Imagine the optics of these rabid dogs pepper spraying people in line to vote
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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The optics don't need to get any worse, they're already murdering people in broad daylight...
Yeah, I guess we're kind if past the Ghandi trap's efficacy at this point. I don't know why I keep reverting to previous stages of how this escalated
I got PTO, i don't mind protecting people and staying at the voting place all day to protect them from the ICE thugs taking them to a concentration camp.
Problem is people won't show if they fear ICE will attest yhem, even if they are citizens as ICE has already proven.
Its intimidation
Honest question: there’s not that many of them to cover a substantial number of polling stations, are there? If memory serves, there like 16k agents.
Seems like the WH is on its bullshit again.
The threat of appearance will be enough for a not insignificant number of people. But also, they can use historical voting numbers to selectively target certain locations. No need to send anyone to the R+17 or the D+22 districts.
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"Can't guarantee we won't continue to violate the law with impunity."
Sounds like a good reason to pretend to support their bullshit and go vote against it anyway.....register independent then vote however
The declaration of party only helps metrics not the actual outcome of the vote
If you register independent that prevents you from participating in the large party primaries in many (most/all?) states. You can only vote in the primary for your registered party. So that also locks you out of at least attempting to prevent the Democrats from incessantly fielding dumbass GOP-lite candidates like they've been doing.
Theoretically if you register as Republican that also allows you to surreptitiously torpedo their worst candidates in their primaries, but it's unlikely we'll get enough trolls on board to swing the needle meaningfully with that strategy.
Or differently sounds like a good reason to have black panthers show up and watch ice
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Thats not a warning intended to keep the public safe, it's a threat intended to get the public to give up on democracy
Fucking brown shirts
We the People of the United States can.
Every voter come armed.