They’re really targeting California as a whole now. The state that supported the union so much over history. Republicans must really feel jealous that it is the richest state.
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california needs to fucking secede and newsom needs to sack up and put the money where his mouth is.
You threaten to withhold federal taxes. Shit continues, You fucking do it. Once they know your threats are empty, the game is fucking over.
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Senator Alex Padilla (D-Ca), interrupted and arrested while asking questions of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem related to ICE. She's the former South Dakota governor who spent $5 million of her state's COVID money on a tourism campaign. You might remember the dept of Homeland Security was created (along with the term "homeland") by George "Dubya" Bush after 9/11, as "not a whole new agency" but a reorganization of parts of existing agencies, to coordinate their work (to protect Freedom™). Their budget this year is $107 billion. Sound like a whole lotta coordinatin' goin' on.
Ooooooooo corruption :(
Apart from the obvious "arresting a senator for asking questions" thing, is whatever's happening on this picture standard procedure for arresting an unarmed, unthreatening person in the US? It looks like they're arresting a terrorist or a dangerous suspect
No normally. I think they throw a knee on the neck for 9 to 10 minutes.
Got to do it for the officer's safety, asshole!
Have you thought about the blue lives?!
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not 100% standard. but yeah, pretty standard. If its a rich white dude, generally the arrests are a lot gentler.
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Authorities are claiming they were unable to know who he was at the time, and treated him as a potential threat.
You are going to get to hear that kind of verbiage a lot over the next few years
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He stood up and announced he was a US Senator. The very first thing he did was identify himself. If they're deaf then they shouldn't be on active duty outside a desk job.
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So an unelected figurehead of the federal government has come to my state, had a senator I voted for arrested over asking a question which is his civic duty to ask, and has now made threats at removal of my elected govenor as well as an elected mayor of one of the cities here.
At which point would these actions be considered tyrannical enough to provide a decent argument for a use of the 2nd amendment in court?
That's a bridge that we're just going to have to cross once they completely take over. We need them to have as much power as possible before we make a move. Also for the love of God don't read, don't protest, don't act. Just wait.
Your sarcasm isn't blatant enough unfortunately.
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So when they turn to the camera guy at the end they repeatedly keep saying you're not allowed to record due to FBI rights. That is something I've never heard before.
Unless they are trying to refer to something from the Patriot act the FBI has the same rights as everyone else.
That is because it is made up bullshit that all ~~Nazis~~ law enforcement say to justify suppressing media.
Who did they handcuff?
E. Alex Padilla
A US Senator. For wanting to ask a question.
Not joking.
Insane
What did he want to ask
She said this just before:
“We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city.”
So it was probably related to that.
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Senator Alex Padilla D-CA
This is having that effect where it spreads awareness by trying to suppress it. Had no idea who that was, but now I do. And now I know to support them
He was chosen by Newsom to replace Kamala Harris as Senator when she became VP, then won the following election.
The dumb woman talking said “liberate the city from socialists”. Doesn’t it bother Americans that a person in her position, is so fucking dumb she doesn’t even know what socialism is?
It reminds me of Putin saying they’ll save Ukraine from nazis.
It reminds me of Putin saying they’ll save Ukraine from nazis.
that's because it's written in the same ink.
I learned on he xbear that Ukraine is the most fascist place in the world and the leader of the country, who is Jewish, glorifies Nazis. It was very educational, but not in the way they intended.
Why would they be bothered? They don't know either. She might as well said "liverate the city from wokeness" qnd they would shake their fat fistis in agreement
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Maybe now that they're getting arrested too, the Dems will actually do something.
Maybe.
Narrator: "They did not."
Chuck Schumer will still not see this as bad since AIPAC didn't tell him it is.
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For those like me who didn’t know what exactly this was about, here’s a video of the incident:
Thank you.
What the actual fuck.
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Im really excited for the next election when the Dems force us to vote between Newsom and whatever mentally unstable nazi the republicans find, and we lose every branch again...
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It has always been this way. If you were a Hunter S. Thompson reader. You knew this way back. If you read about the real American history. You would know that the military was and has been used against Americans by terrible leaders. Just look at the Veteran Camps during the great depression. Requesting their war payments. Patton was sent in to clear them out. America has always been like this. It's never been a good place for most people. Where I grew up. The sheriffs office committed a mass murder against striking coal miners in the 1800's. This country is not a good place. Never has been.
No it hasn't "always been this way". Abuses like this are unusual and indicate the sorry state of the current regime. Dismissing it as normal is sloppy and irresponsible.
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Every one of those officers needs to face serious consequences. If they can’t go after trump, go after all these toadies who are willing to play stormtrooper
"liberate this city from the social & burdensome leadership" sure sounds like an attempt to take over a city by a federal employee.
Moff Noem anyone
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