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Whelp, we’re about to see what America has the stomach for. I don’t think it’s for this

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

At 4:03 AM Trump posts that he is prepared to use the military to round up migrants in a mass deportation effort after Mike Johnson, Tony Gonzales & other Republicans spent the weekend saying this was not the case.

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When Trump-voting military realizes that it's not going to be money and new toys - it's going to be house-to-house raids, digging latrines, stringing wire and guarding camps. Maybe they can get issued reflective belts, too.

They won't care unless it hurts them directly. And then it'll be some reason why it's unfair for their specific situation. I don't even think the labor and food shortages will be enough for most people....until those precious groceries cost more.

Oh! Sorry I didn’t know. That is what I was taught back in Sunday school. I didn’t realize it was offensive. I have since started reading up on the Romani people. I just knew they were victims of Hitler as well and should be represented.

Biden should create a plan to pardon all military officers involved in the Afghanistan withdrawal, thus pre-empting Trump’s goal of retribution through show trials and courts-martial. Perhaps the pardon plan should extend to politicians and family members as well.

Nice thought. But Trump won't care about what Biden does and SCOTUS gave him carte blanche to do whatever he wants so long as it's in some nebulous and dubious "official duties" construct. Trump would simply ignore the pardons saying that he's acting in an official capacity.

If you look through the history of their decision making, you’ll notice that SCOTUS generally has their finding pre determined then contorts itself in whatever which way to justify it.

This is great. Republican senators better do their advice and consent duties, or the Fox News host will be in charge of a massive bureaucracy with millions of Human Resources to set against the citizens of the USA. With surgical precision? I doubt it.

"The number of foreign-born people in the United States rose by more than 5 million over 10 years to 45.3 million or 13.7% of the nation's population, according to the 2018-2022 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates." ~ United States Census Bureau, 9/4/2024 www.census.gov/library/stor...

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He needs to remember that he’s not the president yet .. Biden is so if anyone has authorization it’s the current president. Still waiting for someone to say enough and let’s end the shit show before it officially begins because it’ll only gets worse once he takes oath

That's the thing... and media blackouts will hide the scale of what's happening from many Americans. And unfortunately there will be too many who will initially be happy to see their neighbours with different views or looks getting hauled away.

Probably even worse...Sinclair Lewis predicted how this would probably go, gangs of young armed Trump loyalists (Proud Boys etc) constituted as a personal paramilitary force to mete out summary justice and "order". Really chilling.

That's what he tried to do during the BLM protests. This time he doesn't have those 4 star Generals to block him. Also (unverified) I read a blurb about Japan sending a message to their citizens over here to be cautious about martial law being declared. 🤔 It makes you think.

He won’t do it but he’ll tell us he’s doing it. He’ll make his maggots believe he’s acting on his promises but when he doesn’t because he knows it would collapse our economy, he’ll blame it on democrats to soften the blow. More lies to coddle his infantile voters. He’s playing everyone.

It’s economically impossible. He’ll deport the criminals and if he keeps the rest they’ll feel in debt to him. Future voters for the Maga movement. The amount of money these people contribute to our economy is staggering. I know he’s a bad businessman but he loves the smell of money and Maga voters.

If they do the mass deportation that they are talking about it would mean wide spread raid on places like poultry and beef processing plants. I remember when they did some of those ice raids before and that will make MAGA news

Adam I admire your optimism, truly. I don't have to tell you what his followers did on Jan 6, you investigated it, and they still reelected him. Some people are okay with the world burning as long as they aren't burned themselves and they have the access to the marshmallows.

If this happens americans will see food prices start skyrocketing because crops will be left in the fields rotting because there is no one out there harvesting the fields anymore. Who will his cult members blame then?

AK-U and I both live in Illinois. If the president-elect sends the military into Chicago, what would Gov. JBP do? Could we see Americans fight each other? Worst-case scenario, yes, but it's not going to happen, right? I would appreciate your thoughts. There are scary times ahead.

Two great book recommendations- “Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust” by Daniel Goldhagen And “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair James Both are remarkable in the fact that Trump’s second term is shaping up to be an extreme parallel!

Well more than 50% of Americans in the "interior" of the country voted for it to give the next bunch the electoral college votes and Congress. This is America's Brexit. (It seems the Brits now are realizing what the downsides of Brexit are.)

Ultimately #45 should be called exactly what he is. To not do that plays down how dangerous he is. Secondly, Brexit was not a violent overhaul of a country using the military as a personal army to kill immigrants, protesters. Comparison plays down the severity of what America is facing.

When real citizens get caught in the military roundup and get put in internment/concentration camps, shit will hit the fan. If humans die, blood will be on the hand of 74 million selfish, racist voters who happen to not like black and brown people.

That's sop. We know how he works. Why is this a surprise? They'll take a run at it, but that campaign promise is 2024s Mexico paying for the wall.

