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domalino said:
Everything seems to be going exactly the way ICE want so far tbh.

They’re getting away with grabbing anyone they want off the streets, tear gas and pepper spraying whoever they want and murdering people with zero repercussions.

I honestly don’t know where things go from here. Republicans don’t give a shit, they aren’t going to do anything via congress or the senate. Democrats can’t do anything and frankly apart from the state level and a few progressives they’re not even saying the right things.

People keep asking for Walz to send in the national guard but what are they going to do? They’re not going to round up federal agents and drive them out of the state, and if they did it would be civil war.

This can’t go on until the November elections, and I think it’s just going to get worse. Only a matter of time before someone shoots an ICE officer and all hell breaks loose.

I can’t imagine how Americans are feeling seeing this happen in their own country, state, city.
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Not a chance it will go on like this until November. It's near boiling point and if, as you say, an ICE officer is killed I dread to think what could happen.
 
Blue and true said:
Not a chance it will go on like this until November. It's near boiling point and if, as you say, an ICE officer is killed I dread to think what could happen.
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Sadly I think it'll go on and on like this for years and years!

If history has taught us anything.. its that sadly nothing will happen till those ICE goons turn on Trump because they don't have enough bullets for a revolution.

It won't happen overnight and it will get a lot worse.. but revolutions only succeed when those very same thugs turn on their leaders.

That's the only thing that connects successful revolutions..

Philippines, Romania, Arab Spring, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

Dictators don't give up their power. It's their own military police that has to turn against them for a return to normalcy.

I don't think elections are going to happen where he loses/ is allowed to lose. They have everything they want and they're pulling the strings.
 
People in Minneapolis/St. Paul putting candles in front of their houses per a quick movement spreading on social media. Anti-ICE protestors now very near where I am (a few blocks away). Cars honking in support. No police, no brownshirts.

Update just drove through part of St Paul (an out 8 pm local) and there are candlelight vigils of 2-3 dozen folks every few blocks on the corner of intersections. All quiet but helicopters now overhead.
 
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FogBlueInSanFran said:
People in Minneapolis/St. Paul putting candles in front of their houses per a quick movement spreading on social media. Anti-ICE protestors now very near where I am (a few blocks away). Cars honking in support. No police, no brownshirts.
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A few blocks is probably close enough. I certainly wouldn't want to be any closer.

Stay safe.
 
PRESS RELEASE: MN Gun Owners Caucus responds to the shooting death of Alex PrettiWe are deeply concerned by this morning’s reports that a federal law enforcement operation in Minneapolis resulted in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents. According to local officials, the man was legally armed, a firearm was recovered at the scene, and he is believed to have been a lawful gun owner and permit to carry holder.Many critical facts remain unknown.We do not yet have an independent account of what initiated the encounter or what triggered the use of deadly force. Despite widespread speculation regarding intent, there has been no evidence produced indicating an intent to harm the officers. We are calling for a full and transparent investigation by both state and federal authorities.Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms—including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising their First Amendment rights. These rights do not disappear when someone is lawfully armed, and they must be respected and protected at all times.
 
roy.or.r said:
Getting really bad here in Minneapolis. I live around 2.5 miles away from where the shooting happened. As an immigrant from India, I am not usually going out much.
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You're not the only one. Where I live in New York.. it has/ had a sizeable Indian population. Lot of them voted for Trump.. Trump's gonna make us all rich.. and we're not voting for that race traitor Kamla..

Well now it's hard to see Indians here.. most are afraid to even come out to buy groceries.. many have left the US..

My neighbor is Punjabi and his own son and daughter voted Trump.. and still think he'll MAGA.

I wish I were exaggerating but the stupidity here is off the scale. And they will learn nothing from this.. still dems are bad.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
You're not the only one. Where I live in New York.. it has/ had a sizeable Indian population. Lot of them voted for Trump.. Trump's gonna make us all rich.. and we're not voting for that race traitor Kamla..

Well now it's hard to see Indians here.. most are afraid to even come out to buy groceries.. many have left the US..

My neighbor is Punjabi and his own son and daughter voted Trump.. and still think he'll MAGA.

I wish I were exaggerating but the stupidity here is off the scale. And they will learn nothing from this.. still dems are bad. Okay maybe Trump is bad but they'll vote Vance cuz he loved Usha next.
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It's incomprehensible as far as I'm concerned. I'll never understand how anyone with even half a brain voted for him second time round, however bad they thought the Democrats were. There was simply too much at stake.
 
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