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yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
And I can assure you, regardless of my personal feelings on the subject, "fire half of federal LE without replacement and don't manage immigration" ain't it
And I can assure you, regardless of my personal feelings on the subject, "fire half of federal LE without replacement and don't manage immigration" ain't it
I think a lot of people are falling for the same trap they did in 2020 where there was wide spread public support for "not that" just because the public does not like whats going on right now, doesn't mean they have deeply held and consistent views
I think there is a pretty clear-cut argument that DHS as named has to go
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
And I can assure you, regardless of my personal feelings on the subject, "fire half of federal LE without replacement and don't manage immigration" ain't it
And I can assure you, regardless of my personal feelings on the subject, "fire half of federal LE without replacement and don't manage immigration" ain't it
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holy crap they are losing cases in front of *fake* judges now
Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family
Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”
www.ms.now
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 AM
holy crap they are losing cases in front of *fake* judges now
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They’re the most corrupt administration in history, but DJT Jr. is a minority stockholder in Unusual Machines, a company that has received acquisitions contracts from the Pentagon.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
They’re the most corrupt administration in history, but DJT Jr. is a minority stockholder in Unusual Machines, a company that has received acquisitions contracts from the Pentagon.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
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When hatred of liberalism makes up the core of your entire personality I guess it does make sense that eventually you'd start quoting the fucking Nazis, since they *did* publish a lot of choice quotes to own the libs with, I'm sure gazing into that particular abyss will have no negative consequences
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
When hatred of liberalism makes up the core of your entire personality I guess it does make sense that eventually you'd start quoting the fucking Nazis, since they *did* publish a lot of choice quotes to own the libs with, I'm sure gazing into that particular abyss will have no negative consequences
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This is what’s frustrating. We can’t actually have an honest conversation about any of these members or leaders or strategy because the entire well has been poisoned by people who think 47 is larger than 53.
Again, this is not a stealth defense of Senator x or representative Y. This is instead a plea to people to actually think about the realities of power in even a closely divided Congress and to recognize the most likely outcome is a series of righteous Ls
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This is what’s frustrating. We can’t actually have an honest conversation about any of these members or leaders or strategy because the entire well has been poisoned by people who think 47 is larger than 53.
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Genuinely astonishing to me that there are people on here who hate liberals so much they just end up becoming pro-Nazi by default
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Genuinely astonishing to me that there are people on here who hate liberals so much they just end up becoming pro-Nazi by default
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Here's a fun one: do you prioritize political capital on deserved persecution of ERO, BP, and associated DHS types, or wholesale deconstruction and recreation of DHS
Because it is very very possible that the results of the 2028 election will only allow you to really do one or the other
Because it is very very possible that the results of the 2028 election will only allow you to really do one or the other
I mean, sure, but that is a fundamentally different ask than "abolish ICE"
Hence my concern that this has a significant and increasing risk of becoming the next defund the police
Hence my concern that this has a significant and increasing risk of becoming the next defund the police
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Here's a fun one: do you prioritize political capital on deserved persecution of ERO, BP, and associated DHS types, or wholesale deconstruction and recreation of DHS
Because it is very very possible that the results of the 2028 election will only allow you to really do one or the other
Because it is very very possible that the results of the 2028 election will only allow you to really do one or the other
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Leftists refuse the acknowledge that Trump was reelected because too few leftists voted against the fascist, but I do not believe that all 90 million of the 2024 nonvoters were on the right side of the aisle.
If that were the case, what explains how well Democrats in elections in 2025?
If that were the case, what explains how well Democrats in elections in 2025?
If all the leftists voted for Democrats, and Democrats still lost, that would logically mean that a coalition of Democrats and leftists is a losing coalition, and Democrats would be better served looking elsewhere.
I don't think people like Robert Evans #2 have really thought through this logic.
I don't think people like Robert Evans #2 have really thought through this logic.
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Leftists refuse the acknowledge that Trump was reelected because too few leftists voted against the fascist, but I do not believe that all 90 million of the 2024 nonvoters were on the right side of the aisle.
If that were the case, what explains how well Democrats in elections in 2025?
If that were the case, what explains how well Democrats in elections in 2025?
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FBI is also borked with a muddle shit-fucked transition away from their post 9/11 focus on CI and CT back to brain rot podcaster objectives, and the classic FLE stuff FBI is traditionally associated with HSI really picked up the slack on post 2002
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
FBI is also borked with a muddle shit-fucked transition away from their post 9/11 focus on CI and CT back to brain rot podcaster objectives, and the classic FLE stuff FBI is traditionally associated with HSI really picked up the slack on post 2002
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yeah there is actually a mess of things you have to solve with like actual border control, customs, immigration services, and then a bunch of miscellaneous law enforcement and fusion functions... in theory this is an opportunity for some broader IC/FLE reorg but lol lmao at that
I think there is a pretty clear-cut argument that DHS as named has to go
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
I mean her objection to agreeing to the magic words was explicitly "they do stuff other than be goons about immigration, which will still need to be done," which is the case regardless of what it's called
there's going to unfortunately be a lot lot lot more of this as we figure out what to do w/DHS
there's going to unfortunately be a lot lot lot more of this as we figure out what to do w/DHS
February 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
yeah there is actually a mess of things you have to solve with like actual border control, customs, immigration services, and then a bunch of miscellaneous law enforcement and fusion functions... in theory this is an opportunity for some broader IC/FLE reorg but lol lmao at that
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I cherish that Seattle’s form of partying (for the most part) is to go really hard until 10pm and then immediately go home
February 7, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I cherish that Seattle’s form of partying (for the most part) is to go really hard until 10pm and then immediately go home
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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I'm getting the feeling this place (and apparently "abolish ICE"ers in Congress) doesn't understand the amount of legitimate law enforcement entities inside DHS perform (or are supposed to perform anyway), along with the fusion function
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I'm getting the feeling this place (and apparently "abolish ICE"ers in Congress) doesn't understand the amount of legitimate law enforcement entities inside DHS perform (or are supposed to perform anyway), along with the fusion function
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"Just make everything the way it was before Nov 2002" is also an unacceptable answer, both because you should want to take such an significant moment to improve things and because there were real problems that led to DHS, it wasn't a post-9/11 fever dream:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Co...
