This isn’t policy drift. This is a test. They’re testing the streets, they’re testing the courts, they’re testing our nerves. That is the test.
Masked raids and “absolute immunity” aren’t about safety, they’re about permission. Permission to scare people into silence. Permission to turn law into a weapon.
So no, we don’t go quiet. We don’t go numb. We don’t go quiet. www.xplisset.com
The proposals: disarm ICE, remove immunity, restrict targeting; assume we’re dealing with an enforcement agency that’s gone off the rails. We’re not. We’re dealing with exactly what I described in my piece on America’s security apparatus: a force deliberately designed to dehumanize, selected for cruelty, and rewarded for brutality.
ICE is recruiting gun enthusiasts, UFC fans, and tactical gear shoppers for their “sacred duty” to repel “foreign invaders.” That’s not law enforcement language. That’s tribal warfare framing.
You’re giving angry, under-trained people guns, immunity, and permission to unleash violence on civilians they’ve been trained to see as animals. That’s Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment scaled to a national agency. That’s Milgram’s obedience studies deployed as immigration policy.
Reich’s right that they want violent confrontations to justify the Insurrection Act. But the deeper truth is the incentive structure guarantees those confrontations. When you reward agents for aggression and tell them civilians are “invaders,” shooting Renee Good isn’t a breakdown…it’s the system functioning exactly as designed.
Call your representatives. Demand the policy changes Reich outlines. But understand what you’re fighting: not a rogue agency, but an apparatus that’s become what it was built to become once someone removed the last pretense of restraint.
Take a look at the structure I describe here and the way to push back in the comments:
Demand they legislate and pass HR1470 - ending qualified immunity act and S492 Ending qualified immunity act ... Under consideration S122 codify the defense of qualified immunity is just plain nuts.
Is it too much to ask that officers be limited to operate within the clearly defined boundaries of the constitution? that they should never violate peoples rights afforded under the constitution? In my opinion, the law enforcement folks are plainly saying that they need to have qualified immunity in order to be able to do their well-paying jobs, they are admitting they are so incompetent to do their jobs under the limitations of the constitution, too inept to be able to understand the clear language of the constitution.
Don't you think law enforcement operating under the color of law ought to be able to understand the clear language of the constitution? That they should require the crutch of some special Privileges or Immunities outlines an incompetence and not a competence.
Calling and writing are certainly things that people living far away from ICE atrocities can do, but there are limits. For instance, me. I live in Ohio and my congresscritter is Jim Jordan. Making humanitarian pleas to him or either of my senators is an exercise in futility.
Bob - I’m also in Ohio and I have the same problem with my representative and senators as well. I know that I won’t get a reply back from any of them but it does seem to make me feel like I have at least done something. If I can irritate the aides who have to read emails then at least they feel the irritation that I feel even if it is in a different way. Currently I’m excited about Acton/Pepper and Sherrod Brown and will do what I can (I’m physically and financially limited but I try to find other ways to help) to get them elected. Even thinking that we will end up with ramaswamy turns my stomach and makes me want to fight for decent representation. The deputy director of ICE just stepped down to run for the 9th District so she must be stopped too but we will see if we have elections. I believe she is trying to run because Ramaswamy just took the man who was the biggest threat to Kaptur and made him his running mate. Kaptur’s last couple of races were very close and at 79 she should have at least considered letting someone else run but it’s not my district so we will see what happens after the primaries narrow down the candidates.
Call his office anyway. It takes a few minutes. His staffer notes and tallies your call, for or against the upcoming vote. This time on HR1470 to end qualified immunity.
Thomas Dority, thank you for the references to the legislation. This is helpful when calling senators and representatives. Also, I think we should encourage our lawmakers not to vote more funding for ICE agents or ICE anything. We need to have that group melted down.
Thomas - Yes, everyone should be following the letter of the law but there’s a difference between law enforcement and federal agents. Currently it’s the federal agents who are coloring outside the law/lines. Let’s not forget that the agent who just committed murder was not a new recruit but he was a seasoned agent and firearms instructor who should know better. There’s no statute of limitations on murder so even if this administration doesn’t want to do a proper investigation hopefully the next president (or an experienced head of DHS) will ask for one. The agent who shot the man in the leg claimed “to fear for his life” but the main question is why was he all alone during the chase? If you are in an unmarked car, by yourself and with no identification on (other than what anyone can buy online) and you are chasing me I would fight or flight too.
Solving the behavioral problem and stopping the cruel destruction force destroying America requires enforcement of the law against insurrection.
The Gestapo includes the 30 million who still support Trump. Here is what can be done in 90 days to stop Trump, the Republican party, Republicans in Congress, and justices on the Supreme Court who are engaged in an ongoing insurrection that includes ICE and violates federal law (18 U.S. Code § 2383). Democrats should adopt an ACTION PLAN WITH LEGAL FORCE that begins with enacting and enforcing a new state law modeled after the federal law in 7 states that have Democrats in control of state government. California could be the first state to enact and enforce the law within 90 days which would remove the 9 Republicans representatives from California in the Congressional House. The House would then have a Democratic majority in 2026 with Jefferies as Speaker of the House to stop the Big Beautiful Bill and make sure Ukraine and Medicaid are fully funded and there will be no tax cuts for the rich. The PLAN is described in the following paragraphs with actions that will remove four conservative justices from the Supreme Court.
According to the federal law on insurrection (18 U.S. Code § 2383), a felony crime is committed by “whoever assists or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof or gives aid or comfort thereto shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the united states”.
The insurrection began on January 6, 2021, and was planned in PROJECT 2025 to continue in 2025 and forever as a lawless, fascist autocracy.
All people who voted for Trump in the 2024 election commited illegal violations of federal law (18 U.S. Code § 2383) because the votes were support of the insurrection and in violation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment which the Supreme Court illegally refused to enforce that would have blocked Trump from being on the ballot in 2024.
STEP 1 – Enact a new state law authorized by the 10th Amendment on insurrection modeled after the federal law on insurrection, 18 U.S. Code § 2383, in 15 states in 2026 so that Democrats would have a large majority in control of the House of Representatives before the midterm elections. The 15 states which have Democrats in control of state government with Democrats as governor, attorney general and a Democratic majority in the state House and state Senate. The 15 states are Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine.
The new state law would define a felony crime and penalties for whoever is a resident of the state and has assisted, or engaged in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof or has given aid or comfort thereto by being a registered voting member of a political party that (1) had supported the election of an insurrectionist to the presidency and (2) remained a member of the political party after the insurrectionist was elected president and engaged in leading the executive branch to violate the Constitution of the United States and the laws thereof. The new state law would also define a violator of the law as being incapable of voting in any future election in the state or holding office as a representative of the state in Congress or holding any office under the state.
STEP 2 - In 2026, following the enactment of the new state law on insurrection in 7 of the 15 states, the new state law should be enforced. Governors and attorney generals in those states should order the arrest of residents of the state who are holding office as Republican representatives of the state in Congress or holding office as Republicans in state legislature as suspected violators of the new state law, immediately remove them from office, to be indicted, prosecuted in state court, and imprisoned following conviction. The change in the number of representatives in Congress should immediately create a new large Democratic majority in the House and reduce the small Republican majority in the Senate. The 7 states are California which could remove their 9 Republican representatives in the House, Colorado has 4, Illinois has 3, Maryland has 1, New Jersey has 3, New York has 7, and Oregon has 1 for a total of 28. Maine has one Republican senator in the Senate who could be removed.
The Constitution in Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 allows members of Congress to be arrested, indicted, and convicted for felony crimes that violate federal, or state law and the law can be enforced even when the law has penalties of imprisonment up to ten years with mandatory permanent removal and prevention from holding office.
STEP 3 - In 2026, following the enactment of the new state law on insurrection in the three states of Maryland, New Jersey and Colorado, the new state law should be enforced by governors and attorney generals in those states who should order the arrest of the four suspected violators of the new state law who are residents of those states and justices in the Supreme Court. Roberts & Kavanaugh are residents of Maryland, Gorsuch is a resident of Colorado, Alito is a resident of New Jersey. After arrest and confinement in the state, the attorney general removes any criminal felons from the Supreme Court to prosecute them in state courts and imprison them following convictions for up to ten years. After those three states remove the four conservative justices from the Court, the Court would change from 6 conservatives and 3 liberals to 2 conservatives and 3 liberals with four vacancies. The Supreme Court would not be able to function and hear cases with the reduced number of justices. Trump will try to replace the justices, but that attempt should be challenged in federal and state courts and would be blocked until Democrats win the presidency in 2028.
The Constitution does not establish judicial immunity for any judge including federal judges or Supreme Court Justices. The doctrine of judicial immunity is not a law, but a principle that protects judges from civil liability for actions taken within their jurisdiction. However, the doctrine does not provide protection against criminal prosecutions, as the Supreme Court explained in O’Shea v. Littleton and then reaffirmed in Imbler v. Pachtman and Dennis v. Sparks. Therefore, Supreme Court Justices can be arrested, indicted, and convicted for felony crimes that violate federal or state law and the law can be enforced even when the law has penalties of imprisonment up to ten years with mandatory permanent removal and prevention from holding office.
