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Please keep an eye on us. We have a lot of history with THP, the national guard and race relations.
There is full political buy in. What happens here will probably be a blueprint.
I fucking hate where this country is right now.
You hate where the country is bc you know it's supposed to be better. The people that brought us to this point hate this country for allowing people like you to dream of a better life, and they always have.
After the deportations are done, when the economic crash is looking much worse, he'll need enemies of the people to turn on - and who knows how brutal things might get then.
The aim may well be enough to delay elections indefinitely, which would require a lot of blood. It may not stop.
The first year of many.
We have never suspended elections in this country, not even during the Civil War. That is a BRIGHT RED LINE.
If he suspends elections for ANY reason, it's on. That is officially the end of our Democracy, and the end of America. Without elections, we have no government at worst, and a different government at best, but either way, Democratic America is dead, and I am then a citizen of a non-existent nation.
If I'm not a citizen, I'm not paying taxes, following any laws, or recognizing ANY authority.
Why is no government the worst outcome? Why are you against self governance?
Well, you see, most of us happen to like modern niceties like...
Running potable water, electricity, garbage disposal, the internet, easy access to food, etc.
After the deportations are done
Is it reasonable to assume that they will be "finished" at some point? AFAIK the nazis were still deporting people right up until 1945.
That assumption is based on the deportations being the objective. They aren't. They are just the beginning of their agenda.
Guantanamo Bay currently can hold about 200 people. They are currently building a facility there that holds 30,000 people. For context, the average maximum security prison holds 800-1200 people. The largest, in Angola, LA, holds about 5000.
So they are building a facility to incarcerate about 6 times what our largest facility holds, which is already several times larger than average. Even following 9/11, when we thought there were terrorists hiding around every corner, we didn't feel it was necessary to build such a huge prison. The Gitmo facility will be far from the prying eyes of family, lawyers, courts, and especially the Media. If the court demands someone be released, and they choose to defy the court, who is going to go there and break that person out?
They obviously feel like they are going to have to imprison a LOT of people at some point, and NONE of them are talking about it at all. Neither is the media. In fact, I'll bet 99% of America have no idea that such a facility is being built.
Who do they plan on sending there, and for what reasons? The media needs to start talking about this.
Edit:
Any sources on that? Not trying to be a dick, but that’s a pretty big one to drop without some sourcing.
Here's the executive order:
Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity
Here's a solid article about it:
A bunch of construction contracts have been awarded, and construction is under way. Interestingly, it is due to be completed in 2029, AFTER Trump will be out of office, and not able to play with his shiny new toy.
If you want to know more, you know how to spell Google.
This seems to be the 30,000 number, but it looks like it's mostly a nebulous increase in most other places.
It's all over the Wikipedia and stuff.
I'm pretty sure well round up the homeless next, but nobody outside really has any idea what's going on.
Though, I guess political prisoners might make sense too. We already use it for stuff that is not completely in alignment with our values.
Hell, Trump's homies may get paid even if nobody ever goes there.
Well you don't really 'deport' groups like trans people, gays, handicapped, non Christians, or liberals. Thats why they're normalizing concentration camps.
Catholics, Italians, European Spanish, and eastern Europeans are up next after the brown people are gone
Probably Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, and Mormons too.
Morman's have too much money, they'll be fine. Plus, they're white.
No that makes them more of a target
Bout as big a gap in that armor as a deer heart.
This is the equivalent of broadside with leg forward. The holy Grail.
I'm really hoping at some point a patriot leaks the payroll list with all their names.
These traitorous fascists do not deserve to live freely in our society. And something like that happening would significantly reduce the number of people willing to work for this traitorous administration.
They would just call that person a traitor and a terrorist and the courts would punish them accordingly.
I mean, yes, that's true, but look at other famous whistleblowers. Edward snowden still lives in exile in russia over a decade later. How long did assange have to take shelter in an embassy? They felt strongly enough to take their actions, knowing that they might be targeted by one of the most powerful and ruthless governments on the planet.
Maybe there will be someone who is willing to be dragged through the mud and made an example of by our legal system.
The piece of shit is FAT AS FUCK... EATING YOUR TAX DOLLARS
I'm also fat. That's not any sort of argument. These people have far worse qualities, no need to resort to fatshaming.
Pretty sure they were referencing Pete Hegseth's rant about fat military brass right before fat AF tRump took the stage to make a rally speech to that same group.
All I see is a Nazi
Oh, you’re looking at the forest.
Imagine being Asian American and working for ICE.... Guess he's hoping if he arrests enough people, he'll be put on the good list
Someone needs to get that douchecanoe a copy of "They Called Us Enemy". It has pictures and everything.
reminds me of samuel l jackson's character in django unchained
mind control is a very real, very powerful, and very dangerous thing.
look up "kamikaze"
I can't wait for him to be dragged away by the people he works for. Non white not right as they say.
That's the thing about "hierarchies" that rely on manipulating and dividing the masses to carry out social darwinism for them. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join, as long as they can be exploited. Once you've served your purpose, you find out real quick your new purpose is simply to replace the scapegoat you helped eliminate.
It doesn't matter if you're JD Vance, Bari Weiss, or some random schmo that joined ICE bc they just needed the money and didn't mind hurting other people. You do not belong at the top of their hierarchy. You don't "earn" a spot. You're either born into it, or you're not. In case it wasn't already obvious, claims of meritocracy are part of the projection and manipulation thing.
It's amazing that people are dumb enough to believe that the same families of generational wealth, who have recycled and relied on this same strategy over and over again, have simply made a special exception and welcomed them into the club. As long as they don't step out of line, and as long as they always do as they're told, they'll be safe, regardless of what history tells them.
They're so busy enjoying the little taste of power and belonging that they've been rewarded with for enabling the "lions," they won't even realize they're being fattened up to make a more convincing public sacrifice until it's too late.
"The leopards won't eat my face, bc they've made me an honorary leopard." 🐆
It doesn't matter if you're JD Vance
Remember Mike Pence? Even if you meet the exact blue print of the movement you still get fucked over by fascists.
What size vest (extender) is he using? That tub of lard will look like an upside down turtle if he attempts a combat roll.
Oh look. It's a walking beer belly that is for some ironic reason wearing an Under Armor Hat like a choad. What a fucking surprise. At this point it seems like it's right up there with Ed Hardy and Tap Out.
I thought they were firing all a fatties?
That's just the military....
Sorry, I was confused by the small armory strapped to his beer belly.
Unless they're using a calibrated tape measure, I don't think eyeballing 25ft is going to hold up on court.
Fucking loser. Nazi POS.
Being that it requires zero credentials to get hired by these goons maybe a bunch of us should apply and dismantle from within
That's a viable strategy. Get hired, fit in, then be virtuosically incompetent.
I remember reading about a Democratic activist during one of the presidential campaigns, who got a job working in some random local Republican office somewhere. He was doing lots of light sabotage, when he caught the flu. He wanted to stay home, but he dragged himself to the office when nobody was around, and smeared his disease-ridden saliva all over the office, on doorknobs, keyboards, etc.
Within a week, most of the people in the office were down sick with the flu in the middle of a presidential election.
Street-level biological terrorism.