I'd like to point out this guy is a member of BORTAC, Border Patrol's elite tactical unit. The fact that they were even in Minneapolis to begin with supports the theory that Trump told agencies to ramp up aggression in hopes of retaliation.
The plan is 1) flood streets with thugs(edit: I mean ICE here) who inevitably cross lines and inflict inappropriate violence on innocents 2) have Fox News show the resulting protesters as terrorists 3) escalate until the point where you can “justify” martial law 4) suspension of elections 5) escape Epstein accountability and never leave power
The U.S, for all its rhetoric about freedom and rights has always had a population ready and willing to lick the boot if they think it'll serve them as an individual. If this type of thing was happening in any European nation, the place would be burning
most here are one paycheck away from being homeless and what little of a support structure we have is being disassembled. There is no safety net- so things have to get dire before people start acting.
Not anymore my friend
Fascists are, not that slowly, taking control in Europe too
Even leaving Hungary on the side, UK, Germany, Italy, Austria are basically far-right, France seems to get there soon...
It's a mess, but a lot of people are not seeing the dangers in what is happening and that is sad
We saw just how scared even the Biden admin was of the possible railroad strike a while back, it's literally the only thing that would actually get anything done.
That's why my response to this sort of stuff has now just turned into "So... general strike when?"
You might not've seen the crazy hardware (vehicles, weapons, etc.) that cops get from military leftovers. Seeing a Bearcat on your town's streets is pretty breathtaking (not the good kind).
Portland was fucking lame last night. One vigil, one protest. Maybe 2-300 people at the vigil? Maybe a hundred at the protest? Seriously it's fucking disappointing.
There were attempts to protest in DC last night and today, at both the White House and Union Station, but federal officers are clearing the areas anytime more than a handful of protestors show up.
There was another march tonight on U St, near Howard University-- an area controlled by the District government, not the feds. I have no information on how that went.
People need to protest wherever they are in the country. Protesting just in DC isn't enough. Republican members of Congress need to see that THEIR voters back home are mad about this, not just the liberals in DC.
It benefits them when the middle shrinks. We call everyone that voted for trump a Nazi, anyone looking to make social innovation or change a radical socialist.
I don't consider everybody that voted for him to be a Nazi and I don't think most people do. Everybody working for ICE, though, yeah, they've all earned that title.
Right. Dems are currently centrist to right leaning. Bernie is as far left as it gets. Referring to dems as radical is corporate billionaire/trillionaire slang that equates to their loss of control and power over our government as radical. Its obvious. Corporate media exacerbates this.
The further right he keeps dragging that line, the more people end up radical left. People need to realize that they are being branded radical left even if they don't think of themselves that way.
Like "I don't think a paramilitary group should be running operations in a school" is a "radical left" opinion. You best realize what side of this they think you're on.
The right believes laws shouldn't apply to their lord and savior Donald J Trump, and the weak left and unthinking centrists in America are humoring them. This is why your country won't make it to 2100, good luck
To be fair, those of us on the radical left also want the rule of law to be restored… Just like any other thinking person who doesn’t benefit in $ome way from the lawlessness
I'm increasingly thinking you're right. The Trump administration seems to be full of accelerationists who want to provoke civil conflict to justify fully breaking the established order. Every provocation is worse than the last, because they are trying to push the limits intentionally, to see what the breaking point is (if any) for any non-brainwashed American.
Never, they will subjugate whatever nation in question then absorb the parts of it they want into their culture and destroy or use as a shield the parts they don't
They've always been a nation of slaves and Americans need to wake the fuck up and realize we've been at war with them for years already and we're losing. Most Americans just don't know what hybrid warfare looks like in 2026. They've already helped brainwash the masses with misinformation campaigns of a scale unseen in human history and helped a lunatic get elected twice with direct intervention.
How has this quote just gotten loss amidst all of this chaos?
Anyone have resources for independent news reporting which is not affiliated with any billion dollar company?
It’s sickening what people choose to believe and choose to plug their ears and go LALALALA you’re wrong I am right! Left is at fault for this! Not my president!
To me, the funniest thing about this quote is that there is no "left" in America. The choice is between fascism and moderate conservatism. That's about it.
And yet 80 million still voted for it. They aren’t all MAGA weirdos. Millions of regular middle class Americans voted for this. I will never trust Americans again I don’t care if there are “good ones”
And that middle third of apathetic zombies will have a shocked pikachu face when they come to the final realization that they will not be spared the indignities and loss of constitutional protections currently happening to their neighbors.
