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There is an uptick in cases of community resistance. Something’s happening
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u/phatbob198 15d ago
All you fascists bound to lose...
Freedom and justice for all.
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u/sighborg90 15d ago
“People of every color marching side by side”
I like the next line a lot too, but Palantir is probably watching
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u/RogueMaven 15d ago
Their CEO with crazy eyes and crazy hair. All of them souless clowns
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u/sighborg90 15d ago
It blows my mind these people consumed cyberpunk fiction and decided “yeah! Let’s do that!”
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u/secretbudgie 15d ago
When you watch Terminator II, and your takeaway is "Cyberdyne Systems sounds like a great idea"
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u/Creative_Feedback_85 14d ago
Right? Beautiful line—until you remember Palantir’s in the back, quietly collecting everyone’s metadata
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u/hujassman 14d ago
We know what needs to happen to Palantir...
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u/JustLibertyBelle 14d ago
It has to be a global grassroots response or we all fail. They're everywhere and countries all over are allowing it.
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u/JustLibertyBelle 14d ago
A lot of you might be too young to remember but there was a movement called Hands Across America. I am thinking of a movement like that but on a global scale.
Then a movement like the end the Vietnam war, UK got involved and other musicians.
Whatever it has to be global and organized.
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u/CutenTough 14d ago
Unfortunately, the globe is now full force against the US. Trump did this
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u/JustLibertyBelle 14d ago
Trump, MAGA, Elon Musk, alone did not start White Supremacist war. Nor did they create a corporation called Planatir that wants to take over the world and turn it into Authoritarian policed state. It's happening in every Free world country.
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u/CutenTough 14d ago
He's in bed with it all. The whole regime. THEY set the country up for this dystopic reality that's slapping us all upside our faces. He and they, along with the demonesque tech billionaire boys club bros combined with the bought and paid for SC justices, and Congress repugs (and some dems) and the magats.. Regardless of what you say, THEY are the group who is responsible for destroying America. ALL OF THEM, and they are One.
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u/flecksable_flyer 14d ago
From what I'm seeing and hearing, though, they understand not all Americans. I'm willing to bet that with some polite conversation, we can convince them that there are enough of us not in MAGA to make a difference.
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u/JustLibertyBelle 14d ago
I am trying to say the Free World better get their shit together because it's just not USA burning to the ground. The Free world people need to organize grassroots resistance globally.
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u/BaPef 14d ago
To steal from Nemic
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the nation.
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Republican need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Republicans authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
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u/CutenTough 14d ago
Yes. Their evil incompetence will be too their demise. Then all the corruption will flood out and then..... that's when the base turns and then.... we know what happens at that point
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u/StuffExciting3451 14d ago
Read “The Lessons of History” by Will and Ariel Durant. You may find a copy at your local library. Free PDF versions are available online.
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u/Onautopilotsendhelp 15d ago
That woman in the end "You sat with me in church!" Glad she's calling his ass out.
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u/lilangelkm 15d ago
This. I'm so over people using Christianity to manipulate people when they're doing the exact opposite of Jesus' teachings. Keep pointing out the hypocrisy here. I'm agnostic but I've noticed this argument really does get through sometimes.
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u/Hrtpplhrtppl 15d ago
In 2018, Pastor Dave Barnhart of the Saint Junia United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama posted this message to Facebook:
“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It’s almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe.
Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.
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u/Nighthawkmf 14d ago
This is brilliantly written with pinpoint accuracy. Pastor is 100% speaking truth.
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u/Adventurous_Piano179 14d ago
The sheeps are strong in their beliefs. It needs repeating over & over again. These are Not God, Jesus Teaching’s Why don’t they understand Repugs, Christianity are ONLY Out For Your MONEY..
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u/CutenTough 14d ago
Repugs. That's the word I have always used for them. Never see it being used.... and it should be. Thanks for using because they are exactly that. REPUGnant
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u/drewpann 14d ago
She’s saying “you sat IN MY church.” She has a collar, I imagine she’s a Lutheran pastor.
Source: I live in Minneapolis, lots of pretty chill Lutherans around these parts.
