have an effect.
Meanwhile the "patriotic" bullies ramble about "freedom" and "small government" whilst simping for their fascist overlords unopposed by any actual threat.
Like most loud bullies, most are the types that would likely break if met with any actual opposition that could do them harm.
I don't want to see it come to this, but we need to educate and train ourselves before it's too late. The threat alone might be enough to put them in their place.
It's very clear nobody is coming to save us from this worsening state of affairs.
If you want to put 250m subjects under the boot, you simply need a well-funded American GeStaPo.
I appreciate a lot of the harassment campaigns around tracking and interfering with ICE. These should continue and escalate.
This extrajudicial black-bag unmarked-personnel van-kidnapping bullshit should carry unacceptable risk and highly visible negative public optics for those who keep attempting it.
Racism pays.
Seems like it’s time to for people to learn about sustained direct action campaigns.
Rev Left Radio had a great interview earlier this year with a member of Palestine Action about their extremely successful direct action campaign against Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit. While the media would have you believe that Palestine Action is an ineffective bunch of clowns, they have already forced the closure of two weapons factories in England and forced Barclays Bank to divest from Elbit through sustained sabotage campaigns. Their incredible success is the actual reason the UK government has named them a terrorist organization, not just for spray painting some planes.
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Palestine+action
For legal reasons, I am not encouraging anyone to break any laws.
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So now they are the biggest millitary and paramilitary spender. Cool.
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