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deb dawson's avatar

These ICE agents are NOT Properly trained , & you don’t shoot someone in the back, even if they are running, after all , he didn’t rob a bank or put their own lives in danger, he was driving for door dash,, guess Austin won’t be doing door dash long, who’s gonna want to drive for them with ICE IDIOTS, oops I mean agents shooting drivers in the back ! Really? You fucks !

Charles King's avatar

As a former republican, I will never vote for another Republican running for any office. America better wake up, speak out, and vote straight Democratic ticket. If we don’t, we are sleepwalking to a dictatorship.

deb dawson's avatar

I agree with you, & it’s not far away unless iwe all vote BLUE

Mary Ellen's avatar

As soon as Donald Trump declared himself a candidate for the presidency and the Republican Party supported him; I no longer wanted to be a Republican. I switched to become a Democrat and then switched again to be an Independent. I will vote against Trump but the Dems are going to have to prove to me that they can and will make changes to support all Americans living in this country. I was embarrassed and ashamed and fearful of this man becoming president. He did not surprise me! I would never vote for a Republican candidate again!

AnneM's avatar

I think they’re trained for exactly what they’re meant to do — terrorize and brutalize our neighbors. The purpose of the system is what it does.

Charles King's avatar

The nazi gestapo were trained to do exactly the same things. It started with a few people just disappearing. Then, they beat a few people up in the street. Then, they openly killed people in the street. All along they said they were doing it to protect the people. I can’t believe America is letting this happen. I think our only hope is to vote against every Republican running for any office in this country. If a blue wave doesn’t come, we are sleepwalking to a dictatorship. America better wake up, speak out, and vote straight Democratic ticket.

ira lechner's avatar

Well said and researched! Thank you. We must win the Senate by 6 or 7 with a real chance of finding 3 Rs (Thune, Murkowski and Curtis fm Utah, and…??)! That means support is essential, not just preferred) to win Kansas, Florida, South Carolina, Texas and Nebraska!! Please support www.TurnUp.US today and ask others to help?

barrywarner1@gmail.com's avatar

The real Nazis had a few good years to get started off. People looked around and thought a solution had been found to the worst of times. In the end it didn’t turn out to be quite that, but by then the nazis had organized to govern.

deb dawson's avatar

Exactly ! (& well said )

TrrRohlfing's avatar

💯 💯 and that’s the biggest problem! Working exactly as intended

ira lechner's avatar

Where are the front page stories from major media loudly condemning Trump and his puppy MarkWayne Mullins from beating a U.S. citizen as they tried to arrest him? And shooting an immigrant? Hey, Main Street Media, WAKE UP because our U.S. Government are NAZIS from top to bottom?

Charles King's avatar

One thing the Republican Party has done masterfully is propaganda. They have scared the media because they have threatened to remove their license. I have a hat that says, “Donald Trump was wrong about everything.“ I wear it in airports and I’ve gotten a huge amount of people giving me thumbs up and saying they love my hat. What really bothers me is when people say I’m brave to wear the hat. I didn’t say anything when they wore those stupid make America great again hats. We should not be fearful to express our political beliefs. In fact, we better start speaking up when we hear all the BS, fear, mongering, and lies. Our only hope to save our democracy is to vote all the Republicans out of office.

ira lechner's avatar

My hat which I wear everyday proudly says “8647”! You can buy it easily on Amazon!

deb dawson's avatar

Major media has bowed to the felon !

Kathy Hughes's avatar

They are rejects from police forces and security services.

deb dawson's avatar

& j6 ers, proud boys & other undesirables

Goldilocks's avatar

If the orange shithead had actually done something FOR THE PEOPLE, he wouldn’t probably be in the mess he’s in w/elections coming up. Stupid is as stupid does. And he does a lot of stupid. Nothing but shit for the people. Why the hell would anyone but dummies vote for you?

Kelly A's avatar

And yet there were people in the comments of the NYT post yesterday about Austin that said “don’t come here illegally or don’t mess with ICE and no one will get hurt.” 😩 Are these people just that cold and racist or oblivious to what is actually happening?