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"Just make everything the way it was before Nov 2002" is also an unacceptable answer, both because you should want to take such an significant moment to improve things and because there were real problems that led to DHS, it wasn't a post-9/11 fever dream:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Co...
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if you want a non-reformist executive, run a non-reformist executive. that was never Zohran and that's why he won instead of topping off at 15 percent of the primary vote
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
if you want a non-reformist executive, run a non-reformist executive. that was never Zohran and that's why he won instead of topping off at 15 percent of the primary vote
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if national DSA can't handle the contradictions and tensions of supporting Zohran they never had a prayer of keeping AOC onside and frankly I think their 'dirty break' dreams are utterly delusional because you have to *build the party first*
more addressing the other site than anything I've seen here, but Zohran never once promised to spearhead a class-struggle mayoralty or be absolute in his anti-zionism and if the DSA left was going to condition their support on such they should have said so instead of claiming his victory as theirs
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
if national DSA can't handle the contradictions and tensions of supporting Zohran they never had a prayer of keeping AOC onside and frankly I think their 'dirty break' dreams are utterly delusional because you have to *build the party first*
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I’m hearing it for the first time
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I’m hearing it for the first time
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I mean when pressed she just talks about FEMA, TSA, and USCIS
Those and the Coast Guard are the easy ones; the thorny questions are how you do border controls, what framework do you take for immigration management, customs enforcement, and where do HSI and USSS investigative functions land
Those and the Coast Guard are the easy ones; the thorny questions are how you do border controls, what framework do you take for immigration management, customs enforcement, and where do HSI and USSS investigative functions land
Rep. Delia Ramirez has some good ideas. www.publicnotice.co/p/delia-rami...
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I mean when pressed she just talks about FEMA, TSA, and USCIS
Those and the Coast Guard are the easy ones; the thorny questions are how you do border controls, what framework do you take for immigration management, customs enforcement, and where do HSI and USSS investigative functions land
Those and the Coast Guard are the easy ones; the thorny questions are how you do border controls, what framework do you take for immigration management, customs enforcement, and where do HSI and USSS investigative functions land
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I think there is a pretty clear-cut argument that DHS as named has to go
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
I mean her objection to agreeing to the magic words was explicitly "they do stuff other than be goons about immigration, which will still need to be done," which is the case regardless of what it's called
there's going to unfortunately be a lot lot lot more of this as we figure out what to do w/DHS
there's going to unfortunately be a lot lot lot more of this as we figure out what to do w/DHS
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I think there is a pretty clear-cut argument that DHS as named has to go
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
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no better evidence that Stephen Miller is acting president, even mostly cooked Trump's way fucking savvier about stuff like this
Ramos' parents, originally from Ecuador, were set for their asylum hearing in late Feb. DHS abruptly moved it up to THIS MORNING.
They are not in the U.S. illegally and have no criminal record. DHS is simply trying to end their asylum claims.
They are not in the U.S. illegally and have no criminal record. DHS is simply trying to end their asylum claims.
February 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
no better evidence that Stephen Miller is acting president, even mostly cooked Trump's way fucking savvier about stuff like this
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Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
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This isn’t just a Zoomer thing. This is almost exactly what happened in 2016.
People took the entire Obama era for granted and assumed things couldn’t go backward. That’s why they ravaged Clinton - the assumed Trump could never win, and if he did, he couldn’t meaningfully change anything.
People took the entire Obama era for granted and assumed things couldn’t go backward. That’s why they ravaged Clinton - the assumed Trump could never win, and if he did, he couldn’t meaningfully change anything.
One thing I do have a problem with re: Gen Z/Alpha is that I think there's a certain taken for grantedness on certain social gains that allows for right-wing subversion of politically disengaged normie types and hyper-leftists alike.
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This isn’t just a Zoomer thing. This is almost exactly what happened in 2016.
People took the entire Obama era for granted and assumed things couldn’t go backward. That’s why they ravaged Clinton - the assumed Trump could never win, and if he did, he couldn’t meaningfully change anything.
People took the entire Obama era for granted and assumed things couldn’t go backward. That’s why they ravaged Clinton - the assumed Trump could never win, and if he did, he couldn’t meaningfully change anything.
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You know who’s not in the files?
Kamala Harris.
FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO TRASHED HER YOU HELPED THE PEDOS🖕
Kamala Harris.
FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO TRASHED HER YOU HELPED THE PEDOS🖕
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
You know who’s not in the files?
Kamala Harris.
FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO TRASHED HER YOU HELPED THE PEDOS🖕
Kamala Harris.
FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO TRASHED HER YOU HELPED THE PEDOS🖕
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GRRM basically lies to himself and to us every day about the level of High Strangeness of his fantasy series. hes all like "oh its ground oh tax policy" *when your focal point dynasty of your book series are albino blood wizards taht control dragons with incest magic*
So one of the great fantasy literature ironies is that Martin rags on Tolkien about tax policy and military structure but his is just as flimsy if not worse
I’m half tempted to say the only Iron Throne contender who was a competent administrator was Margeary.
February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
GRRM basically lies to himself and to us every day about the level of High Strangeness of his fantasy series. hes all like "oh its ground oh tax policy" *when your focal point dynasty of your book series are albino blood wizards taht control dragons with incest magic*