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Why do they not drag Trump away in a straightjacket?
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2025
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aww. poor dumpy is having a tanty.
*morning tantrum
demented morning tantrum
Morning dementrum? Demantrum? We can workshop this.
I liked things better when I didn’t have to worry about masked men in unmarked cars abducting people off the street based on their skin color.
And for those thinking “no that’s not what’s happening at all!” It 100% is
https://old.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1o0qsb8/getting_chased_for_being_brown/
Shoutouts to the the fucking masked videographer. Jesus Christ.
If it hasn’t happened already, skin color soon won’t be the only criteria.
It already happened years ago. This isn't the first time protesters were kidnapped and stuffed in rental vans while Trump is President.
it's easier to pick a time when it didn't happen in the USA
The minute JB removes protections for federal agents from ICE, DHS, and the FBI, and declares them guilty of state level treason, and is willing to deputize people to go after them, I'll be more than happy to assist
Unfortunately, the violence directed at them is what many on the right and even Trump himself want, because it will be used as a pretext to interfere in the mid-term elections coming in 2026.
I mean, they're going to try anyhow, and stirring up shit will just give them that much more leverage to do so.
As rage-inducing as Trump is, just biding ones time and voting and getting everyone you know to vote in the mid-terms for the Democrats - even if the candidate is an absolute stinker - is what is needed to put the brakes onto this administration.
getting everyone you know to vote in the mid-terms for the Democrats - even if the candidate is an absolute stinker - is what is needed to put the brakes onto this administration.
We did that for Biden already. The Dems had 4 years to do something, anything, of significance to protect democracy and what did we get? The most feeble attempt at legal charades that I've ever seen. They ran out the clock and let Trump cancel the only real investigations into his own behavior.
Yes, Democrats are clearly better than Republicans but those limp-dicked cowards are not going to save us. Many of them can barely muster the courage to condemn what's happening now, much less convince anyone that they actually want to stop it.
Who said they were going to save us? We have to save ourselves. The reason we vote for stinker Dems is to get more time to establish our own salvation.
Maybe that's what you mean but I don't get the impression that's what most people mean when they say that voting for Dems is the answer. They want some external force to do the work for them. They don't want to be directly involved any more than checking a box every couple of years.
If we're just talking general population, then yeah most people just wanna check a box and not think about it. If you're talking about the people actually advocating voting Dem, I think my perspective is much more representative.
Who is out there saying that the Dems are great and we need to vote for them because they're actively good? The vast majority of people I see advocating Dems are very candid about it being a harm reduction strategy. It seems weird to assume that "most people" mean the opposite of what I see them actually saying.
I'm much more worried about the people finding idealistic reasons to criticize harm reduction strategies.
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It WILL be a Democrat or a Republican group holding power in Washington. You can pretend it won't be but it will be. It has been that way for untold decades. You cannot and will not change that.
So you either don't accept this reliable truth. Or you want Republicans in charge. Which is it?
I never said it would be anyone else in power. I said Democrats are not going to fix this problem. Those two things are not equivalent in any way.
Still, if you want to take this conversation in a totally different direction I'll play along. if you base future decisions on past outcomes you're only guaranteeing that change cannot occur. People said exactly what you just did about the divine right of kings for centuries. It was true until it wasn't just like what you're saying now.
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I mean, not really. We keep waffling between 45/55% of our government being controlled by fascists.
If 45% of the governing body is still fascist, that makes it kinda hard to actually do anything when most of our government requires more than a simple majority to get things done.
Just look at Trumps approval rating right now. It's still not below 40%.
Merrick Garland didn't need Congress to do his job. Biden didn't need Congress to pressure Garland to do his job. Stop making excuses for their inaction.
I agree that Biden is going to go down in history as a bad president for not doing more to prevent the current state of things, but when half the country keeps voting for facisim the problem isn't just the politicians.
Stop making excuses to once again hand Republicans future victories.
According to the Lemmy left, this is . . . *checks notes* . . com . . complissit . . librul . . bou . . bourg . . I can’t say that one - uh, compitulation.
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I liked it when everyone thought he was dead. That was a great time.
Felon, rapist, probable pedo, and literal traitor calling for others to be jailed.
The fall of America is happening in real time. It’s a shame their politicians stand by and let it happen. Trump, Vance, Bondi, Hegseth, Noem, Patel, Kennedy, are all terrible human beings. And don’t get started on Leavitt. Why nothing is done to remove each and every one of them from office is mind boggling from anyone outside of the USA. It will take decades to have any semblance of democracy return for their citizens.
"Trump, Vance, Bondi, Hegseth, Noem, Patel, Kennedy"
Ooh, people who should be arrested!
They're already at the stage of demanding the arrest of political opponents. How time flies!
They're leaning so hard into the whole "'terroristic' speech" thing, aren't they? Just a naked contradiction, right out in the open, and it's apparently working.
The gelatinous loser want pritzker jailed because pritzker doesn't like him. That's literally it.
Fuck off fascists!
I love that Pritzker looked straight into the camera & begged the POS to do it. This is what we need from leaders.
How much time did Donald serve for his 34 felonies?
At least Hitler served time for his attempted coup
Do none of them understand that their bribe money is pointless if it's printed in a currency nobody will accept in the next 5-10 years?
Are the officers also duty-bound to get pepper-sprayed by the ICEstapo while they are kidnapping and disappearing naked children?
Just wondering what policy it is that Taco is pushing the Mayor to enforce...
Dementia
Epstein files
Failure to protect is the name of the game in law enforcement. Long standing precedent that they are not legally required to protect anyone under any circumstances, despite the motto "protect and serve". Pretty sure that includes armed federal thugs.
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ok sure /s RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
What the effing fuck?
One way or the other, Illinois governors just can't seem to stay out of prison.
fuck trump and his lackeys. man the way him and his lackeys talk about one of the best cities in the country and world. I have lived here for over 50 years and its never been as dangerous as when ice was sent here like an invading army. I was less concerned with my safety when I lived near 22nd and california than I do now living near ohare not far from where they killed that guy in franklin park. We don't want you here and finding one idiot person here or there to pretend like the massive majority does not like it just pisses me off.
Srs this guy is scrambled.
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