STEP 4 – In 2026, enforcement of the new law in those blue states would take all voting rights away from the Gestapo who violated the law and are registered members of the Republican party. The law states that the felony crime includes whoever is a resident of the state and remained a member of the political party after the insurrectionist was elected president and engaged in leading the executive branch to violate the Constitution of the United States and the laws thereof. The law states whoever is a resident of the state and a violator of the law is incapable of voting in any future election in the state or holding office as a representative of the state in Congress or holding any office under the state.
There are 18 R states where Rs have less than 100% of seats; there are just 9 such D states. Didn’t tally the seats themselves, but since each state is sovereign, not sure this is a reliable approach?
R states could not legally create and enforce a new criminal law against D’s unless the law and prosecution are unConstitutional and honest courts would stop it
William, I believe we need to use psychology, not reason or policy. Trump is a malignant narcissist who wants suffering of all people. He thrives on it. We must use his personality disorder against him and MOCK him. If thousands in MN carried Epstein signs and wore costumes mocking Trump, ICE would be gone in hours. He could not handle the humiliation. And if every city, every politician, every reporter followed suit... eventually he would self implode. This is basic human psychology. His followers are victims of narcissism and show the classic behavioral signs as well. We must fight smarter, not harder, and stop giving him what he wants or this country will become the hell hole he so craves.
An opinion to replace enforcement of law with psychology is an ideology that undermines a government run by law that can practically and objectively achieve safety.
Ideology is a system of beliefs, values, and ideas shaping a society's worldview, while law is the formalized, enforceable set of rules that translates those beliefs into action, with law often reflecting and being influenced by dominant ideologies (like liberalism or communism) but also sometimes masking underlying power dynamics or manipulating subjects under the guise of justice. Essentially, ideology provides the 'why' and 'what' (principles), while law provides the 'how' (rules and enforcement), though this relationship isn't always direct or transparent.
Ideology:
• Definition: A comprehensive set of ideas, beliefs, and values that a group or individual holds, influencing their goals, expectations, and understanding of the world.
• Nature: Abstract, conceptual, and rooted in shared worldviews (e.g., capitalism, feminism, Marxism, psychology).
• Function: Shapes social structures, power dynamics, and cultural norms.
Law:
• Definition: A formal system of rules and regulations established by a political authority to govern behavior and maintain order.
• Nature: Concrete, codified, and backed by institutional power (courts, police).
• Function: Enforces social norms, resolves disputes, and administers justice (or serves ideological ends).
The Relationship:
• Influence: Laws often serve as the legal expression of a dominant political ideology, embodying its values (e.g., laws protecting private property reflect capitalist ideology).
• Critique: Critical theories suggest law can present itself as neutral (ideals of justice) while actually reinforcing existing power structures and serving ideological functions, manipulating people without them realizing it.
• Application: Legal ideologies, like many extreme Republican theories of governance (such as Trump violating the law with ICE and the six justices on the Supreme Court who support originalism) focus specifically on how judges should interpret the law based on certain extreme principles (like denying facts or original intent), distinct from broader political ideologies that recognize facts and the validity of science for regulating healthcare (vaccines …)
In short, ideology is the underlying belief system, and law is the codified, enforced manifestation of those beliefs, though this connection can be complex, contested, and sometimes serves to obscure deeper ideological motives.
America was created and governed with the law (Constitution that includes due process…) not psychology which has no enforecable rules just subjective theories. You are talking about undermining government in America with an ideology which is how Iran is operated.
Johan, I believe we must fight with psychology, not policy or politics. We have a narcissist in power who is doing exactly what you'd expect of someone with a severe personality disorder. Yes, he wants the fight. He wants mass suffering in every form possible, as that's what narcissists crave. How do you win against a narcissist.... with humiliation. The protestors need to MOCK Trump. Thousands need to carry Epstein signs, wear baby Trump costumes and ICE will leave immediately. Trump will not allow himself to be mocked on a world stage. And with enough humiliation, he will self implode.
Call Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County Attorney in Minneapolis.
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office:
612-348-5550
She has the legal authority to issue an arrest warrant for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Under Supremacy Clause immunity, established in In re Neagle in 1890, federal officers are protected only when they act in a “necessary and proper” fashion.⁹ When they act unreasonably or unlawfully, states can prosecute.
“There are four kinds of people who join the armed forces: those from a traditional military family, true patriots who want to serve their country, those with no other prospects who need a job, and psychotics who just want to kill people.” Truer words were never spoken but please include law enforcement and all others who carry a firearm and a badge? British historian Lord Acton summed it up more than 100 years ago: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
ISOequanimity - I joined law enforcement out of accident. I was encouraged to go on a ride along with someone I looked up to. I was in two of the categories of not being able to afford college (let alone knowing what I wanted to do with my life) and I wanted to serve my community. Most police officers do not go to work wishing to use their service weapons. It’s actually a badge of pride to be able to retire without ever firing off a shot. I failed at that but it was only when the other person decided to use their weapon first. Sure, there are some bad cops but I think there are more good cops out there just trying to make a difference. The message from this administration to the agents is wrong and hopefully they will face the consequences after this administration is gone depending on statute of limitations for their crimes committed against the people.
But never forget they are not doing God’s work. They are doing a convicted felon’s work.
And keep the numbers in mind:
ICE: 30,000
US: 330,000,000
They haven’t a chance to do much criminal work unless we stand aside.
They have reason to fear. Increasingly these green ICE recruits are beginning to realize they are in the wrong; many are beginning to digest the fact that a state ‘assault with a deadly weapon’ conviction can ruin your whole day.
So. Be smart. Be legal. Video!
(Or study & practice peaceful civil disobedience carefully &strategically!)
Be confident. Be persistent. 👍
(Document in detail for future prosecution.)
To paraphrase:
‘First they try to silence you, then they threaten you, then they assault [an actually quite small % of] you, then the truth becomes clear about who is the criminal, and then you win.’
(There IS risk in this power conflict, but the risk of ‘obeying in advance’ and capitulation is 100%.)
Mark, I agree with you and Dr. Reich that we citizens must use every legal means of resistance that we can, as we protect ourselves from physical harm by employing restraint. As regards contacting our elected officials in the US House and Senate, I would not waste my time with the likes of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) or with any of my Republican House members here since they all boarded the clown car to nowhere long ago. Johnson is the one whose office attempted to present the slate of fake electors from Wisconsin to Mike Pence's staff member at the US Capitol on Jan 6th, 2021. Then like Judas, he denied it 3, 4, 5 times. His office has accepted the most violent and libelous political advertising ever seen from dark money in opposition to the "Marxist far-left fanatics" on the other side. Call or write your democracy-minded Congresspersons to insist that they vote to defang the trump gestapo before it ignites a shooting war. That's what he wants.
Yes, they are trying to instigate violence - to justify federal troops in the streets.
Please take great pains to avoid giving them any pretext. But video, take & share hi-res photos of faces/eyes, full bodies, gait, voice, attire, vehicles. Post & share them with local authorities.
In a surveillance nation such as we have become, criminals will not be able to maintain anonymity from the people in their communities who know them in daily life - and who know they are the sort of troubled souls who need ICE for one reason or another.
If your son or daughter were wearing a gaiter you would still easily recognize him. So would your neighbor.
So: audio, video, sharp high-res photos, legal or peaceful resistance.
Do it anyway. You might have heard the expression "speak truth to power." And go on over to OpenSecrets.org, find out the names of their donors, and phone the donors and ask them WTF. Get ahold of your local mainstream media and push on them. Churches. Businesses.
I appreciate this framing. Fear only works when it isolates people. Staying connected, speaking plainly, and refusing silence feels like how we protect one another right now.
What you're describing is a "psyop." Here's a new word to consider:
"Pseudocracy" - a rule by liars. A newly coined word describing the current political/informational "alternate facts" environment - a rule by psyop/a rule by liars. A pseudocracy.
Tom, the effects of a minimally regulated friction-free information commerce highway on the US is but another case of first-movers' wind-fall riches destroying a nation, in a long history of such cases.
As with other ‘resource-cursed’ or petrodollar-dictatorship nations, in the US this informatics resource was inadequately regulated and resulted in immense wealth and power consolidation - power that has been extracted and kept from the many who generate that wealth.
This resource-curse extends to future AI and AGI generated power, and into America's foreseeable future.
Unless 'the people' reclaim the reins of power from the current plutocratic oligarchy soon, AGI & the tech broligarchy may enable very small numbers of people (who will it be?) to dominate nations.
This is The Game underway.
Such enormously unwarranted wealth falling to a self-defined 'meritorious' few, results in insane greed and sociopathy rising to the top of the power tower - while driving nations into "a race to the bottom of the brainstem" via personalized AI feeds.
There are no constructive incentives for anyone in this power tower ‘governance’ model.
As went Venezuela (and so many others), so goes every nation which fails to sufficiently fairly regulate the distribution of a sudden narrow influx of toxic power, and fails to nip 'absolute corruption' in the bud.
This is the Work of Governance.
The necessity of assuring a basic living - food, shelter, clothing, education, and healthcare is often expressed in moral terms. But, it is in fact a pragmatic necessity for national prosperity as well. Not from fear of revolt, but need for max productivity.
But yet more critical than raising the base, is the necessity of preventing the consolidation of sufficient wealth among some few 'at the top' that might enable them (singly or in concert), to challenge the legitimate 'restraining of powers' work of governments and rule of law.
The best future lies in the fertile belly of the bell curve, not at the extremes.