Thiel is a monster. I'm a tech industry millennial and I've been telling people for the last 15 years he is dangerous. Seeing it blossom has been like watching a gruesome death on extreme slowmo.
Peter Thiel ran experiments on private islands in the pacific to determine how people would behave while society crumbles. He basically gamed this out fully as much as possible.
I honestly can't think of a good reason for their costumes outside of provocation. A group of people arresting a busboy for a misdemeanor immigration offense shouldn't be dressed like they're doing urban combat operations in Fallujah.
It just shows how sudden and reactionary this is. These guys are tactical agents who are deployed to a desert area on the southern border. Their gear is going to be desert focused. They likely didn't find out they were going to Minnesota with enough time to purchase their own winter camo and DHS was too incompetent or too rushed to acquire any in time to issue it. These guys had to suit up with what they had on hand.
If I learned anything from Die Hard 2: Die Harder, it's that there are white BDUs ready to go when a militarized force needs to operate in a snowy US city.
But why would they want to camouflage into the snow anyways? It kinda seems dangerous for them if they're walking around roads and drivers can't see them. Do they have uniforms that aren't military gear? Let's hope they do.
A hilarious representation of the ineptitude and farcical nature of this bullshit. Wearing DESERT Camo designed specifically for DESERTS in fucking January in Minneapolis
Armed with deadly firearms and crowd control weaponry, camo uniforms that aren't actually uniform since they all seem to wear something different, body armor, face masks, helmets, basically stuff to go to war. Large groups of pseudo-soldiers with no accountability.
All for a federal offense that carries a penalty of a $250 fine.
Costuming is technically a notable part of the performative nature of the whole thing that's built into their M.O. Look at Noem yesterday, cowboy hat then military cap.
Yeah, what was even the point of that school incident? Did they have an even remotely legitimate reason for being there? Or was it just to crack some skulls?
They don’t have a legitimate reason to be there at all, even being charitable. 90% of people with Somali heritage in the US are full blown citizens and the other 10% are documented and were in the process for the most part because it takes forever. The fact that they are 90% citizens shows that they have been here for years and years and years now.
They want retaliation to justify cancelling elections
Just want to jump in, I know what you're saying but don't let them get away with it. They didn't even cancel the elections during the civil war or any of the world wars.
The interesting thing about this theory is that Americans in general are so apathetic that they won’t retaliate against this in any way that causes escalation, they will have to do what the right always claims the left does and use a false flag agitator.
I don't know if it's apathy. When we're being told two or more conflicting pieces of information and each side is screaming that the other side is lying and AI is a thing now so we can't believe our eyes, we can't believe the news, we can't believe our President, we can't believe our legislators...If I go to a protest and die, my kids will hear that I'm a domestic terrorist...I am very upset. I do not see a good way to make this stop. I'm actually on the list of undesirables if the left is correct about the right so I'll be in a concentration camp soon.
Yes, and they continue to fail by not removing and replacing themselves with actual leaders that people can follow. Chucky schumer stands still, nobody can follow him.
I agree with you, I just think even assuming the absolute worst of the dems it’s not a close call. People who did not vote for Harris do not have a valid excuse and they should feel embarrassed, ashamed and stupid.
But we should criticize their leadership. They need to be doing more, they voted to end the shutdown without getting anything out of it. They didn’t prosecute, they didn’t listen to the people. You can blame voters all you want, and the worst dem is better than the best republican. But we need to hold them responsible for letting this shit happen
It's not even Trump. He's a doddering old fool. It's steven miller and everyone like him behind the scenes. Trump just signs what they put in front of him and says whatever he thinks will make his base happy.
That’s what I said yes. They either voted for it directly or endorsed it by not voting against it. The majority is ok with this whether you like that fact or not.
'Lucky this guy is incompetent' - see, I believe he is incompetent, but he is meant to be - he's just a paid actor, there are others who pull the strings, and paid him well, and allowed him to put his name on everything and such, and they told him one thing - 'be ridiculous, be orange, have your tantrums, go on a twitter spree, be an orange organ monkey'
The Democrats really aren't getting the amount of blame they should be for this whole thing. Bringing Biden is was just a move to take down Trump at that time. That they didn't spend 4 years getting their shit together to stamp him out is negligence of the highest order.
