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It’s too bad that officer didn’t pick her up, carry her, and body slam her onto the pavement like her goons did to Kat Abughazaleh.
Fuck Kristi Noem!
This is what I’m talking about. Your elected representatives live in your towns and cities. DENY THEM SERVICE AND HEALTH CARE
seriously? this is NOT news, this is just noise. There are other far more important things to be upset about than this. . .
She could always go to that library she barred the Canadians out of. They have a bathroom for her I’m sure.
I thought she wanted bathroom police to deny people entry.
There’s like 4 different cameramen walking with her. State sanctioned reality show.
The entire administration is a reality show. We are being managed by psychopaths who think TV is real.
Welcome to the state of discourse in 2025.
Also this bitch puts people in cages with appalling hygiene conditions every fucking day, she can hold it until her bladder explodes for all I care
She does not get to go to the bathroom in my presence until she shows me her genetalia.
You mean he. He’s obviously a man trying to use the women’s bathroom, what a creep.
Chris T. No,Man
That's it. No more mystery. Everyone can go home now.
She’s still just lying blatantly
all we’re doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets
Is it still a lie if she believes it to be true? I feel like she probably believes this even thought its false. I feel like there should be a different word for it, but i dont know what that word might be
Being wrong is not the same as lying. She is clearly lying, but let's just pretend she buys into her bullshit. Then she is just wrong.
It really doesn't matter what she thinks though, as she has no business being where she is. She is a joke, a charlatan, and an unqualified buffoon. Her cosmetics surgery and fillers make her look like a blow up sex doll.
Gross is what describes her best. A gross pick me who sold herself to aid in the destruction of our country. A traitor through and through
Lying to yourself is just an easy way for preparing yourself to lie to others, believing in yourself even if you're the worst lying sack of shit still sells it to the suckers born every minute. The word is narcissistic, since in this scenario it's all just a fucking glow-up to make the subject feel victimized, they'll try anything to enable pity or sympathy for themselves from others. Do not feed the attention elephant.
You didn't know all them kids they've rounded up are big time drugs runners?
They'll let the kids go after they use them as hostages trying to force people out of their homes
https://www.wcvb.com/article/ice-child-girl-edwards-hip-video-leominster-massachusetts/68021170
And of course she's whining about being a victim, as fascists do.
"This is what Governor Pritzker calls cooperation"
Here's what Governor Pritzker actually said:
I am ringing an alarm, one that I hope every person listening will heed, both here in Illinois and across the country.
Over the weekend, we learned from the media that Donald Trump has been planning, for quite a while now, to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago. This is exactly the type of overreach that our country's founders warned against, and it's the reason that they established a federal system with a separation of powers built on checks and balances.
What President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.
Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidence, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.
Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, "Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?" Instead, I say, "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago."
You are neither wanted here nor needed here.
Finally, to the Trump administration officials who are complicit in this scheme, to the public servants who have forsaken their oath to the Constitution to serve the petty whims of an arrogant little man, to any federal official who would come to Chicago and try to incite my people into violence as a pretext for something darker and more dangerous: we are watching and we are taking names.
This country has survived darker periods than the one that we are going through right now, and eventually the pendulum will swing back, maybe even next year. Donald Trump has already shown himself to have little regard for the many acolytes that he has encouraged to commit crimes on his behalf.
You can delay justice for a time, but history shows you cannot prevent it from finding you eventually. If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me, not time or political circumstance, from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
Yeah, sure sounds like he stabbed you in the back, swearing he's cooperating and all that.
“And if I ever find him, this is what I will say to the tiny fingered man: My name is Governor Pritzker. You harmed my constituents. Prepare to cry.”
OK, now my mind is coming up with a complete reboot of the movie.
Character Mappings
Jesus (Westley): The resilient migrant worker advocating for immigrant rights. Quote: “As you wish.”
Melania (Buttercup): The elegant First Lady, symbolizing grace and advocacy for families, with her illegal immigrant status leveraged politically. Quote: “I just want to be an example for the children.”
Beto O'Rourke (Inigo Montoya): The passionate champion for justice known for his compelling speeches, seeking vengeance against injustice. Quote: “This is not the time to be timid.”