US‘s fatal flaw was to deregulate greed. This is a deal with a devil. We had nearly succumbed to that siren song several times before, this time it will be very close.
“the most consequential struggle of the present moment is not between rival armies, but between two visions of order: one based on enforcement and hierarchy, the other on plurality and choice.” -Terry Malone
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) - Walter Scheidel
That's a great question, Tom. For one thing, the citizens of your European country as a people have a historical memory of the extreme damage inflicted upon them by the Nazi regime, the most rabid fanatics of the world. The participants in the World Wars, such as my family members by direct experience and yours have a comprehension of suffering through pure evil to this degree. Yes, in the US a relatable degree of suffering has been inflicted upon citizens and non-citizens alike, but not on the scale of destruction in a global war. For another thing, many of the 40% or so of our citizens who adamantly support this corrupt "regime" have accepted that hatred of non-white races and other people, will bring to them their twisted version of salvation. They have come to accept the increasingly vapid lies of the "regime's" perpetrators as Gospel, and with our corrupt Supreme Court there is little chance of distinguishing the libel from the "freedom of speech" guaranteed by our First Amendment.
I grew up in a country that was respected above all others, and our compassion for the well being of those in need was second to none. In the event of a natural disaster, we were the first ones on scene to give aid to those in distress. During the last 60 years USAID has helped over 3 billion people. This country supplied some 53 million people with food on a regular basis, until Trump dismantled the agency. Today, in only a year's time, our President has managed to abandon all those hungry mouths, who relied upon our generosity for their very survival. Basically, as Trump puts it, because they lived in a "shit hole country." Trump has reduced our world standing to one viewed with distrust and fear. The entire free world is shocked by the thought of how could the American people allow this moron to reach the level of insanity he currently holds. His is a trash heap, and the heat of the sun is causing his stench to meander aimlessly across this country. His usefulness has reached an all time low, as if it had any relevance in the first place. History will paint Mr. Trump as a historical embarrassment to humanity in general.
Is that ALL, Donald??? A"historical embarrassment"??? Trump is a monster that slinked its way out of a black hole in the Universe, and WE need to stuff him back into it; TODAY WOULD NOT BE TOO SOON!
The election was likely rigged by Elon Musk and some of Trump's other lapdogs. The 1.5 million margin for Trump in a total of 150 million votes is very slim and was probably rigged somehow.
Yes, my friends in Europe are also asking that question. And they no longer see it as a problem created by SOME Americans - now the blame is beginning to fall on all of us.
ICE agents have a job to do, which entails the removal of "known" criminals' with records from our midst. Trump has repeatedly stated that ICE members are after the removal of illegal immigrants who are rapists, murderers, and thieves. I can understand this perspective. However, the act of entering this country by foot is considered a misdemeanor, I'll concede it is of a federal nature but still not a crime which would qualify any individuals for deportation. A speeding ticket given by a traffic cop would basically be considered an equal offense. ICE must know who they are after prior to their entering a city. They can't detain strictly by physical appearance, and this bull crap about having to show "Papers," this isn't a fascist state where that would be necessary. There can be no entering of dwellings without an official warrant, the laws of this country can't be ignored so as to pacify the needs of Noem's misguided goon squad. Trump is taking a dump with the toilet seat in the down position, and we wonder why this whole thing reeks.
"There can be no entering of dwellings without an official warrant...." A needed clarification: In all states, law enforcement can enter a home without an official warrant if they have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside is:
• seriously injured
• imminently threatened with injury
• in need of emergency assistance
This clarification is NOT to excuse the awful behavior of the fascist goon squads that Trump and Kristi Noem have unleashed on our nation.
Professor Reich: not only is ameriKKKa's gestapo agency, ICE, violently murdering innocent people, including citizens, but they also are using their masked anonymity to commit rapes, torture and also to capture, kidnap and imprison native americans with the promise they will be deported. to where will these cruel ICE monsters deport native americans? especially considering that white colonisers (including ICE's gestapo) have been living on North America for just few hundred years whereas indigenous peoples have been living on North America for at least 23,000 to 30,000 years, with growing scientific evidence suggesting they may potentially have been here for over 100,000 years.
GrrlScientist, that just goes to show you HOW UNEDUCATED THE ICE GOONS REALLY ARE! STUPID AND LOW IQ AS HELL . . . JUST LIKE THEIR "BOSS" TRUMP (under the auspices of one Stephen Miller!)!
problem with stupid people is they are too stupid to know they are stupid. I want an IQ test for voting. We can have our dystopian fantasy as well. wtf not. I mean, what do you think the average IQ is for them--probably 90. Yep. You heard it here. IQ test to vote. Another one of my good ideas is forced abortions to age 27. 2 years required military & 2 years Peace Corp--community building program. You know, maybe the young men would not be in such a crisis turning to fascism & Christian Nationalism hate--if they had something to do. We too--should give them propaganda to help them feel good about themselves. Frankly I wanna do a WHOLE BUNCH of experimental New Deal type programs & put it on Insta. We can do so much. They will lose, eventually & we need to be READY like they were.
at the very least a basic civics test so the voters show they are at a basic level, informed. I personally deal with a special needs person that understands what is going on, prob thru his adoptive parents. Bravo with the New Deal idea!
We really can't do that you know. Have a test. Anyhoo, but yes, let's dream of all the free stuff we can have & the beautiful country we can build when we tax the billionaires, there are only 904 of them, at 1950's rates. So much experimenting. & we can do it ALL through executive order oh, pack the courts. Gotta have it.
Part of the problem with The Left is discarding the good for the perfect. Obama would agree. In fact, I think he said it. This ideological purity is not helpful. & you nitpicking this is what got us into this situation in the 1st place, part of the reason we lost the election. JS. We're a "big tent" party now, so no, I don't think we can successfully resist this fascism by boycotting Insta & in fact, respectfully, it's stupid. JS
so rude. so typical. US loves to sh*t in the Native Americans, duh, lol. We never fail to find a new way to inflict pain on them. & I guess I do mean WE--as we are collectively responsible
Thank you for making the point that Native Americans are still on the receiving end of facist behavior that is now getting directed to the general population.
Not a stretch at all. 100,000 years ago the coastal communities that the original natives occupied are all under water that was locked up in ice caps that have since melted. 40,000 years ago San Francisco Bay was a wooded canyon and the Pacific Coast was 20 miles offshore where the Farrallon Islands are today. The historical record of our earliest natives is lost under the ocean. This condition is more extreme for the Atlantic Coast as it is more shallow and gradual in decent and has more land area under water.
We need our oversight to have more teeth, so why not do that by elbowing aside Speaker Johnson?
Here is the direct path to end the #ICEoverreachRampage. We need to #FlipTheHouseEarly AS IN THIS MONTH. Just get three House Republicans who are already too underwater to retain their seats as Republicans to choose to declare as independent NOW and rise as true American heroes by caucusing with Democrats to end this madness before more harm is done.
This is the #ImmediateFlipMovement and DNC Chair Ken Martin can make this option far more appealing if he vows not to back or fund any Dem against these new independents as long as they remain caucusing with Dems into 2027.
It's a great deal for both sides. Martin gets the gavel, they get job security and a lead role in GOP 2.0 - what will rise from the ashes after a GOP implosion.
That strategy is Part 1 of what I call #ProjectCarrot. There are other phases after Dems take pawer, including passing #ForThePeopleAct2, fortified with new restrictions not in the first version, H.R. 1 in 2021, to counter all the new GOP and Trumpian tricks for election theft.
Included in that will be a mandate for public not private campaign funding, good news for new allies that fear what billionaire blowback could mean to their reelection in Nov.
Once the flip is confirmed, the #BlueHouse can do more than just start to impeach Kristi Noem. They can use investigations across multiple committees to clamp down on all the unconstitutional processes within every aspect of ICE extraction, detention, and confinement. They can use former inspectors general to define what should be the limiting guidelines, and for every transgression throughout the hierarchy of the ICE infrastructure there will be a subpoena.
The House can form a committee to review every single abuse of these rules, and require documentation including identities on every single abuse in the field.
Every current ICE agent must know that their lives will be changed forever for the travesties they've done. It's just a matter of how long it takes for their number to come up for when they must face the music.
My hope is that other investigations across the board yield our first #DoubleImpeachment leading to the promotion directly to the Oval Office of Speaker Jamie Raskin. Isn't that just what our nation deserves after all we've been through?
I ask that you please address these possibilities in future posts, perhaps after visiting this link to my Substack to get the full picture that I'm trying to present.
It includes scripts for those that want to speak directly to the offices of potential defectors. And doing that effectively will not be easy, because anger and frustration cannot be present. This is not a decision that you can guilt a politician into. This has to be introduced as a net positive option, both for the nation and for a candidate’s political future - when they emerge eventually as a celebrated hero.
Thank you for seeing and perhaps sharing my whole vision. Feels far better than anything else churning in our guts at the moment, doesn’t it?
To which it must be asked how many compromises to fundamental principles would be acceptable to achieve change for the sake of change? The only thing being guaranteed is one's compromising themselves. Hardly "solid."
"Mr. / Ms. Representative, your loyalty to Trump has caused you to betray your Oath to the Constitution and turn traitor to our country and it's principles. We're willing to turn a blind eye to all of that. How would you like to keep your job?" Shitcan any semblance of a moral compass and play the supplicant. Incredible.