Beside the obvious lawlessness of this, not one shred of humanity for the people this will hurt let alone the children! They are so worried about babies .. oh I forgot that they are only worried about white rich ones

Nothing he says he does It's all bluster and bluff Whenever he's caught in a lie it's "fake news"!!! Typical bully bullshitter He's nothing without his fanatical cult supporting him Just another Jim Jones offering his version of "drink the koolaid" !! He will eventually fall as all tyrants do

The military will never follow trumps insanity He will lie and continue to blame others while doing nothing substantial Remember the wall the Mexican people were going to pay for ????? Never happened Remember how he was ending the unkranian war in 1 day ? Putin has already stated trump is lying

I'm sick up & fed, with all these people always tellin' us, that things trump has said, is not what he meant ! It's BS ! As evil as the shit he says sounds, by now we know, he meant exactly what the hell he's said ! Look where pretending, that's not what he meant, has landed US ! 1of2

yeah like any of the other republicans have anything to say about it. this will be done by executive order to cover their collective butts.

I don’t think we can just wait, watch and do nothing. We must at least TRY to stop this. If we don’t, we will be the next ones rounded up and deported. Any made up reason will do.

I have seen that word "invasion" as just hyperbolic but it is a word that has constitutional significance as invasions open up lots of special powers. And he and MAGA are using that word a lot.

It doesn't mean we can give up There's 19 million of us here. We can organize, support each other, share news & new ideas. Lift up new voices, support those who won't support fascists. Even without being able to rely our institutions & government we are still Americans. Let's rebuild

So, I guess this means I receive honorary US citizenship, or something? :) I jest, and there are far more than 19 million people in the US that are against this two-bit dictator, but the problem is how to actually avoid a civil war. Because if that comes to pass, we're ALL fucked. US citizen or not.

In France, there would be huge protests and strikes. The government would shut down. During the Vietnam War, this country was almost brought to its knees by student protests. They will declare we can not protest. How can they enforce it against all of us. Do not conform.

Operation phoenix - rebirth of the republic, just in time for 250 anniversary of the Republic. This has to be the Dems platform - strip & constrain power, prevent corruption, expanded rights (vote, privacy)

19 mil of you that broke the law. What gives you the right to just crash the boarder and enter our country illegally and take advantage of the gov largess. Leave now and re enter the legal way. If we have to spend tax payer $$ to throw you out, then no way you should be able to re enter

I've been working locally. They can come after so many groups of people. We need to start talking between groups. We need to realize that when MLK said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" he wasn't only speaking geographically. It can apply to local people other than our own.

It's never been about immigration. It's always been about terrorising Americans.

Валера | Valera @valerair.bsky.social

They want to deprive every one of their - safety and security (spread hate, "deportations") - income (higher taxes on regular people) - health care (RFKj, ban on research, on abortions, etc) - information and communication (De Leon Goebbels Musk) - education (destroy De. of Edu)

See, I think they do. He never lied about what he was going to do, if anything he overpromised. And they voted for him in droves. Of course, they believe that their friends and family will be exempted - and that’s where they miscalculated. #FAFO #MassDeportations #bbcpm #c4News

The policy looks very similar to Australia's immigration policies, minus the armed forces being deployed. Australians overwhelmingly embrace xenophobic rhetoric about migration, and vote for it every time 😔

Sorry about the tone of this post, but I think there will be a war if Trump tries this. Kicking people's doors and taking family members is not going to be ignored. Come in my house to take anybody and leave with a sucking chest wound. Just saying.

My brother in TX,whom I no longer speak to since he called me a dema-rat,has a married daughter.Her husband is Mexican.I had mentioned to my brother months ago,aren't you concerned for Davids safety with Trump possibly using military to deport anyone?And he told me David is fine.He's Spanish. Um..ok

The "Due Process" clause of the 5th Amendment, REQUIRES that EVERY PERSON LIVING in the U.S. , (Citizen or NOT), MUST be given DUE PROCESS. A President issuing a "National Emergency" does NOT OVERRIDE The U.S. Constitution, it actually REINFORCES The Constitution of the United States.

It's a VIOLATION of the CONSTITUTION to have ANY U.S Military function Operate on U.S. Soil, other than states National Guard, who's sole purpose is to ENSURE that Constitutional Rights of the Populous are NOT VIOLATED during a National Emergency, especially, through Illegitimate & Unlawful Orders.

Never imagine a country would accept this. However, when I see at least half the country rejected this madness, it gives me hope. In addition, electing someone that has a price on their head from an adversary. Shameful!!

Exactly! My feeling. I have to stand with the half who rejected this. I was starting to regret serving this country but I will always remember, my service was for half the country. I am very disappointed with the character of this country and what we have accepted.

Adam, as one Reaganite to another, I love you and appreciate your courage; but seriously?? Of course America has the stomach for this and much more! At least the 49.8% base does. In 1939, the Nazi party grew with each bold initiative. Remember that German support grew, and didn’t shrink…. Long days

You would be wrong. Why? Because "THIS" is not what the Zombie Fourth Estate is going to let them understand it to be. They will instead disinform everyone into believing it to be something else that can be normalized and pooh-pooh'd as "liberals overreacting." The oligarchy must die.

I hope you are right and I am wrong but I think his people want this and I think they will tolerate more cruelty and suffering than you ever dared to think about and the squishy ones will scream fake news! And I’ll bet something else - your former colleagues won’t have the balls to object.

At what point do you think Trump will call for armed civilians or those make believe militias to help carry out his deportations? Trump's administration will set up a Department of Snitches hotline for immigration tips.