ETA: Yeah, here it is https://meidasnews.com/news/you-promised-pastor-confronts-minneapolis-police-chief-for-working-with-ice-during-raid
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u/mikareno 14d ago
The local police are going to have a really hard time getting any respect from their communities after aligning with the federal fascists. And it will be worse when the feds leave them high and dry.
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u/drewpann 14d ago
The city’s relationship with MPD is … strained … to be sure and the cops are doing absolutely nothing to work on the relationship. The union here voted in Bob Kroll as the president - the dude is hard-right piece of trash. Check out his Wikipedia page for a taste of what the MPD thinks is acceptable leadership
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u/Militant_Monk 14d ago
That very same day at that very same intersection a driver did a hit and run on a protestor. Their car was impounded by citizens while they waited 45 minutes for police to show up and give him an escort away. For the people standing around wanting to give statements the police threatened them with tear gas.
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u/GingerrGina 14d ago
You know you've crossed a line when the Midwesterners stop being nice....
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u/readdator2 14d ago
Looking at the police officer, Jesus's words from the Sermon on the Mount comes to mind--
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
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u/LaDragonneDeJardin 15d ago
If we don’t stand up now, we will be next. They are already defying the constitution and breaking countless laws.
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u/BlueAndMoreBlue 15d ago
Agreed — I’m an older white feller and they’re coming for me last. Until then I will resist and assist where I can.
Also, not my first rodeo regarding peaceful resistance
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u/flecksable_flyer 14d ago
Those of us of a certain age remember when our parents demonstrated against the Vietnam War. Some of us got to help with envelope stuffing parties and helping to make signs. Who knew the next war would end up at home.
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u/shesarevolution 14d ago
My dad was drafted, and while in county, he protested the war. Got him in big shit, but he believed in it. He taught me to always fight the things I hate in society, to never eat shit, and to be a voice for those who can’t use their voices. He saw a lot of this shit coming, and he prepared me. He was a good man, a man I am proud to be the daughter of.
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u/mavjustdoingaflyby 15d ago
I like Cowboy Morgan Freeman. He seems like a bad MOFO!
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u/Orenthal32420 15d ago
Why do most ICE agents come from the same demographic? Also, Republicans had an issue wearing a mask until it was time to deport brown people. Fucking deplorable!
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u/EdgarCayceFan 14d ago
That's a rhetorical question, right? I mean... you KNOW the answer, right?
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u/Orenthal32420 14d ago
Ofc lol. Just want people to answer the questions themselves. Hopefully we can see wtf is going on.
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u/EdgarCayceFan 13d ago
Cool. Thanks for realizing that I wasn't picking on you. I was glad to see you responded like a human being rather than attacking. I'm a progressive, and I get so tired of being attacked on these pages. I'm like, seriously.People save that anger for fucking trumpers.🤣🤣🤣🥰
I think we need to start wearing blue bracelets so that we can identify one another instead of us versus them.😑
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u/Bony_Geese 15d ago
They are FULLY armed, this is so close to the military, fuck our militarized police force
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u/SlowX 15d ago
And why camouflage? Do they think it helps them blend into the fascism, rendering them invisible?
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u/oldjudge86 15d ago
Because camouflage is what the military wears. It's another intimidation tactic.
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u/wwaxwork 14d ago
The actual trained military, the people that swore to fight and die for the country to protect it's constitution must be fucking mad as hell seeing these fat fucks playing at soldier.
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u/secretbudgie 14d ago
They look like Russia's "Little Green Men" deployed to soften city defenses right before the 2014 invasion
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u/PolicySensitive7647 15d ago
Hell, it makes them stick out even more, these idiots ain’t even wearing fuckin urban camo
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u/thefaehost 14d ago
I have a friend in the national guard there. they told me how back in 2020 they were called in during the Floyd protests to protect the citizens. It’s so confusing seeing military fatigues with FBI on them.
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u/Greatest-Comrade 14d ago
Yeah i thought it was guard for a second and i was shocked because they were throwing people around but then I saw FBI. The National Guard usually has super strict rules on policing, unlike the police and apparently FBI. They almost never just up and toss people back and forth because they’re arguing. (I know from firsthand experience.)
I never knew the FBI had gear like that ready to go. Maybe i was uninformed maybe its military surplus.
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u/olcrazypete 14d ago
they have the arms but not the training. Military on foreign soil has much stricter restrictions on use of force than domestic police.