Tim Matchette's avatar

Both cold and racists.

James Mandigo's avatar

And oblivious of what is actually happening!

Wendy's avatar

It is Texas, after all. That NYT article also noted that the poor guy shot yesterday was the third shooting of its kind. You remember the other two? No, me either.

The wife of this latest victim wasn’t allowed to see her husband and eventually learned from the hospital that ICE had already taken him into custody. His location is not known. I’m sure he is getting proper care for his gunshot wound. From ICE. At some unknown location.

I hate all of this so much sometimes it’s hard to breathe.

Bette G.'s avatar

Yes, the young father in Maine, Johan Guerrero, shot in the head in front of his 3-year-old daughter and the dad in Texas, Lorenzo Araujo, who had been here for 3 decades & was driving his employees to a work site. Guerrero had a work permit AND Social Security number and Araujo was working on finalizing his legal residency. Both had NO criminal records.

Jennet Bryan's avatar

They're obviously happy with the 72+ lynchings of black people, in and around Mississipi no doubt. The evil racist bastards 😤

Kelly A's avatar

I’m afraid that is fact. Ughh!! Why does the amount of pigmentation in the cutaneous mean anything at all? I have never understood that.

Kelly A's avatar

I remember - but only because I live in TX, unfortunately. I’m sure the rest of the country wasn’t as aware. 😔

Wendy's avatar

My daughter lives in Austin. I am horrified that she prefers to live her white-girl life, blissfully unaware. She will vote Dem, but not much more. She didn’t get the “outrage” gene I guess.

Kelly A's avatar

My kids will also vote Dem but none of them take after me in the respect that I am a protester and I cannot get them to join up. They don’t mind complaining but don’t take action beyond voting.

Bette G.'s avatar

At least they are voting the right way. My husband has family members that insist that "both parties are the same" and vote 3rd party here in a battleground state.

Wendy's avatar

What's that about, Kelly? I wish I knew. What I do think is that the chaos that's happening all over the world will have consequences that they aren't prepared for.

Ariana's avatar

I hope he survives and sues ICE when we win the house and lawsuits for disorderly conduct and violence against immigrants pour out of the courts and we need to revamp the Supreme Court and he might even get paid by door dash for being injured on the job!!! Get a lawyer dude

Bette G.'s avatar

If he's doing Door Dash he most likely can't afford a lawyer, sadly. Maybe one will work pro bono for him.

Joan MacLeod's avatar

Thanks for this post Mike and you're 100% right. ICE is still out there beating, shooting and murdering people for the colour of their skin and because they speak another language, please tell me again how you're not a racist country. The problem is ICE is doing it more secretly now so it's not being covered in the news like it should until someone is shot. Do better America, vote all the Republicans out.

AnneM's avatar

I would never claim that we aren’t a racist country. This country was founded on the backs of enslaved people and many of us haven’t moved on from there or from their disappointment that the southern states lost the rebellion. There are many people who are doing better and trying to do better. It’s just an uphill battle, especially with this administration!

Wendy's avatar

Heather Cox Richardson wrote a scathing historical record of freed slaves in 17th century America. (See her 9/19 Substack “Letters from an American”.)

So much for the “New World”.

Joan MacLeod's avatar

I read her "Letters From an American" every morning.

Wendy's avatar

Everyone should - she is such a gift. I wish she could help design the history curriculum for public education.

mary thiel's avatar

One of the first actions, if Dems control,congress, is to hobble ICE

AnneM's avatar

I would say delete ICE, but whatever works.

mary thiel's avatar

Except, as people keep telling me, trump, will veto those attempts. So any other action is essential, if that is the case.

Wendy's avatar

And make them remove those fucking masks.

