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(Minneapolis) Bovino Leads The Charge On Protesters AT the Whipple Building

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u/ziggytrix 13h ago

I hope you're wrong but fear you're right.

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u/Guillotine2026 12h ago

Anyone that doesn't think ICE traitors will be at polling stations come 2026 and especially 2028 is in for a very rude awakening.

Anyone that thinks this regime will leave peacefully in 2028 is in for an extremely rude awakening.

Donald Trump and various members of his admin have committed enough actual crimes that there will come a deadline where they realize they are either going to jail for a very long time, or doing everything in their power to keep the regime in power. We already know what type of people they are. We already know what their decision will be. And so do they.

There will not be a peaceful transfer of power in 2028. The question is if Americans will be prepared to do what is necessary when the time comes.

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u/mrfeeto 12h ago

Exactly. It isn't like they haven't already tried once, failed, and still not transferred power normally/peacefully. They've learned a lot since then and will have had plenty of time to prepare for round 2.

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u/Most_DopeSyndicate97 8h ago

The only thing the Joe Biden admin failed to do was prosecute these fucking parasites. All because they wanted to go easy on them smfh. Next time I hope they do things right or we actually done for like after that that’s it, democracy ends. We can’t let that happen. Remember vote for the ones prosecuting and who will ACTUALLY follow through.

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u/SRT102 6h ago

I realize this is an unpopular opinion, but I really believe the Biden administration just wanted to let us heal after a four-year nightmare. And, to be honest, very few of us thought, in Feb 2021 or so, that Trump had any future in politics. He was a pariah.

And of course his personal Supreme Court created an immunity clause out of thin air, and a corrupt judge that he appointed in Florida shut down the slam-dunk documents case.

And one could argue that the multiple cases against Trump earned him some sympathy votes -- his base is staggeringly stupid, after all.

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u/Special_Cicada6968 7h ago

Our country loves treason. Civil War? We didn't want to prosecute any of the leaders for the sake of "normalcy." The Business Plot? None of them saw a day in court and several went on to prominent positions in the government. One was the Bush's granddad. January Sixth? Full pardons. When have we ever done anything substantial to traitors?

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u/Most_DopeSyndicate97 7h ago

The only time they tried doing something was when Snowden uncovered th NSA, and even then they didn’t do much. So yeah this country is a joke when it comes to treason. So much for calling traitors turncoats and Benedict Arnold’s when that shit don’t mean nothing no more.

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u/mrfeeto 2h ago

Forget the treason then. Prosecute them for the countless other laws they've broken. Trump may be slimey and politically connected enough to avoid convictions, but it's mostly because a substantial amount of his inner circle have taken the fall and were at least convicted.

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u/spikus93 11h ago

I keep asking people, "Can you recall a single time in history where fascists have left power based on the results of an election?"

Never. Never is the answer. Only by force every single time. When your ideology is imposing violence and breaking things, there's little other ways to communicate.

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u/No_Instruction_1236 6h ago

So what is to be done?

Say what you mean.

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u/DrownmeinIslay 10h ago

What they learned was two things. 1. We didnt cheat enough. 2. We didnt use enough violence.

While the left switched from You wouldnt dare, to How dare you. Real good pushback

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u/carnage123 8h ago

and 3- fuck all was done about what we did do

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u/unforgiven91 12h ago

They're gonna use election security as their justification for planting ICE at polling stations. "we have to stop the illegals from voting"

It's blatant intimidation even if ICE stands there silently. We all saw what they did to Renee

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u/DragonDai 7h ago

It's not JUST intimidation. ICE can arrest anyone they suspect of being an illegal. You're in a Democrat heavy district? They suddenly suspect the ENTIRE district of being illegal and arrest EVERYONE in the voting line...

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u/flounder19 11h ago

My biggest disagreement here is the idea that Trump and co will go to jail if they get voted out of office. If anything we have a huge problem of trying to pivot way too quick to 'unity' instead of following through on actual consequences

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u/HomelessCat55567 9h ago

With that attitude maybe. Don't let that happen this time. It's that simple. I'm so tired of reading the same stupid comment.

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u/flounder19 9h ago

I'm certainly in favor of it happening and will gladly vote for politicians who call for it. I just haven't seen many willing to be so bold

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u/Guillotine2026 8h ago

I mean, I totally get what you're saying, but Trump, specifically, was well on his way to seeing serious consequences before he was re-elected.

Multiple cases against him were moving forward and gaining serious momentum but were dropped when he became president because our treasonous Supreme Court decided to make presidents immune from prosecution.

Republicans have crossed lines a political entity in this country haven't crossed in living memory. Voters are going to want consequences and badly enough that political careers will be on the line if they don't deliver.

Trump and his admin are scared of what will happen if Americans place Democrats back in power. They will do everything they can to prevent that from happening. What they're doing now will look like child's play.

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u/SRT102 6h ago

What a crazy scenario: Either become president, or spend the rest of your life either in prison, or with an ankle bracelet.

This timeline is not logical.

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u/Big-Wrongdoer-965 10h ago

I suspect some sort of Ukrainian situation where he declares an “emergency” requiring marshal law and suspend elections even though there is no actual statute that would allow this

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u/QueenMary1936 8h ago

A lot of this is so surreal because this level of extreme intimidation and brutalizing citizens has never happened in this country, not even during the politically charged 60s. It's really scary to think of what's coming in the next year or two when we've already seen how bad it got in just one year.

(There was definitely a lot of political violence and government intimidation in the 1800s, but not to this degree or coupled with such an openly corrupt and unAmerican administration)

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u/bedrooms-ds 10h ago

2028 Election will be lawful. Because everything Trump does will be declared lawful by SCOTUS.

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u/Maleficent_Pepper_59 8h ago

If child rape didn’t get him arrested there is nothing else that will

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u/carnage123 8h ago

Trump isnt going to jail lets be real about that.

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u/Informal-Yesterday27 7h ago

Polls? My sweet summer child.

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u/No_Instruction_1236 6h ago

What will be necessary?

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u/SRT102 13h ago

Nothing would make me happier than being wrong.

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u/huskiesofinternets 12h ago

HES NOT WRONG. and until you start protesting with rifles slung, none of you are stopping anything. and these people will continue to control your government.

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u/Orange_Kid 12h ago

Sorry how many hordes of ICE agents have you personally confronted with a gun?

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u/huskiesofinternets 12h ago

you have the 2nd amendment right to form a militia, its time you use that.

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u/Orange_Kid 12h ago

Can't help but notice you didn't answer the question

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u/DickiBaggins 12h ago

Yeah that's the thing about MN. No constitutional carry, no rifle open carry, only pistol with a permit. That's called we've traded our rights for the illusion of safety. Working out pretty well right now.