Yes, rage is clearly justifiable. But how useful is it when we're talking to the staff of a potential defector? Is it possible that they might hear this and see that this is the best way to keep THEIR job?
Or maybe they are young and idealistic, with most of their life ahead, and see that this is not the America that they want to raise future children in.
What if we were somehow to convince someone that the targeted politician has empathy for and will listen to? What if said politician sees in their eyes that spark, that opportunity to rise and do the right thing which will yield a sigh of relief shared by 7 billion people, and with that the opportunity to be a hero revered instead of a lockstep tool deployed?
I know the odds are small for my ideas. But what is the harm in putting it out there? Isn't that feathering the nest for the desired change we seek? In most cases it's a tactic that's doomed for failure, but what if the batting average is greater than zero?
Don't we deserve the elation of what this could unleash?
Trump and his enablers are in effect attempting to start a civil war between those on the dark side of the American soul and those who stand for liberal democracy.
It's a civil war that he's confident he can win because the SCOTUS has gifted him virtually limitless power and there are now very few sanctions under the law that he fears.
He does egregiously disgusting and illegal things. Then he stands back and says, in effect, 'Go ahead. Make my day.'
It's the classic play of dictators everywhere.
What's horrifying is the number of Americans who are still prepared to vote for ths.
I wasn't surprised to learn that the former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was hired by ICE. This fits perfectly with their desire to stoke civil war.
My first point in the case of Renee Good. Her rights as a human person were violated as articulated in our Declaration of Independence.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-
My second point. The illegal killing of Renee Good by police agents of our federal government requires that We the People alter that government.
-That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
We the People must organize to peacefully create the changes necessary to "effect their Safety and Happiness.
Rohm was head of the SA or Sturmableitung and as Mr. Knowles said, were disrupters and enforcement wing of the early Nazi party. Generally speaking, they did not carry firearms. In the "Night of the Long Knives" Rohm and senior leaders of the SA were shot or purged and the SA was replaced by the SS or Schutstaffel. This organization started as Hitler's personnel body guard and were equipped with firearms. They were a domestic enforcement organization of Nazi policy. The Gestapo was the domestic intelligence organization whose mandate was to gather intellegence of and identify people who were in opposition to Nazi policy.
I still can't believe this is happening in the United States, and I can't believe that the Republican Party is going along with this. It must be stopped, NOW.
The billionaires installed tRUMP and they most likely went to Epstein's island. tRUMP has said that releasing all the evidence from the Epstein files would hurt his friends. They are motivated to protect themselves from exposure and accountability. Of course, tRUMP does not want exposure either. that is why anyone in government who is a threat to his ability to keep from being exposed are receiving threats to themselves and their family members, and in some cases, harm in the form of lawsuits and investigations that lack merit.
There are SO MANY FELONIOUS REASONS WHY TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT! We the People just need to form a million-citizen brigade to march to the White House and DRAG HIM.OUT!!!
KLare K. I agree and I just finished messaging my senators to limit funding Of DHS to prohibit targeting of people on the basis of their appearance , accent or sex, (women are targeted too, as they consider them DEI.) I left a message for my representative in Congress too. the bill to appropriate funding is up for a vote before the end of the month. They should know that they are not legally allowed to kill people without due process, if at all. They should not be armed with guns. They are not immune to legal consequences when they commit murder, or assault that harms even an undocumented person.
Thank you for writing all of this out. It will help others to remember what to say when they are making their calls. I called a good-guy Republican as well, in a neighboring state, to thank him for working with Dems on issues. We hear his name on the news all the time -- Massie.
There's now a fifth type--those who want to get rich quick. Authoritarian types set up a GoFundMe for Jonathon Ross, the ICEthug who murdered Renee Good. He is now a millionaire. If you want to get rich quick, join ICE and murder a soccer mom; you'll be richly rewarded and can retire early.
why don't they just shut it ALL down & not participate? I'm over it. I agree with you entirely & have contacted representatives. It angers me to accept less than full capitulation. I do not like "the conditions" & I do NOT think I can accept them, unless, ....maybe... they can't carry a gun. But like THAT will happen--be real now
Watch episode one hitler and the nazis on netflix a six part new series ….The mantra for hitler was literally “make Germany great again” sound familiar? And the SA troopers who preceded the SS troopers went around Germany causing violence and attacking Czech and Bavarian and other Non aryans in conflict just like ICE. And there is so much more……this is the fourth Reich people wake up.
Thank you, Robert. This is absolutely vital information that cannot be repeated too often. It is time that members of congress either stand up and do the job we elected them to do or get out of the way of new senators and representatives who will. The truth is very simple - no one is above the law, Periodically, there are those who challenge that fact. They need to be reminded, as forcefully as necessary, of the principles that built America. Nazi Germany needs to be relegated to the history books for always, not revived in twenty-first century America. Hitler was a monster - historically the reigns of monsters do not end well.
It is very important to expand the scope of the law that permits police to be sued in civil court so that it covers federal officers like it does state and local officers.
ICE wasn't a massive problem for voters under prior administrations. The potential for abuse has always been there, but our political process rarely solves potential problems - just those that bleed votes. For instance, now that SCOTUS has officially declared that there are core powers for the executive branch, wouldn't it be nice if the Constitution declared that Congress may not delegate its core powers to the executive or judicial branches? The founders didn't fully anticipate the emergence of strong polarizing political parties with the ability to control all branches of government and be taken over by a person who wants to become a king. Wouldn't it be nice if the Constitution specified that the Senate could not permanently block a President from getting appointments voted on? Wouldn't it be nice if we had direct election of the President as well as all Statewide offices? There are other examples.
Lord, lord, lord, lord, lord . . . Is TODAY going to be the day we hear the last of Trump?? Come on, Trump -- have another 8 Diet-Cokes today, and a triple cheese burger for lunch, and a hot dog in a WHITE BUN for breakfast . . . YOUR DIET HAS TO KILL YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS S-O-O-N!!!!!
The only thing that's going to make a difference is convincing the oligarch's puppets in Congress to impeach the Trumpenstein monster now.
Failing this, the US is on the on the path followed by Mao's Culturak Revolution period China, where catastrophic damage was done until the senile dictator finally died, and the Army moved in and imprisoned the cabal of sycophants remaining.
From the outside it looks as if the Trump regime is actually using and developing ICE as a paramilitary force - his brownshirts. Trump, Millar...et al. have no real policies, do they? It's just about enjoying the power allowing them to exert vaguely politicised violence without any sense of what the endgame might be. They've probably never asked themselves how they would feel if 'confronted' by a masked and armed stranger on the street as they are going about their usual daily activities. What on earth how on earth are ICE going to behave when thousands of foreign football fans visit the States for the football later in the year.
With the gouging by FIFA of ticket prices, the economy and inflation going up I expect to see spaces in the stands. And that’s not taking into the distance between matches. Plus how many will be turned away for having said anything negative on T on Social Media.
This isn’t policy drift. This is a test. They’re testing the streets, they’re testing the courts, they’re testing our nerves. That is the test.
Masked raids and “absolute immunity” aren’t about safety, they’re about permission. Permission to scare people into silence. Permission to turn law into a weapon.
So no, we don’t go quiet. We don’t go numb. We don’t go quiet. www.xplisset.com
Policy won’t solve a behavioral problem.
The proposals: disarm ICE, remove immunity, restrict targeting; assume we’re dealing with an enforcement agency that’s gone off the rails. We’re not. We’re dealing with exactly what I described in my piece on America’s security apparatus: a force deliberately designed to dehumanize, selected for cruelty, and rewarded for brutality.
ICE is recruiting gun enthusiasts, UFC fans, and tactical gear shoppers for their “sacred duty” to repel “foreign invaders.” That’s not law enforcement language. That’s tribal warfare framing.
You’re giving angry, under-trained people guns, immunity, and permission to unleash violence on civilians they’ve been trained to see as animals. That’s Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment scaled to a national agency. That’s Milgram’s obedience studies deployed as immigration policy.
Reich’s right that they want violent confrontations to justify the Insurrection Act. But the deeper truth is the incentive structure guarantees those confrontations. When you reward agents for aggression and tell them civilians are “invaders,” shooting Renee Good isn’t a breakdown…it’s the system functioning exactly as designed.
Call your representatives. Demand the policy changes Reich outlines. But understand what you’re fighting: not a rogue agency, but an apparatus that’s become what it was built to become once someone removed the last pretense of restraint.
Take a look at the structure I describe here and the way to push back in the comments:
https://open.substack.com/pub/johanuniverseends/p/when-the-guards-become-the-regime?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=490k23&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for keep pushing this forward.
—Johan
Call and write your reps - house and senate!!!!!
Demand they legislate and pass HR1470 - ending qualified immunity act and S492 Ending qualified immunity act ... Under consideration S122 codify the defense of qualified immunity is just plain nuts.
Is it too much to ask that officers be limited to operate within the clearly defined boundaries of the constitution? that they should never violate peoples rights afforded under the constitution? In my opinion, the law enforcement folks are plainly saying that they need to have qualified immunity in order to be able to do their well-paying jobs, they are admitting they are so incompetent to do their jobs under the limitations of the constitution, too inept to be able to understand the clear language of the constitution.