Bernie (Fezzik): The gentle giant fighting for social equality and worker rights. Quote: “I don’t even exercise.”
Miller (Vizzini): The crafty strategist behind complex political maneuvers. Quote: “Inconceivable!”
Supporting Characters
Humpadink (Prince Humperdinck): The cunning political figure focused on power and control, leading efforts to deport immigrants to neighboring Guilder. Quote: “I’m not a monster; I’m just a little misunderstood.”
Fantastic Fauci (Miracle Max): The healthcare expert known for vital, unconventional public health advice. Quote: “It’s a matter of life and death.”
Dread Pirate Thunberg (The Dread Pirate Roberts): The bold environmental activist using dramatic tactics in her advocacy. Quote: “How dare you!”
ICE (The Goon Squad): The federal agency enforcing stringent immigration policies, symbolizing the oppressive machinery of deportation. Quote: “No tolerance.”
The Turtle Necked Man (Count Rugen): The turtle like antagonist involved in the deportation plot and a cruel enforcer of power. Quote: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.”
Noem (Yellin): The assertive political figure known for her vocal stance on immigration and law enforcement. Quote: “We must take a stand.”
Some of those still need some work.
tiiime keeps on ticking ticking ticking….into the fuuuuutuuuurrrrrrrrrrreee
Top ten Hammond B3 and Mini Moog performances in rock right there.
So oddly specific lol... What are some of the others? I don't know if I'm very good at distinguishing between different types of organs and synths, but Shine on you Crazy Diamond maybe? Or Welcome to the Machine?
So oddly specific lol
Well, I'm a recovering musician. That particular setting on the MiniMoog and the Lesley rotating speakers on the Hammond B3 are super famous, used in a lot of recordings so easy to recognize.
When Floyd recored SIOYCD, it was just before digital hit (FM, sampling), and the band had made enough money that he could use pretty much any synth/organ/electric piano/piano and even more more exotic stuff that he wanted. Rabbit hole on the keys on that record here: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/71945-full-demonstration-of-the-real-keyboards-on-shine-on-you-crazy-diamond/
Both songs share in common the fact that although the keyboard parts are not very difficult, you would miss them very much in the song; it really would not sound at all like the song you know despite these being mostly "background" instruments.
We don't let dog killers in
Well, considering past tactics, they may have feared for their own safety.
ICE has arrested
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/03/14/us-citizen-arrested-berwyn-ice-chicago-attorneys
https://apnews.com/article/us-citizen-held-ice-florida-law-4b5f5d9c754b56c87d1d8b39dfedfc6c
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-mass-arrests-new-york-officials/
https://www.newsweek.com/daca-dreamer-teacher-detained-ice-florida-2027946
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/austin-isd-elementary-school-teacher-235317113.html?guccounter=1
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5538116-mario-guevara-deported-salvador/
I hate that no one in government is doing anything about any of this. They're not even talking about it.
The government is doing everything about this. It's literally being done entirely by the government.
If you want the government to be doing the opposite thing about this, the time for action was during the past few elections, before the fascists got control over all three branches. Best the dems can do now is try to lock things up as best they can. Maybe by shutting down the government or something idk.
Amen brother
This confirms that they are the Gestapo
If everywhere you go people aren't nice to you, what's the common denominator? This is like elementary school level emotional intelligence.
NoEm DeRaNgEmEnT sYnDrOmE!!
“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.”
If you smell shit everywhere you go, it's time to check your shoes.
They dont care so long as they can punish people of color. They see themselves as better or above, and everyone else is lesser, inferior, or even livestock. they simply dont understand why anyone would care about a person with darker skin. So, in their minds, they have done nothing wrong.
Fuck you. You aren't welcome. We don't want you in our city.
Ice aren’t law enforcement. They’re kidnappers
Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
She might go in there and be trans! Does she not respect their right to police the bathroom?
They bravely prevented her from catching trans. She didn’t even say thank you.
She does look like she’s in full drag to me.
“As much as these local leaders and governors talk about cooperating and having the backs of our law enforcement officers, this is what we have to put up with every single day,” she said. “And all we’re doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets.”
lol it's the escalator story all over again
Fuck.This.Bitch.
Also fuck the streamer she rode in on in the ass, because we know how they feel about that.
ha ha