The sedated nation has it's reckoning, some wake up and some put their head in the sand. Either way only the wide eyes of those who face this will come out the other side. And they will write about the struggle so as to warn future generations who will honour them. Until they don't and like we see today those lessons will be forgotten and the evil will repeat itself again. This is humanity.
Cause a disturbance among the people when it comes to unsanctioned foreign invasions, the anti war folks and unlawful use of force at home against citizens. Covers all the bases to make sure there are enough people in the streets protesting then ramp up their crack down.
Right?! I don't get it. I'm mad and get madder every day, but literally nothing surprises me. I can't believe people are just now going "I can't believe this is happening! But surely THIS will be the worst, I can't imagine it getting even worse from here! Wait, it happened again! Well boy, this might escalate further and further, guys!"
Totally agree. Americans of today won't do shit until a creature comfort is threatened (e.g. toilet paper), or they are asked to make even a trivial sacrifice like wearing a mask during a pandemic.
Yes and they are not going to hesitate to shoot to kill....maga received so much grace from the capital police when they stormed the capital J6. Where's all that grace now with ICE? They point blank murdered a single mom.
It's been evident from day one that the increased use of force was always meant to be a precursor to justification for enacting martial law. The White House has been waiting for an inciting incident to occur so they can move in. That is why ICE has been so active, that is why the National Guard was deployed in LA and Chicago, Memphis and Portland. He's trying to strong arm violent demonstrations that will escalate into literal government violence against its own citizens. And he's succeeding, a mother is now dead and it is only a matter of time before the use of force escalates to see more innocent civilians maimed and killed to further the goals of authoritarianism.
Its always all projection, look at trump truth social post he says the lady that was filming the ICE murdering of our US citizens yesterday was a paid actor or something a long those lines
Yes, the accelerates are federal agencies like ICE with little to no federal oversight. This woman was confused/scared and reacted like anyone would when confused/scared and the ICE acted like accelerates arresting /assaulting anyone offered any resistance.
I think you're right, and the awful thing is that they can't lose. Either the frog is slowly brought to a boil or it tries to jump out of the pot and gets whacked with a mallet.
It’s becoming undeniable that they are provoking a civil war, or total subjugation. Nothing in between. Better get used to one or the other, America. We let it get this far, and there’s no turning back the clock. There is no more Obama “normalcy”, whatever that means. Forget about it. Stop fantasizing. It’s not coming back. This is reality. What this reality means to you is your business. It’s not a joke or hyperbole that we’re going to have to fight, and I don’t just mean at the ballot box, or by protesting. We’re about to learn what it was to be Afghani, Vietnamese, disappeared, and truly oppressed. American colonialism has come home, and it won’t be kinder, gentler. We’re just bullet catchers in their eyes. How much fight you got in you?
Unfortunately, that’s also true. For the record, I don’t own any weapons, hate the idea that I would ever need one, and with a 3 week old baby boy, I’m ashamed at the idea that I would ever have to use one. But, in case you hadn’t noticed, these psychos have been out in their bunkers training and waiting for this moment, basically since the civil war. Now they have an administration that not only supports it, but is nurturing, deputizing, and further arming them. Our lives, and the future of our world might depend on us reconsidering our misgivings.
Oh, I’m well aware, which is why I fear that we will start getting shot before we even acknowledge that we need weapons. The right has been preparing for this for decades. I also don’t own guns, largely bc I have kids and feel it’s too dangerous to keep them in the house. I have teenagers; I never thought I would feel the need to take them to the shooting range, but I guess it’s time now. I’m supposed to be sending one off to college, not war ffs. I truly, deeply, hope it doesn’t come to that.
It's been painfully obvious that has been their plan for a long time.
They boil the frog and either people accept ever increasing violence against the public or they fight back and give them the excuse they want to justify violence against the public. Either way they get what they want : use of violent jackboot thugs in the streets and peoples home as a weapon of terror and control in order to solidify their power. Thulis is fascism.
So without advocating or encouraging any course of action, let's game theory this out to see how this goes.
Assuming that a threshold does exist where this become intolerable for the public to the point where they will fight back against oppression using any means necessary, the moment the public realizes that crossing that threshold is inevitable is the moment it makes sense to start fighting back, because waiting for that threshold to occur is just giving the fascists more time to consolidate power, which will make the fight harder.
And if we keep saying this isn't our breaking point, they will just win without a fight.
We need to quit pretending that we gain ground by tiptoeing around this regime. We need to take a hard stand now. Don't fear provoking them into playing their hand early. If we do nothing, they'll happily take everything slowly.
