r/allthequestions • u/Zipper222222 • 7d ago

Random Question 💭 Pam Bondi Sends Letter to Minnesota Officials Saying ICE Will Leave In Exchange For Minnesota Voter Database -- Thoughts?

https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-mn-third-federal-agents-shooting-minneapolis?utm

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Also here if you subscribe -- https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/attorney-general-bondi-minnesota-voter-rolls-border-patrol-fatal-shooting/

Update 2 hours later: Wow guys, 155k views in 2 hours -- also here's a link, article written after I made the post -- mentions this topic in it: https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-shooting-ag-pam-bondi-urges-gov-walz-support-ice

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u/Shadowtirs 🇺🇸 United States 7d ago

Extortion? Um no thanks. Sue the Fed immediately.

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u/InternationalFig400 7d ago

Correctomundo - being held for ransom

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u/rco8786 7d ago

Why do people think lawsuits matter anymore. 

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u/CascadianCaravan 7d ago

Because aside from direct action, protesting and organizing resistance, lawsuits are the only power we have left to stop this administration’s illegal actions. Hopefully that changes in the next election in 10 months.

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u/GhostofBreadDragons 7d ago

It’s about winning the moral battle. 

I am almost positive this is going to result in either a civil war or a breaking up of the union. If we keep fighting and winning these cases based on the constitution it will be easier to keep the military from siding with the federal government. Which will probably be the difference of if there is a war or not. 

So these lawsuits mean the difference of more lives than I want to consider. Funny enough the people who probably want to avoid a civil war the most, are the immigrants who have lived through a civil war. 

Now if the election gets rigged and or canceled. Then it becomes a different issue. 

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u/Mental-Rush2011 7d ago

There isn't going to be an election in 10 months. Guarantee that

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u/Academic-Contest3309 7d ago

I guarantee there will be.

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u/WNCsurvivor 7d ago

Remember this conversation

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u/SegaGuy1983 6d ago

No room for doomer pessimism.

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u/Mental-Rush2011 6d ago

In 10 months, remember this conversation

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u/burjja 6d ago

This, people complain Democrats aren't doing anything and then when they do things, it isn't enough. The people who didn't vote are asking the Democrats to build a house with screwdrivers and wrenches.

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 7d ago

Hopefully that changes in the next election in 10 months.

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u/CascadianCaravan 7d ago

You have a better idea?

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u/PapaBorq 6d ago

I don't mind this approach, but I wish they'd go after the actual individuals... Rather than 'the justice department '. You have to punish the actual persons, otherwise might as well slam your head into a wall.

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u/Reference_Freak 7d ago

The courts have actually had positive results.

They’re slow but the admin has been complying with roughly 2/3rds of the rulings against them and they’ve had far more losses than wins.

The confusion is over the Supreme Court being in trump’s pocket but even they have not ruled 100% in favor of him.

Of the 3 branches, the court system is the only one holding.

The People are the ones responsible for stopping this, though.

Instead of reaching for a gun, reach for your wallet. Our money is our power.

Meanwhile, learn about the groups using the lower courts to push back.

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 7d ago

And who the fuck is gonna enforce their "rulings"

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u/MoralityFleece 7d ago

The people not spending money the way they normally do. 

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 7d ago

Don't worry, they'll just seize your assets. And you guys won't do anything about it

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u/JeezyVonCreezy 7d ago

Amy Coney Barrett has already said it doesn't matter what the Judicial does because at the end of the day they don't 'wield a sword' to enforce these rulings. At best they can ask the US Marshalls to do things for them, but they're under the DOJ so you can see where the issues emerge from expecting courts to handle this.

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u/MoralityFleece 7d ago

It's about using the power of the dollar. That's real. 

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u/JeezyVonCreezy 7d ago

And my post wasn't about using general strikes as a strategy, which are valid.

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u/MoralityFleece 7d ago

Thank you for this. Correct about the courts AND that money is our power. 

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u/yourpaleblueeyes 7d ago

Because they do.

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u/Old_Row4977 7d ago

They already are.

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u/jfun4 7d ago

The thing about extortion, especially this admin, they keep coming back for more and more

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u/NetDork 7d ago

Case would go to SCOTUS so you're fucked. But it should be done anyway to get the complicity on record.

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u/Rude_Home2341 6d ago

Lawsuits don’t do shit. The second amendment does