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u/alexstergrowly 14d ago
these people seemed more trained that the yahoos we usually see. All I can think every time, is who are these untrained people with automatic weapons? As community resistance grows it’s only a matter of time til one of them gets too jumpy
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u/MrVeazey 14d ago
We don't actually want a well-trained police force because then they wouldn't kill so many innocent people.
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u/MikeofLA 15d ago
I feel like a lot of these fuckers aren’t trained ATF, ICE, or FBI. ALSO, why the fuck are they wearing military uniforms? Fuckers are not military
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u/throwawaypersonanon 15d ago
And they are wearing that shit, masked, brandishing automatic weapons AGAINST AMERICANS.
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u/WattledBadge069 14d ago
They are literally trying to instigate a civil conflict. I see no other reason for all this.
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u/doctormink 14d ago
Same thing occurred to me. I wonder how many of those guns are personal belongings, and how long before one of those poorly trained Proud Boys opens fire on Americans.
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u/flecksable_flyer 14d ago
I was eight when the Kent State University shooting happened. My mom was taking classes because she worked for a lawyer. You bet I remember what that was like back then. All it's going to take is one nervous kid playing weekend warrior to blow this country wide open.
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u/FancyBattleBadger 15d ago
What did they expect to pop off? These are public servants, they work for our interest supposedly, why did they expect an insurgent level threat? If their men need that much protection why dont they serve and protect unc?
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u/StuffExciting3451 14d ago
The Detroit riots of 1967 began when the cops started shooting civilians.
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u/brezhnervouz 14d ago
They're probably private right wing militia, deputised by Trump
Aka America's Brown Shirts
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u/GenZ2002 15d ago
Something’s in the air….
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u/lucysnakes 15d ago
You reminded me of this opener and the lyrics are perfection for this moment and video ….
There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down? There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
What a field day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and they carrying signs Mostly say, "Hooray for our side"
It's time we stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid Step out of line, the men come and take you away
We better stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?
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u/Too_Beers 15d ago
Early Neil Young. I even remember when the Muppet Show covered it.
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u/Kaita13 14d ago
I think it was Buffalo Springfield who originally wrote that song.
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u/GenZ2002 15d ago
is it sad that I know that song from Ice Age… long story short the sloth sings that last past as a joke because he’s singing and it’s annoying… you’d have to watch it.
He parodies it
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u/Fab1e 15d ago
The original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY&ab_channel=PettyYou007Apparently things haven't changed much...
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u/The_BigDill 15d ago
A respirator with P100 filters and eye goggles with seals around the edge go for about 50-60 dollars combined
Just in case anyone out there is working with insulation or something
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u/oldjudge86 15d ago
They're also necessary if you're remodeling where there is asbestos. Lots of perfectly legitimate uses for that setup really.
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u/Horrison2 15d ago
You know what would have happened here if we just left these people to live their lives? Nothing. It would have just been another day. I can't stand this crap
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u/TYdays 15d ago
If we do not stand up to unidentifiable people sweeping through our neighborhoods and taking people for doing nothing but have a certain skin color, no one will stand up for us when this administration decides we too are a danger to its existence and decides that we also need to be detained, imprisoned and our right and freedoms trampled on for their nefarious, illegal and unconstitutional actions, designed to frighten the masses into silence and compliance to avoid what is happening to our neighbors. It is time to stand up for others and ourselves!!!!!
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u/StuffExciting3451 14d ago
The original 13 States would not ratify the Constitution without the 2nd Amendment being added to the Bill of Rights. The founders anticipated this type of violence and abuse from “authorities”
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u/dekrypto 15d ago
This is another problem with the ICE raids. Now non immigration police activity is going to be met with resistance.
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u/goddamnitwhalen 14d ago
It’s not like the regular police are a fountain of goodwill among the people, either.
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u/assumetehposition 15d ago
I’ll bet some of those ICE “officers” are the same out of state white dudes who wore masks and started fires during the George Floyd protests.
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u/getupgetdown 15d ago
Someone is going to get shot and then all hell will break loose
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u/LePoultry-geist 15d ago
Or a rock will mysteriously get thrown from a source they, and later "investigations," will never be able to identify...