Don't you think law enforcement operating under the color of law ought to be able to understand the clear language of the constitution? That they should require the crutch of some special Privileges or Immunities outlines an incompetence and not a competence.
Calling and writing are certainly things that people living far away from ICE atrocities can do, but there are limits. For instance, me. I live in Ohio and my congresscritter is Jim Jordan. Making humanitarian pleas to him or either of my senators is an exercise in futility.
Bob - I’m also in Ohio and I have the same problem with my representative and senators as well. I know that I won’t get a reply back from any of them but it does seem to make me feel like I have at least done something. If I can irritate the aides who have to read emails then at least they feel the irritation that I feel even if it is in a different way. Currently I’m excited about Acton/Pepper and Sherrod Brown and will do what I can (I’m physically and financially limited but I try to find other ways to help) to get them elected. Even thinking that we will end up with ramaswamy turns my stomach and makes me want to fight for decent representation. The deputy director of ICE just stepped down to run for the 9th District so she must be stopped too but we will see if we have elections. I believe she is trying to run because Ramaswamy just took the man who was the biggest threat to Kaptur and made him his running mate. Kaptur’s last couple of races were very close and at 79 she should have at least considered letting someone else run but it’s not my district so we will see what happens after the primaries narrow down the candidates.
Call his office anyway. It takes a few minutes. His staffer notes and tallies your call, for or against the upcoming vote. This time on HR1470 to end qualified immunity.
Thomas Dority, thank you for the references to the legislation. This is helpful when calling senators and representatives. Also, I think we should encourage our lawmakers not to vote more funding for ICE agents or ICE anything. We need to have that group melted down.
I called and demanded IMPEACH NOEM
Thomas - Yes, everyone should be following the letter of the law but there’s a difference between law enforcement and federal agents. Currently it’s the federal agents who are coloring outside the law/lines. Let’s not forget that the agent who just committed murder was not a new recruit but he was a seasoned agent and firearms instructor who should know better. There’s no statute of limitations on murder so even if this administration doesn’t want to do a proper investigation hopefully the next president (or an experienced head of DHS) will ask for one. The agent who shot the man in the leg claimed “to fear for his life” but the main question is why was he all alone during the chase? If you are in an unmarked car, by yourself and with no identification on (other than what anyone can buy online) and you are chasing me I would fight or flight too.
Johan,
Solving the behavioral problem and stopping the cruel destruction force destroying America requires enforcement of the law against insurrection.
The Gestapo includes the 30 million who still support Trump. Here is what can be done in 90 days to stop Trump, the Republican party, Republicans in Congress, and justices on the Supreme Court who are engaged in an ongoing insurrection that includes ICE and violates federal law (18 U.S. Code § 2383). Democrats should adopt an ACTION PLAN WITH LEGAL FORCE that begins with enacting and enforcing a new state law modeled after the federal law in 7 states that have Democrats in control of state government. California could be the first state to enact and enforce the law within 90 days which would remove the 9 Republicans representatives from California in the Congressional House. The House would then have a Democratic majority in 2026 with Jefferies as Speaker of the House to stop the Big Beautiful Bill and make sure Ukraine and Medicaid are fully funded and there will be no tax cuts for the rich. The PLAN is described in the following paragraphs with actions that will remove four conservative justices from the Supreme Court.
According to the federal law on insurrection (18 U.S. Code § 2383), a felony crime is committed by “whoever assists or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof or gives aid or comfort thereto shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the united states”.
The insurrection began on January 6, 2021, and was planned in PROJECT 2025 to continue in 2025 and forever as a lawless, fascist autocracy.
All people who voted for Trump in the 2024 election commited illegal violations of federal law (18 U.S. Code § 2383) because the votes were support of the insurrection and in violation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment which the Supreme Court illegally refused to enforce that would have blocked Trump from being on the ballot in 2024.
STEP 1 – Enact a new state law authorized by the 10th Amendment on insurrection modeled after the federal law on insurrection, 18 U.S. Code § 2383, in 15 states in 2026 so that Democrats would have a large majority in control of the House of Representatives before the midterm elections. The 15 states which have Democrats in control of state government with Democrats as governor, attorney general and a Democratic majority in the state House and state Senate. The 15 states are Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine.
The new state law would define a felony crime and penalties for whoever is a resident of the state and has assisted, or engaged in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof or has given aid or comfort thereto by being a registered voting member of a political party that (1) had supported the election of an insurrectionist to the presidency and (2) remained a member of the political party after the insurrectionist was elected president and engaged in leading the executive branch to violate the Constitution of the United States and the laws thereof. The new state law would also define a violator of the law as being incapable of voting in any future election in the state or holding office as a representative of the state in Congress or holding any office under the state.
STEP 2 - In 2026, following the enactment of the new state law on insurrection in 7 of the 15 states, the new state law should be enforced. Governors and attorney generals in those states should order the arrest of residents of the state who are holding office as Republican representatives of the state in Congress or holding office as Republicans in state legislature as suspected violators of the new state law, immediately remove them from office, to be indicted, prosecuted in state court, and imprisoned following conviction. The change in the number of representatives in Congress should immediately create a new large Democratic majority in the House and reduce the small Republican majority in the Senate. The 7 states are California which could remove their 9 Republican representatives in the House, Colorado has 4, Illinois has 3, Maryland has 1, New Jersey has 3, New York has 7, and Oregon has 1 for a total of 28. Maine has one Republican senator in the Senate who could be removed.
The Constitution in Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 allows members of Congress to be arrested, indicted, and convicted for felony crimes that violate federal, or state law and the law can be enforced even when the law has penalties of imprisonment up to ten years with mandatory permanent removal and prevention from holding office.
STEP 3 - In 2026, following the enactment of the new state law on insurrection in the three states of Maryland, New Jersey and Colorado, the new state law should be enforced by governors and attorney generals in those states who should order the arrest of the four suspected violators of the new state law who are residents of those states and justices in the Supreme Court. Roberts & Kavanaugh are residents of Maryland, Gorsuch is a resident of Colorado, Alito is a resident of New Jersey. After arrest and confinement in the state, the attorney general removes any criminal felons from the Supreme Court to prosecute them in state courts and imprison them following convictions for up to ten years. After those three states remove the four conservative justices from the Court, the Court would change from 6 conservatives and 3 liberals to 2 conservatives and 3 liberals with four vacancies. The Supreme Court would not be able to function and hear cases with the reduced number of justices. Trump will try to replace the justices, but that attempt should be challenged in federal and state courts and would be blocked until Democrats win the presidency in 2028.
The Constitution does not establish judicial immunity for any judge including federal judges or Supreme Court Justices. The doctrine of judicial immunity is not a law, but a principle that protects judges from civil liability for actions taken within their jurisdiction. However, the doctrine does not provide protection against criminal prosecutions, as the Supreme Court explained in O’Shea v. Littleton and then reaffirmed in Imbler v. Pachtman and Dennis v. Sparks. Therefore, Supreme Court Justices can be arrested, indicted, and convicted for felony crimes that violate federal or state law and the law can be enforced even when the law has penalties of imprisonment up to ten years with mandatory permanent removal and prevention from holding office.
STEP 4 – In 2026, enforcement of the new law in those blue states would take all voting rights away from the Gestapo who violated the law and are registered members of the Republican party. The law states that the felony crime includes whoever is a resident of the state and remained a member of the political party after the insurrectionist was elected president and engaged in leading the executive branch to violate the Constitution of the United States and the laws thereof. The law states whoever is a resident of the state and a violator of the law is incapable of voting in any future election in the state or holding office as a representative of the state in Congress or holding any office under the state.
Can’t R states just do the opposite?
There are 18 R states where Rs have less than 100% of seats; there are just 9 such D states. Didn’t tally the seats themselves, but since each state is sovereign, not sure this is a reliable approach?
R states could not legally create and enforce a new criminal law against D’s unless the law and prosecution are unConstitutional and honest courts would stop it
William, I believe we need to use psychology, not reason or policy. Trump is a malignant narcissist who wants suffering of all people. He thrives on it. We must use his personality disorder against him and MOCK him. If thousands in MN carried Epstein signs and wore costumes mocking Trump, ICE would be gone in hours. He could not handle the humiliation. And if every city, every politician, every reporter followed suit... eventually he would self implode. This is basic human psychology. His followers are victims of narcissism and show the classic behavioral signs as well. We must fight smarter, not harder, and stop giving him what he wants or this country will become the hell hole he so craves.
Tetia,
An opinion to replace enforcement of law with psychology is an ideology that undermines a government run by law that can practically and objectively achieve safety.
Ideology is a system of beliefs, values, and ideas shaping a society's worldview, while law is the formalized, enforceable set of rules that translates those beliefs into action, with law often reflecting and being influenced by dominant ideologies (like liberalism or communism) but also sometimes masking underlying power dynamics or manipulating subjects under the guise of justice. Essentially, ideology provides the 'why' and 'what' (principles), while law provides the 'how' (rules and enforcement), though this relationship isn't always direct or transparent.
Ideology:
• Definition: A comprehensive set of ideas, beliefs, and values that a group or individual holds, influencing their goals, expectations, and understanding of the world.
• Nature: Abstract, conceptual, and rooted in shared worldviews (e.g., capitalism, feminism, Marxism, psychology).
• Function: Shapes social structures, power dynamics, and cultural norms.