Hope Crescione's avatar

Add IMPEACH and JAIL TRUMP!

tom's avatar

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ---VOTE THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE ---BLUE WAVE

Murray Smart's avatar

This Rampant Corrupt ICE immunity MUST end! Local law enforcement must say to ICE - You violate the law in our community you WILL be arrested and charged. And they must inform the local citizens what is happening. Local citizens WILL back their local law enforcement who stands up to ICE Unlawful and Illegal acts on their behalf. And make sure any politician who represents you stands up to ICE Unlawful and Illegal acts. And if they do NOT Vote them OUT OF OFFICE and replace them with someone who will. Part of the problem we have right now is too many Coward politicians who either help ICE or look the other way at they commit Unlawful and Illegal acts against THEIR Constituents. If you have one of them - Send Them PACKING!!! And if you need any more encourage to act - Stephen Miller is deporting as many CHILDREN as he can get his hands on and denying them next to NO legal representation to protect them. Stephen Miller is a face of EVIL in America!!!

Wendy's avatar

Tell me he doesn’t look like he belongs in every Nazi movie ever made?!?

Murray Smart's avatar

If ever there was someone who looks like a Nazi it is Stephen Miller. And even worse he acts like it every day. That is why he must be at the top of any list of people in this Corrupt Regime to be held accountable with NO get out of jail free card.......

Wendy's avatar

Murray - This is from The Guardian 3 days ago. Why didn’t we see this in US media? I could’ve missed it I guess…

.Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

I think this proves our point.

Wendy's avatar

I agree completely. There are people around trump whose instincts are so warped and so dangerous - Miller, Hegseth, even Wiles who tries to act like a guard rail, but on what road? They are there because they support his worst instincts.

Murray Smart's avatar

They ARE EVIL (Ty Cobb, Trump's former lawyer described Trump as EVIL) people who do NOT care about the future of America. Every one of them MUST be held accountable, no matter what Trump does (like pardon them). Their CRIMES and the DAMAGE they are doing to America and WORSE the future of America are too serious to ignore. Imagine if Hitler gave out pardons to everyone before he died........

Claudia Kinsley's avatar

Thank you Mike, for putting words to our angry feelings.

Janet Sanderson's avatar

Ty Mike! All any of us can do is spread the word…I just wish more people would seek it!💙🇺🇸🦋💙🇺🇸🦋💙

Linda Harris's avatar

Thanks Mike. This should be covered more than it is being covered. ICE must be abolished and for any democrat in office or running, I do not want to hear that ICE just needs to be reformed. We did not have ICE until 2003 and we did just fine. There have always been laws regarding citizenship and those laws are not being followed. They will take this man into custody b/c they will not want him to testify They will try to deport him ASAP. It is to be noted that the Austin, TX Police Chef immediately made a statement saying that the Austin Police were only on site after the event and had nothing to do with it. Due Process is something we all have b/c we have a Constitution and trump has been tearing up our founding document since he returned to office.

Tim Matchette's avatar

Fanatics like the goul miller and the equally dim witted mullen, and this is what you get. November can't come fast enough. Time to kick these sons of bitches out of office and prosecute.

Susan Borghorst's avatar

Sue B

I just do no understand how anyone could vote for Trump. He has always been a rude and hateful person. I do not think I have ever disliked a person as much as I do that poor excuse of a person.

Steve's avatar

Your answer is on YouTube. There are many videos out there with benign questioners asking people why they support Trump. I've watched a number of them. I have yet to decide if it's a tragedy or just plain funny how these people worship Trump and think that he is working for them.

Tess Chapman's avatar

RAGE!!! The daily crimes being committed by our federal administration are unconscionably disgusting. Keep shouting from the rooftops - we cannot let these criminals go without prosecution.

Jennet Bryan's avatar

Love this. Great analysis and reporting of the truth thst us going on. Big thanks 😊

Bette G.'s avatar

This is long, but if at all possible, VOTE EARLY IN PERSON. This is why: 1)Locks in your vote, making it harder for them to cheat. 2)Nothing is "lost" or "tossed" in the mail. 3)No long lines. 4)Every night the campaigns get a list of who voted- not HOW you voted, but that you DID vote. Your name's removed from their Get Out The Vote list & they now don't need to spend money, time, canvassing, texts, calls, or mailers on you & can use these resources on lower propensity/not yet voted people. You help them get out more voters by voting early in person! 5)No ICE, FBI, Nat'l Guard will be at early voting locations- probably just a bored local cop.

We must do a big early vote push- feel free to copy/paste this comment on other sites!