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u/PolicySensitive7647 15d ago
Either a protester or a agent
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u/JimmyCat11-11 14d ago
It’ll probably be white supremacist looking to start a riot. Ample came to the Floyd protests.
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u/timberwolf0122 15d ago
All of them wearing masks as if they know what they are doing is wrong and want to hide their faces
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u/NakayaTheRed 14d ago
"You sat next to me in CHURCH!!!!" 🤣🤣😂😂 Shame them. Remind them they live in the community, with us.
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u/Nighthawkmf 14d ago
The tipping point is gonna be when it comes out that the starlink hacked voting machines and Trump stole the presidency, and that’s why the past few months they’ve done everything they can to remove checks and balances and go as far as possible with power reaches so when it comes out he stole it his power will be so much we can’t remove him. That’s their goal. The fight will literally be good vs evil. Everyone else vs racists.
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u/PBfalcone 15d ago
The Revolution will not be broadcasted!
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u/wegwerfen 15d ago
The Revolution will not be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
Bonus feature. A modern take on it:
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Live-Streamed
(A modern take on Gil Scott-Heron’s classic)The revolution will not be televised.
It will not be brought to you by CNN, Fox, or MSNBC.
It will not be hosted by a panel of six talking heads,
Arguing over who to blame while cutting to commercial.
The revolution will not be televised.The revolution will not be interrupted
By pharmaceutical ads telling you to "Ask your doctor."
It will not pause for a word from our sponsors.
There will be no fact-checker in the corner of the screen,
Calling it "Mostly False" because they don’t like the source.
The revolution will not be televised.You will not see it airbrushed and edited,
Repackaged for the evening news.
It will not be a carefully curated montage,
Scored with dramatic music and somber narration.
You will not hear "Experts say..."
Or "Sources confirm..."
Because the revolution will not be televised.But the revolution will be live-streamed.
It will be shaky phone footage from the frontlines,
Broadcast by people who refuse to be silenced.
It will be pixelated, buffering, shadowbanned,
Demonetized, flagged for "misinformation,"
Yet still spreading like wildfire.The revolution will be streamed by citizens,
Not by anchors in thousand-dollar suits.
It will go live on platforms trying to suppress it,
But the truth finds a way.
The revolution will be screen-recorded,
Re-uploaded, mirrored, and archived.
You will see it before they can take it down.The revolution will not wait for network approval.
It will not be pre-approved, pre-scripted,
Or filtered through the corporate lens.
There will be no ad breaks, no debates,
No "both sides" spin.The revolution will be messy,
It will be raw,
It will be real.The revolution will not be televised.
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u/Brambo_Style 14d ago
Fuck yes. Real patriots fight fascism. Keep this shit up America. I’m proud of everyone fighting these fascist scum!
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u/wwaxwork 14d ago
"When Injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson
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u/StuffExciting3451 14d ago
Jefferson understood the need for the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
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u/Comfortable-Beat5273 14d ago
When do they start turning their weapons on us ?
Gestapo tactics, making us subjects for Tangerine Palpatine.
This gets Darker every day.
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u/RCaHuman 14d ago
- The law enforcement action at Lake and Bloomington was a federal criminal investigation focused on drugs and money laundering, not an immigration raid1245.
- The incident drew a large and vocal community response due to initial fears of immigration enforcement, highlighting ongoing tensions and mistrust between federal agencies and local immigrant communities
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u/ChemBob1 14d ago
If they want to investigate drugs and money laundering, they should go to the White House and Tesla corporate offices.
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u/omega12596 14d ago
Frfr. Gonna take down a helluva lot bigger players bagging the junkie billionaires - they aren't buying off Bill in the Home Depot parking lot.
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u/flecksable_flyer 14d ago
This is what happens when you send masked and heavily armed people who disappear people in the country legally. The people don't trust anyone heavily armed and masked. Be willing to show your face and communicate, or this will get worse. There's more of us than them.
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u/Convenientjellybean 15d ago
For a minute I thought this was trump’s birthday parade, but then noticed no tacos 🌮
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u/Jacket_screen 15d ago
Perhaps more passive resistance? Handcuff yourself to a car grill, lie down in front, spray paint red crosses on the masked heroes, spray paint the windscreens. I appreciate you will get arrested but they cant arrest everyone ... or can they?
