Yes we are still on this…..why? Because the prez has weaponized a personal army within the DHS and it is getting worse and more blatant in its tactics.
But they say because of the shooting deaths in Minneapolis the reform of tactics will be forthcoming.
Will it?
It will begin with the recall of ICE agents…..
In the aftermath of the slayings in Minneapolis of two civilians, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the mass protests that ensued, Trump’s border czar has announced he’s withdrawing 700 ICE agents from the city. Trump himself has also indicated his administration is backing down from its hardline tactics.
A disturbing finding in the Edelman survey is that 40 per cent of respondents approve of one or more hostile actions to bring about change. This includes “attacking people online, intentionally spreading disinformation, threatening of committing violence, damaging public or private property.”
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This willingness to take hostile action is the highest I have seen in my 45 years of research into public order and protest. It is far higher than numbers found in the 2017-22 World Values Survey of 102 countries that asked five questions about political action.
In that survey, only 35 per cent globally said they “might” get involved in a peaceful protest, while 46 per cent “would never.” In Canada, 48 per cent said they would get involved in a peaceful protest; 29 per cent would never. In the U.S., 55 per cent of respondents reported they “might” and 34 per cent wouldn’t.
With this disturbing news can we expect a bit of a draw down on our American cities?
NOPE!
President Donald Trump revealed that his administration has a list of at least five American cities they hope to target after the immigration operation in Minneapolis.
In a sit-down interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas on Wednesday, Feb. 4, Trump was asked about the Department of Homeland Security’s controversial handling of immigration enforcement — including the recent shooting deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents, and whether he believes their deaths were justified.
“No. I don’t. I — it should’ve not happened,” Trump, 79, replied. “It was a very sad — to me it was a very sad incident, two incidents.”
Trump’s regretful response — a stark contrast from the messaging that others in his administration have spread about Good and Pretti, including labeling them as “domestic terrorists” — led Llamas to ask whether there was a shift on the horizon in how agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be operating as they carry out his mass deportation program.
https://people.com/trump-considering-five-more-cities-federal-agents-11900139
Regrettable? My scrawny ass.
Donny is lying to try and look like he is compassionate to the problem….which we all know the a/hole has no idea what compassion is….
While Donny may soften his words his House lap dog has a different view…..
“Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant.”
Those are the complaining words of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R–La.), who was voicing his support for the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which now claims that its agents have the right to forcibly enter private homes without first obtaining a warrant signed by a judge. According to ICE, its agents may forcibly enter homes in certain immigration enforcement contexts based merely on a so-called “administrative warrant,” which is not actually a warrant at all, but is rather just a piece of paper signed by someone in the executive branch.
To fully appreciate the inherent lawlessness of the Johnson view, simply replace the phrase “getting a judicial warrant” with any constitutional requirement that you like in the above-quoted statement. For example:
- “Imagine if we had to go through the process of guaranteeing freedom of speech.”
- “Imagine if we had to go through the process of respecting the right to keep and bear arms.”
- “Imagine if we had to go through the process of paying just compensation when private property is taken for a public use.”
You get the idea.
When a government mouthpiece complains that it would be too difficult to follow the commands of the Constitution in a given context, that’s a dead giveaway that the government is already violating (or planning to violate) the commands of the Constitution in that context.
Did not this a/hole take an oath to protect the Constitution?
Wake up People! These goofballs have no intention of protecting your rights or preserving the Constitution.
Time to do something about these transgressions.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
I still get the feeling that he has only just started, and there is much worse to come.
Best wishes, Pete.
My feeling as well….no mater how much he lies the onslaught is not over. chuq
If I had a million cock-roaches and I took ten of them out of the picture, that woldn’t amount to much of a draw down now would it? Give them a taste of the icing but keep all the cake intact is what I am seeing.
This whole thing is for the optics….he has no intention of ending anything much less trying to tamp it down. chuq
A drawdown? Yeah, sure it is. Pulling 700 of the ICE goons isn’t a drawdown. Thousands are still remaining in the area and they have started to act far more aggressively. Reports I’ve been hearing from local sources is that they aren’t just going after immigrants, they are actively targeting protesters and news reporters. And they are becoming much, much more violent. One report I heard says that a woman protester was following a couple of ICE vehicles when the abruptly boxed her in, surrounded her with fully automatic weapons pointed at her, smashed out the windows of her car, dragged her out and hauled her off, only to then release her with no charges a few hours later. This kind of crap has been happening over and over, US citizens being violently arrested for no apparent reason only to be released hours later with no charges. They stopped a van with an entire family in it that had the misfortune of driving through an area where a protest was taking place. They broke out the window and threw flashbang grenades and tear gas canisters into the vehicle resulting in injuries to the occupants and sending at least one of the children to the emergency room. All were US citizens with no criminal records. Their only “crime” was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are now actively attacking peaceful groups of protestors for no apparent reason with tear gas and non-lethal projectiles (i.e. “rubber bullets” and “bean bag” rounds) This is not a law enforcement agency, it is a terrorist organization.
That those sniveling cowards in the Congress are allowing this to continue is nothing less than criminal.
They are the modern version of the ‘Brown Shirts’….and Congress will hold meetings and talk a bunch and do little….their typical tactic. chuq
When one considers the qualifications of these “ICE’ enforcers, can we expect anything different?
Nope a thug will always be a thug. chuq