Law:
• Definition: A formal system of rules and regulations established by a political authority to govern behavior and maintain order.
• Nature: Concrete, codified, and backed by institutional power (courts, police).
• Function: Enforces social norms, resolves disputes, and administers justice (or serves ideological ends).
The Relationship:
• Influence: Laws often serve as the legal expression of a dominant political ideology, embodying its values (e.g., laws protecting private property reflect capitalist ideology).
• Critique: Critical theories suggest law can present itself as neutral (ideals of justice) while actually reinforcing existing power structures and serving ideological functions, manipulating people without them realizing it.
• Application: Legal ideologies, like many extreme Republican theories of governance (such as Trump violating the law with ICE and the six justices on the Supreme Court who support originalism) focus specifically on how judges should interpret the law based on certain extreme principles (like denying facts or original intent), distinct from broader political ideologies that recognize facts and the validity of science for regulating healthcare (vaccines …)
In short, ideology is the underlying belief system, and law is the codified, enforced manifestation of those beliefs, though this connection can be complex, contested, and sometimes serves to obscure deeper ideological motives.
Tetia,
America was created and governed with the law (Constitution that includes due process…) not psychology which has no enforecable rules just subjective theories. You are talking about undermining government in America with an ideology which is how Iran is operated.
This is a mind boggling massive decades long operation. It's hard to think there are enough vitamins to help keep everyone focused on this work.
Keeping a democracy is a long constant struggle and some people don’t do their job as patriots
Johan, I believe we must fight with psychology, not policy or politics. We have a narcissist in power who is doing exactly what you'd expect of someone with a severe personality disorder. Yes, he wants the fight. He wants mass suffering in every form possible, as that's what narcissists crave. How do you win against a narcissist.... with humiliation. The protestors need to MOCK Trump. Thousands need to carry Epstein signs, wear baby Trump costumes and ICE will leave immediately. Trump will not allow himself to be mocked on a world stage. And with enough humiliation, he will self implode.
Call Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County Attorney in Minneapolis.
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office:
612-348-5550
She has the legal authority to issue an arrest warrant for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Under Supremacy Clause immunity, established in In re Neagle in 1890, federal officers are protected only when they act in a “necessary and proper” fashion.⁹ When they act unreasonably or unlawfully, states can prosecute.
“There are four kinds of people who join the armed forces: those from a traditional military family, true patriots who want to serve their country, those with no other prospects who need a job, and psychotics who just want to kill people.” Truer words were never spoken but please include law enforcement and all others who carry a firearm and a badge? British historian Lord Acton summed it up more than 100 years ago: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
ISOequanimity - I joined law enforcement out of accident. I was encouraged to go on a ride along with someone I looked up to. I was in two of the categories of not being able to afford college (let alone knowing what I wanted to do with my life) and I wanted to serve my community. Most police officers do not go to work wishing to use their service weapons. It’s actually a badge of pride to be able to retire without ever firing off a shot. I failed at that but it was only when the other person decided to use their weapon first. Sure, there are some bad cops but I think there are more good cops out there just trying to make a difference. The message from this administration to the agents is wrong and hopefully they will face the consequences after this administration is gone depending on statute of limitations for their crimes committed against the people.
We share repeat ICE tragedies.
But never forget they are not doing God’s work. They are doing a convicted felon’s work.
And keep the numbers in mind:
ICE: 30,000
US: 330,000,000
They haven’t a chance to do much criminal work unless we stand aside.
They have reason to fear. Increasingly these green ICE recruits are beginning to realize they are in the wrong; many are beginning to digest the fact that a state ‘assault with a deadly weapon’ conviction can ruin your whole day.
So. Be smart. Be legal. Video!
(Or study & practice peaceful civil disobedience carefully &strategically!)
Be confident. Be persistent. 👍
(Document in detail for future prosecution.)
To paraphrase:
‘First they try to silence you, then they threaten you, then they assault [an actually quite small % of] you, then the truth becomes clear about who is the criminal, and then you win.’
(There IS risk in this power conflict, but the risk of ‘obeying in advance’ and capitulation is 100%.)
Mark, I agree with you and Dr. Reich that we citizens must use every legal means of resistance that we can, as we protect ourselves from physical harm by employing restraint. As regards contacting our elected officials in the US House and Senate, I would not waste my time with the likes of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) or with any of my Republican House members here since they all boarded the clown car to nowhere long ago. Johnson is the one whose office attempted to present the slate of fake electors from Wisconsin to Mike Pence's staff member at the US Capitol on Jan 6th, 2021. Then like Judas, he denied it 3, 4, 5 times. His office has accepted the most violent and libelous political advertising ever seen from dark money in opposition to the "Marxist far-left fanatics" on the other side. Call or write your democracy-minded Congresspersons to insist that they vote to defang the trump gestapo before it ignites a shooting war. That's what he wants.
Yes, they are trying to instigate violence - to justify federal troops in the streets.
Please take great pains to avoid giving them any pretext. But video, take & share hi-res photos of faces/eyes, full bodies, gait, voice, attire, vehicles. Post & share them with local authorities.
In a surveillance nation such as we have become, criminals will not be able to maintain anonymity from the people in their communities who know them in daily life - and who know they are the sort of troubled souls who need ICE for one reason or another.
If your son or daughter were wearing a gaiter you would still easily recognize him. So would your neighbor.
So: audio, video, sharp high-res photos, legal or peaceful resistance.
Think Gandhi, MLK Jr.
Good advice, Mark. Also, employ a new burner phone with camera and without any personal info on it.
Do it anyway. You might have heard the expression "speak truth to power." And go on over to OpenSecrets.org, find out the names of their donors, and phone the donors and ask them WTF. Get ahold of your local mainstream media and push on them. Churches. Businesses.
Does 330,000K equal 330 million?
K stands for thousand (or 000). just add that to 330,000 and you get 330,000,000 or 330M
Sorry, yes.. changed the K’s for ,000
Your argument looks STRONGER if you add the 000 instead of the K!
Ok
No, Xplisset, we will NOT go quiet.
I appreciate this framing. Fear only works when it isolates people. Staying connected, speaking plainly, and refusing silence feels like how we protect one another right now.
What you're describing is a "psyop." Here's a new word to consider:
"Pseudocracy" - a rule by liars. A newly coined word describing the current political/informational "alternate facts" environment - a rule by psyop/a rule by liars. A pseudocracy.
bingo
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A system question: why is it allowed that high functionairies in the administration say overt nonsense in public?Why no corrective action is taken?
Because. Tom, the American people still believe in political parties and both parties are corrupt as hell.
Yes Klare, but in my country corruption is not allowed and a lot is invested in th struggle against it…
Tom, the effects of a minimally regulated friction-free information commerce highway on the US is but another case of first-movers' wind-fall riches destroying a nation, in a long history of such cases.
As with other ‘resource-cursed’ or petrodollar-dictatorship nations, in the US this informatics resource was inadequately regulated and resulted in immense wealth and power consolidation - power that has been extracted and kept from the many who generate that wealth.
This resource-curse extends to future AI and AGI generated power, and into America's foreseeable future.
Unless 'the people' reclaim the reins of power from the current plutocratic oligarchy soon, AGI & the tech broligarchy may enable very small numbers of people (who will it be?) to dominate nations.
This is The Game underway.
Such enormously unwarranted wealth falling to a self-defined 'meritorious' few, results in insane greed and sociopathy rising to the top of the power tower - while driving nations into "a race to the bottom of the brainstem" via personalized AI feeds.
There are no constructive incentives for anyone in this power tower ‘governance’ model.
As went Venezuela (and so many others), so goes every nation which fails to sufficiently fairly regulate the distribution of a sudden narrow influx of toxic power, and fails to nip 'absolute corruption' in the bud.
This is the Work of Governance.
The necessity of assuring a basic living - food, shelter, clothing, education, and healthcare is often expressed in moral terms. But, it is in fact a pragmatic necessity for national prosperity as well. Not from fear of revolt, but need for max productivity.
But yet more critical than raising the base, is the necessity of preventing the consolidation of sufficient wealth among some few 'at the top' that might enable them (singly or in concert), to challenge the legitimate 'restraining of powers' work of governments and rule of law.
The best future lies in the fertile belly of the bell curve, not at the extremes.
US‘s fatal flaw was to deregulate greed. This is a deal with a devil. We had nearly succumbed to that siren song several times before, this time it will be very close.
“the most consequential struggle of the present moment is not between rival armies, but between two visions of order: one based on enforcement and hierarchy, the other on plurality and choice.” -Terry Malone
https://terrymalone.substack.com/p/empire-at-the-edge-americas-turn
Suggest:
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) - Walter Scheidel
Rise and Fall of The Great Powers - Paul Kennedy
Powershift - Alvin & Heidi Toffler (Force --> Wealth --> Knowledge
[--> Attention & narrative control, I might add as an update. Each superseding power type has unique attributes: reach, resistance, resource effects])
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power - Jefferson Cowie
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America - Heather Cox Richardson
That's a great question, Tom. For one thing, the citizens of your European country as a people have a historical memory of the extreme damage inflicted upon them by the Nazi regime, the most rabid fanatics of the world. The participants in the World Wars, such as my family members by direct experience and yours have a comprehension of suffering through pure evil to this degree. Yes, in the US a relatable degree of suffering has been inflicted upon citizens and non-citizens alike, but not on the scale of destruction in a global war. For another thing, many of the 40% or so of our citizens who adamantly support this corrupt "regime" have accepted that hatred of non-white races and other people, will bring to them their twisted version of salvation. They have come to accept the increasingly vapid lies of the "regime's" perpetrators as Gospel, and with our corrupt Supreme Court there is little chance of distinguishing the libel from the "freedom of speech" guaranteed by our First Amendment.