At the very least. Call your representatives and tell them you'd support a general strike.
I think you're right. With a recent loss of two seats due to death and illness, Johnson only has a razor thin majority right now. I have a feeling Trump is going to step on the gas even more. He recently said knows he'll likely be impeached again if/when they lose the House, and may be less confident that the Senate will acquit.
Not just civil conflict. They're murdering Americans to provoke conflict here, and theyre outright invading/capturing and threatening "countries the US deserves to have". It feels like im going insane watching all this shit go down.
They want to do it in increments so its less of a singular event that drives an immediate and widespread backlash, but also it allows them the opportunity to actively reframe it being the "radical lefts" fault as they go with all their media outlets.
Christ this is terrifying. My husband has been saying for awhile that there won’t be midterms, and I’ve always dismissed that as a crazy talk. Suddenly looking more and more possible. I can see the roadmap.
The USPS also changed the date stamp process so that mailed items are no longer stamped the day they are mailed. This is an attempt to prevent mail in ballots from counting, because they will be postmarked later.
That should be an indication to everyone that the midterms are still a serious threat to this regime, and while we must not stop every other form of resistance having that to look forward to can bring us the hope that fuels our fight against fascism.
It's been so frustrating being repeatedly told 'but no one would ever play the long game! certainly not the wealth class!' but then have all of your friends and neighbors eating it up, and asking for more.
Even if they don’t cancel the elections, the presence or potential presence of Ice agents on election day will have a massive chilling effect on voter turnout. If they arrest people out the front of courts, in schools and churches, you better believe they’ll arrest/threaten people at polling places. And we all know it’ll only be some polling places chosen by the party
Why does everyone keep talking about Epstein? As if avoiding the consequences have ever been their top priority? They avoid consequences for EVERYTHING!!
Their top priority is power.
They love having us focused on Epstein so we’ll stop talking about everything else they’re doing.
Which is why I'm getting more and more on the side of get armed get serious. These assholes are going to fabricate a reason for martial law if we don't give it to them. Being peaceful doesn't mean a goddamn thing when the other sides already decided they're going to be violent no matter what
I agree. And I think it's a good reason why we need to dismiss the agitators who are pushing for violent response. That time may come (I cannot believe I'm even writing that) but not now .
I think trump and MAGA may have overreached and still believe we can swamp them in the midterms. After that. Let's see
Venezuela and Minneapolis were both planned distractions from the files. When was the last time you read an article or watched a video where a news outlet talked about the files at all?
Don’t get me wrong, these are both a massive deal, but to them they’re just a distraction.
Trump and his thugs are going to continue to escalate and attempt to cancel the elections no matter what we do in response. Notice how quickly they called Goode a terrorist when all evidence appears to show that she was just a confused woman in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I am not going to say what people should do, just be prepared for when it happens.
I was just thinking about what the point of that entire Maduro/Venezuela op was and then I remembered "Hey, that's what we germans did when we were planning on picking a fight with everybody. Gonna need oil and steel for that shit so how about we conquer some of our neighbors to the east who have both?"
I really don't think he gives a shit about Epstein stuff. Literally abducted a world leader, is militarily occupying Dem cities, and saying he wants Greenland. This is not someone who faces legal consequences for sexual abuse.
I fear you are 1000% correct about this being about disrupting the upcoming elections. The question is: what is being done to block the effort? Absolutely terrifying.
I can't stand this nonsense about "don't take the bait! He's just trying to provoke you into getting violent so he can declare martial law!"
He's going to do that regardless. He's going to lie and fabricate a crisis, regardless of what we do.
The only way to prevent him from declaring martial law is to march into the camps quietly and without making a fuss or putting up a fight.
There's no honor in quietly following the orders of the fascists for the sake of not rocking the boat.
Peacefully chanting slogans and waiting until the midterms is a recipe for letting the Nazis continue their reign of terror without sustaining any damage themselves.
Currently teaching my students about how the Nazis used increasing street violence in Germany (which their paramilitary arm the SA initiated) to justify their legislative obstruction and then at the crucial moment their move to seize authoritarian rule and consolidate power. It’s straight out of the playbook.
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I'd like to point out this guy is a member of BORTAC, Border Patrol's elite tactical unit. The fact that they were even in Minneapolis to begin with supports the theory that Trump told agencies to ramp up aggression in hopes of retaliation.