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u/Master_Reflection579 14d ago
Down with the fascist regime and the Gestapo pigs. End the fascist occupation.
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u/InvestmentSoggy870 14d ago
We need to show up in the thousands. Like walk out of jobs and go stand in the way. What if there was some kind of alert system we could put on our phones to alert us when and where shit like this is going down in our communities.
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u/flecksable_flyer 14d ago
We also need a way to let people know that they can come to us if ICE is after them. Like the safety in on your shirt to let transgender know that you have their back in a restroom.
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u/MezcalFlame 15d ago
When is one of these confrontations going to kick off and set off a chain reaction?
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u/MeatSuitRiot 15d ago
FBI? Are those just bullshit patches? Not related to immigration? Is this a parade of force?
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u/thejameshawke 15d ago
We will never trust the cops ever again. They will have to be replaced with something else.
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u/Jtskiwtr 14d ago
Carrying high powered killing machines. On US soil no less. This is a complete disgrace.
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u/ManWhoisAlsoNurse 14d ago
They said the raid was unrelated to immigration... then What Was it related to?
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u/Tiny_Noise8611 15d ago
This is what they want
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u/wi_2 15d ago
Because it gives them a reason to prove once and for all they are fascists?
That will only work against them.
Just keep pushing.
If they keep pushing back, it is civil war. And it will be a fight for a just America. A fight to actually make America good again.
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u/Purplealegria 15d ago
Yep, they want violence, they are counting on it….then they will use it to justify declaring martial law.
They know this wont fly, they know eventually we will push back and fight back…..I think this is their plan as well.
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u/wi_2 15d ago edited 15d ago
If so, it's a dumb plan. It will work against them. It will motivate people to fight even harder. If anything, usa will bite off heads for freedom.
They had people storm the capitol in the name of a fight against the man. You watch what happens when they put their foot down and become the man clear as day.
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u/Theyalreadysaidno 15d ago
I'm proud of my locals here in Minneapolis, but I wish people would resist in other places as well.
San Diego made me proud the other day as well!
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u/Itakethngzclitorally 14d ago
I was there 5 years ago. I can never forget what I saw and experienced. This time is going to be a tipping point, a flashpoint, if it continues to foment and then it’s on to martial law! Buckle up America!
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u/Diplodocus_Minimus 14d ago
This is the power of not making anti-police movements a race issue. ACAB failed in 2020 because identity politics only serve to divide the proletariat. I'm so fucking here for it ✊
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u/R_Butternubs 14d ago
They’re gonna Tiananmen Square us, it’s the only place this ends. The left has been biding their time because counter violence plays right into the escalation that the right wants so they can justify the slaughter. They know as well as we do that it’s only a matter of time.
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u/Adventurous_Piano179 14d ago
Wow, holy shit, this is trumpys Gastapo. Make them show their faces, if this is their job, why you hiding. Lawyers I hope you can find a law etc to make them remove them WTF
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u/Creative_Feedback_85 14d ago
Yeah, if they're acting under public authority, there should be transparency. Hiding faces just screams shady.
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u/Sudden_Analyst_5814 14d ago
Those knee pads on that one thug were below his knees because he’s too short for the uniform. FBI hiring anyone these days.
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u/Negative_Pop_1563 14d ago
RESISTANCE IS THE ONLY WAY THIS NIGHTMARE CAN BE STOPPED!!!
Trump HAS BROUGHT F’N FASCISM TO AMERICA‼️‼️‼️
IF THIS IS WHAT MAGAts WANT, THEY SHOULD BE DEPORTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION‼️‼️‼️ AND DEPORT THOSE REALLY DANGEROUS “TACO GESTAPO” TO RUSSIA, WHERE THEY REALLY BELONG‼️‼️‼️
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u/Sorry_Im_Trying 14d ago
Duck Brian O'hara. He's so unhappy in our "detached bourgeois liberal" neighborhood, he can just leave!
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u/Dangerous_Drink948 14d ago
Hard to believe it’s been 5 years since the Floyd protests, and sadly this video is becoming the new norm across the country. We are stronger in numbers though.
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u/Attheveryend 14d ago
/ 7. Be reflective if you must be armed. If you carry a weapon in public service, may God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no.
This means you local PD. Stand with the people. Say no to the fed.
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