What a shambolic 250 year old polity it is that can do nothing to stop the collaspe into fascism we see
You are absolutely right! And I will go down screaming until I am locked up!
Yes thanks for that catch
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no problem! I know where to go, but not everyone else may be familiar with your presence-- or simply just copy! :) I see you fixed it!
Trump's new America--
I grew up in a country that was respected above all others, and our compassion for the well being of those in need was second to none. In the event of a natural disaster, we were the first ones on scene to give aid to those in distress. During the last 60 years USAID has helped over 3 billion people. This country supplied some 53 million people with food on a regular basis, until Trump dismantled the agency. Today, in only a year's time, our President has managed to abandon all those hungry mouths, who relied upon our generosity for their very survival. Basically, as Trump puts it, because they lived in a "shit hole country." Trump has reduced our world standing to one viewed with distrust and fear. The entire free world is shocked by the thought of how could the American people allow this moron to reach the level of insanity he currently holds. His is a trash heap, and the heat of the sun is causing his stench to meander aimlessly across this country. His usefulness has reached an all time low, as if it had any relevance in the first place. History will paint Mr. Trump as a historical embarrassment to humanity in general.
Is that ALL, Donald??? A"historical embarrassment"??? Trump is a monster that slinked its way out of a black hole in the Universe, and WE need to stuff him back into it; TODAY WOULD NOT BE TOO SOON!
KLare--I can't list everything
I spend much time abroad and more than any question I receive is: How could Americans vote this horror show back into office a second time?
The election was likely rigged by Elon Musk and some of Trump's other lapdogs. The 1.5 million margin for Trump in a total of 150 million votes is very slim and was probably rigged somehow.
Yes, my friends in Europe are also asking that question. And they no longer see it as a problem created by SOME Americans - now the blame is beginning to fall on all of us.
ICE agents have a job to do, which entails the removal of "known" criminals' with records from our midst. Trump has repeatedly stated that ICE members are after the removal of illegal immigrants who are rapists, murderers, and thieves. I can understand this perspective. However, the act of entering this country by foot is considered a misdemeanor, I'll concede it is of a federal nature but still not a crime which would qualify any individuals for deportation. A speeding ticket given by a traffic cop would basically be considered an equal offense. ICE must know who they are after prior to their entering a city. They can't detain strictly by physical appearance, and this bull crap about having to show "Papers," this isn't a fascist state where that would be necessary. There can be no entering of dwellings without an official warrant, the laws of this country can't be ignored so as to pacify the needs of Noem's misguided goon squad. Trump is taking a dump with the toilet seat in the down position, and we wonder why this whole thing reeks.
"There can be no entering of dwellings without an official warrant...." A needed clarification: In all states, law enforcement can enter a home without an official warrant if they have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside is:
• seriously injured
• imminently threatened with injury
• in need of emergency assistance
This clarification is NOT to excuse the awful behavior of the fascist goon squads that Trump and Kristi Noem have unleashed on our nation.
121 +5 doesn't equal 122. the counter must be a Republican.
Well, that is what they said about Germany in 1932. How could that happen?
Professor Reich: not only is ameriKKKa's gestapo agency, ICE, violently murdering innocent people, including citizens, but they also are using their masked anonymity to commit rapes, torture and also to capture, kidnap and imprison native americans with the promise they will be deported. to where will these cruel ICE monsters deport native americans? especially considering that white colonisers (including ICE's gestapo) have been living on North America for just few hundred years whereas indigenous peoples have been living on North America for at least 23,000 to 30,000 years, with growing scientific evidence suggesting they may potentially have been here for over 100,000 years.
my mind boggles.
GrrlScientist, that just goes to show you HOW UNEDUCATED THE ICE GOONS REALLY ARE! STUPID AND LOW IQ AS HELL . . . JUST LIKE THEIR "BOSS" TRUMP (under the auspices of one Stephen Miller!)!
problem with stupid people is they are too stupid to know they are stupid. I want an IQ test for voting. We can have our dystopian fantasy as well. wtf not. I mean, what do you think the average IQ is for them--probably 90. Yep. You heard it here. IQ test to vote. Another one of my good ideas is forced abortions to age 27. 2 years required military & 2 years Peace Corp--community building program. You know, maybe the young men would not be in such a crisis turning to fascism & Christian Nationalism hate--if they had something to do. We too--should give them propaganda to help them feel good about themselves. Frankly I wanna do a WHOLE BUNCH of experimental New Deal type programs & put it on Insta. We can do so much. They will lose, eventually & we need to be READY like they were.
Monica, 90? You give them too much credit. More like IQs of 70!
I'm a generous person, lol
at the very least a basic civics test so the voters show they are at a basic level, informed. I personally deal with a special needs person that understands what is going on, prob thru his adoptive parents. Bravo with the New Deal idea!
We really can't do that you know. Have a test. Anyhoo, but yes, let's dream of all the free stuff we can have & the beautiful country we can build when we tax the billionaires, there are only 904 of them, at 1950's rates. So much experimenting. & we can do it ALL through executive order oh, pack the courts. Gotta have it.
Instagram is owned and operated by one of the leading facist enablers...
Part of the problem with The Left is discarding the good for the perfect. Obama would agree. In fact, I think he said it. This ideological purity is not helpful. & you nitpicking this is what got us into this situation in the 1st place, part of the reason we lost the election. JS. We're a "big tent" party now, so no, I don't think we can successfully resist this fascism by boycotting Insta & in fact, respectfully, it's stupid. JS
If the pendulum swings in your direction, I hope I’m long gone.
#Mamdani
so rude. so typical. US loves to sh*t in the Native Americans, duh, lol. We never fail to find a new way to inflict pain on them. & I guess I do mean WE--as we are collectively responsible
Thank you for making the point that Native Americans are still on the receiving end of facist behavior that is now getting directed to the general population.
I suggested the new word ICEstapo - ICE-stapo - a few days ago. Use it freely. Spread it around.
Thinking you've stretched the truth about Indigenous native Americans.. But also hoping you're right Grrrl.
Not a stretch at all. 100,000 years ago the coastal communities that the original natives occupied are all under water that was locked up in ice caps that have since melted. 40,000 years ago San Francisco Bay was a wooded canyon and the Pacific Coast was 20 miles offshore where the Farrallon Islands are today. The historical record of our earliest natives is lost under the ocean. This condition is more extreme for the Atlantic Coast as it is more shallow and gradual in decent and has more land area under water.
We need our oversight to have more teeth, so why not do that by elbowing aside Speaker Johnson?
Here is the direct path to end the #ICEoverreachRampage. We need to #FlipTheHouseEarly AS IN THIS MONTH. Just get three House Republicans who are already too underwater to retain their seats as Republicans to choose to declare as independent NOW and rise as true American heroes by caucusing with Democrats to end this madness before more harm is done.
This is the #ImmediateFlipMovement and DNC Chair Ken Martin can make this option far more appealing if he vows not to back or fund any Dem against these new independents as long as they remain caucusing with Dems into 2027.
It's a great deal for both sides. Martin gets the gavel, they get job security and a lead role in GOP 2.0 - what will rise from the ashes after a GOP implosion.
That strategy is Part 1 of what I call #ProjectCarrot. There are other phases after Dems take pawer, including passing #ForThePeopleAct2, fortified with new restrictions not in the first version, H.R. 1 in 2021, to counter all the new GOP and Trumpian tricks for election theft.
Included in that will be a mandate for public not private campaign funding, good news for new allies that fear what billionaire blowback could mean to their reelection in Nov.
Once the flip is confirmed, the #BlueHouse can do more than just start to impeach Kristi Noem. They can use investigations across multiple committees to clamp down on all the unconstitutional processes within every aspect of ICE extraction, detention, and confinement. They can use former inspectors general to define what should be the limiting guidelines, and for every transgression throughout the hierarchy of the ICE infrastructure there will be a subpoena.
The House can form a committee to review every single abuse of these rules, and require documentation including identities on every single abuse in the field.
Every current ICE agent must know that their lives will be changed forever for the travesties they've done. It's just a matter of how long it takes for their number to come up for when they must face the music.
My hope is that other investigations across the board yield our first #DoubleImpeachment leading to the promotion directly to the Oval Office of Speaker Jamie Raskin. Isn't that just what our nation deserves after all we've been through?
I ask that you please address these possibilities in future posts, perhaps after visiting this link to my Substack to get the full picture that I'm trying to present.
It includes scripts for those that want to speak directly to the offices of potential defectors. And doing that effectively will not be easy, because anger and frustration cannot be present. This is not a decision that you can guilt a politician into. This has to be introduced as a net positive option, both for the nation and for a candidate’s political future - when they emerge eventually as a celebrated hero.
Thank you for seeing and perhaps sharing my whole vision. Feels far better than anything else churning in our guts at the moment, doesn’t it?
https://open.substack.com/pub/toddtelford/p/this-is-how-marianne-williamsons?r=13imj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
A solid plan. Thanks for thinking out of the box. Change sooner is better as waiting only allows for more plans to impede the mid terms.
To which it must be asked how many compromises to fundamental principles would be acceptable to achieve change for the sake of change? The only thing being guaranteed is one's compromising themselves. Hardly "solid."
"Mr. / Ms. Representative, your loyalty to Trump has caused you to betray your Oath to the Constitution and turn traitor to our country and it's principles. We're willing to turn a blind eye to all of that. How would you like to keep your job?" Shitcan any semblance of a moral compass and play the supplicant. Incredible.
Yes, rage is clearly justifiable. But how useful is it when we're talking to the staff of a potential defector? Is it possible that they might hear this and see that this is the best way to keep THEIR job?
Or maybe they are young and idealistic, with most of their life ahead, and see that this is not the America that they want to raise future children in.
What if we were somehow to convince someone that the targeted politician has empathy for and will listen to? What if said politician sees in their eyes that spark, that opportunity to rise and do the right thing which will yield a sigh of relief shared by 7 billion people, and with that the opportunity to be a hero revered instead of a lockstep tool deployed?
I know the odds are small for my ideas. But what is the harm in putting it out there? Isn't that feathering the nest for the desired change we seek? In most cases it's a tactic that's doomed for failure, but what if the batting average is greater than zero?
Don't we deserve the elation of what this could unleash?
Trump and his enablers are in effect attempting to start a civil war between those on the dark side of the American soul and those who stand for liberal democracy.
It's a civil war that he's confident he can win because the SCOTUS has gifted him virtually limitless power and there are now very few sanctions under the law that he fears.
He does egregiously disgusting and illegal things. Then he stands back and says, in effect, 'Go ahead. Make my day.'
It's the classic play of dictators everywhere.
What's horrifying is the number of Americans who are still prepared to vote for ths.
I wasn't surprised to learn that the former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was hired by ICE. This fits perfectly with their desire to stoke civil war.
-CIRCUS-
Donald Trump, the chaos czar,
Divides with tweets, ignites the bizarre.
Fear his fuel, facts his foe,
Ignorance staged for this mighty show.
Truth takes cover, reason flees,
Sycophants applaud with unquestioned ease.
A circus crowned in red and gold,
Where lies are bought and truth is sold.
Facts in a cage, dressed up for display,
Spun by bloggers, then carted away.
Truth on the block, going once, going twice,
Sold to the bidder with power and vice.
Cheers from the crowd, lies earn their crest,
A wink from the dealer, a nod from the press.
The gavel drops, the circus rolls on,
Leaving reason a void, and chaos spawned.
They aren't the Gestapo, they are more like the Brown Shirts. Disaffected people being paid to disrupt and harm the populace.
Rohm got shot by the SS in the end.
My first point in the case of Renee Good. Her rights as a human person were violated as articulated in our Declaration of Independence.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-
My second point. The illegal killing of Renee Good by police agents of our federal government requires that We the People alter that government.
-That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
We the People must organize to peacefully create the changes necessary to "effect their Safety and Happiness.
To Allan and Merrill, Yay!!
tell me more
Rohm was head of the SA or Sturmableitung and as Mr. Knowles said, were disrupters and enforcement wing of the early Nazi party. Generally speaking, they did not carry firearms. In the "Night of the Long Knives" Rohm and senior leaders of the SA were shot or purged and the SA was replaced by the SS or Schutstaffel. This organization started as Hitler's personnel body guard and were equipped with firearms. They were a domestic enforcement organization of Nazi policy. The Gestapo was the domestic intelligence organization whose mandate was to gather intellegence of and identify people who were in opposition to Nazi policy.
so—we have our SS but where is our Gestapo
Where would you go to get information about others or communicate with others?
it's so cute Mark made it
Heh! Heh! Heh! That's a good one there!
I still can't believe this is happening in the United States, and I can't believe that the Republican Party is going along with this. It must be stopped, NOW.
The billionaires installed tRUMP and they most likely went to Epstein's island. tRUMP has said that releasing all the evidence from the Epstein files would hurt his friends. They are motivated to protect themselves from exposure and accountability. Of course, tRUMP does not want exposure either. that is why anyone in government who is a threat to his ability to keep from being exposed are receiving threats to themselves and their family members, and in some cases, harm in the form of lawsuits and investigations that lack merit.
There are SO MANY FELONIOUS REASONS WHY TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT! We the People just need to form a million-citizen brigade to march to the White House and DRAG HIM.OUT!!!
KLare K. I agree and I just finished messaging my senators to limit funding Of DHS to prohibit targeting of people on the basis of their appearance , accent or sex, (women are targeted too, as they consider them DEI.) I left a message for my representative in Congress too. the bill to appropriate funding is up for a vote before the end of the month. They should know that they are not legally allowed to kill people without due process, if at all. They should not be armed with guns. They are not immune to legal consequences when they commit murder, or assault that harms even an undocumented person.
Thank you for writing all of this out. It will help others to remember what to say when they are making their calls. I called a good-guy Republican as well, in a neighboring state, to thank him for working with Dems on issues. We hear his name on the news all the time -- Massie.
Good idea.
There's now a fifth type--those who want to get rich quick. Authoritarian types set up a GoFundMe for Jonathon Ross, the ICEthug who murdered Renee Good. He is now a millionaire. If you want to get rich quick, join ICE and murder a soccer mom; you'll be richly rewarded and can retire early.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-who-killed-renee-nicole-good-now-a-millionaire-thanks-to-online-fundraisers/ar-AA1UiGCJ?ocid=BingNewsSerp
we should all apply en masse all the time--to keep them busy
From what I've read, we'd all be hired.
be fun to go undercover & disrupt
Be sure to wear body armor.
Will do.
I have already been urging my supine Dems to shut down the government when the CR expires January 30, and to accept no budget that funds ICE.
And I will also be asking if they’d urge reforming rather than eliminating the SS.
why don't they just shut it ALL down & not participate? I'm over it. I agree with you entirely & have contacted representatives. It angers me to accept less than full capitulation. I do not like "the conditions" & I do NOT think I can accept them, unless, ....maybe... they can't carry a gun. But like THAT will happen--be real now
I mean for real, limiting the powers of the SS. How silly. They gotta go.
Watch episode one hitler and the nazis on netflix a six part new series ….The mantra for hitler was literally “make Germany great again” sound familiar? And the SA troopers who preceded the SS troopers went around Germany causing violence and attacking Czech and Bavarian and other Non aryans in conflict just like ICE. And there is so much more……this is the fourth Reich people wake up.
Thank you, Robert. This is absolutely vital information that cannot be repeated too often. It is time that members of congress either stand up and do the job we elected them to do or get out of the way of new senators and representatives who will. The truth is very simple - no one is above the law, Periodically, there are those who challenge that fact. They need to be reminded, as forcefully as necessary, of the principles that built America. Nazi Germany needs to be relegated to the history books for always, not revived in twenty-first century America. Hitler was a monster - historically the reigns of monsters do not end well.
Already did! Reminded Josh Hawley how these are the guys we saw him tiptoing away from on Jan 6, 2020. Now we're paying them.
2021
It is very important to expand the scope of the law that permits police to be sued in civil court so that it covers federal officers like it does state and local officers.
why have the Democrats not done this already?
ICE wasn't a massive problem for voters under prior administrations. The potential for abuse has always been there, but our political process rarely solves potential problems - just those that bleed votes. For instance, now that SCOTUS has officially declared that there are core powers for the executive branch, wouldn't it be nice if the Constitution declared that Congress may not delegate its core powers to the executive or judicial branches? The founders didn't fully anticipate the emergence of strong polarizing political parties with the ability to control all branches of government and be taken over by a person who wants to become a king. Wouldn't it be nice if the Constitution specified that the Senate could not permanently block a President from getting appointments voted on? Wouldn't it be nice if we had direct election of the President as well as all Statewide offices? There are other examples.
Lord, lord, lord, lord, lord . . . Is TODAY going to be the day we hear the last of Trump?? Come on, Trump -- have another 8 Diet-Cokes today, and a triple cheese burger for lunch, and a hot dog in a WHITE BUN for breakfast . . . YOUR DIET HAS TO KILL YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS S-O-O-N!!!!!
that's treason, Klaire. See ya @ the camp! LOL
The only thing that's going to make a difference is convincing the oligarch's puppets in Congress to impeach the Trumpenstein monster now.
Failing this, the US is on the on the path followed by Mao's Culturak Revolution period China, where catastrophic damage was done until the senile dictator finally died, and the Army moved in and imprisoned the cabal of sycophants remaining.
From the outside it looks as if the Trump regime is actually using and developing ICE as a paramilitary force - his brownshirts. Trump, Millar...et al. have no real policies, do they? It's just about enjoying the power allowing them to exert vaguely politicised violence without any sense of what the endgame might be. They've probably never asked themselves how they would feel if 'confronted' by a masked and armed stranger on the street as they are going about their usual daily activities. What on earth how on earth are ICE going to behave when thousands of foreign football fans visit the States for the football later in the year.
If they show up.
With the gouging by FIFA of ticket prices, the economy and inflation going up I expect to see spaces in the stands. And that’s not taking into the distance between matches. Plus how many will be turned away for having said anything negative on T on Social Media.